Ed: Odds Have '13 Steelers Ranked 5th in AFC

Tuesday, 05 February 2013 07:29

Written by Ed Bouchette

Good morning,
    It did not take long for odds to be published (betting windows open now!) for teams to win the 2014 Super Bowl, which will be played at the Meadowlands in greater New York.
    Your favorite team ranks in a tie for eighth-favorite to win it. The Steelers are 18-1 shots. The new Super Bowl champ is only the third favorite in the AFC to win it. Baltimore is tied at 12-1. Denver is the slight favorite to win at 7-1 with New England and San Francisco tied at 15-2 (or 7.5-1) to win it.
  Here are the odds for all teams from www.Bovada.lv, along with some of the past Super Bowl prop bets and how they turned out:  
Super Bowl XLVIII Odds (2014)
Odds to win the 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII
Denver Broncos 7/1
New England Patriots 15/2
San Francisco 49ers 15/2
Green Bay Packers 10/1
Baltimore Ravens 12/1
Seattle Seahawks 12/1
Houston Texans 14/1
Atlanta Falcons 18/1
New Orleans Saints 18/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 18/1
Chicago Bears 20/1
New York Giants 20/1
Dallas Cowboys 25/1
Washington Redskins 30/1
Indianapolis Colts 33/1
Cincinnati Bengals 35/1
Detroit Lions 35/1
Minnesota Vikings 35/1
Philadelphia Eagles 35/1
San Diego Chargers 35/1
New York Jets 40/1
Carolina Panthers 50/1
Kansas City Chiefs 50/1
Miami Dolphins 50/1
St. Louis Rams 50/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 50/1
Arizona Cardinals 66/1
Cleveland Browns 66/1
Tennessee Titans 66/1
Buffalo Bills 100/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 150/1
Exotics Results
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How long will it take Alicia Keys to sing the US National Anthem?
Over/Under 2 minutes 15seconds
2:20
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will Alicia Keys be booed during or after her rendition of the US National Anthem?
Yes 5/1
No
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will Alicia Keys forget or omit at least 1 word of the official US National Anthem?
Yes +150 (3/2)
No -200 (1/2)
No
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will Alicia Keys add at least 1 word of the official US National Anthem?
Yes +200 (2/1)
No -300 (1/3)
Yes
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will Beyonce be joined by Jay Z on Stage during the Super Bowl Half Time Show?
Yes +110 (11/10)
No -150 (2/3)
No
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will Beyonce's hair be Curly/Crimped OR Straight at the beginning of the Super Bowl Halftime show?
Straight -140 (5/7)
Curly/Crimped EVEN (1/1)
Curly/Crimped
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - What predominant color will Beyonce's top be at the beginning of the Super Bowl Halftime show?
Black 9/4
Gold (Yellow) 11/4
Silver (Grey) 7/2
White 5/1
Red 13/2
Pink 15/2
Orange 12/1
Blue 15/1
Green 15/1
Black
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will either Jack or Jackie Harbaugh be shown on TV wearing any clothing that has either a SF or BAL logo on it during the game?
Yes +200 (2/1)
No -300 (1/3)
No
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How many times will Jack Harbaugh be shown on TV during the game?
Over 1.5 (-140) (5/7)
Under 1.5 (EVEN) (1/1)
1
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How many times will the game be referred to as the Harbaugh Bowl or Har Bowl or Super Baugh during the game?
Over/Under 2 ½
0
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Who will be shown first during the game?
Jim Harbaugh 1/1
John Harbaugh 1/1
Split screen shot of both 4/1
Jim Harbaugh
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How long will the post game handshake/hug last between Jim & John Harbaugh?
Over/Under 7.5 seconds
4 seconds
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Who will be mentioned more by full name during the game?
Jim Harbaugh -120
John Harbaugh -120
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How many times will Harbaugh be said during the game?
20.5
Over 30 times
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will any Baltimore of San Francisco Player on active roster be arrested before Super Bowl XLVII?
Yes 5/1
No
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Who will Barack Obama pick to win the game?
Baltimore Ravens -200 (1/2)
San Francisco 49ers +150 (3/2)
No Action, did not make pick
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - What Color will the Gatorade (or liquid) be that is dumped on the Head Coach of the Winning Super Bowl Team?
Clear/Water 7/4
Orange 5/2
Yellow 5/2
Green 13/2
Red 13/2
Blue 13/2
No Action, no Gatorade dumped
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Who will the Super Bowl MVP of the Game thank first?
Teammates 5/4
God 5/2
Coach 12/1
Family 12/1
Owner 15/1
Does Not Thank Anyone 9/4
Does Not Thank Anyone
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - If Ray Lewis is interviewed on TV after the game on the field or in the locker room how many times will he mention "God/Lord"
Over/Under 3
1
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - What will the TV Rating be for the Super Bowl?
Over/Under 46
No results yet
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - How many average viewers will the game have?
Over/Under 111 million viewers
No results yet
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Which region will have the higher local TV Rating?
Baltimore -150 (2/3)
San Francisco +110 (11/10)
No results yet
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - What will happen with the Dow Jones the day after the Super Bowl?
Market Up -140 (5/7)
Market Down EVEN (1/1)
No results yet
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - What will be the highest tweet per second during the Super Bowl?
Over/Under 15,000
No results yet
SUPER BOWL XLVII SPECIALS - Will any player get a penalty for excessive celebration in the game?
Yes +225 (9/4)
No -350 (2/7)
No
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And here is an accompanying note from Kevin Bradley, Sports Book Manager at Bovada.lv:
  “. . . the Ravens winning outright really cost us on the money line and futures and it made two years in a row the book did not have a winning Super Bowl. One saving grace was the safety at the end of the game did not allow Baltimore to cover the alternate spread of them winning by 3.5 paying out at 5/2 odds, which was our heaviest bet prop, so at least that went in our favor. The National Anthem as unpredictable as it was this year, our number was pretty dead on with it just going over the total of 2:15 while we were a bit low on the number of times they would say “Harbaugh” during the game, we had posted a total of 20.5 and I stopped counting once it hit 30, the power outage was no help on that one.”

Onto some stuff:
--- Chat returns today at 1:30 p.m.
--- Former Steelers receiver Cedric Wilson arrested on an entirely different kind of matter this time:
Click here: Teachers Accused of Cheating on Qualifying Exams - NYTimes.com  
--- Boomer Esiason is correct when he said he heard a buzzing sound just before the lights snapped off in the Superdome. Boomer’s radio booth was right near my seat in the press box and there was a loud buzzing sound for several minutes before the blackout.
--- My immediate thought when the lights went out was that someone had hacked into the Superdome grid computers the way they have been doing with banks lately.
--- I still think it was Beyonce.
--- One question, not football related:
--- YOU: It was just announced that Pittsburgh's own Bruno Sammartino is going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the night before Wrestemania. Can you share a few thoughts or favorite memories about the great champion?
ME: Really, none as it pertains to wrestling. I first met Bruno when he visited the Steelers offices at Three Rivers Stadium in the 1990s and once interviewed him for a story. In 2001, we both had back surgery. I entered the hospital at some godawful hour, 5:30 a.m. I think. There was Bruno. My surgery was set first and his second, by the same surgeon. Our rooms were near each other on the same floor and we each visited, and I introduced my son to him. My son was a big wrestling fan, and although not of the Bruno era, he of course knew about him and was thrilled to have met him. Nice man. He has a wonderful story about how his family hid out from the Germans during World War II. Don’t know if this is true but Dan Marino once told me his family came from the same area in Italy as Bruno.  I forget the name of the town, but Bruno, 77,  was born in Pizzoferrato. This part is true, that Bruno, after he arrived in Pittsburgh in 1950, landed in the same Oakland neighborhood as Dan’s father and the two were friends. The Dapper Dan, the Post-Gazette’s charity arm, gave Bruno it’s lifetime achievement award at the banquet last year. This year’s banquet is Wednesday night.