NFL Football Pools

Football pools for the 2009-2010 NFL season will be available in early fall.

Super Bowl XLIII Spread

January 23, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

Pittsburgh is favored by a TD against Arizona in Super Bowl XLIII. The Las Vegas sportsbooks opened at this mark and have not moved the line indicating even action on both sides.

The total for over / under bets is 46 1/2 points.

Conference Championship Recap

January 19, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

The NFL Conference Championships are over and the Cardinals and Steelers are playing in this year’s Super Bowl.

Users picking with playoff brackets did well. In the NFC match-up, 55% chose Arizona over Philadelphia. 65% chose Pittsburgh over an injury-depleted Baltimore team for the AFC title.

Conference Championship Spreads

January 14, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

Las Vegas is siding with experience in the AFC and NFC Championship games. The books are leaning towards a veteran Philadelphia squad over an Arizona team that has never been this far in the playoffs.

And who would you trust in a clutch game? Big Ben or the talented rookie Joe Flacco?

Divisional Playoff Recap

January 12, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

The Divisional Playoff round was full of upsets with all but one home favorite losing. Pittsburgh was the only top-seeded team to win.

Carolina and New York were the biggest disappointments with more than 80% of playoff brackets picked in their favor.

Fans weren’t so sure about Tennessee as the margin was 55/45.

Divisional Playoff Spreads

January 7, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

Spreads for the Divisional Playoffs are live on the site.

The Las Vegas odds-makers are not leaving anything to chance in this second week of the playoffs. Each of the home teams are favored with Carolina getting a 10 point advantage over the Arizona which has been terrible on the East Coast.

Tennesee is getting the requisite FG advantage, New York is favored by 4.5 points and Pittsburgh is getting 6 points.

Wild Card Recap

January 5, 2009 | PermaLink | TrackBack

The first week of the playoffs are over and results were mixed for users participating in playoff pools.

Overall, favorites went 2-2 straight-up with both Atlanta and Indianapolis losing. The Falcons disappointed about 60% of the users while the Colts let down 80%.