NFL Week 13 thread -- Cold weather calls for Isotoners

Vegas knows all. It's eerie. Tonight, an 11-0 team was favored by 5.5 points over a visiting 4-7 team. At first glance, that number seems small. But there was more to it than records, and the oddsmakers had the goods.

 

Additional perspective on the Steelers-Washingtonians:
Steelers were favored by 5.5 and they led by 11 at the half. Before tonight, teams favored by that spread or more and leading by that margin or more at the half were 1,301-35 (.974) according to this link via Stathead, which may or not be paywalled.

 

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Congrats! I remember being so happy when my first acceptance letter came back (Baldwin-Wallace, Marietta or Muskingum, can't remember which) because it meant I could go SOMEWHERE. Then my top choice came through; hope the same for your daughter.

 

When he is on, which he has been for most of the year, Josh Allen is PFG. Great pick by the Bills.

 

I whittled it down to those games exactly meeting the two criteria. Results smaller but similar.

 

So who is in on the fix?

 

I blame the Ravens and the Babushka Lady from Dealey Plaza. And DB Cooper. Don't forget about him.

 

It got to 5.5 because bettors were hammering the WFT all week long. It opened at 10 points last week, was down to 8.5 by the weekend, and then dropped to 5.5 by kickoff today. A lot of people saw this upset coming and bet accordingly. We were talking about the -10 being a juicy line on the gambling thread last week, even before the Steelers-Ravens games.

 

Damn. How common/uncommon is that dip in a line?

 

You could see how he threw some just over the LB and into the receiver. He looked in rhythm all night, never confused. Bills looked very good. Niners needed some pass rush and Aiyuck not dropping a ball in his chest into an INT. Just a killer TO. Bills are a legit contender.

Reminder I heard today how about Bears picking Trubisky over not only Mahones but also Watson? Ugh that hurts.