Betting baseball vs betting football

Watching Jon and Kate plus 8… I couldn’t imagine having that many kids. And all at the same age, it’s crazy. I realized today that they are only 30. Hey I’m 30, and their life is completely different from mine…

Anyway, I’m watching this and the Mariners/Red Sox game. So far that game is kind of boring. 0-0 at the end of 2. I’m rooting for Seattle cause I put a small bet on them. Tagging along with the Sports Bettor. I’m not really thrilled with this bet, but hey, those are the ones I usually win. That and I like the girl on that sports betting blog, so I’m rolling with the bet.

Betting baseball can be fun, but I’d much rather bet on football… and bet on the Super Bowl. I mean baseball is so slow, and there are so many games, it seems like anything can happen. Because of the number of games, each game is less important in baseball than it is in football. Injured star players will rest for a few games in baseball, when they won’t in football because every game in the NFL counts. Sure baseball games count, but just not as much. It’s a big difference between playing 16 and over 100 games a season.

Most gamblers prefer to bet on football too. Sure gamblers bet on baseball, basketball, hockey, etc. but football is the number 1 bet sport in America, probably because of the short season. It’s so easy to watch football, an if your a fan, it’s easy to watch every game your team plays. It only takes 3 to 4 hours a week to root for an NFL team, but it takes much longer to watch every game of a team in another sport.

It’s much easier to be a football fan than a fan of any other sport. This convenience is probably why it is so popular, but also why so many people bet this sport. They watch a few games over the first few weeks and think that they know enough to pick winners. And that’s why there is so much action on the NFL.

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The Super Bowl is still months away…

and the summer is here.

They are talking about legalizing sports betting in Atlantic City again. And I for one think that this would be great! Imagine being able to legally bet on sports in 2 different US cities, not just Las Vegas. If AC gets sports gambling, people on the East Coast will have a great place to go to bet on the Super Bowl, March Madness, whatever.

Of course the major sports will fight to keep sports betting in AC outlawed. Why? Because the NFL likes to live in denial. Denial that most people watch games ONLY because they bet on it in one way or another. People bet the games straight up, with a spread, the total, in office pools, in fantasy football, and lots of other ways. The soul reason that football and the NFL are so popular in because people bet on the games. It is a short season, so each game has a large amounts of money on it.

Monday Night Football – This is the game where people who win or lose over the weekend can place a bet to try to win more or get back to even. That is why this game is sooo popular. Why else would someone on the west coast watch the Eagles vs Miami on a Monday night? No one would… But a lot do in Las Vegas and across the rest of the country because they have a little action on it.

The NFL should wake up and realize that sports betting is good for it. Their is a reason that the Super Bowl is the most heavily bet game every year, and it’s because people love to bet football. If it was impossible to bet on the NFL a lot of people would lose interest, but every office pool and bookie, gets people a little more interested.

Anyway, I would love it if they legalized Atlantic City Sports Betting.

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Updated odds to win Super Bowl XLIII

Interested in placing a bet on Super Bowl XLIII? Well we have the odds from BoDog (click the link on our homepage to get there).

Odds to win the 2009 Super Bowl XLIII. All wagers have action.

Arizona Cardinals 50/1
Atlanta Falcons 150/1
Baltimore Ravens 50/1
Buffalo Bills 65/1
Carolina Panthers 50/1
Chicago Bears 40/1
Cincinnati Bengals 40/1
Cleveland Browns 28/1
Dallas Cowboys 8/1
Denver Broncos 40/1
Detroit Lions 65/1
Green Bay Packers 20/1
Houston Texans 60/1
Indianapolis Colts 15/2
Jacksonville Jaguars 12/1
Kansas City Chiefs 90/1
Miami Dolphins 100/1
Minnesota Vikings 28/1
New England Patriots 10/3
New Orleans Saints 22/1
New York Giants 16/1
New York Jets 70/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
Philadelphia Eagles 20/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 25/1
San Diego Chargers 8/1
San Francisco 49ers 75/1
Seattle Seahawks 25/1
St.Louis Rams 65/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35/1
Tennessee Titans 35/1
Washington Redskins 35/1

The Falcons at 150 to 1 have the best odds. They are probably also the worse team (but how is Oakland better than the Atlanta?). Betting $500 on the Birds and you would will $75,000 if they take the next Super Bowl… If you’re looking for a long shot, this could be the Super Bowl bet for you.

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Just wrote a banging post for pre-Super Bowl

In fact, I think that is was soooo good that I’m going to save it until a few weeks before the Super Bowl. It was all about Las Vegas and betting on the NFL Super Bowl, and it can’t stear me wrong in holding it until next January to drop that Golden Nugget on the internet. After all, whenever I write about Las Vegas, I’m writing about Sports Betting.

Sports Betting in Las Vegas is the main reason that the city fills up a few weekends a year. Good Luck trying to book a room on Super Bowl weekend and March Madness weekend for a reasonable rate. Those are probably 2 of the best weekends to visit Las Vegas, unless you are there for a big fight or New Years.

The gambling capitol of the United States… You have to love Las Vegas. 

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The Raiders cut Rhodes. The Jets do okay in the draft.

After drafting Darren McFadden, the Raiders gave Dominic Rhodes the boot. The was do to make $1.75m this year, and wasn’t to good last year. By dropping him, the Raiders open up some room in the salary cap for McFadden and the rest of the team. Rhodes also missed 4 weeks last year for being suspended for violating the NFL substance abuse policy.

The Super Bowl champs had a good draft, even with the last pick in the NFL draft. I’m not so sure about the other New York team. The Jets took Vernon Gholston in the first round. Was this a risky move? Everyone seem to think so. I can;t tell you how many times today I’ve read, “There might not be a player with Gholston’s upside in the entire draft.” BUT “There are concerns about whether he really likes the game.” This has to be bull. Who DOESN’T like football?

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Some 1st round draft picks will end up playing in the Super Bowl

Below we list the players that went in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. You bet on seeing a few of these guys starting in the next Super Bowl. Probably some second rounders too. Hell, Tom Brady was drafted in the 6th round, so any of the guys joining the NFL this weekend could make it to Tampa Bay. 

1 Miami Jake Long OT
2 St. Louis Chris Long DE
3 Atlanta Matt Ryan QB
4 Oakland Darren McFadden RB
5 Kansas City Glenn Dorsey DT
6 NY Jets Vernon Gholston DE
7 New Orleans Sedrick Ellis DT
8 Jacksonville Derrick Harvey DE
9 Cincinnati Keith Rivers OLB
10 New England Jerod Mayo ILB
11 Buffalo Leodis McKelvin CB
12 Denver Ryan Clady OT
13 Carolina Jonathan Stewart RB
14 Chicago Chris Williams OT
15 Kansas City Branden Albert OG
16 Arizona Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie CB
17 Detroit Gosder Cherilus OT
18 Baltimore Joe Flacco QB
19 Carolina Jeff Otah OT
20 Tampa Bay Aqib Talib CB
21 Atlanta Sam Baker OT
22 Dallas Felix Jones RB
23 Pittsburgh Rashard Mendenhall RB
24 Tennessee Chris Johnson RB
25 Dallas Mike Jenkins CB
26 Houston Duane Brown OT
27 San Diego Antoine Cason CB
28 Seattle Lawrence Jackson DE
29 San Francisco Kentwan Balmer DT
30 NY Jets Dustin Keller TE
31 NY Giants Kenny Phillips FS

The Super Bowl champions drafted Kenny Phillips, University of Miami safety, with the 31st pick overall. This is good news for both the Giants and the U of Miami. This was the first year in a while that Miami wasn’t projected to have any players drafted into the NFL in the 1st round, but Phillips got them there. Apparently, New York like him to begin with and didn’t should him much attention before the draft, downplaying their interest. Phillips is reportedly very happy to be playing for the Super Champs.

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Time is running out to bet the NFL Draft.

The Draft is today, and you can bet the hell out of it, but you better do it now since it starts soon. The first round draft order looks like this:

1 Miami
2 St. Louis
3 Atlanta
4 Oakland
5 Kansas City
6 NY Jets
7 New England
8 Baltimore
9 Cincinnati
10 New Orleans
11 Buffalo
12 Denver
13 Carolina
14 Chicago
15 Detroit
16 Arizona
17 Kansas City
18 Houston
19 Philadelphia
20 Tampa Bay
21 Washington
22 Dallas
23 Pittsburgh
24 Tennessee
25 Seattle
26 Jacksonville
27 San Diego
28 Dallas
29 San Francisco
30 Green Bay
31 NY Giants

The Dolphins have the number one overall pick and have already signed Jake Long, the lineman from Michigan as the number 1. Dolphins also added two more of Parcell’s former Cowboys players. Miami traded their fourth-round pick in the NFL draft for tight end Anthony Fasano and linebacker Akin Ayodele.

Fasano was the Cowboys’ 2006 second-round pick but hasn’t played much. Ayodele became expendable when the Cowboys acquired former Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas. Overall, this a good move for both teams, and a great move for the Dolphins. The Tuna drafted these guys as a Cowboy and now he gets to bring them over to his new team on the cheap. I still wouldn’t bet Miami to go the Super bowl yet.

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Will Darren McFadden help the Jets get to the Super Bowl?

I doubt it, but it looks like he may be headed to New York in the NFL Draft tomorrow. So far McFadden has said that he LOVES New York and that he think the Jets will draft him. Of course, news is that this mother hates the Big Apple and hopes her son ends up closer to home which is Little Rock… Sorry mom, I think your son will be a Jet… and have to wait a year or two for a real Super Bowl shot.

The Super Bowl 2012 is only 4 years away. Who cares, right? Well, Indy does. From the Indianapolis Business Journal, “The leader of Indianapolis’ bid to host the 2012 Super Bowl is more optimistic than ever about the city’s chances after a meeting yesterday with NFL officials that lasted more than five hours.”

Indy is competing against Phoenix and Houston to host the 2012 Super Bowl. They lost their bid to win host 2011 Super Bowl to Dallas. Phoenix lost their bid last year too… I bet sooner or later that both these cities will get a shot at the Big Game. You figure the judges will have to pick them for a pity vote at some point down the road. Yeah, I would bet on it.

Of course, the big news is that the NFL Draft is tomorrow. Can you bet on the NFL draft picks? Sure! BoDog is offering all kinds of prop bets on the NFL Draft. You can bet all kinds of things from “Who will the Kansas City Chiefs take with the #5 pick in the NFL Draft?” to “Who will be the first RB drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2008 NFL draft?” If you interested in making the draft more interesting with some wagers, check out bodog (There is a link on our homepage).

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Megan Fox is sexy and those cheating Pats

Hello Megan Fox, the world’s sexiest chick of 2008. Is that an Autobot in my pocket or am I just happy to look at her half naked body?

megan fox

Very, very soon, we will (hopefully) find out what big, stinking liars the Pats are… or aren’t. Matt Walsh is leaving Hawaii for NYC to rat out to the NFL’s the best modern day football franchise and the winner of 3 Super Bowls in the last 10 years.

They went to 4 but thankfully lost the latest Super Bowl to the New York Giants. Ironically, they lost the year that they were caught cheating… and probably stop cheating. I’m not sure if irony is the right word there.

Anyway, the New England Patriots have been accused and even sued over them supposedly cheating in their Super Bowl victory vs the Saint Louis Rams. Personally, I hope that they did cheat, and I hope that it will come out in Walsh’s testimony.

Then I hope everyone sues the hell out of New England… All the players that lost the Super Bowl. Everyone who bet the Super Bowl. Hell even everyone who watched the Super Bowl.

Of course, the NFL is extremely strong and the truth might never come to light. Kind of like all the bad calls in the Seattle/Pittsburgh Super Bowl when the refs determined the outcome of that game.

There is so much BS in the NFL that I wouldn’t be surprised if they already know the truth and are trying the bury the hell out of it. After all, they did destroy the evidence (the Pats video tapes of other teams) against the Pats that they had earlier this year. If it gets out that the Patriots cheated in a Super Bowl (which they probably did), the NFL might have big problems.

We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Pacman is a Cowboy! will he get a Super Bowl ring?

People seem to think so. In fact, Scout.com picked the Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl a week ago, and now that I’ve had a few beers, I’m thinking about betting them to win the Super Bowl.

Getting Pacman is a great move for them, if they can control him. But the Cowboys have a record of stealing thug talent and making them work. If any team could take a guy who makes it rain a half hour before having a bouncer shot… and then turn that same guy into a Pro-Bowler, the Dallas Cowboys can.

Aside from that, the New England Patriots might be busted for spying on the Rams practice before the Super Bowl in 2002. I have to say that I didn’t bet a side in that Super Bowl, but I did bet the over… and I lost. Even though I didn’t bet the Pats, them spying on the Rams offense could be reason enough for them to lose the over, and me to lose my Super Bowl bet, so I hope that they cheated. Beside I hate the Patriots… They cost me money this year vs the Giants. And who, who doesn’t live in Boston, hates Tom Brady? F that guy.

Supposedly that guy who has evidence that the Pats cheated that year has agreed to talk to the NFL. He should be in New York within the next few weeks.

Go you Rat! Screw that team that got you a Super Bowl ring…

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