Another 'sucker' bet
 

Currently we are a 3 point favorite on Sunday night.
So, in bettor's parlance, we are the 'sucker bet' for two weeks in a row. (as in, how can the Saints not be good this week?)

Hard to figure how we are not 5 point favorites at home, where our average margin of victory is 18 points

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well the kitty cats have been playing well on the road and we just laid a turd of a game in Seattle

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I think it will be close unfortunately. Hope I'm wrong.

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My buddy teased the Saints up to +12.5 last week and over 42. Boy, I thought he was getting paid for sure

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I am thinking the saints will be madder than a pit bull in a hornets nest after being so humiliated on national TV last week.

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100% hagan

All phases have something to prove.

I bet the water boy is mad as hell too.

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ouch
and that's why they call that bet a 'teaser'

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I made a bet on MNF's game - today I go to Twin Peaks and get my picture taken in Seattle gear with a few of the Twin Peaks girls and post it to Facebook.

I made the jersey myself and it will not be considered PC by any means :red:
Twin Peaks for lunch and a Dirty Blonde or two - could be worse I guess...

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Matter of fact...

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If you bet the spread against the Saints each game all year, you make money. It's written in stone somewhere.

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The Twin Peaks girls were all about getting in the picture!
I don't think my friend has looked at my "jersey" very closely - yet :rofl:
My daughter was good-natured about dragging her into my bet.

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If you gamble you have to be willing to lose. Tough wager to lose.lol:D

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Are you talking about the Seattle t-shirt? Cause, I'm laughing my *** off at that one too.

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Yeah that's me! I made it special...I may have lost the bet but I'm not a gracious loser.

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I'm not sure they use stone anymore, but...
The Saints are 6-5-1 vs. the spread this year, 5-0-1 at home (tie was SF)

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If they are not mad then something is desperately wrong!

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Priceless.

Please provide link to get one of those T-shirts.

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Not over yet. LOL

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Kind of off topic, but why is the 3-point spread a sucker bet?

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Because bettors look at it and think the Saints are sure bet to cover that spread. They get sucked in and usually lose.
Last week everyone took the Saints plus 4.5-- same thing

End of the day, the real football experts are not at ESPN or Fox, but in Vegas. No team this year is better than 8-4 vs the spread

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So, you are saying that, in reality, the spread should be closer to even, or favoring the Panthers, but Vegas is able to get incredible house odds by giving -3 to the Saints because of bettors' over-confidence?

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actually, the opposite
the majority of bettors take the favorite and the home team, so the line-makers balance that by adjusting the line up higher.
And, theoretically the home team gives another 3 points on the spread, more if the stadium is a tough place to play
the Saints are -3, which means that if this week's game was in Carolina, we'd be a 3 point or more underdog.

so if you are not bored yet and still reading, bottom line is I am surprised that we are not a 4.5 favorite. I guess that 4 TD loss is still on everyone's mind

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You were wrong!!!