Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Pats make history in Vegas

An e-mail from Adam:
On The Herd this morning Colin mentioned that most (not quite all) of the Vegas sports books have taken the Pats off the board. Vegas can't even make lines big enough to cover and make a profit. That's fuckinghilarious!!

Pats-Eagles point spread largest ever not involving expansion team
"Nowadays, you don't see too many spreads over 16 or 17 points," said Sean Van Patten, an oddsmaker at Sports Consultants in Las Vegas. "That's because most teams take their starters out in the fourth quarter of a lopsided game. The Patriots don't. I call this phenomenon The [Bill] Belichick Factor."

By continuing to pour it on the fourth quarter, Belichick is throwing Vegas out of whack. And making bookies run for cover.

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