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Old 11-24-2007, 12:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default SInce 1985, There Have Been SIX NFL Favorites of -20 or more!

That's it! Just six times in nearly 23 seasons.

10/11/87 - San Francisco (-23.5) 25, Atlanta 17 L
10/11/87 - Dallas (-21.0) 41, Philadelphia 22 L
10/13/91 - Buffalo (-20.0) 42, Indianapolis 6 W
12/19/92 - San Francisco (-20.0) 21, Tampa Bay 14 L
12/05/93 - San Francisco (-24.0) 21, Cincinnati 8 L
11/11/01 - St. Louis (-20.0) 48, Carolina 14 W

Pretty amazing that two of the occurrences came on the same day (10/11/87)...LOL

Interestingly, the underdogs are 4-2 ATS. With New England now at -24, it is tied for the largest spread since 1985. If anyone knows of a bigger spread from prior years, post away!
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Old 11-24-2007, 01:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That's crazy, -24. I took the over, because I know they'll put up a bunch of points but this way a backdoor cover or 38-17 type of game doesn't screw me.
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San Francisco was disappointing as -20 + favorites.
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LT, my data goes back to 1978, and I don't have any spreads at 20 or above from '78 to '84
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I can't believe those Ram teams from a few years ago never hit 20
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Old 11-24-2007, 09:24 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I can't believe those Ram teams from a few years ago never hit 20
11/11/01 - St. Louis (-20.0) 48, Carolina 14 W

Wouldn't that be one of them?
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Must be drinking on the job again
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Old 11-24-2007, 09:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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i have -19.5 in my data for that rams game
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i have -19.5 in my data for that rams game
Exactly.

Thanks for bailing me out durito.
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You guys remember the rams were like 14 pt favs over the pats in the pats first superbowl win.
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I dont know if its true but I heard the Steelers were -28 against the Buccaneers back in the 70's
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Old 11-25-2007, 08:09 AM   #12 (permalink)
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This is totally from memory, but I think luciano is right. I believe the Steelers had won the Super Bowl the previous season and the Bucs were in the middle of their 0-14 innaugural season.
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I have no idea who is good or bad in the past but I am now know that the New England is a very good team this year.
Final will be New England 35 Phila 0.
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I dont know if its true but I heard the Steelers were -28 against the Buccaneers back in the 70's
I think you're on target. This was mentioned in several articles. Here's an example:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3120882
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