Pittsburgh -7 favorites to beat Arizona
I can’t blame these Vegas bookies why they like the Steelers.
In case you missed the conference championship games two weeks ago, the road to Super Bowl XLIII is done and we have the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals left standing to play for the biggest prize in North American sports.
You read it, for the second time in four years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will once again play for the Super Bowl and face the Arizona Cardinals, a team making their first trip to the big dance in franchise history.
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Steelers have been one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl even before this season started and it is quite understandable that Las Vegas oddsmakers are already favoring those guys by as much as 7 points.
The Arizona Cardinals, on the other hand, were already longshots right from the get-go and they have their track record to thank for that. They were 45-1 longshots at the start of the season and were still 40-1 underdogs to win the Super Bowl even after they got the invite to play in the postseason.
It seems the Cardinals are not getting the respect from oddsmakers despite proving those guys wrong for three consecutive weeks. One oddsmaker said more favor the Steelers because a win over the Ravens beats a win over the Eagles.
‘’Beating Baltimore is a little more impressive,’’ oddsmaker Jason Been said.
Although I don’t entirely disagree with that one, what about beating the Falcons and the Panthers BEFORE beating Philly? Is that less of an accomplishment compared to coming up with a win over a Chargers team playing without LaDainian Tomlinson?
For what it’s worth, oddsmakers claim that the Cardinals are earning their respect as their underdog stature is building a last-minute fan base among bettors. ‘’I’m not sure how big this bandwagon can get, but it’s growing by the minute,’’ Las Vegas Hilton sportsbook executive director Jay Kornegay said.
‘’The history of losing can really appeal to a lot of fans.’’
The Cardinals are the first nine-win team to reach the Super Bowl. The last time a team with nine wins in the regular season got to the big dance, it was back in 1979 when the Rams were labeled as the heavy underdogs. The Rams lost in the Super Bowl then.
Ironically to the Steelers.
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