Early Super Bowl Odds Offer Unique Value

When the baseball playoffs began October, the longest shot on the World Series matchup odds was a San Francisco vs Texas final.

It was a 50/1 shot, with the favored World Series pairing being the Phillies vs Yankees. We all know how that played out as the Giants beat the Rangers for the title.

As we hit the divisional playoff round, eight teams remain and the longest longshot for a Super Bowl matchup is Seattle vs the Jets at 100/1.

Can something as crazy as the Bears and Patriots getting upset at home actually happen to keep that possibility alive?

Both are double-digit underdogs on the road, a situation that has been strangely kind to the visitors over the years.

In the past five NFL playoff games where a team is favored by 10 or more points, the underdog has won the game straight up four times!

Going back to 2002 and those dogs are 6-3 SU and even further to 1999, the double-digit underdogs are 9-2 ATS.

So what is the most likely Super Bowl matchup according to Bodog? A Patriots vs Falcons matchup is roughly 3/1 odds, followed closely by a 4/1 line on the Pats vs the Bears. (All the possible Super Bowl odds matchups and associated lines are below).

These lines will change obviously after the weekend, so fans who can predict an upset now will get better odds.

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Everyone can bet for one team and everyone can bet whether the game will go over or under. It’s the fun stuff starting from ‘who will win the Super Bowl coin toss’ and ‘will the coin toss be heads or tails’ questions.

Who will score the first touchdown? Which QB will throw for more yards? Will Tom Brady’s hot model wife be shown on the telecast more than five times?

And which song will halftime act Black Eyed Peas play first?

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Odds to win the 2011 Super Bowl XLV: courtesy of bodog
New England Patriots 8/5
Atlanta Falcons 11/2
Green Bay Packers 11/2
Pittsburgh Steelers 6/1
Chicago Bears 8/1
Baltimore Ravens 9/1
New York Jets 12/1
Seattle Seahawks 35/1

Odds to win the 2011 AFC

New England Patriots 5/7
Pittsburgh Steelers 3/1
Baltimore Ravens 5/1
New York Jets 15/2

Odds to win the 2011 NFC

Atlanta Falcons 33/20
Chicago Bears 2/1
Green Bay Packers 21/10
Seattle Seahawks 12/1

What will be the Exact Super Bowl XLV Matchup?

New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons 13/4
New England Patriots vs. Chicago Bears 4/1
New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks 22/1
New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers 17/4
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons 9/1
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Chicago Bears 11/1
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Seattle Seahawks 55/1
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers 8/1
Baltimore Ravens vs. Atlanta Falcons 14/1
Baltimore Ravens vs. Chicago Bears 16/1
Baltimore Ravens vs. Seattle Seahawks 80/1
Baltimore Ravens vs. Green Bay Packers 18/1
New York Jets vs. Atlanta Falcons 20/1
New York Jets vs. Chicago Bears 22/
New York Jets vs. Seattle Seahawks 100/1
New York Jets vs. Green Bay Packers 25/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - New England Patriots Playoff Progress

Eliminated in AFC Divisional Round 3/1
Eliminated in AFC Championship Game11/4
Super Bowl Runner up 3/1
Super Bowl Champion 8/5

2011 NFL Playoffs - Pittsburgh Steelers Playoff Progress
Eliminated in AFC Divisional Round 3/2
Eliminated in AFC Championship Game5/4
Super Bowl Runner up 7/1
Super Bowl Champion 6/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - Baltimore Ravens Playoff Progress
Eliminated in AFC Divisional Round 10/17
Eliminated in AFC Championship Game3/1
Super Bowl Runner up 9/1
Super Bowl Champion 9/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - New York Jets Playoff Progress
Eliminated in AFC Divisional Round 1/4
Eliminated in AFC Championship Game6/1
Super Bowl Runner up 14/1
Super Bowl Champion 12/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - Atlanta Falcons Playoff Progress
Eliminated in NFC Divisional Round 6/5
Eliminated in NFC Championship Game3/1
Super Bowl Runner up 3/1
Super Bowl Champion 11/2

2011 NFL Playoffs - Chicago Bears Playoff Progress
Eliminated in NFC Divisional Round 15/4
Eliminated in NFC Championship Game10/11
Super Bowl Runner up 3/1
Super Bowl Champion 8/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - Seattle Seahawks Playoff Progress
Eliminated in NFC Divisional Round 1/5
Eliminated in NFC Championship Game5/1
Super Bowl Runner up 18/1
Super Bowl Champion 35/1

2011 NFL Playoffs - Green Bay Packers Playoff Progress
Eliminated in NFC Divisional Round 2/3
Eliminated in NFC Championship Game9/2
Super Bowl Runner up 9/2
Super Bowl Champion 11/2