This Week in Sports Betting by the Numbers
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/21/2013
Auburn watched a 20-point lead turn into a two-point deficit against Georgia, but the Tigers had the ball at their own 27 and with 25 seconds to play, and Auburn somehow converted a fourth-and-18 when a Nick Marshall pass was tipped by a Georgia defender and caught by Ricardo Lewis, who raced the remaining 73 yards to give the Tigers an improbable 43-38 win against Georgia. It was the Play of the Year, and for Georgia +3 backers it was the bad beat of a lifetime. Here are some more numbers from the sports world this week.
$168 million. Total amount left on the remaining seven years of Prince Fielder's contract. The Detroit Tigers traded him to Texas for Ian Kinsler on Wednesday.
$68 million. Total amount left on the remaining four years of Ian Kinsler's contract.
52.0 and 51.5. Sunday Night Football ratings in Denver and Kansas City, respectively, for the Broncos/Chiefs game; both were local records.
16.6. National rating for the Broncos/Chiefs Sunday Night Football game, the highest for Sunday Night Football since the Steelers/Dolphins registered an 18.0 on Nov. 25, 1996.
600,000. Approximate amount of additional viewers the Broncos/Chiefs game had versus Game 7 of the NBA Finals this year.
32. World Cup Qualifiers. The field is set for the world's biggest sporting event, with Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, United States, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Australia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.
3. Number of Green Bay starting quarterbacks over the last three games, Aaron Rodgers, Seneca Wallace and Scott Tolzien.
3. Number of Green Bay starting quarterbacks over the previous 371 games, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers and Matt Flynn.
41. Combined touchdowns thrown this season by Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles.
0. Combined interceptions thrown by Mariota and Foles this season.
31. Second-quarter points scored by the Cincinnati Bengals against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday during a 41-20 Bengals win.
27. Second-quarter points scored by the Detroit Lions against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
0. Points scored in all other quarters by the Lions in a 37-27 Pittsburgh win.
2. Wins this season by the 2-8 Houston Texans.
11.5. Points the Houston Texans are favored this week in their home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
58. Longest field goal kicked this season; Chicago's Robbie Gould kicked a 58-yarder on Sept. 8 against Cincinnati.
-120. The odds on 5Dimes of Lee Corso picking either Baylor or Oklahoma State to win during ESPN “College GameDay”. It is the first time since the prop bet has been offered that the line is essentially even.
-150. Odds of Florida State freshman quarterback Jameis Winston winning the Heisman Trophy, putting him just ahead of Johnny Manziel (+250).
+265. Odds of Manchester City winning the 2013-14 English Premier League, making them the favorite ahead of Arsenal (+350).
8. Manchester City's current position in the table with 19 points and a 6-4-1 record.
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