This Week in Sports Betting by the Numbers
by Nick Tolomeo - 8/9/2013
On the field, the NFL Preseason officially got underway with the Hall of Fame game on Sunday night. Off the field, the NCAA and autograph seekers continue to swirl around Johnny Manziel. And somewhere in between on and off the field, Alex Rodriguez made his 2013 MLB debut on the day that the league announced his record-breaking suspension. So it was just another week in the world of sports.
6/1: The odds in July that Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel would win the 2013 Heisman Trophy.
10/1: The odds in July that Texas A&M would win the BCS National Championship.
20/1: The odds in August, after it was announced that the NCAA was investigating Manziel, that he would win the 2013 Heisman Trophy and the same odds that Texas A&M would win the BCS National Championship.
+110: Detroit Tigers moneyline on Tuesday with Justin Verlander pitching against Cleveland’s Justin Masterson.
2: Times the Tigers have been an underdog with Verlander as the starting pitcher since 2011 (vs. Justin Masterson on Tuesday and vs. Yu Darvish in May 2013).
4: Base runners the Cleveland Indians mustered off of Verlander on Tuesday. Verlander pitched eight innings of one-run baseball in a 5-1 Detroit win.
4.16: Rating for Yankees-Mets on May 27 on the YES Network, the highest for the network until Monday.
4.34: Rating for Yankees-White Sox game on Monday, the return of Alex Rodriguez.
7/2: Odds on Bovada for favorite Adam Scott to win the 2013 PGA Championship, ahead of Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods, who are both 12/1.
750/1: Odds for Alexander Noren, Davis Love III or Tom Watson to win the 2013 PGA Championship, the three are the largest underdogs on Bovada.
$54.95: Price of an Adidas Texas A&M Aggies #2 Women’s Replica Football Jersey, the top-selling piece of Texas A&M clothing on ShopNCAASports.com. Despite his name not being listed on the jersey or with the description, the jersey is listed as a search query when site visitors type “Manziel” into the search box. Johnny Manziel is currently being investigated by the NCAA for receiving money for his autograph.
4: Hours that “College GameDay” will air on Aug. 31, the first Saturday of college football.
34-16-3: Record ATS of teams who played in the NFL Hall of Fame game in Week 2 of preseason
-2: Point spread on Bovada for the favored Dallas Cowboys in their second preseason game, Friday night at Oakland.
-1.5: Point spread on Bovada for the favored Miami Dolphins in their second preseason game, Friday night at Jacksonville.
+220: The 5Dimes odds on July 30 of John Cena winning his main event match against Daniel Bryan (-300) at WWE SummerSlam on Aug. 18.
+350: The 5Dimes offs on Aug. 8 of John Cena winning his main event match against Daniel Bryan (-530).
5.76 million: Average viewers for the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Finals, the most-watched Stanley Cup Finals since records began being kept in 1994.
10.1 million: Viewers for the NFL Preseason opener between the Cowboys and Dolphins
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