Will the Giants beat the Titans?

[Graham C]

Got a bet on NY Giants to win.  I don't know much about NFL, but I'm hoping for 3 winning bets out of 3 tonight.

edit: 20-0 up in the first, should be ok

[TightEnd]

absolutely certain

Giants are play off bound, titans just starting a long recovery as a franchise

[Graham C]

TY Tighty

Just watching Bears v Patriots on Sky, quite a good game for me

[TightEnd]

p.s next time you want to know the result of a certainty, ask before game starts. MAKES US BOTH LOOK BETTER!!!

[Graham C]

lol

I may have been pushing it on my next bet, I took Patriots to win at 1.27 when they turned over just now, I thought they got a TD   In my defence, I'm playing poker and only have half an eye on it!

Thoughts on this game?  It's pretty tight eh, I hear they are 1 and 2 in points not conceded or something like that

[Graham C]

what the hell are the Giants playing at??? 21-21 from 21-0!! 

Come on Giants!

[TightEnd]

I told you the Titans were absolute certanties


Its why this is such a wonderful game


to be fair Vince Young, the titans QB is going to be an absolute superstar, single handedly turned that game round

[Newportlad]

Lol

Just read this thread.   NFL is such a bad sport to bet on. Great sport to watch though.   I would have staked my house on the Giants at 21-0 vs the awful Titans.
I've bet on a few accumulators each week so far this season, and each week one of the certainties gets beat.

[TightEnd]

 NFL is such a bad sport to bet on.

Its not really, you just have to completely avoid backing any team at short odds on cos they are occasionally bad value. The value comes from backing marginal underdogs in close contests.


That said, Giants at 21-0 versus the Titans and then losing was a real jaw dropper! 

[matt674]

Got a bet on NY Giants to win.  I don't know much about NFL, but I'm hoping for 3 winning bets out of 3 tonight.

edit: 20-0 up in the first, should be ok

absolutely certain

Giants are play off bound, titans just starting a long recovery as a franchise

p.s next time you want to know the result of a certainty, ask before game starts. MAKES US BOTH LOOK BETTER!!!

I told you the Titans were absolute certanties
Its why this is such a wonderful game

 

[TightEnd]

All bad tipsters have to be bad liars too, but have nevertheless to try and get away with it!

I did say the 49ers would recover this season though, came very close to beating the Rams on Sunday!

[matt674]

stoopid 49ers - 4 points up with 2 minutes to play and the rams on their own 15 yard line and they still blow it!!

with a chance to go above 500 as well 

[Graham C]

Going above 500

I watched a bit of Green Bay v Seattle last night.  I'm getting in to this NFL mullarky.  Not sure what it all means though  

I've been looking a bit on NFL.com but don't understand all the stats yet.  I don't expect to know it all after only watching about 20 mins though  

[matt674]

Going above 500

Saying used by our friends across the pond to signify a team that has a record with more wins than losses. A few of the sports over there use statistics based on a thousand rather than your usual percentage of 100. For instance in baseball a batters average is based on a figure of 1000 but they insert the decimal point after the 1........ so if he hits the ball every time then his batting average is 1.000 (or one thousand), the good hitters will probably hit the ball 35% of the time or as they call it in Amercia 0.350 (or as the commentator will say - "he's hitting three fifty for the season")

Therefore when a team has a record of 5 wins and 5 losses they are said to be "playing 500" or 50% to the rest of the planet!

There, clear as mud!!

I've been looking a bit on NFL.com but don't understand all the stats yet. 

If you want to watch American Sport its something you'll have to get used to - they have stats for how many toilet breaks they take during the half time interval!!!

[Graham C]

Those stats will take some getting used too.  They do that with odds as well don't they - I can't work those out either.

So if I'm looking at stats for a NFL match, what should I be looking out for?  What are the key indicators?

Ta