let's think about this. caro dominates the bears 1h and on 3 drives get fg's instead of td's. bears have 2 drives, btu both for td's. only getting fg's always leaves the back door open for a good f'n. do i think the game is over - definitely not. however, the caro def has looked terrrible the last 2 times they were out there. does not leave a great feeling.
It's generally good strategy to bet on the losing team at the half anyways if they're only laying a point or two...at least, in the regular season it is. Everyone has just witnessed Car put a licking on Chi for a half of football....it's counter-intuitive to bet on a team that's gotten dominated....which is why there is value in it. That and the fact teams make adjustments at the half. In the playoffs I am not so sure the leaders always ease up. But I liked Chi at the half in any case.
ur right GM, i was never a big halftime bettor but i learned lesson thru years, do the opposite at half, bet team being crushed and bet over with no pts, etc etc
But I'm not so much talking about team dominance, more reading the apparent bias in the 2H line. Last week pit/cin.....game was close at half...(17-14 cin)...yet 2H was cin+5........the inference many unsophisticates (me included) took the points.
Here........same thing, by giving Car 2......the house is ncouraging $ on Car..........go opposite?