fine so be it you want your stinkin 8 ponts you have them. read this little tid bit i found
Did You Know? Championship Games!
Here are some facts about the championship games in both leagues:
Since the merger in '69, there have been 64 games to decide the championships.
Overall, the favorites and home teams have been the dominating force. In the 64 games played since '70....get this.....only 5 pointspreads had an outcome for your bet! That means that only 7% of the games did the pointspread come into play. You know what that means right? Just pick the WINNER, don't worry about the spread. 1984-Redskins beat the Lions, but fail to cover 10 pt. spread. 1991 - Buffalo beat Denver, but didn't cover 11.5 pt. spread. 1995, you'll remember this one, Colts Hail Mary pass falls short, and Steelers beat the Colts.....but didn't cover the 11.5 pt spread.Two years ago, the biggest dog ever, the TB Bucs getting 14.5 points, lost 11-6. Last year I'm sure we'll all remember that the Eagles fought the Rams tough as an 11 point dog, and lost 29-24 but DID cover.
So how have the dogs done in these championship games? Well, in the 64 games, the dog won OUTRIGHT 20 times! That's a little over 30% of the time.
For you Raider doubters, thinking the line might be a little rich, know this, there have been only 4 teams that were dogs of more than 7 points that wound up winning outright, and all of them have been since 1990. Giants did it in 1990, Chargers in '94, the Falcons in '98, and in 2002, last year, the Patriots did it!
Looking at how smaller dogs did, 4 points or less, nine teams out of the 20 were getting this amount, and figuring in home field advantage of about 3-4 points, these games were basically "even" games as far as the spread goes. In the 20 games, the AFC had 11 upsets, and the NFC 9.
AFC home teams are 18-13-1 ATS. Believe it or not, the NFC had the SAME exact stat....18-13-1. However, in the NFC the last 22 years, 14 home teams have covered the number!
Some of you have seen me state that in the Pro's during the regular season, just pick the winner, as 83% of the time, the pointspread doesn't come into play!! With the current stat that only 7% of the time the spread comes into play in the Championship games, 64 of them, that means that
93% of the time, the pointspread means NOTHING!
