It\'s called a \"point spread\" for a reason
Simple enough. The bookies and sports books in Vegas don't stay in business by giving out bad lines regularly. You can't tell me you'd expect 20-point swings, and 10 points in less than a minute, for most teams without a huge talent gap.
Therefore, betting on the Texans with the spread, at home, is not necessarily a "bad" play. It doesn't matter if they lose, it matters if they lose by more than the spread. If the Rams had won by a FG in OT, you wouldn't be making this post.
I picked against the Texans myself, but felt very lucky to collect on that bet.
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