Quote Originally Posted by Boludojones:
Man, Seneca Wallace just plain SUCKS!!!!! How is this line only 1 point????
glad you asked... that's the first step in getting your share of book's money. I thought the same thing when i saw this line... really? only +1 off a victory against the defending champs. This line reeks almost as much as chicago's home line last week, only this time it stinks because the victory over the steelers guarantees that the public will be on chicago in a just win scenario like a monkey on a hundred yards of grapevine.
For those with short memories, seattle is a VERY reputedly tough place to play and the books know this. Even last year, in such a horrendously down year for the hawks, they still went 2-2-1 as home dogs with the tie being a win if you bought it soon enough. Prior to that, ONLY ONCE SINCE DECEMBER 8, 2002 have the seahawks even been given points at home. that once was a home game against the chargers in 2007, a game that they lost SU, but covered ATS.
Even with the public lining up for that free money that dddevin69 seems to think the books pass out, the books are holding that line still, undaunted by the public's chicago pounding at +1, thus far, refusing to give anyone the added security of a field goal's worth of buffer.
I know people are happy to sell on seneca, but let's not forget that he's had plenty of games under center over the last 2 years for seattle, with plenty of time with that offense (furthermore, hasselbeck hasn't been ruled out yet). Also, how could we all forget the 4 picks cutler threw last time he went on the road, and with the bears history of quarterbacks and cutler's history of throwing picks, what makes people think he's just going to stop that because of one good game.
seattle lost to a very good 49er team last week in their only road game to point, and were it not for the books looking to capitalize on public perception, there's no way they'd be underdogs in this game at all.
Admittedly, i will bet this game a little softer if it's seneca under center, but either way, my money's on the hawks as home dogs, because it just doesn't happen very often.
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