Football’s divisional playoff weekend and basketball power rankings
Divisional Football Playoffs: Jacksonville at New England, San Diego at Indianapolis
Saturday, Jacksonville travels northward with intentions of knocking off perfect New England, who posted an unblemished 16-0 SU (straight up) regular season record with an ATS (against the spread) mark of 10-6. At home, they covered the spread in five of their eight contests.
New England owns the best offense in the league by scoring a robust 36.8 points per game while racking up 411.3 yards. Their 589 points posted during 2007 set an all-time league record. Oh, and they also had the time to set a league mark with 75 touchdowns…
1/12, 8:00pm Spread Moneyline Over/Under
Jacksonville +13 -110 +550 49.5 -110
New England -13 -110 -750 49.5 -110
Favorite: New England
1/13, 1:00pm Spread Moneyline Over/Under
San Diego +8.5 -110 +350 45 -110
Indianapolis -8.5 -110 -450 45 -110
Favorite: Indianapolis
Divisional Football Playoffs: Seattle at Green Bay, New York at Dallas
Green Bay finished the regular season at 13-3 SU (straight up) and a profitable 12-3-1 ATS (against the spread), as the biggest money-makers in the business thanks to an offense led by their gunslinging QB, who scored 27.2 (4th-best in the league) points per game and collected 278.8 yards through the air which was second best in the league.
Despite Green Bay’s success this season, they are only 1-4 ATS in their last five playoff games. But they are a solid 13-4-2 ATS in their last 19 versus conference foes…
1/12, 4:30pm Spread Moneyline Over/Under
Seattle +8 -110 +320 42 -110
Green Bay -8 -110 -400 42 -110
Favorite: Green Bay
1/13, 4:30pm Spread Moneyline Over/Under
NYG +7.5 -110 +270 47 -110
Dallas -7.5 -110 -330 47 -110
Favorite: Dallas
BASKETBALL - Betting Power Rankings
Atlantic: Boston
29-3 SU / 21-10-1 ATS / KG looks like an MVP
Central: Detroit
26-8 SU / 23-10-1 ATS / Still the East’s best
Southeast: Orlando
22-14 SU / 23-13 ATS / Cooling off, but still worth the action
Northwest: Portland
21-13 SU / 22-12 ATS / This year’s big surprise
Pacific: Los Angeles
22-11 SU / 21-12 ATS / Kobe and co. keep rolling
Southwest: New Orleans
23-11 SU / 20-13-1 ATS / Lead division ATS
