Originally Posted by
cobra_king
Hype is just that, it's hype, it's not reality. For arguments sake lets use -150 as the number. That would mean that Chicago would have a 60% chance of winning the game and Columbus would have a 40% chance of winning. If a book offered this number the amount of money bet on Columbus would be overwhelming. Books don't stay in business by offering bad lines. And betting on, or offering a line that says Chicago will win any road game 60% of the time is absurd.
You were on the right side of the game last nite, though not for the right reasons, but congratulations to you on the win! Needless to say you didn't have to sweat this one out.