Public dog - An underdog the public strongly backs, as opposed to their normal method of backing the favorite.
Can anyone remember a public underdog that has covered this season? Offhand, I can think of only a few:
Giants +5.5-7 @ Chargers - Only remember this because I had the Chargers big. Chargers were 0-2, Giants 2-0.
Bengals +2.5-3 @ Jaguars - When the Bengals were undefeated and the Jags were 2-2.
Chiefs +5.5 @ Chargers - Chiefs were 5-2, Chargers 3-4
Bears +4-6 @ Steelers - Bears were on long winning streak, Steelers were struggling.
Seahawks +4-5.5 @ Packers - How could a 13-3 team be an underdog to a 3-13 team? Oh.
Bears +3-4 @ Vikings - Same concept.
Patriots +3 @ Broncos - Patriots as an underdog in the playoffs - as IMGV has been mentioning, something like 72% of the public was on them.
I know there were more, and surely some covered, but these were the ones that I remembered. Hopefully this trend continues tomorrow, as the public, who saw the Panthers 23-0 win last week, seems to have forgotten about the Bears, and is staunchly behind Carolina.
Can anyone remember a public underdog that has covered this season? Offhand, I can think of only a few:
Giants +5.5-7 @ Chargers - Only remember this because I had the Chargers big. Chargers were 0-2, Giants 2-0.
Bengals +2.5-3 @ Jaguars - When the Bengals were undefeated and the Jags were 2-2.
Chiefs +5.5 @ Chargers - Chiefs were 5-2, Chargers 3-4
Bears +4-6 @ Steelers - Bears were on long winning streak, Steelers were struggling.
Seahawks +4-5.5 @ Packers - How could a 13-3 team be an underdog to a 3-13 team? Oh.
Bears +3-4 @ Vikings - Same concept.
Patriots +3 @ Broncos - Patriots as an underdog in the playoffs - as IMGV has been mentioning, something like 72% of the public was on them.
I know there were more, and surely some covered, but these were the ones that I remembered. Hopefully this trend continues tomorrow, as the public, who saw the Panthers 23-0 win last week, seems to have forgotten about the Bears, and is staunchly behind Carolina.