Cowboys Betting

This is the toughest call of the week. Whenever it looks too good to be true, it normally is. The Cowboys have been playing great as of late, while the Vikings have limped into the playoffs. So why is Dallas a 3 point dog here?

It seems almost like Vegas and the online sports books planned week 17 to be a set-up for a huge pay day this week. This is the second game in a row that is going to have stupid people looking back at last week’s game and betting the wrong team. The Eagles did need that game last week, but once thing got out of hand, they stopped playing in the second half.

With emotions running high on both sides of the ball, one team (Florida) will benefit greatly. The other will suffer an embarrassing loss on New Year’s Day. Cincinnati is playing without former head coach Brian Kelly, who led the Bearcats to significant success in recent years

The Cowboys played their best game of the year last week in beating New Orleans and look like they are ready for a playoff run.

We knew the Cowboys didn’t have enough guns to beat the Chargers last week, but this week is a different story. New Orleans has been just winning by the “skin of their teeth” lately, and will continue to until they finally lose their fear of losing their first game. People are fickle. You know that everybody is going to be betting the Saints here

We got a good one for you here. San Diego is quietly playing like the best team in football lately while Dallas is doing their usual “folderoo” late in the season. We do have to give them credit for giving the Giants a harder fight than we expected last week in N.Y

Not quite the same allure as the Red River Rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, but this week’s Bedlam Rivalry game is Oklahoma State’s Super Bowl. The Cowboys have had a tremendous season so far and Oklahoma is sitting at 6-5, ensured of its worst season since 1999

Virginia coach Al Groh has beaten the Cavaliers’ arch rival Hokies just one time in his nine years at UVA. He and the Cavaliers look to make that number two and possibly avoid his firing this Saturday in Charlottesville. The Hokies are in a down year at 8-3 and will not contend for the ACC Championship,

Despite an 11-0 record up to this point, Alabama still realistically needs to win its next two games to get into the National Championship. With Florida a perfect 11-0 as well, the Crimson Tide will need to beat Auburn this week and Florida in the SEC Championship

Boise State doesn’t play too many home games where they are only 14 point favorites, but that is exactly what they are this week when Nevada comes to play on the blue turf. Boise State needs a win this week, and badly. Though the Broncos are 11-0, their only hope for a BCS appearance

At first glance you might think that it was quite a shocker that Oakland beat Cincinnati last week, but at we said the Bengals were coming off their biggest win in years and might be flat. We also felt that Jamarcus Russell was hindering the Raider offense and the switch to anybody but he was the correct move

Washington isn’t as bad as most people think, and Dallas isn’t as good as most people would like to believe. Dallas played terrible last week in Green Bay as a 3 point favorite and the Redskins played pretty well against Denver. This is a divisional rivalry

The Packers are a better team then they have been showing the last few weeks. The Cowboys played very well in upsetting the Eagles last week. This is going to be a good game, and we are going to take the home dog here. The Cowboys have had a hard time being consistent

The Eagles crushed the Giants last week, but it was not as much due to their good play as much as the terrible play of the Giants. The Cowboy-Seahawk game was similar, in the fact that did the Cowboys play that well or did the Seahawks play that bad

These are 2 of the most difficult teams to figure out this year. Seattle might win by 28 points one week then lose by 3 touchdowns the next. Dallas can really play bad at times (especially on the road), and look great at other times.

This will be a very good game. Dallas had a week off to try to correct what was wrong with this team. This year teams that have been coming off byes have been playing extremely well. The Falcons are a better team them the Cowboys, period.

We hit on our 3-team ten-point teaser last week when the Giants +1.5 and Texans +1 both won easily and the Jags +13 blew out the Titans. This week we are going to come back with a 4-team 13-point teaser.

The Broncos are continuing to shock people. They come into this game at 3-0, but really, who have they beaten, Cleveland, Oakland and the Bengals. We love the Broncos but it took a fluke play to win that one.

This is the tricky part of our teaser. All of the other parts of this teaser were based on simple math, odds and probability. In this one although the math is good, we need our team to not lay an egg.

Both of these teams have problems. Miami really can’t play offense at the N.F.L. level. They look like a college or high school team at times, with their “Wildcat” offense and their quarterback who throws the ball like a shot put. Another quarterback, who has a funky delivery is Phillip Rivers

This game scares me, not only as a Giant fan but as a bettor. This is a trap game for the Giants. After 2 huge wins against division rivals, Dallas and Washington, they now play 3 games in a row versus bad teams

The next 2 games that we are picking, we are going a little bit out on a limb. There are 2 home dogs that both played very well last week as huge underdogs. Both teams had opportunities to win outright but didn’t.

The reason we are including this game in our 13 point teaser is because this will be a great game to watch that will come down to a late field goal, or touchdown, and 3 points just isn’t enough.

The Cowboys are much better off without Terrel Owens. Tony Romo can finally take control of the team and do things his way. The NFC East has been tough in recent years, but never this tough as all 4 teams are very good.

Led by Tony Romo, the Cowboys finished a disappointing 9-7 last season (7-9 AGAINST THE SPREAD), putting the pressure on the third year starter and head coach Wade Phillips.

Probably the most well known handicapping angle is the “Monday Night Home Underdog.”

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Bettors no longer have to look at mere sides and/or game totals to strike it rich as mostly all the online sports books (and many Las Vegas) outlets provide first and second half wagering lines along with quarter by quarter prices too on football betting.