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2009 Super Bowl Odds: Looking Back

Written by Steve Janus

2009-super-bowl-odds-011309 It’s been a crazy NFL betting season this year and the playoffs have been no exception! With long-shot teams like the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles both playing for the Super Bowl this season, it got me thinking. What chance did NFL odds makers give these teams to win the Super Bowl at the beginning of the season? It’s easy to set odds for teams like the Patriots and Giants before the season starts because they played in the Super Bowl just last year, but what about the remaining teams in the playoffs? Before looking at the odds I guessed that the Eagles, Cardinals, and Ravens would be considered long-shots (40 to 1 or more) and that the Steelers would be one of the favored teams to win the Super Bowl.

Luckily for me, BetUs.com has provided their odds for who would will win this season’s Super Bowl before the start of the 2008 NFL season. Let’s see how their (and my) predictions went. There are also some other cool props that you can take a look back at as far as conference champions and win totals for each team.

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following Odds (updated odds listed at bottom):

Beginning of season (March)

To Win Superbowl

Philadelphia Eagles 35/1

Arizona Cardinals 50/1

Baltimore Ravens 60/1

Pittsburgh Steelers 20/1

To Win the NFC

Philadelphia Eagles 12/1

Arizona Cardinals 18/1

To Win the AFC

Baltimore Ravens 25/1

Pittsburgh Steelers 12/1
To Win the NFC East

Philadelphia Eagles 7/2

To win the NFC West

Arizona Cardinals 9/4

To win the AFC North

Baltimore Ravens 6/1

Pittsburgh Steelers 1/1

Reg Season Wins

Arizona Cardinals

Over 7.5 (-150)

Under 7.5 (+120)

Baltimore Ravens

Over 6 (-140)

Under 6 (+110)

Philadelphia Eagles

Over 8.5 (-200)

Under 8.5 (+160)

Pittsburgh Steelers

Over 9 (-115)

Under 9 (-115)
Current odds To Win Superbowl and Conference

Philadelphia Eagles 2/1

Arizona Cardinals 11/2

Baltimore Ravens 4/1

Pittsburgh Steelers 7/5

NFC

Philadelphia Eagles 1/2

Arizona Cardinals 8/5

AFC

Baltimore Ravens 21/10

Pittsburgh Steelers 2/5

Now I’m not really suprised that the Arizona Cardinals were 50 to 1 shots before the start of the season, but the Ravens at 60 to 1?! I guess hindsight is 20/20 as they were bringing in a new coach and were supposed to be grooming a rookie quarterback. I was also a little surprised about the Steelers being at 20 to 1. Knowing that they have such a great defense, and always seem to do well in the playoffs, I would have guessed they would be one of the favorites to win it all this year. Then again, it’s really easy to say all of this know, having watched an entire season! I will have to be sure to put out my predictions for next year after this year’s Super Bowl and see if I can do any better. In fact, why don’t you do the same right now? Post your Super Bowl winner for NEXT year in the comments below. Let’s see how well you do!

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