Super Bowl Betting: Super Bowl XLV Total. The total in Super Bowl betting has drifted downward to the number of 44. It is expected that before Super Bowl XLV begins on Sunday that the number on the game between Green Bay and Pittsburgh will rise but right now gamblers who bet on Super Bowl action at Sbg global.com are taking the under.
Going Against the World
Many times when you bet on Super Bowl odds you will notice the public going with the over in the Super Bowl. It happened again last year when the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints did battle. Everyone was predicting a high scoring game and the total was the highest in Super Bowl history at 56.5. The game easily went under that number. That is not the first time the public has loved the over and the game has gone under. A few years ago when the Patriots and Giants met the public loved the over as the total was 54 and the game easily went under. And this trend of going against the world works the other way too. In 2001 and in 2003 the public loved the Super Bowls to go under. You had great defenses in those two years and the public actually bet the big game to go under. And yes, both Super Bowls went over. Do you see where we are going with this?
Over the Total
You have the top two defenses in the NFL in Pittsburgh and Green Bay and everyone is betting the game to go under as they bet on Super Bowl action. You know what that means right? You should bet the over. Yes, Pittsburgh is excellent against the run but they have had their issues against the pass. On the other side, Green Bay is very good against the pass but has given up some yards against the run. Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers who is putting up a lot of points on a regular basis. The Packers have averaged almost 30 points per game recently while Pittsburgh has Ben Roethlisberger who threw for a career high 503 yards the last time the Steelers played the Packers. The Steelers beat the Packers 37-36 in December of 2009 in a game that featured a ton of passing yards.
The total of 44 with two excellent defenses would seem high in Super Bowl betting but both teams can put up a lot of points. And in the Super Bowl this is actually the fourth-lowest total in the past 23 years. In the past couple of decades in the five totals that were lower than 46, four of the five went over.