The battle of the NFC South, division leading New Orleans Saints are playing at the Atlanta Falcons. New Orleans Saints are (6-3) and Atlanta Falcons are (5-3). New Orleans Saints continue to be a very offensive team averaging 32 points a game. Atlanta was the best team in the league last season, but have not played as well this season. Atlanta Falcons are on a 3 game winning streak and back in the playoff hunt after starting the season a miserable 2-3.

Bet Online Sportsbook Odds
New Orleans +1 (-110) Moneyline +100
Atlanta -1 (-110) Moneyline -120

Bodog Sportsbook Odds
New Orleans +1 (-110)
Atlanta -1 (-110)

136th Running of the Preakness : The contenders and their win odds.

Animal Kingdom 2/1
Dialed In 5/1
Mucho Macho Man 5/1
Dance City 8/1
Shackleford 10/1
Sway Away 14/1
Flashpoint 16/1
Midnight Interlude 16/1
King Congie 20/1
Astrology 25/1
Concealed Identity 25/1
Mr. Commons 25/1
Isn’t He Perfect 50/1
Norman Asbjornson 50/1

NCAA College Basketballs March Madness Tourney is upon us. This is the grand finally for betting and wagering on the NCAA College Basketball games for the season. This season will see an increase from 65 teams to 68 as three extra teams will make the tournament. In the past, two teams played a pre64 team tourney game before the rest of the first round to get the tournament down to 64 teams. This season, 8 teams will play in 4 games to get the brackets down to the 64 team tourney brackets.

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The New York Jets (11-5) and Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) face off in Pittsburgh. These teams have played once this season with the Jets beating the Steelers 22-17 in Pittsburgh. The Steelers star safety Troy Polamalu (one of the Steelers best players) was missing from that game though with an injury.

The New York Jets are making a return trip to the AFC Championship Game, after a 30-17 loss last year to the Indianapolis Colts. Quarterback Mark Sanchez is making his second AFC Championship appearance in his second season in the NFL. This year the New York Jets added former San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson and former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes to their offense. The Jets also have Braylon Edwards who lead the team with 904 yards receiving this season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are the 2nd placed team in the AFC this season. Ben Roethlisberger has now lead his team to it’s 4th AFC Championship Game in his seven seasons as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning two Super Bowls. The Pittsburgh Steelers defense allowed the least amount of points scored against them during the regular season at only 14.5 points per game. They also had the best rushing defense in the NFL with only allowing 62.8 yards rushing per game.

Bet ED Sportsbook Odds
New York Jets +4 (-105) Moneyline +165
Pittsburgh Steelers -4 (-115) Moneyline -195

Bodog Sportsbook Odds
New York Jets +4 (+105) Moneyline +165
Pittsburgh Steelers -4 (-115) Moneyline -190

A true battle of the NFC North which hasn’t taken place in the NFC Championship Game since 1941. The Green Bay Packers (10-6) are trying to be only the second ever 6th seed team to make the Superbowl with a win against the Chicago Bears (11-5). These teams have played twice this season with Chicago winning the first meeting in Chicago by 3 points and Green Bay winning the second meeting in Green Bay by 7 points.

The two previous games scores were 20-17 and 10-3. Keep an eye on the under/over bet as both previous games were under 42 points. Bodog has under/over 42.5 points, Bet ED had under/over 42 points.

Bet ED Sportsbook Odds
Green Bay Packers -3.5 (-115) Moneyline -190
Chicago Bears +3.5 (-105) Moneyline +160

Bodog Sportsbook Odds
Green Bay Packers -4 (-110) Moneyline -190
Chicago Bears +4 (-110) Moneyline +165

Today, Atlanta is playing their first home playoff game in six seasons. Their last home playoff game was during the Michael Vick era with the Falcons. The Green Bay Packers (10-6) and Atlanta Falcons (13-3) face off in Atlanta. These teams have played once this season with Atlanta winning the first meeting in Atlanta by 3 points (20-17). This is the game of young quarterbacks. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is in his third season and looking for his first playoff victory. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been in the league six years, but only three as a starter, got his first playoff victory last week.

The Green Bay Packers Aaron Rodgers had the third highest quarterback rating (101.2) in the NFL this season and Greg Jennings had another great season with 1,265 reception yards and 12 touchdowns. Green Bay is going to need a strong passing game as their running back Brandon Jackson only averaged 43.9 yards per game. The Packer defense was one of the best in the league this year, only allowing 15 points per game on average.

The Atlanta Falcons are the 1st placed team in the NFC this season. The Falcons have a strong offense and defense allowing only 18 points per game on average. Atlanta receiver Roddy White was 2nd in the NFL with 1389 receiving yards and Michael Turner was 3rd in the NFL with 1371 rushing yards.

Bet Us Sportsbook Odds
Green Bay Packers +1 (-110)
Atlanta Falcons -1 (-110)

Bodog Sportsbook Odds
Green Bay Packers +1 (-105)
Atlanta Falcons -1 (-115)

A rematch of last seasons AFC Championship Game.  During last seasons AFC Championship Game, Indianapolis (10-6 this season) defeated New York (11-5 this season) by a score of 30-17.  But last season Indianapolis was a much better team winning their first 14 games and only losing the last 2 games due to resting their starters.

The Indianapolis Colts have had issues running the ball all season, ranking 29th overall in rushing yards during the season.  The Colts had no dominate rusher this year as Donald Brown lead the team, but still had less than 500 yards rushing.  Payton Manning will always be the star of the team having a great season again like he did last season.

The New York Jets were led this season by Mark Sanchez, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Braylon Edwards.  Kick returner Brad Smith had two run backs for touchdowns.  If this game is close, lookout for kicker Nick Folk who averaged 71.4% during the season, and was only 5 for 11 from 40 yards or longer.

BedED Sportsbook Odds
New York Jets +2.5 (-110)     Moneyline +115
Indianapolis Colts -2.5 (-110)  Moneyline -135

Bodog Sportsbook Odds
New York Jets +3 (-125)
Indianapolis Colts -3 (+105)