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Money, Money, Money

Forget Bad Bunny. Super Bowl 60 is all about the money.

Back in September, not many people had New England and Seattle meeting in the season finale. In fact, Patriots vs. Seahawks is the most unlikely Super Bowl matchup by preseason odds since such tracking began.

In the months leading up to the 2025-26 NFL season, there were a variety of teams that bettors were wagering on to win Super Bowl LX — the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks weren't very high among them, per Ben Fawkes of Sports Yahoo.

The Seahawks entered Week 1 of this season with 60-1 odds to win Super Bowl LX at BetMGM — longer odds than every NFC West team, including the Arizona Cardinals at 50-1 — and the Patriots had 80-1 odds.

And there weren't a lot of believers, either, as Seattle had the ninth-fewest wagers to win Super Bowl LX (0.9%) at BetMGM and the Patriots (1.3%) had the 11th-fewest.

The two teams making in the Super Bowl makes it the most unlikely Super Bowl matchup by preseason odds in at least 50 years, per Sports Odds History. Never before have two teams with preseason Super Bowl odds of more than 50-1 met in the Super Bowl in that time span.

The St. Louis Rams (150-1) are the NFL team to win the Super Bowl with the longest preseason odds, accomplishing the feat back in 1999 en route in a 23-16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV.

One notable bettor at BetMGM did have quite a bit of faith in Seattle as it turns out, placing $150,000 worth of futures bets back in late August on the Seahawks. He wagered:

• $50,000 on the Seahawks to win Super Bowl 60 at 60-1 odds to win $3 million

• $50,000 on the Seahawks to win NFC at 28-1 odds to win $1.4 million

• $50,000 on the Seahawks to make playoffs at +185 odds to win $92,500

He has already won $1.492 million and now has a chance to win at least $3 million more if Seattle wins Super Bowl LX.

TRENDING TODAY
Backup Batteries

Backup Plan? New England didn’t need one.

When the Patriots drew a true “backup replacement” starting QB this season (injury fill-in), they went a perfect 4-0 SU — and did it in four totally different scripts: shootout, primetime scrap, blowout… and a frozen AFC title grinder.

The 4-for-4 log (true replacements):

• 11/23/25 vs Bengals (Joe Flacco) — W 26-20 | NE -5.5

• 12/21/25 at Ravens (Tyler Huntley) — W 28-24 | BAL -3.5

• 12/28/25 at Jets (Brady Cook) — W 42-10 | NE -12.5

• 1/25/26 at Broncos (Jarrett Stidham) – AFC Championship — W 10-7 | NE -3.5

Bottom line: if you were waiting for New England to “slip up” against a backup forced into duty… you were waiting on the wrong team.

FYI: For the record, the Bengals, Colts, Commanders, Jaguars, and Titans topped the Patriots with more than 4 games against backup starting QBs due to injury.

DUQUESNE over St. Bonaventure by 14

The 10-9 Dukes face the 12-7 Bonnies in this Atlantic-10 showdown with one of our favorite handicapping tools at work here: conference tourney revenge. It happened last season when the Bonnies bounced the 13-win Dukes from the opening round of the AAC tourney. There is nothing concerning about that as they were expected to do just that, since St. Bonaventure was a 22-win team at tip-off. Duquesne led 34-24 at halftime, but the Bonnies ripped off a 13-1 run in the final 3:47 to swing the game and pull ahead. When the Dukes take the floor in this rematch, they will do so knowing that greater than .400 conference foes seeking LTKO (League Tourney Knock Out) revenge are 3-0 SUATS against the ‘Brownies’. With St. Bonaventure 2-7 ATS on three or more days of rest this season, we turn to the Iron Dukes tonight.

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