All the sharp Super Bowl bets are up. The Steelers vs. Packers Super Bowl morning line has Green Bay (-3) with a total of 45.

Here are the latest prop odds for 2011 Super Bowl

Source: BetUs

While the gullible among us put blind faith in the manufactured Brandon Lang Super Bowl record, sharp gamblers have the Super Bowl predictions against the spread, total, and proposition bets.

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a Sunday pick against the spread and it’s on the Boston Celtics (-4.5) hosting Orlando.

Reasoning: the Magic are still a very good NBA team but they have struggled a lot of times this season and are not as well rounded as the Celtics. Pretty much overall Stan Van’s boys are just not nearly as good right now and have regressed a little bit when compared to the last few seasons.

Dwight Howard is obviously a superstar and a guy who will dominate inside but with Kendrick Perkins back and with Shaq in Celtic green there are at least some big bodies on the C’s that will bang and use up their allotted fouls if necessary. To be able to get Rondo, Pierce, Allen, Garnett and the rest of Doc’s squad at home and only lay a handful is more than enough for me. It’s not like this Orlando team has exactly rounded into shape after the trades. They did look a little better at one point after the sluggish start with Richardson, Turkoglu and others but they haven’t been very magical of late after dropping three of their last five games.

Orlando has been beating up the bad teams like Washington and Cleveland and Toronto and Indiana but every time they have had to step it up against major competition they have not been able to do so. The final score may have said four the other day but if you watched the game you saw how LeBron and the Heat were the much better team and that game was in Orlando. The Magic also just lost at Memphis and at Chicago. Something is a little off with this team, whether it be the lack of size or the new pieces not fully fitting or just the team getting a little worse, I don’t fully know. But until they play better in a spot like this I am glad to lay a few points with quite possibly the best team in the entire NBA in the Celtics.

Over the last few seasons and the other day at in Los Angeles this Boston squad has been able to raise their game and play big. Today will be another example of just that.

Top expert pick on this game: Boston Celtics from Matt Rivers.

For more information: Things are going very, very well of late and nothing at all changes on Super Sunday, that I can tell you with absolute and complete conviction. It was a 3-1 Saturday including the big 400,000* on the Oregon Ducks winning outright as the eight point dog along with 300,000* UCLA and 200,000* Virginia, very almost outright.

Not one 400,000* today but two 400,000* today! A pair of monster locks with Ohio State-Minnesota on the hardwoods and Pittsburgh-Green Bay on the gridiron PLUS five Super Bowl props. I am absolutely smoking hot right now and if that’s not what you want to listen to then there’s nothing else that I can do. But when I brag big-time tomorrow you will be kicking yourself! Super Bowl spread pick and more from Rivers is up now.

OffshoreInsiders.com Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a college basketball winner on Iowa State (+4) to Kansas State.

Reasoning: Nobody was more on the jock of Frank Martin’s team last season than I was but the ship has sunk and for this Kansas State team to be laying points on the road in this spot is just silly. No doubt Jacon Pullen is an absolute shining star but the Wildcats have been a disgrace this season and especially so outside of Manhattan.

Iowa State isn’t great by any means and they are a thin team with less scholarship players than most but give the Mayor Fred Hoiberg some credit as he has done a really nice job with the Cyclones. They are not the most talented of teams after losing Craig Brackins but Diante Garrett has been really good leading the way this season and without a shadow of a doubt do I expect a total outright today, even if things have gone a bit south over the last few weeks.

Pullen will score his points and try and keep the ‘Cats in this thing but overall K State has lost player after player and have had more controversy than almost any team in the nation. Things have snowballed in a negative light for a while now and this team on the highway has been horrific. I just don’t see the visitors being able to muster much as the confidence is low and the squad overall is not nearly what they were thought to have been earlier in the season.

Martin’s boys are a terrible 15-8 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12. They’ve lost pretty much every road game this season and more times than not have gotten whacked in those contests. The last loss at Kansas was a total beating and the previous four at A&M, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Florida were not much better.

Iowa State is 1-7 in the conference, which doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that’s not very good, and they were just pounded in Boulder against Colorado in their fifth straight defeat but I’m alright with that. Certainly the last pair of home losses to Oklahoma and Texas Tech are inexplicably bad but this team will continue to fight and show a little better. The Cyclones proved their upside to me with the tighter than tight game and cover against Kansas along with the win over Baylor about a month or so ago. I expect more of that better type of a performance today by the homeboys and expect an outright as K State continues to regress and shrivel up.

The pick: Iowa State

For more information: Last night Rivers hit with a 400,000* Manhattan stayed in the number the entire game and the 200,000* on the Mavericks won outright! I’m feeling pretty darn good right about now. A whopping four winners today and well over a million* of profit in the end. A pair of Pac-10 games lead the way with a Monster 400,000* Washington-Oregon and a 300,000* involving St. John’s and UCLA. I’m throwing in another 300,000* affair between Clemson and Georgia Tech and will round out the day with a 200,000* on Virginia and Miami, Fl.

I am imploring you not to miss out today, truly. If you do miss out you will kick yourself later on because I am going to brag about a 4-0 sweep. Rivers Saturday card is up

More Super Bowl proposition odds for Super Bowl 45 Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay have been posted. These odds are from BetUs

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Yesterday, we were two letters off. We stated that ESPN’s Chad Millman has renamed to long-standing sports handicapping tool of Margin of Cover as the “sweat meter.” He in fact refers to it as the “sweat barometer.”  By any name, the “Margin of Cover” (+/- how much they did or did not cover by) continues to be a betting weapon.

Now that sports betting experts know the top MOC teams in NCAAB to bet on or against, how about analyzing which teams in college basketball are best and worst off straight up wins and losses?

Cal Poly has been the top “predictably unpredictable” squad as they are 1-7 against the spread off a straight up win, but 8-1 to the number off a straight up loss.

Here are the best teams off an outright win:

Team Against the spread record

Hawaii                                    8-1

George Mason            13-3

Texas                          12-3

Cleveland State         11-3

However, the following teams can’t stand prosperity. These are the best teams to bet against off a straight up win:

Team Against the spread record

Miss State                   1-8

Ohio                            1-7

Miami Ohio                1-7

Southern Illinois        1-7

Cal Poly                      1-7

Michigan State           2-9

Who are the best bounce back teams? Only two teams have been particular impressive against the sportsbook odds off a straight up setback:

Team Against the spread record

Cal Poly                      8-1

San Francisco             7-1

Conversely, losing is quite contagious for these spread disasters. Here are the worst teams to bet on—or the best teams to bet against off a straight up loss.

Team Against the spread record

Fordham                    1-8

Texas Tech                 1-7

Florida Intl.                1-7

Arkansas State           1-7

San Diego                   3-13

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OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a pick Thursday on the Miami Hurricanes (-5.5) to Georgia Tech.

Reasoning: The very young Yellow Jackets have been half a disgrace at times this season and especially away from Hotlanta. Miami is not much better than mediocre but they do have quality guard play and being in South Beach should be too much for G Tech. In fact just being anywhere outside of their home element should be too much for G Tech.

Paul Hewitt has not coached his team up very well and right now the Jackets are a lower echelon ACC squad that has been awful. They have shown some glimpses at the Thrillerdome as Iman Shumpert, Daniel Miller, Glen Rice and a few others have manned up to beat North Carolina and play better at times against others but the road has been a different story and until they show anything really should lose by double digits against any opponent that has anything at all.

Tech is a perfect or imperfect 0-6 on the road and none of the games have even been that competitive. They lost to a dreadful team in Kennesaw State earlier in the season and were also downed by five by a regressing Siena program. The Saints are far from being the class of the MAAC anymore and all in all Tech has been brutally bad away and just cannot in any way, shape of form be trusted in such a spot.

Miami is 12-9 and if a few extremely tight games went their way it would be more like 15-6. This team has played a plethora of games that have come down to the last possession and they have been snakebitten with the results. But they have quality guard play led by Malcolm Grant and today is the game that they should get well with.

There is the potential for a blowout but in the end blowout or not I don’t see these visitors being able to compete. They haven’t yet so why tonight?

Top expert pick on this game: Miami Florida

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Much like March Madness, the Super Bowl is always the time of the year where a large percentage of American’s wager in one way or another. Whether it’s the pedestrian “squares” pool that omnipresent at seemingly every Super Bowl party, the prop bets exploited by fantasy football players, or most importantly the point spread picks and the over/under selections on the Packers vs. Steelers game itself, significant money will change hands this weekend.

Not uncommon, the public is betting the favorite and the over thus far. Green Bay is up to a (-2.5 -120) favorite and the total is now as high as 45 at some sportsbooks.

Some of the best proposition bets:

Jordy Nelson (Green Bay) pass receptions: over 3 -148

Pittsburgh has the best run defense in the NFL. With top RB Ryan Grant and TE Jermichael Finley long gone, possession receiver Nelson is the Pack’s best ball control alternative. He is likely to be a big hot read option. The pick should be in by halftime.

James Starks (Green Bay) rushing yards: under 45.5 +129

The Steelers allow 3.0 yards per rush to teams normally getting 4.1. Only twice in his entire career has Starks rushed for more than 3.5 yards per carry. Now in the biggest game of his life, the rookie faces the best run defense in the NFL. He will be lucky to get 20 yards rushing.

Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh) passing attempts: over 30.5 -135

It is considered to be a “fast track” at Cowboys Stadium. The AFC Championship ended 14 straight games in which Pittsburgh passed at least 27 times. Pittsburgh barely escaped a historic meltdown against the Jets by getting Marty Schottenheimer conservative. They finally put the game away with a couple of completions.

We don’t see the Steelers getting too conservative with the lead. But if the oddsmakers are correct, the Men of Steele will probably be behind in the fourth quarter, making it more likely they will throw often.

There are already some wacky wagers up such as what will be higher Aaron Rodgers completions or Dwayne Wade points. Bettors can bet the higher number: Aaron Rodgers completion percentage or Dwight Howard free throw percentage.

How about Andrew Quarless receiving yards or Jared Sullinger (Ohio State) points or Ben Roethlisberger completions vs. Paul Pierce points?

There will certainly be odds on the length of the national anthem, not to mention Super Bowl commercial props. “Personally, I never worry about prop bets, it’s all about who covers,” opines sports handicapper Stevie Vincent.

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