Super Bowl 44 NFL Betting Guide - Colts Could be Hard to Halt

February 4 - Very often the art of sports betting comes down to timing (amongst other things like intellect, an excellent understanding of sports and the teams involved, and past experience) meaning that when you lay your bets can dictate how much you get to pocket when the result goes your way.

Take for instance the current NFL 2009/10 season which is just days away from yielding the Super Bowl XLIV champions in Miami, Florida. If you were canny enough to back the Indianapolis Colts early on, you may be looking at a pretty payday. If not, watch out as the Colts' points spread has skyrocketed.

Yup, it has climbed all the way up to six ahead of Sunday's highly anticipated showdown with the New Orleans Saints. And a big part of the reason for this has to do with the Saints' head-scratching loss in form of late. Having played super football all season long, the team is struggling to keep it together.

How else do you explain the Saints shocking three game losses? But for whatever the reason the Louisiana team has jumped its tracks, one thing is for sure and that is that NFL sports betting fans have lost confidence in the team, which has caused the aforementioned Colts' betting line to launch itself into NFL orbit.

However it would be unfair of me not to give Indianapolis the credit they so right deserve. With the team's superstar quarterback Peyton Manning firing on all 12 cylinders, and the rest of the team firmly in his corner, the Colt's are looking more like a team that will not only beat the Saints, but destroy them.

The sad part of all this is the fact that the big showdown was being billed as a kind of a David vs. Goliath scenario, where the underdog Saints - who have never made it to a Super Bowl before and represent a city still recovering from Hurricane Katrina - will face the more experienced and cocksure Colts.

But with the way the Saints appear to have succumbed to the pressure, many NFL betting are asking themselves whether the highlight of Super Bowl XLIV will be the half-time entertainment and TV commercials. But for our money, we believe the New Orleans Saints will stand up to the Indianapolis Colts.

Here is how leading online sports betting site Bodog.com sees the Super Bowl XLIV betting odds for Sunday, February 7 in Miami: