For the Monday Contest, we have a GREAT match up in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers go to Tampa Bay to play the Buccaneers.
So, we have another edition of Monday Night Football OVER/UNDER
For those that don't remember, OVER/UNDER is a classic betting term. It's a bet that has nothing to do with who will win the game. Instead, you are betting on whether the TOTAL number of points (or goals, or runs, or whatever) scored by BOTH TEAMS will be OVER or UNDER a certain target number. So when you hear somebody say, "the over/under for this football game is 52.5, that means the target number is 52.5
Anybody betting the OVER is betting that a total of 53 or more points will be scored by both teams in the game
Anybody betting the UNDER is betting that a total of 52 or less points will be scored by both teams in the game
For this edition of OVER/UNDER, we will be asking you to make two predictions
First, you have to predict who will win the game
Second, you have to predict whether the total number of points scored by both teams will be OVER or UNDER the target number
To win your share of the pool, you have to correctly predict BOTH
INFORMATION
Pittsburgh Steelers 57% at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 43%
The is a very interesting match up...
Tampa Bay is at home
Tampa Bay is 2 - 0 on the season
Tampa Bay has beaten two very good teams and are looking great
Pittsburgh is on the road
Pittsburgh is 0 - 1 - 1
Pittsburgh TIED one of the worst teams in the league last year and got beat by a good KC team
YET THE STEELERS ARE FAVORED BY 2.5 POINTS IN THIS GAME
Yeah, "everybody" knows Pittsburgh is a great team and that Tampa is probably playing over it's head...
So this will be an interesting game to see if Tampa Bay is for real and/or if Pittsburgh sucks this year.
OVER/UNDER TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS
52.5
What is it?
You are being asked to make two predictions, who will win the game, and whether the total points scored by both teams will be OVER or UNDER 52.5
How do you play?
To enter this contest, you will need to post the following:
MNF OVER/UNDER
Pick either Pittsburgh or Tampa Bay
Pick either OVER or UNDER
EXAMPLE POST
MNF OVER/UNDER
Pittsburgh
UNDER
Rules:
You have to predict BOTH correctly to win
Only 1 post per person for this specific contest, any more and all of your posts will be disallowed.
ALL PICKS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE FOLLOWING TIMES:
MONDAY 7 PM Chicago (UTC -5)
MONDAY Midnight GMT (UTC +0)
Any picks made after this deadline will simply be ignored.
Any edits after this deadline, and your post will be disallowed.
Reward:
If you guess both correctly, you will share the 500 WRZ$ pool
So, while it's important to guess who will win, it's also important to predict the OVER/UNDER
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