This Black Sunday was nonsense. The line might of opened at 2.5 in Vegas, but got bet up quickly. It might have got bet up to 4.5, but how many had that number?
You have to remember that although Vegas might have had a number up, the local guys wouldn't put out a number until the Thursday before the game....and that number was 4! I don't even think they had teasers in those days, bu if they did, they wouldn't let you use one when there was only one game on the board. That left parlays as one of the only other vehicles you could bet on. Props hadn't even come into being at that time either. And even if there were, they were miniscule.
I know that back east the line was a solid 4. So if you wanted to bet the game, you either took the game and the total, and pushed on one and either won or lost on the other. Parlays would have been lost or paid off on only one bet....the total, which was reduce to 10/9 with no game result!
Black Sunday was one of the biggest lies ever. If the sharps were sharp enough to get down early enough on Pitt -2.5, and late on Dallas +4.5, well good for them. But how much money do you actually think got down at those prices? I don't even think there was money line bets at the time!
Believe me, this was one of the biggest fairy tales ever invented. Sure it looks like hell on paper, and makes for a good story to show how the "poor" bookies got killed, but ask around and see how many players got anything but the number 4 for the game.:nopityA:
