Saturday, January 15, 2011

Baltimore at Pittsburgh Preview

Baltimore plays at Pittsburgh on 1/15 in a playoff game.

Baltimore is ranked #4 by the computer with a 13-4 record and a rating of 87.222 against a schedule strength of 81.723.  Their performance chart can be found below and shows they were fairly consistent and finished fairly strong, their worst game being @Cincinnati and best game being @Kansas City.  They are 8-7-1 against the spread this year and the computer is 6-9-1 picking their games against the spread and 12-4 picking winners in their games.

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Pittsburgh is ranked #3 by the computer with a 12-4 record and a rating of 87.520 against a schedule strength of 82.001.  Their performance chart can be found below and shows they were a little more up and down their downs standing out a bit more, their worst game being @New Orleans and best game being @Tampa Bay.  They are 10-6 against the spread this year and the computer is 10-6 picking their games against the spread and 10-6 picking winners in their games.

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The teams played head to head twice are separated by 2 degrees as follows:

1 Baltimore-->Pittsburgh
1 Baltimore-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Atlanta-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Buffalo-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Carolina-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cincinnati-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cincinnati-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cincinnati-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cincinnati-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cleveland-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cleveland-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cleveland-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Cleveland-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Miami-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->New_England-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->New_Orleans-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->NY_Jets-->Pittsburgh
2 Baltimore-->Tampa_Bay-->Pittsburgh

The teams split their 2 games, the road team winning by a field goal each time.

The spread is Pittsburgh by 3 and the computer agrees nearly exactly picking them by 3.3.  Here is the pick using the format from the newsletter:

*xPittsburgh            -3.0 over  .            Baltimore  3.3  0.3 0.629 0.512

Enjoy!

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