Sportsbook.com Bettors Back Colts

After trouncing Tennessee on Sunday the Colts are continuing their quest to complete the perfect season. Faced with a tougher opponent in Jacksonville this week, bettors at Sportsbook.com believe that the Colts will continue their winning ways, that is, until the Super Bowl.

Betting sentiment bucks the favored odds on both propositions. Despite being listed at -160 to lose a game before the end of the regular season, almost 78 per cent of bettors are backing the Colts to finish 16-0.

When it comes to the SuperBowl, however, bettors don't share the same enthusiasm. Only 30 per cent of wagers have backed the Colts to win the big game, in spite of the fact that the odds favor the Colts at -150. In fact, only 32 per cent of fans are backing the Colts to even make it to the Super Bowl, as witnessed by the betting trends on whether Indianapolis will win the AFC Conference.

"It's really an interesting trend and one we would not have expected. Some people around the league feel Dungy may rest some of his players in the last few games of the regular season to make sure they are ready for a run at the Super Bowl," said Peter Childs, Sportsbook.com oddsmaker. "Clearly fans believe that this is a team built for regular season success but not necessarily playoff success."

The Colts are at Jacksonville on Sunday. Two more challenges lie ahead when Indy hosts San Diego and then pays a visit to Seattle, in what Sportsbook.com lists as the most likely Super Bowl match-up. Odds on those two teams facing each other on February 5, 2006 in Detroit are 5-2. Indy caps the regular season with a game at home against Arizona.