Saints vs Colts Super Bowl Picks 2010

Written by Matt Foust

Sunday, 07 February 2010

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Sometimes the best way to analzye a game is to examine how a team performs quarter by quarter. Over the course of Saints vs Colts Super Bowl Picks 2010 season a club will usually establish some definitive quarters trends and the Saints and Colts are no different. Here is the inside skinny on how this year's Super Bowl squads took care of business on a quarter by quarter basis:

Indianapolis averaged 5.5 points in the first quarter (including their two playoff games) while their opposition posted an average of 3.8 points in the opening frame. The Colts had a first quarter record of 8-4-6 on the season. Indy's best quarter proved to be the second as it averaged 9.6 points in 18 second quarters played (10-4-4 record). Their competition also produced a healthy 7.8 points per second quarter average. The Colts worst quarter was the third in which they averaged a paltry 3.6 points per quarter; however, their opposition fared even worse against them managing a meager 2.9 points per quarter average (8-4-7 record). Indianapolis averaged 7.1 points per quarter in the final frame; their opponents finished up with a 4.7 points per quarter average (10-5-3 record).

New Orleans played their worst football, at least statistically, in the first quarter, losing by an average 0.7 points per first quarter over their 18 games (7-9-2 record). The Saints made up for their slow starts, though, by averaging 10.8 points in the second quarter (opponents average 5.5) for a 10-4-4 record in the second frame. The third quarter also proved somewhat troublesome for Sean Payton's squad as they averaged 6.9 points per third quarter in route to a modest 8-5-5 record. New Orleans closed out strong, however, scoring an average of 8.1 points in the fourth while holding teams to a 3 points per fourth quarter average (12-3-3).

Based upon the above information, the strongest Super Bowl Picks 2010 for quarters betting would be: the Colts -.5 in the first, the over 14.5 points in the second, and the Saints +.5 in the fourth.

BetUS.com Saints vs Colts Super Bowl Picks 2010:

1st Quarter

Saints +.5 (-125), Over 10.5 (-120), +140 (Moneyline)

Colts -.5 (-105), Under 10.5 (-110), -170 (Moneyline)

2nd Quarter

Saints +.5 (-120), Over 14.5 (-150), +140 (Moneyline)

Colts -.5 (-110), Under 14.5 (+120), -170 (Moneyline)

3rd Quarter

Saints +.5 (-125), Over 13 (-115), +125 (Moneyline)

Colts -.5 (-105), Under 13 (-115), -155 (Moneyline)

4th Quarter

Saints +.5 (-125), Over 14 (-130), +120 (Moneyline)