It seemed losing the Super Bowl doomed that team to a Week 1 loss and bettors just kept betting against them year after year.
And it wasn’t really close straight up either, with the losers going just 2-10 SU. Indeed, the 12 seasons between Super Bowl 34 and Super Bowl 45 witnessed the loser of the Big Game fail to cover every season in Week 1. So pay attention as the Chiefs (small home faves to the Lions) and Eagles (road chalk at the Patriots) open the 2023 campaign.
Easy money.Īnd betting on the Super Bowl champ to win Week 1 (at least on the moneyline) was also a lock. There was a time, not too long ago, when betting against the loser of the Super Bowl in Week 1 of the following season was a lock.