Betting the Ranch!

(The following post is from an earlier attempt at blogging this year. It was imported from a blog I called "Clean Living Through Chicanery")
The disappointing showing of the Pittsburgh Steelers in their win last week against the New York Jets has created an interesting phenomenon in Western Pennsylvania. The Stillers poor performance contrasted with the drubbing the New England Patriots gave the favored Indianapolis Colts caused the American public to tilt the betting line toward the Patriots by 3 points. The +3 points the Steelers would normally get for being the home team suggests that the betting universe believes that the spread would be 6 points in favor of the Pats on a neutral field. This despite the fact that:The Steeler's # 1 defense in the NFL actually only gave up 3 points against the Jets.
The Steeler's beat the hell out of the Patriots on both sides of the ball when they played on October 31.
No team has been able to stop the Steelers running attack even when its two ace running backs (Bettis and Staley) have been hurt.The Pats got beat recently when they played the Miami Dolphins who had the second worse record in the NFL this past season.The Steelers managed to beat the Buffalo Bills (who gave the Pats a tough time both times they faced each other) even though the Bills needed the win to be in the playoff and the game was meaningless to the Stillers who used a majority of second and third string players.
Previously we mentioned our "Yinzers" with regard to their alcoholic habits. Another thing they are known for is betting heavily on the locals. Legend has it that yinzer families in the 70's would bet enormous amounts of money during the successful years that the Steelers dominated the NFL even to the extent of placing additional mortgages on their homes to get betting capital. Now the locals are certain because of the above reasons that the Steelers will win this Sunday and are betting every extra dollar they can get their hands on.
Our local bookies are reportedly upset about this situation because in modern times they have to adhere to the national line out of Las Vegas and 85 % of the local money is being bet on the Steelers.
Either our Yinzers or our bookies are going to be in serious financial trouble come Monday morning.