In his first 12 months as head coach of the New England Patriots, Mike Vrabel guided them to a 14-3 document after they went 4-13 every of the earlier two seasons. He is now one victory away from incomes the workforce a document seventh Tremendous Bowl championship.
Vrabel and the Patriots can snap a tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers for essentially the most titles by a workforce after they tackle the Seattle Seahawks at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday in Tremendous Bowl 60 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Vrabel gained three Tremendous Bowls as a linebacker with the Patriots and may turn into the third individual to win the championship as each a participant and head coach, a feat beforehand completed by Mike Ditka and Tony Dungy. Nevertheless, Vrabel can be the primary to take action with the identical franchise.
The Patriots earned their document twelfth journey to the Tremendous Bowl by defeating the Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans and Denver Broncos within the postseason. Seattle is making its fourth look after beating the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams.
4 video games are on Sunday’s NBA schedule, together with a matchup between the Indiana Pacers (13-39) and host Toronto Raptors (31-22) at 3 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Enviornment. The Raptors need to full a sweep of the four-game season sequence, whereas the Pacers hope to finish their present three-game dropping streak.
Sunday’s school basketball schedule consists of 11 video games, one in every of which is a Large 12 Convention showdown that has UCF (17-5) visiting Fifth Third Enviornment to tackle Cincinnati (11-12) at 2 p.m. ET. The Knights had their three-game profitable streak halted by eighth-ranked Houston final Wednesday, whereas the Bearcats have misplaced 4 of their final 5 contests.
The Seahawks are 4.5-point favorites in opposition to the Patriots within the newest consensus NFL odds. The Raptors are 9.5-point favorites versus the Pacers and Cincinnati is a 3.5-point favourite in opposition to UCF.
Beneath is a snapshot of what to observe and wager for Sunday, Feb. 8. All instances Jap
NFL finest bets, the place to observe
Seahawks vs. Patriots
Time: 6:30 p.m. | Location: Santa Clara, Cal. | TV: NBC | Stream: Fubo (Strive at no cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Underneath 45.5 (-112) | Professional: Mac Hollins Over 24.5 receiving yards (-110, PropBetGuy)
The Seahawks have allowed a median of 16.5 factors within the postseason, whereas the Patriots gave up 8.7 level per sport throughout their run to the Tremendous Bowl. In its three video games, New England permitted a complete of two touchdowns. Seattle restricted San Francisco to a pair of discipline targets in its first playoff contest. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin thinks these groups will have the ability to get on the scoreboard however would not consider the sport shall be a shootout because the Underneath hits in 59% of its simulations. SportsLine props professional PropBetGuy (68-45, +1635 on his final 113 NFL participant prop picks) feels Patriots wideout Mack Hollins will as soon as once more be concerned within the workforce’s aerial assault as he has cleared this line in 9 of his final 11 video games.
NBA finest bets, the place to observe
Pacers at Raptors
Time: 3 p.m. | Location: Toronto | TV: NBA League Go | Stream: Fubo (Strive at no cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Raptors -9.5 (-104) | Professional: Scottie Barnes Over 33.5 Factors + Assists + Rebounds (-109, Mike Barner)
The Raptors are simply 15-12 on their very own court docket this season, however they gained two of the primary three contests on their present five-game homestand. The Pacers are a depressing 3-21 on the highway and started a six-game journey Friday with a 105-99 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Indiana additionally has misplaced its final three visits to Toronto. Two of the Pacers’ three losses to the Raptors this season had been by 14 or extra factors and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees the house workforce posting one other comfy victory as its simulations have Toronto masking the unfold 60% of the time. SportsLine NBA professional Mike Barner (34-12, +1982 on his final 46 NBA participant prop picks) thinks Scottie Barnes will proceed to be productive in opposition to Indiana as he averaged 21.3 factors, 9.3 rebounds and seven.7 assists within the first three conferences between the groups this marketing campaign.
CBB finest bets, the place to observe
UCF at Cincinnati
Time: 2 p.m. | Location: Cincinnati | TV: CBS Sports activities Community | Stream: Fubo (Strive at no cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Over 145.5 (-109) | Professional: UCF +3.5 (-105, Bruce Marshall)
The Knights had been held to only 55 factors by Houston final outing, however they scored at the very least 79 in every of their three earlier video games and are tied for sixth within the convention with a median of 82.9 this season. The Bearcats are averaging 70.7 factors and have given up 76 or extra in three of their final 5 contests. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin would not suppose factors shall be at a premium on this matchup because the Over hits in additional than 57% of its simulations. SportsLine professional Bruce Marshall thinks that despite the fact that UCF solely defeated Cincinnati by one level at dwelling final month, it’ll cowl the unfold on the highway because it sweeps the season sequence.
