2010 Arena Bowl XLIII Odds: Tampa Bay Storm vs. Spokane Shock: August 20th 2010

The AFL betting playoffs have been great this year but everything will come to an end Friday, August 20th at 8pm ET with ArenaBowl XXIII. The NFL Network will air the live telecast from the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena where the Tampa Bay Storm (13-5, 9-9 ATS) and Spokane Shock (15-3, 10-8 ATS) will go to war. Both teams won close Conference Championship games to advance to the Arena Bowl, as Tampa Bay won the third installment of the War on I-4 against hated rival Orlando 63-62 as 7.5-point chalk, while the Shock defeated Milwaukee 60-57 as 4.5- point favorites.

Tampa Bay’s QB Brett Dietz was the leader of the Storm’s offensive attack against Orlando racking up 260 yards through the air to go with a TD/INT ratio of 7/2. WR DeAndrew Rubin led the team with 10 receptions, 116 yards and two TD receptions, while WR Tyrone Timmons added three more TD receptions. The Storm’s defense was able to force two fumbles and recovered them both. As a visitor this season, head Coach Tim Marcum’s squad went 6-3 SU & 5-4 ATS.

Shock QB Kyle Rowley was the ringleader of Spokane’s offensive explosion against a feisty Milwaukee Iron team that fought until the bitter end. Rowley threw for an awesome 334 yards through the air which went along with a perfect TD/INT ratio of 7/0. Even though Rowley had an amazing game, WR Huey Whittaker was the standout player on the night hauling in a game high 14 receptions for 165 yards; his four TD grabs and one rushing score also paced the team. Spokane’s defense was pretty nonexistent only acquiring one sack, but Milwaukee kept QB Chris Greisen upright for the better part of the seasons entirety. Spokane stands an impressive 8-2 SU at home and made AFL bettors happy overall covering six of its ten games ATS.

There aren’t many pointspread trends that stick out in terms of the side for this ArenaBowl match-up, but that can’t and won’t be said when looking at the ‘total.’ Tampa Bay saw the ‘under’ cash each of the three times it played on the road with a number equal to or greater than 110; that streak extends to a perfect 6-0 ATS the L/3 seasons! The Shock played to the ‘under’ each of the six times a ‘total’ was posted when they were favored by 3.5 to 9.5-points in 2010.

2010 Arena Bowl Odds: The Shock currently sit as 3.5-point home favorites with the game “total” set at 114.5 for tonight’s ArenaBowl betting match-up. Visit Touthouse.com for arena football picks and arena football betting odds each week.