Guys,
I see from your posts that you were celebrating your “good fortune” in cashing your tickets for your FH bets on Pitt Monday nite. And while I agree that things looked pretty bleak for us Pitt FH backers until those wonderful final 3.5 minutes of the half, when the Steelers suddenly came to life, then caught a couple of breaks on TOs and quickly took full advantage of them, I was not at all surprised to see Pitt with a comfortable lead at the half. In fact, as part of my post in this forum about 30 minutes before kickoff, which included my 11 picks on the game, which went 7-4 for +18.5 units, plus a 3 pick teaser that won the first two “legs” Monday nite with Pitt and the Over, and needs only Denver to win SU against SD at home tomorrow nite to bank another 6 units, I had Pitt at -1 or 1.5 for the FH as my top pick (see below for my pick and support for same). So while it always helps to get some breaks, I don’t see that FH win with Pitt as a “gift” from the “betting gods.”
Great Owl
Top pick Pitt/FH (first half) for 4 units at -1 or 3 units at -1.5
Pick specific support for my FH pick on Pitt
In their two home games TY, Pitt is 1-1 SU and 0-2 ATS, with a pair of last second “verdicts” (a non-covering win over Cleve and a shocking 3 point loss to lowly Tampa, 10 days after Bucs were annihilated in Atlanta, 56-14). But Pitt led both of those home games at the half, Tampa by 17-10 and Cleve by 27-3, the latter after having played a “perfect” first half. In sharp contrast, Hous has been a very slow starter in their two roadies so far TY against respectable opposition (losses at NYG and Dallas), which BTW excludes their early season road win over the pathetic Raiders, failing to score in both FHs, trailing 0-3 in Dallas and 0-14 in NY. Based on the above, Pitt should have at least a 2 point lead at the half, which is all that we need for our FH pick to be a winner.