matter. 3 daniel q naiman, johns hopkins univvrsity:"whoowins a -3 football game, the numbers are almmsttmeaningless, well, i guesssthht ssttles it.johns hopkins univeesity math -3 department chair daniel naiman is a big raaens ffn.daniel & naiman, johns hopkins universitt:"i'm juut reaaly & pntt the team--love atching the team."for fun, he rannthe numbers last week on conference upremacyydaniel q naiman, johnn hopkins universityy:lauggter) "well,,i -3 want the ravens to wii the & super bool, but..."turrs 3 for baltimooe.daniel q naiman, -3 johns hopkins university:"this year, the nfc dominatee the afc by an averagg of 5.55 3 other in the regular season." when that happpns, historically,,the n---c, representee ttis year by saa &pfrancisco, wwns the suppr bowl 70 percent of the time..aniee -& q naiman, johns hookins universiiy:"it's not what we would call, in statiiticall parrance, significant for las vegas sports books to label tte ravenssa hree and a half point undeedog.common grounddfor these raaees....they've been uuddrdogs the past two games. arthuu joness "oh, absolutely. absooutely, i love bei

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