Coach Jim Caldwell had a Tuesday press conference and indicated that it was going to be business as usual. “We're just going to treat like we have these previous 13 games played,” he said. “If they're not able to go, if doctors don't release them to play, they won't play. That's the only reason why they won't go.”

Here are some pro football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

• IND has covered its last four games
• IND has won its last ten road games SU
• IND has covered nine of its last ten road games
• JAX has covered two of its last nine games
• JAX has won four of its last six games SU
• JAX has played four of its last five games UNDER the total
• JAX has covered one of its last five home games
• JAX has won five of its last six home games SU

Also...

• JAX has covered seven of the last ten meetings
• IND has won four of the last five meetings SU
• Four of the last six meetings have gone OVER the total
• IND has won four of the last five meetings SU as the road team
• Six of the last eight meetings in Jacksonville have gone OVER the total

At least it appears as if Indianapolis will not treat this like a pre-season game, even though they have already clinched the home field advantage throughout the playoffs, and set the record for most consecutive regular season wins with 22 in last Sunday's game against Denver.

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Of course, there is this other matter - that of an undefeated regular season and the possibility of true immortality, which could possibly come by way of a matchup with an undefeated New Orleans Saints team in the Super Bowl. I truly wonder whether there is some subtle word coming down from the NFL front office, not to mention CBS, the network that will televise this season's "Big Game." There would be an awful lot of extra interest- and money - in a game between two teams where someone's "0" had to go.

The Colts have been cutting things close since the sixth game of the season, winning by totals of four, three, one and two points, and having some trouble putting away teams like Tennessee and Denver who they beat by bigger margins. Still, they have a 9-4 ATS record in online sports gambling. The season's opening game, held at Lucas Oil Stadium, was a 14-12 decision over these Jaguars, where Reggie Wayne had 162 yards receiving and Peyton Manning had 301 passing yards, and Jacksonville failed to convert on a two-point try after a fourth quarter touchdown by Maurice Jones-Drew.

Jacksonville looks like the kind of team that would present occasional problems against the Colts, and they have through the years, covering seven of the last ten times these teams have played. In the first meeting, however, the stat sheet made it look like it was not as close as the score indicated. Indianapolis held the overall yardage edge, 365-228, and held the Jags to just 12 first downs. David Garrard completed half his passes and had 122 yards through the air.

BetUS NFL football betting odds: INDIANAPOLIS -3, Total 42.5
 

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