Holy Crap! College Football Season!

Shit! College Football season has snuck up on me, but not so fast that I haven't managed to throw down on some games. At this point nobody really knows how good these teams will be, and my suspicion is that the lines may be a bit conservative opening week. I therefore am taking favorites, and hoping that the lines are bargains relative to what we will see later in the season. With that in mind, here are my picks.

bostoncollege(-11.5)over CENTRALMICHIGAN
OHIOSTATE(-17)over northernillinois
notredame(-7)over GEORGIATECH
southerncal(-8.5)over ARKANSAS

I'm not thrilled about giving up this much on the road, but at the same time I can see them being bigger, so what the heck.

Tigers, roQQ down, Dem Bums up

Just took 9th out of 115 in a $10 NL Rebuy tourney on pokerroom.com. Only won $42, which, since I rebought and added on, gave me a mere $12 profit. My kk got busted by aj when an ace flopped, and a jack came on the river. Since I was playing in their $10,000 guaranteed tourney at the same time, which cost $20 to enter, and finished 251st out of 870, I lost $8 between them. Meanwhile, my bet365 account is down to about $2000, in part because I withdrew $500 to use on other sites. I put $300 on doylesroom, and lost my way down to about $100. I'm back up to about $160 playing sit-n-go's. My recent downturn seems to have coincided with the Tigers' current cold streak. Hmmmm.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers have been on an absolute tear, giving me a shot to win money on the NL pennant for the 3rd year in a row. The other big factor in the NL race is Tom Glavine's apparently season ending injury. This is horrible for the Mets, and I think for baseball in general, but could be good for the Dodgers and my pocketbook. Since I am convinced that whoever wins the NL pennant is doomed in the World Series, I just may find myself rooting against the Mets and for the Dodgers (or Astros, lol). The Dodgers could make me money, and I'd rather see them lose in 4 or 5 than the Mets.