Well, I'm a bit behind here, my internet access being a bit limited of late.
Michigan State Beat Indiana, 42-29, covering the spread with a pair of late field goals. If I thought State would give up this many points I wouldn't have taken this game. At this point I expect our season to fall apart, possibly in the next two weeks, since it now appears we don't have that much of a defense.
I said I suspected Michigan shouldn't be a 6 or 6.5 point dog at home, and they proved me right, beating Wisconsin 27-25, after trailing the Badgers 19-0. If I'd taken that game I would have considered myself extremely lucky, for obvious reasons.
Texas beat Arkansas 52-10, easily covering the 27.5. I was in Austin, but for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where I saw The Fratellis, CSS, Black Joe Louis & the Honey Bears, John Fogerty, Iron and Wine, and Beck. I think John Fogerty drew the biggest crowd, as Beck's performance conflicted with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss. I liked CSS' show the best, despite never having heard of them until the day before the show. They are a mostly girl punk band from Brazil. My spirit guide continually tortured himself through the last two shows by continually checking on Alabama's thrashing of his beloved Georgia Bulldogs. The Tide rolled to a 31-0 halftime lead before Georgia narrowed the gap in the 2nd half. Georgia ultimately lost, 41-30.
Notre Dame beat Purdue, 38-21, leaving me hope that Pugilant Mick will take leave of his senses and start dreaming of BCS Bowl Games. The Beavers rejection of the Trojans doesn't hurt his hopes that the Irish might get lucky this year either. It hurts ND's strength of schedule, but I'm not sure that they're factoring that in these days. They seem to change the rules every couple of years.
I once read a couple of novels where the main character was like a private detective, only he traveled around to casinos, helping them to catch cheats. I wasn't that impressed by the stories, but I liked the information about casinos, surveillance, cheating, etc.
Anyway, in one of the books the lead had a love interest who was addicted to slots. Eventually he asked her about her past, and found out that the first time she played the slots she won a huge jackpot. This led her to believe that she had some sort of special power that made it inevitable that she would ultimately win more huge jackpots. The lead diagnosed her as a
"slot queen."
Why do I bring this up? Because I won big a couple of years ago when I teased both sides of Michigan-Ohio State with the OVER. Maybe this big win has led to me attempting the same thing later on.... I certainly tried it last week, when I teased both sides of Michigan State-Notre Dame with the OVER, and teased Buffalo with both the over and the under. Naturally, the under came in on MSU-Notre Dame, and Buffalo couldn't even cover the teased spread, so I lost all of these bets, plus I lost my straight OVER bet on the State game. Maybe I'm a double tease hedge queen.
Without teases, I went 0-3 on college last week, and 2-1 in the pros. (I wouldn't have taken Buffalo at all, giving 9) With, I went 2-8 overall. Ouch.
In the Pros, other than the Buffalo double tease, Baltimore covered the 2.5 over Cleveland,
38-10, and the bet I thought I won on the Titans I never made. Looking back, I never wrote about it either. On the up side, I got a push for my ND/OVER bet, because ND pushed with the 16 point spread. I was thinking that I still lost this because the UNDER came in, but the push negates this. I think that leaves me at 1-7-1 last week. Too bad I didn't know sooner. I coulda applied for a job with that Henry Paulson guy, saving the economy. I thought I was overqualified.
I'd like to thank Senator McCain for taking time out from the presidential campaign to help me pick baltimore(+6) over PITTSBURGH. This pick will get me that much closer to bailing out my season. I doubt that the other 98 Senators could have helped me make this pick. I'd also like to thank him for joining Senator Obama and debating Friday, even though I had not yet made this pick. At least somebody has his priorities straight.
Michigan State Beat Indiana, 42-29, covering the spread with a pair of late field goals. If I thought State would give up this many points I wouldn't have taken this game. At this point I expect our season to fall apart, possibly in the next two weeks, since it now appears we don't have that much of a defense.
I said I suspected Michigan shouldn't be a 6 or 6.5 point dog at home, and they proved me right, beating Wisconsin 27-25, after trailing the Badgers 19-0. If I'd taken that game I would have considered myself extremely lucky, for obvious reasons.
Texas beat Arkansas 52-10, easily covering the 27.5. I was in Austin, but for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where I saw The Fratellis, CSS, Black Joe Louis & the Honey Bears, John Fogerty, Iron and Wine, and Beck. I think John Fogerty drew the biggest crowd, as Beck's performance conflicted with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss. I liked CSS' show the best, despite never having heard of them until the day before the show. They are a mostly girl punk band from Brazil. My spirit guide continually tortured himself through the last two shows by continually checking on Alabama's thrashing of his beloved Georgia Bulldogs. The Tide rolled to a 31-0 halftime lead before Georgia narrowed the gap in the 2nd half. Georgia ultimately lost, 41-30.
Notre Dame beat Purdue, 38-21, leaving me hope that Pugilant Mick will take leave of his senses and start dreaming of BCS Bowl Games. The Beavers rejection of the Trojans doesn't hurt his hopes that the Irish might get lucky this year either. It hurts ND's strength of schedule, but I'm not sure that they're factoring that in these days. They seem to change the rules every couple of years.
I once read a couple of novels where the main character was like a private detective, only he traveled around to casinos, helping them to catch cheats. I wasn't that impressed by the stories, but I liked the information about casinos, surveillance, cheating, etc.
Anyway, in one of the books the lead had a love interest who was addicted to slots. Eventually he asked her about her past, and found out that the first time she played the slots she won a huge jackpot. This led her to believe that she had some sort of special power that made it inevitable that she would ultimately win more huge jackpots. The lead diagnosed her as a
"slot queen."
Why do I bring this up? Because I won big a couple of years ago when I teased both sides of Michigan-Ohio State with the OVER. Maybe this big win has led to me attempting the same thing later on.... I certainly tried it last week, when I teased both sides of Michigan State-Notre Dame with the OVER, and teased Buffalo with both the over and the under. Naturally, the under came in on MSU-Notre Dame, and Buffalo couldn't even cover the teased spread, so I lost all of these bets, plus I lost my straight OVER bet on the State game. Maybe I'm a double tease hedge queen.
Without teases, I went 0-3 on college last week, and 2-1 in the pros. (I wouldn't have taken Buffalo at all, giving 9) With, I went 2-8 overall. Ouch.
In the Pros, other than the Buffalo double tease, Baltimore covered the 2.5 over Cleveland,
38-10, and the bet I thought I won on the Titans I never made. Looking back, I never wrote about it either. On the up side, I got a push for my ND/OVER bet, because ND pushed with the 16 point spread. I was thinking that I still lost this because the UNDER came in, but the push negates this. I think that leaves me at 1-7-1 last week. Too bad I didn't know sooner. I coulda applied for a job with that Henry Paulson guy, saving the economy. I thought I was overqualified.
I'd like to thank Senator McCain for taking time out from the presidential campaign to help me pick baltimore(+6) over PITTSBURGH. This pick will get me that much closer to bailing out my season. I doubt that the other 98 Senators could have helped me make this pick. I'd also like to thank him for joining Senator Obama and debating Friday, even though I had not yet made this pick. At least somebody has his priorities straight.
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