Hey! We’ve been traveling over the past week and had connectivity issues while we were out. Here are tonight’s and tomorrow’s games. We’ll update our standings later.
Good luck!
Thursday
7:30pm Georgia Tech +10′ nominal
8:25pm Patriots +1 nominal
Friday
7:30pm Eastern Michigan +3 solid
8:00pm TCU -20 casual
9:00pm Southern Cal +3 nominal
Since last year’s playoffs we’ve been on an NFL tear. Although we specialize in NFL games, we recognize our current trend is unsustainable. In our last 16 NFL games, we’re 15-1-1. Here we are for this season both college and pros.
Monday Night Football
Tonight has a double-header. Just as Thursday night, we’ve a split. Our football brains say Steelers while our system says Redskins. We learned our lesson on Thursday that our system is smarter than us. On the later game we find value in the 49ers at home. So this is where we are:
7:10pm Redskins +2 Nominal
10:20pm 49ers +2′ Casual
The Big XII had some bad luck yesterday. Oklahoma State had a BS untamed down ran against them that shouldn’t have occurred and gave up a game-winning/losing hail Mary and lateral to Central Michigan. Then TCU stormed back against Arkansas and scored a nail in the coffin TD in the final minute to have it called back by a controversial call saying the WR who had been forced out of bounds by the defender by an inch had gone out on his own making him ineligible to touch the pass first. They then had a game winning chip shot FG kicked too low and blocked. TCU went on to lose in OT. Once teams think the game is over and shut it down, it’s difficult to get that edge back.
We did well only because we loaded up on Vanderbilt. That -3 line was so good I thought something might be up, but the public actually was going way in on MTSU. Crazy! Here’s where we’re at on the year.
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Best thing about our system is it allows you to have fun even when you lose a majority of games (which won’t be a year long thing) as long as you win the big ones (which will be a year long thing).
NFL SUNDAY
1pm NY Jets +1′ Casual
1pm Jaguars +6 High stakes
4:05pm Dolphins +10′ Casual
4:25pm Cowboys +1 Nominal
8:30pm Patriots +7′ Solid
Those who were with us on our infamous playoff run know how high we were on Carolina as a team even though in the one-game format advised taking Denver. We stated in a multiple game format we’d take Carolina. Here we are…
We’ve a systematic way of making our picks which are based on value. We typically avoid using strictly our football observations. We normally have unanimity in our selections at the site, but not on this game. Our system says the value is on Denver, but our football opinion says Carolina wipes the floor with them.
This is similar to our Notre Dame – Texas debate where we correctly went with our system and picked Texas. But that was unanimous. This isn’t.
But it is the first NFL game of the season and we need to make a pick. Sometimes you have to get away from the system. As editor, I’m the tie breaker.
Thursday 8:30pm Carolina -3 Casual Only
We felt good about Ole Miss until they went on a turnover binge. Not sure if FSU just got them that flustered, if it manifested itself among the team. All in all a solid week. We felt good about a few more games than we had the courage to move into the Solid category, but this early in the season we’re still feeling things out.
The NFL Season kicks off Thursday. This is shaping up to one of those rare instances our own football opinion will go against our betting opinion. We’ve been quite good about being objective in our analysis, but we feel strongly that Carolina is a better team than Denver. Unfortunately so doesn’t much of the public. The line is currently Carolina -3 and it may go further. We’ve not taken an official stance yet, though, so time to come to our senses.
The way we’re leaning on NFL Sunday’s picks, readers are likely to roll their eyes, so our Thursday pick is important in keeping our credibility. We hope to make our Thursday pick by tomorrow night. Stay tuned!
UFC Event
Conor is no longer a huge favorite. Not a bad time to pick. If you picked Aldo when the odds were good for you, you can hedge to the point you can’t lose.
Jeremy Stephens has a punchers chance with decent odds. I think Holloway will win, but not a bad option.
Odds have swung back to have Rockhold the underdog. Decent time to pay some cash on him.
NFL
1pm games
Sea/Bal Under 40′ (over seems to good to be true)
Baltimore +11
Tenn/NYJ Under 43
Ind/Jax Under 46
St. Louis +3
Alt/Car Under 46
Buff/Phil Under 47
Pitt/Cinci Under 50′
4:05pm Oak/Den Under 43′
8:30pm Houston +4
Wow! I hope you didn’t mi$$ out on ye$terday’$ pick$ that were up on Friday night!
3-0 baby!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$
4-0 if you include the ca$ual play.
Today’s games:
1pm Vikings +2
1pm Ravens/Dolphins Under 43
1pm Browns +10 (casual play only)
1pm Rams +6
1pm Bucs +1
1pm Falcons/Bucs Under 45′
1pm Jets/Giants Under 47′
4:05pm Chiefs/Raiders Under 45′
4:25pm Eagles +9
8:30pm Colts/Steelers Under 50
Good luck!
Early Games
Lions +11
Lions/Packers Under 50
Redskins +1′
Saints/Redskins Under 51′
Cowboys/Bucs Under 44
Dolphins/Eagles Under 50
Night Game
Cards/Seahawks Over 43′
If you wish to have more games to watch, below are our CASUAL PLAYS ONLY:
Bucs +1′
Dolphins +6
Rams -7
Titans +6
Vikings +3
Giants +7′
Chiefs +4′
Cleveland +10
Pittsburgh -4′
Jacksonville +7
Minnesota -2
Miami +3
New Orleans -8
Washington +14
Carolina +2′
San Fran +7
Tampa Bay +2′
Indianapolis +5
Dallas +2′
Chicago +4
Thursday Night College Football
Missouri +7′
The public did well on Saturday. Not so much on Sunday.
Did you know Memphis has a tougher schedule than Iowa?
Remember when Urban Meyer said he would have kicked Jameis Winston off the team if he were at Florida State at the time of his illegal activity? Yep, about that…
TCU will win it all.
Temple is a good team, but ND is overrated.
Did the New Orleans Saints and NY Giants join the Big XII? Scoring like that sure seemed like it.
Green Bay ran into a buzz saw Sunday Night at Denver. You could see it coming, but then GB had some key defensive injuries early on too.
All year we’ve felt that NFC was the better conference, but not any more.
Appears 49ers are sticking by Kap. They just traded Vernon Davis to Denver.
The Lions have quit on their coach.
Monday Night Football
Colts +5′ (Casual play only). You can play the under 46 casually as well.
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