Posted Monday, January 25, 2010 06:08 PM
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman ripped Brett Favre like a coupon from a newspaper last night after he threw his closing-seconds interception to Tracy Porter on third-and-15 from New Orleans’ 38-yard line.
ESPN.com called it a ‘gruesome interception’ and more than likely you heard worse around your water cooler today.
But the 31-28 Vikings loss can’t be blamed on Favre. And if you took the four points at BetJamaica, you aren’t blaming anyone at all.
I know what you’re thinking: another Brett Favre lover. You would be thinking wrong. I'm not a hater either, though I have grown tired of the retirement parties the last couple of seasons.
But if you’re looking for somewhere to point the finger, Favre shouldn’t be at the top of your list. He threw for 310 yards, came through on a lot of key t... [More]
Posted Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:55 AM
Just an FYI – Covers Expert Teddy ‘Covers’ Sevransky got a nice shout-out yesterday on Bill Simmons’ podcast, the BS Report. You can check it out here and it comes around the 31:50 mark of the podcast.
I’m sure most of you know Simmons as The Sports Guy on ESPN.com and Teddy’s name came up during Monday’s discussion with Chad Millman. Millman is ESPN’s gambling writer if you’re not familiar and he wrote a book about the Las Vegas sports gambling scene called ‘The Odds’.
Anyway, it’s a good discussion about how the wise guys are looking for a decent middle opportunity with this week’s Jets-Colts game. The line currently sits at Indy -7.5 at Betjamaica and most other betting shops.