The holiday season is upon us and that mean it is time to put chestnuts on an open fire and sing songs that are supposed to make us feel warm and fuzzy.
Well, chestnuts are disgusting (try one) and I don’t sing. Hey I like Christmas as much as the next guy but when I went to Home Depot in mid-October and saw their tree displays already up, I almost lost it.
Instead let’s wish everyone a “Happy Festivus” just as Morty Seinfeld would have wanted it.
Take a seat next to the aluminum pole and listen to my airing of grievances.
Miami Heat
Is it me or does everyone else that watches ESPN find it overly annoying that every time there is a score change in a Miami Heat game, they need to update it on the ticker? Or every third time the NBA Scores come around they show just the Heat score and no others?
Memo to ESPN: Not everyone gives a shit about Miami and whether they win or lose.
The positive is that with all of this publicity, it gives us numerous opportunities to bet against the Heat as the public is buying into this nonsense.
Brett Favre
This has been on the grievance list for a couple years now and it has gotten to the point of comical. Favre is a below average quarterback that has overstayed his welcome and cost Brad Childress a job.
From a betting standpoint, the Vikings were a tough team to read but my sense is they will finish strong as they will play hard with Childress gone.
U.S. Soccer
When are people going to realize that nobody in this country cares about soccer? Big names were lobbying for the 2022 World Cup to be played in the United States and we were considered one of the favorites.
FIFA decided to give the 2022 World Cup to Qatar because they would rather have a country that enjoys soccer host it no matter if it means playing games in 120 degree heat.
That means soccer bettors will be rotating their schedules to catch the action in the middle of the night on TV. All five of them.
BCS
Here we go again with yet another year that we could be enjoying an absolutely incredible playoff for the national championship but instead we will witness a bunch of teams unfairly let out.
I’m not against Oregon or Auburn at all but I would not mind seeing one of them lose to get TCU in the BCS Championship because the Horned Frogs are the best team in the country.
If there was a BCS playoff, the March Madness office pools would play second fiddle to a BCS office pool. Companies would no doubt go under.
When the Miami Heat, Brett Favre, U.S. Soccer and the BCS all go away, we can say “It’s a Festivus miracle!”
Matt Fargo is a professional handicapper for Covers Experts where we win only if you win.