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opening night!

ml (-170) *1
pl (+175) *2

gl! 

ray lewis vs. tony gonzales in the superbowl

call me crazy, but at 10/1 odds, i say atlanta plays some inspired football tomorrow as do the ravens.
the one thing nobody expects is this matchup.  why not?

The importance of head coaching

Enough can't be said for the role that the head coach has during the bowl season.  The coach that leads the team during the whole season and gets these players to a bowl (especially in these lesser conferences) gets a promotion to a better conference school, then the players are left confused and the defensive coordinator has to pump up these guys on the national stage.  There were lots of cappers talking about June Jones being in familiar territory during the Hawaii bowl, but I'd say a bigger factor in SMU's win was the inexperience of Fresno St.'s coach suddenly being thrust into the role.  Tonight's win by Central Michigan is another example of a team in coaching transition not pulling out the win.  Tomorrow, in my opinion, is yet another example of a good team losing a coach in the big game.  San Jose St. loses Mike MacIntyre to Colorado suddenly between accepting the bid for the Military bowl and playing it.  And guys, they're still a touchdown favorite!!!
Bowling Green (moneyline) = big

gl!

2nd half total

Over 19 (even) - 2 units

gl!

saints

at home, with darren sproles, against a backup qb, running on all levels, chip on the shoulder = cover.

saints ml all the way.

the SEC tomorrow

all the top teams in the SEC are playing cupcake teams.  south carolina vs. wofford, alabama vs. w. carolina, georgia vs. georgia south (who is that anyway?), florida vs. jacksonville st., texas a&m vs. sam houston, and lsu vs. ole miss. 
seems like a giant parlay of all of them on the moneyline ought to hit.  none of these sec teams will lose tomorrow....  anybody doubt that?  i know some people have said ole miss may cover, fine, but they aren't going to win.

mark ingram's breakout game

big stage, big opportunity for the heisman winner.  so far, he's been the hammer runner for the saints and gotten small yardage on 1st downs, but now he and pierre thomas are going to be the main relief for brees in many spots.  i'm on the saints tonight, but i think they will establish the run despite sproles being out.  it will be ingram and thomas making dynamic runs for 1st downs that make the difference here and set up scoring plays.  gl to all!
saints -3

ncaa fb week 1

last year i did really well in cfb and nfl and ended up netting around $7,000.  my goal is to bring that number up to 10 this year.  my best plays are always around the end of the year after seeing more from the teams.  but i'll give a stab at some games in the beginning.  either way you go, BOL as always.
Today I like:
South Carolina -6.5
BYU -11.5

there seems to be a lot of guys on the SC/Vandy under, but I think both of these teams are playing with weaker defenses than last year and this will be more of a dominate game on offense, so I lean over, but will stick with the side.  GL fellas!!
 

a new experiment

lately in mlb, i've been trying a method where i make a pick on every game.  gun to head after studying the stats, which team do i think wins.  all games i'm betting 1 unit fav or dog, the amount bet is always the same.  we'll say $10.  today's card is:

angels
tribe
red sox
rangers
white sox
royals
athletics
phillys
reds
braves
cardinals
mets
astros
nationals
dodgers

so that's 15 units, 1 on each game.  gl guys.

reasons the cubs might win...

cubs hit .252 against righties. 
tigers hit .243 against lefties.

that's all i got.  probably verlander will be verlander, but he loses sometimes when you least expect it.  bol guys! 

today, my plays are:
cleveland +110
mets +110
cubs +190
giants -140

and croatia +240

5 picks on the card

hey guys,
here's my plays for today:

padres ml (+115)
dodgers ml (-105)
royals ml (-185)
indians ml (+155)
red sox -1 (-147)

gl all,

1 for the morning card

morning fellas,
today i have one wager:

tribe ml  +145

gl!
(maybe this should be coffee...)

4 plays tomorrow

ChiSox ml +131
ChiSox/tribe Over 8
Cincinnati ml +123
Cincinnati/Brewers Under 8.5

GL fellas!

sunday's card (poy)

POY:

st. louis cardinals/houston astros Over 8 (-105) 
hammer that shit.

this is my favorite play of the entire baseball season thus far.

gl everybody.

saturday's card - 2 plays

happy derby day! 

two picks this morning:

phillies/nats over 6.5 (even)
zona dbacks (+130)

gl!

3 plays for Tuesday's card

the last 3 days i've grinded out some fractionally small positive numbers, which i'm very proud of.
tomorrow though, the roof is getting blown off the book's house!

Los Angeles Dodgers (Lily) Moneyline +117 25 units
San Francisco Giants (Cain) Moneyline -150 10 units
Milwaukee Brewers/San Diego Padres Over 6.5 10 units

gl everybody! 

Monday's card

i like Arizona in the morning, but their starter is still too much of a ? and i don't trust their bullpen for shit.  Wade Miley pitched his ass off today though.

7:05pm Baltimore Orioles (Hammel) Moneyline +160
7:05pm Detroit Tigers (Below) Runline +135
7:05pm Phillidelphia Phillies (Worley) Runline +135
7:10pm Oakland Athletics (Milone) Moneyline +150
10:05pm Milwaukee Brewers/San Diego Padres Over 6.5

GL everyone!

Sunday's card

Arizona Diamondbacks (Miley) ML (+170)
Houston/Cincinnati Over 8.5
Seattle Mariners (Vargas) ML (+130)
St. Louis Cardinals (Garcia) RL (+175)

GL guys! 

Saturday's plays

 
St Louis cardinals rl -1.5 (+140)
Detriot Tigers ml (+115)
Seattle Mariners ml (+170)
Arizona Diamondbacks ml (+118)

gl everyone! 

4 bets on the card for me

all dogs:

zona +115
M's +185
bucs +160
nats +170

gl to all!

american league overs tomorrow

seems like there'll be a lot of them until the end.
tomorrow's plays for me are:

KC/Cleveland - Over 8.5
Angels/TB - Over 9
Seattle/Detroit - Over 9
Toronto/Balty - Over 9.5

leaning:
Red sox/White sox - Under 8
White Sox ML -125

gl guys. 

my square mind...

tells me -

yankees/texas over 10.5
boston/twins over 9
braves/dodgers under 6.5

my sharp mind is betting:

seattle ml +110
cleveland ml -145
sf giants ml +115

gl to the forum.

maybe it's time we fined the commissioner?

http://www.facebook.com/NflFansForFiningAndSuspendingRogerGoodell

This guy is a total dictator.  These fines and suspensions are ridiculous.  The 'bounties' resulted in hits that didn't even get penalties on the field! 
let's fine roger goodell and suspend him. 

$$$aint$$$

who dat? 
geaux saints.
     ...  

2nd half totals

seattle/sf - under 17.5 (-105)

gl!  merry christmas eve guys!