Posted by Johnnymac 7:03 PM
Week 6/Round three football wrapup.



This week was pretty much a carbon copy of last week - right around 40% and slowly falling out of contention in the college pickem pool. Next weekend all of my football bets will be legal because I'll be in Vegas, baby. I'm telling you, I picked a good week to come out of my slump, because there will be some serious action in the Venetian Sportsbook. Darryl just things we're going for his bachelor party... HA!

Speaking of slumps, I meant to post on this earlier, but one night last week Mrs Johnnymac and I watched "Two For the Money" on HBO and I have to say that the first 90% of it was a much better movie than I expected. It's a movie about football betting and it does a good job of capturing the excitement of winning and the utter despair of losing, especially if you've lost more than you can stand to bet and can't seem to turn the slump around. We've all had that experience, to varying degrees, at least once in our lives and man, losing hurts. Anyway, great movie all the way until the last few minutes when they had to wrap it up and throw in a Hollywood ending. Matthew Mcconaughey is very good, Al Pacino plays Al Pacino well in a movie that needs the Al Pacino chracter, and Rene Russo is pretty hot for a 50 yr old.

On to the wrapup.

This weeks actual wagers:

Season results for actual wagering
College: 7-5-1 +$25
Pro: 6-7-0 -$50

Texas (-22) at OKLAHOMA LOSE -$5
(I was drunk one night in January and he wrote it down, what can I say? But I almost got there anyway!)
Texas (-4.5) at OKLAHOMA WIN $10
LSU (-1) at FLORIDA LOSE -$20

Washingston +4.5 at NEW YORK GIANTS LOSE -$20
SAN DIEGO -3.5 vs Pittsburgh WIN $10
Dallas +2 at PHILADELPHIA LOSE -$10
(That is the last time I EVER, EVER, EVER bet on Drew Bledsoe on the road... jiminy he was bad)

Pickem pool results:

Yahoo College Pickem: 6-11
(Stick a fork in me)

Snyder Pool: 6-8; money picks 2-3


Blog Picks:

College: (1-4 this week, 11-7-2 overall)

WAKE +15.5 vs Clemson CORRECT
My only correct college pick of the week looked like genius for the first three quarters as Wake dominated, then Clemson came roaring back and won the game. If I were a Deacon fan I would have been despondent, but I'm not and they covered, so on to the next game.

Rice -2.5 at TULANE INCORRECT
I have no idea what happened here. I thought Tulane was supposed to be terrible and Rice was a better team with its quarterback back. I picked a hell of a time to give up sniffing glue!

GEORGIA TECH -13.5 vs Marlyland INCORRECT
Maryland's run defense played much better than I expected them to. Like Clemson, Tech waited until the 4th quarter to win this game. Unlike the Clemson game, I wasn't wagering on the dog in this one.

LSU +2 at FLORIDA INCORRECT
Maybe it wasn't Auburn's defense that put the clamps on LSU, perhaps it was simply getting on a bus and crossing the state line.

Virginia +6.5 at EAST CAROLINA INCORRECT
The Hoos didn't play worth a shit.

This week's aside: Missouri is a very impressive team. To my disappointment, they went to Lubbock and bitch-slapped Texas Tech and, not to my disappointment, I get the feeling that the Aggies will be on the losing side this week no matter how hard they squeeze. I am particularly looking forward to the Mizzou-Nebraska game on Nov 4 as the winner is likely going to be the winner of the Big 12 North, with the demise of Iowa State. This will be an especially compelling game if Texas can win in Nebraska next week and but the Huskers in a hole.

Pro: (2-2-1 this week, 7-12-1 overall)

St Louis -3 at GREEN BAY PUSH
UPDATE: I was confused here. The Snyder Pool line was 2.5, so it was a win there, but it was not a win for the blog picks since the score was 23-30.

Washington +5 at NEW YORK GIANTS INCORRECT
After two weeks of seemingly getting their offense rolling, the Redskins decided to take a break. The Giants defense was very good and harassed Mark Brunell all day long.

SAN FRANCISCO -3.5 vs Oakland CORRECT
Oh, I was worried about the 49ers for a while, but Art Shell eventually played to form. (that comment was cut and paste from last week and I'll just keep doing that)

Dallas +2 at PHILADELPHIA INCORRECT
Where do I even start with this shit? The Cowboys kept letting Philly back into the game and then gave up two big plays in the second half and Bledsoe obviously couldn't respond. Bledsoe was terrible, every single one of his picks were ugly and entirely his own fault. When I lived in Boston I was a bandwagoner homer for the Patriots and cheered for them, especially since they were just beginning to show flashes of becoming a good team, but the one unifying theme of WEEI sports radio in Boston, Massachusetts was that Bledsoe was terrible. I always thought the fans were a little unfair but I now agree wholeheartedly. Let's see Tony Romo, please. And remember, the Patriots didn't win the Super Bowl until after Tom Brady took over.

Baltimore -4 at DENVER INCORRECT
With a pregnant wife these days, I am going to bed really early each night and was in bed my the middle of the second quarter last night. When I turned off the TV, Baltimore was already up 3-0 and was driving deep in Denver territory again. Then I wake up this morning and see that the same three points was all they scored in the game. What a country!

That's it. This week's picks will likely be posed on Friday morning from Vegas, before Canonico and I head to the MGM for the noon tournament. Like I said, it will be a football gambling extavaganza and Thursday can't get here soon enough. If you have never been to Las Vegas during football season, you should try it some time. See you Friday.

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