Van Tran while visiting the site and viewing Lou’s most recent picks
“Lou should change the name to ‘Miracle Covers: Losing at Sports.’”
Pastability, let’s take a look at some things…
It was over the Thanksgiving holiday when I remembered one of my favored forms of NFL gambling, which is to parlay the money line on two or [...]
NCAA:
Alabama @ Auburn Under 48
NFL:
Indy @ Houston Over 47
Teaser 6pt
Philadelphia -3 vs Washington
Cincy -8 vs Browns
Stat #1: I fail at NFL this year. Anyone picking exactly opposite of me this season would be +34 units through 11 weeks which has to be some kind of record. I’m leaning toward being thankful I’m not losing more money and not even betting this week. And that’s before looking [...]
Go here for Eric Foster’s UFC picks and take whatever he says that strikes your fancy. He is better at handicapping MMA than you or me.
I’m going big and/or home this week on my NFL picks. Lots of bad teams getting too many points.
Seattle +11 @ Minnesota
Atlanta @ NY [...]
Looks like women’s soccer is still getting chippy out there. One would think said aggression would only be reserved for referees who make bad calls or miss them, but I digress. At least NBA refs can come out of it saying, “Hey, at least we aren’t as bad as those guys!”
Three things on the debacle [...]
The usual linkage including yet another Lady GaGa cover.
As everyone reading this knows, Bills coach Dick Jauron was fired this week. The best explanation as to why came from ESPN’s Gregg Easterbrook:
Prior to kickoff [versus Tennessee], Rich Gannon of CBS asked Dick “Cheerio, Chaps” Jauron what Buffalo worked on during the bye. Cheerio Chaps [...]
I don’t like to go retro when telling this site about my picks, so I will tell you what I have tonight. Two parlays, both spicy.
PARLAY NUMBER ONE
Colorado (+17) @ Oklahoma State w/ NFL Game under
PARLAY NUMBER TWO
Carolina (-3) ((-125)) w/ College game over
If I hit one of these parlays I win a little, both [...]
Stats of the Week
1. The New Orleans Saints are 9-0 for the first time in team history.
2. The Cincinnati Bengals are 5-0 on the road and 5-0 in their division
3. Jay Cutler has thrown 17 interceptions on the year, leading the NFL.
4. The Cleveland Browns and the Oakland Raiders each have scored 7 touchdowns this [...]
Stats & early leans coming tonight/tomorrow. Couple of quick things for now:
It turns out Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio told Maurice Jones-Drew to take a knee at the one yard line with under two minutes remaining against the Jets Sunday, leading to a game winning field goal by Josh Scobee. Jones-Drew was cool [...]
Posted late to save everyone the trouble:
Jacksonville (+7) @ NY Jets
Denver @ Washington (+4)
New England (+3) @ Indianapolis
Good luck out there today.