Hawks -145 Magic +131 How things stand at the moment going to Game 6 in Atlanta. Didn’t catch the line on this going into last night but it couldn’t have been too different than this since Orlando played at home for Game 5. But that means that Atlanta would have only been like a 2:1 [...]
Going to throw down here a couple of recent bets made… Champions League Finals – Barca vs Man U – Straight up Bet 50 I need the finals of the Champions League to be Barcelona vs Man U. Any other Finals Match-up (i.e. Man U v Real) and Loubaka wins. The obvious thing to hate [...]
In his most recent post, Lou writes, “I’d…like to take the Astros for fewest wins in MLB this season if that’s available someplace.” I made a half-assed attempt at seeing if any line like this exists, if it does I cannot find it. So, let’s try to figure out what the line would be. The [...]
Team A – Lost in 2010 Playoffs in 1st round. Lost in 2011 Playoffs in 2nd round. Team B – Lost in 2010 Playoffs in 3rd round. Lost in 2011 Playoffs in 3rd round after beating Team A in 2nd round For those of you who have not guessed yet, Team A is the Patriots [...]
Let’s get into it. The contest is to pick 10 teams against the Vegas over/under totals. The #10 is your top confidence pick, with #1 your shakiest. Without further ado… 10) Chicago White Sox (over 85.5) - This pick is more an indication of my disregard for the competition in the AL Central than with [...]
These are the win totals according to pinnacle. For spreads where one side is -120 or higher I will note so accordingly. We will get into analysis, predictions, and occasional reminders of how badly I kicked Lou’s ass in this contest last year in upcoming entries. Atlanta 88 Arizona 72.5 Baltimore 76 Boston 95 (over [...]
Ohio St – much better team this year. Kentucky – much better program historically. Kentucky getting 6 points. These types of games happen all the time. The question is, does the line get skewed in these instances at all since Kentucky is such a storied program or do things pretty much hold to form. If [...]
Let’s talk about the Bears/Packers game. The line of Packers -3.5 is pretty damn interesting. There are several factors that Vegas had to deal with in making the line, the most important probably being that essentially every one and their mother seems to bet the Packers. I’ve brought this example up a few times on [...]
And you know who you are…sean is lighting it up. If you look at Sean’s picks it is amazing how common sense his approach is. Talking about jets/bears over, “too much talent on the field here to not score.” Discussing the Packers, “Green Bay, IMO, is just TOO good to NOT make the playoffs.” So [...]
For those of you interested the Matrix site was wrong with its Wash St pick. I opted not to bet with the site before the game. The runners of the site note that they tend to struggle more during the early parts of the year because the formula they use relies heavily on current year game results, [...]