Author: lou
Day 1
A mixed year-end yesterday as we went 1-1 in tackle football and 0-1 in hockey. Despite five bowl games today, it’s shaping up as being a quiet afternoon. Michigan St. will likely be our only play there. The winter classic is also this afternoon and I like the under 5.5 between Washington and Chicago, but the high juice will likely keep this as a 1/2 unit bet at most.
Plays to be posted once confirmed.
For Today:
Michigan St. +3 -115
Chicago/Washington UNDER 5.5 -130 1/2u
NYE
The amateur football games are getting better but the bet quality is not as its much easier to pick a side when the public is clearly on one team over another. Two plays today:
Mississippi +3.5 and Boise +3
Apologies about the NBA play yesterday as Cleveland moved to 8 and pushed with Lebron out.
UPDATE: Mississippi got smushed 42-3. NHL play this afternoon Florida +140. I’ve got nothing on GA Tech/Miss St.
Happy New Year.
Tuesday
We had a 2-1 day in both hockey and tackle football as our early plays were all winners and the late games were not close. Again with the unorthodox scheduling today so getting the early game up now while I have some time:
Notre Dame +8
We have leans on both of the other underdogs today, Louisville and Maryland, though no idea whether they will be plays or not.
UPDATE: Passing on Louisville/UGA and firmly on the fence for Maryland tonight. Two confirmed plays in other sports. NHL Kings/Oilers UNDER 5 +120 and NBA because I’m an idiot Cleveland +4.5 @ Atlanta (now down to +4).
Monday
We had a nothing day in NFL action and went 0-1 in hockey as Vancouver lost in OT. There should be some more plays there this evening as well as in college football where we are starting our day with a 2u play on Texas A&M +2.5. Updates throughout the day but I think the next game is at 5 Eastern.
UPDATE 1: Late action Clemson +6.5
UPDATE 2: Texas A&M a winner in the early game. Some NHL:
Pittsburgh @ New Jersey +135
Montreal -130 @ Carolina
UPDATE 3: Texas +7 Evens
Avalanche +161
NFL Week 17
Looks like crap for betting purposes. Titans are easily the best game on the list today and that’s not saying much. We’ll see if they get up to 9 or something before gametime. Chicago/Minnesota Over has been pushed out of range and I’m not overly excited about SD/KC over 41.
Yesterday was excellent as we went 5-0 in bowl games, 1-0 on NBA and 1-1 in hockey. NBA should have been 2-0 as I completely forgot to play Indiana who won very easily over Brooklyn. Otherwise a near perfect day. Bowl games are 10-5 +5.47 and could be even better. Just as a heads up the percentage of plays will decrease as the teams participating become more popular. I do not have anything on OSU-Alabama or Michigan St.-Baylor as examples.
Florida and Vancouver are our options in hockey today. Updates per usual in the afternoon
UPDATE: NHL Vancouver +115 @ Anaheim
Saturday
2-1 in our Boxing Day action with no close calls to speak of. Forging ahead with a full schedule today. Will likely update with hockey and basketball tonight:
Va Tech +2.5 -110
Duke +7.5 -106
South Carolina +3.5 -111 2u
Penn State +3 -105
Nebraska +7 +100
NHL: Detroit -129 @ Ottawa
Dallas is an option for those feeling adventurous but barring some significant line move I will be passing.
UPDATE: NBA Atlanta -4 @ Milwaukee
I attended Milwaukee @ Atlanta last night where the Hawks were favored by 8 or 9 and promptly lost by 30. Kyle Korver was reduced to shooting layups from 2 feet during timeouts to prove to himself he was able to get the orange ball through the orange rim. Playing Atlanta tonight because it would be very NBA-like for them to cover last night’s spread tonight instead.
UPDATE 2: San Jose +130 for 1/2u
Boxing Day
No soccer unfortunately, just some more Bowl action. Early posts today so I don’t miss any. 3-4 -0.31 so far, though we would be in the plus side if the kickoff times were standardized.
Merry Christmas
All winners yesterday, including the game I didn’t realize kicked off at 6pm where I would have had Marshall who won easily. Navy covered and Carolina won in a shootout. I barely got Central Michigan +3.5 posted on Twitter, much less here and they have responded by stinking things up and currently trail 28-7. NHL has the holidays off so we’ll resume here on Boxing Day in all likelihood.
Tuesday
0-2 yesterday as both our plays lost by alot alot. I would have played Florida who won in a shootout but was out Christmas shopping. Only one game on our list today and it’s a go: Carolina +132 @ New Jersey
One bowl game since I missed the early one which had the temerity to kickoff at 6:00pm: Navy +3.5 -112
Monday
Not the best day yesterday as Chicago covered but failed to win outright or hit the over due to some dreadful red zone offense. Tampa was also a loser for everything except a top draft choice but I am pretty sure we were on the “correct” side there. Props to Sean for a near-perfect day, pushing on Cleveland/Carolina and winning everything else. No NFL action tonight but one NHL play so far:
Nashville @ Columbus +135
Florida and Arizona are on the shortlist for later and I’ll likely end up with a decision very close to game time.
In amateur football, we had some late action I didn’t even have time to post because someone deemed it a good idea to have a bowl game kickoff at 2pm on a non-holiday Monday. BYU lost in double overtime after setting a chance to drive for a late game winning field goal on fire when their coach used two timeouts to defend an extra point. Memphis’s kicker then hit a 55-yard field goal to send the game to overtime number two after which the BYU players realizing they could not beat their coach with a gatorade jug started a riot instead.
Some more mediocre numbers for you on the season:
NFL: 16-15 +4.35
NHL: 29-34 +2.56 (not including tonight’s action)
NBA: 9-10-2 -1.56
Bowl Season: 1-4 -2.12
UPDATE: Columbus is not doing terribly well currently down 2-0. Arizona +170 @ Vancouver in the late game
