Sunday, November 16, 2008

A day of mixed results

Went 2 for 5 on the "would put money" section and 3 for 5 in the "no guts to put money" section.
Woke up to watch the Duck game but saw that the score was 35-17 with the first half almost over (like 4 mins left in the first half). Decided to go back to bed after seeing such a comfortable score. Woke up again about an hour and a half later and the score was now 48-38 with about 7 mins left in the game. Wow, the Ducks sure know how to keep a game interesting. 
Belotti, you don't have to run up the score, but you sure as hell don't need to have your opponents run up their score to catch up with you... DUH!!. So, I crawled out of bed to finish watching the game. Ducks were finally able to stop the Wildcats offense after 4 straight TDs. Dang... and then finally scored one of their own. Final score 55-45... but a little to close for comfort.

One more thing before I post my "wagering results". Oregon @ Oregon St next week. I would love for the Ducks to win, however, if the Beavers win out, they will be headed to the Rose Bowl. They are in the driver's seat. I think the reward for the Beavers beating the Trojans should be a trip to the Rose Bowl. I will be upset but not that upset if the Ducks lose to the Beavers next week. Go Beavs!!


(My calls in Blue, correct calls in Green and incorrect calls in Red.)

Games I would (and probably have) put money on (my picks in GREEN):

Texas 48 Kansas 20 (Texas -13.5)
Texas 35 Kansas 7

Georgia 33 Auburn 16 (Georgia -10)
Georgia 17 Auburn 13

Notre Dame 30 Navy 20 (ND -4)
ND 27 Navy 21

Arizona St 54 Washington St 13 (ASU -36.5)
ASU 31 WSU 0

Toledo 19 W Michigan 38 (W Mich -15.5)
Toledo 17 W Mich 27


Games I would love to put money on, but have no guts:

Utah St @ Louisiana Tech (La Tech -14)
Utah St is just as bad as the WA teams and no one can save them. La Tech is not that good but that away win over SJSU last week was pretty impressive. I think they are going to walk all over Utah St. But "think" is the key word.
Utah St 38 La Tech 45

UConn @ Syrcause (UConn -10)
Another one of those games like the Utah St/La Tech game. Syracuse is not doing too well, UConn has a pretty decent thing. I am actually more likely than not to wager on this game.
UConn 39 Syracuse 14

Tulsa @Houston (Tulsa -4)
I think this is actually also a pretty good game to play. I believe Tulsa can bounce back from their first loss of the season last week. The only caution I have is that this game is going to be a home game for Houston.
Tulsa 30 Houston 70
Something must have gone really, really wrong in this game. Look at the odds, look at the score. Tulsa must not have shown up at all. I guess with 5 turnovers, you are bound to suffer the consequences.

UCLA @ Washington (UCLA -7)
Alright, you should begin seeing the trend by now. Place your bets against the 2 WA teams and I think you will come out on top. I mean, the Apple Cup this year might have to give out tickets for people to actually attend the game. Now, the only reason this game is not in the section above... UCLA is actually pretty bad too. And the game is a home game for the Huskies. UCLA evens the home field edge with a more experience QB.
UCLA 27 Washington 7

New Mexico St @ Fresno St (Fresno St -17)
I like Fresno in this one except that they have been playing rather erratically. The spread is a little on the high side. If it was a 2 TD or less spread, I would have taken them more readily.
NM St 17 Fresno St 24

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