Overs are fun to bet!
Mark and Miss Kitty hosted a great party last night. A couple of hours into some adult beverages, conversations with friends and good snacks - the Orange Bowl kicked off.
A bunch of the menfolk and a few of the womenfolk went over to the big screen. I plunked myself down in front of the fireplace and settled in for three plus hours of fun football.
Being in ACC territory the crowd was favoring the Tigers. "Who you going for Doofus?"
Whoever has the ball! I got the over at 69. Bruce, being a good friend was going to help me with the cheering too. Everytime there was a big play we were yelling Goooooooo!. In pretty good harmony too. We were having fun.
And there was plenty to cheer too. The first three drives ended in TDs to get the over off to a good start. Things settled down a bit but three more TDs to end the half had the score at 22-20 OSU. I was more than half way there.
Mark and Miss Kitty hosted a great party last night. A couple of hours into some adult beverages, conversations with friends and good snacks - the Orange Bowl kicked off.
A bunch of the menfolk and a few of the womenfolk went over to the big screen. I plunked myself down in front of the fireplace and settled in for three plus hours of fun football.
Being in ACC territory the crowd was favoring the Tigers. "Who you going for Doofus?"
Whoever has the ball! I got the over at 69. Bruce, being a good friend was going to help me with the cheering too. Everytime there was a big play we were yelling Goooooooo!. In pretty good harmony too. We were having fun.
And there was plenty to cheer too. The first three drives ended in TDs to get the over off to a good start. Things settled down a bit but three more TDs to end the half had the score at 22-20 OSU. I was more than half way there.
Scoring was going to come in spurts. The third quarter started out sputtering but three more TDs closed out the stanza and now the score was 34-29 Clemson. All I needed was one more TD.
I got it with OSU's opening drive of the fourth quarter. All in all these two defensively challenged teams allowed over 1,000 combined yards and 75 points as Clemson won 40-35 WIN
That brings the Bowl Mega Bets to 5-1 so far. I'm going to see if the good picking can move over to the NFL playoffs with
New Orleans +2.5 @ Philadelphia - Way too much has been made of Drew Brees struggles on the road. He was pretty efficient in week 16 at Carolina. Brees went 30 for 44 and 281 yards in a monsoon. The weather won't be nearly so bad this week in Philly. It will be chilly with temps hovering in the low 20's but it won't be windy of snowy.
Philadelphia struggles covering tight ends which means a big night for NO TE Jimmy Graham. Graham led the league in receiving TDs (16) and will be a huge mismatch for the Philly pass defense.
I'll take a future Hall of Fame QB against a mid season replacement starting QB in Nick Foles. QB's starting their first game in the playoffs are 4-13 against the spread at home and 3-10 as favorites.
I got it with OSU's opening drive of the fourth quarter. All in all these two defensively challenged teams allowed over 1,000 combined yards and 75 points as Clemson won 40-35 WIN
That brings the Bowl Mega Bets to 5-1 so far. I'm going to see if the good picking can move over to the NFL playoffs with
New Orleans +2.5 @ Philadelphia - Way too much has been made of Drew Brees struggles on the road. He was pretty efficient in week 16 at Carolina. Brees went 30 for 44 and 281 yards in a monsoon. The weather won't be nearly so bad this week in Philly. It will be chilly with temps hovering in the low 20's but it won't be windy of snowy.
Philadelphia struggles covering tight ends which means a big night for NO TE Jimmy Graham. Graham led the league in receiving TDs (16) and will be a huge mismatch for the Philly pass defense.
I'll take a future Hall of Fame QB against a mid season replacement starting QB in Nick Foles. QB's starting their first game in the playoffs are 4-13 against the spread at home and 3-10 as favorites.