
In my best Edward R Murrow voice – This is Vegas. I am here in
the LVH Super Sports Book with devastating news.
The LVH no longer allows cigar smoking in the Sports book! The GO
JUMBO gang is staggered by the decision. Next year’s GO JUMBO trip is now in shambles. Calls are being made to sports books around Vegas but it appears that we are going to be forced to make a decision between free drinks and a great atmosphere versus enjoying a fine cigar.
Damn you LVH – No one should be forced into these types of Calvin and Hobson choices. And the stunning blow of the news appears to be affecting my decision making on the Mega Bets. I am constantly wobbling on making picks.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time. The GO JUMBO weekend - when the picks really count. The ones with real quatloos behind them.
Damn you LVH. I’ve already made three very small football picks on Thursday and lost them all. Only a good pick on the World Series saved the night from being a complete wash out. Normally I would shrug these bets off as getting my bad luck out of the way with better fortune to come Saturday. But now I just don’t know.
Got to plow through this but I will be most likely be ratcheting back the level of quatloos wagered - unless of course the free booze lessens the picking inhibition
So what are the Week 9 Mega Bets?
the LVH Super Sports Book with devastating news.
The LVH no longer allows cigar smoking in the Sports book! The GO
JUMBO gang is staggered by the decision. Next year’s GO JUMBO trip is now in shambles. Calls are being made to sports books around Vegas but it appears that we are going to be forced to make a decision between free drinks and a great atmosphere versus enjoying a fine cigar.
Damn you LVH – No one should be forced into these types of Calvin and Hobson choices. And the stunning blow of the news appears to be affecting my decision making on the Mega Bets. I am constantly wobbling on making picks.
It couldn’t have come at a worse time. The GO JUMBO weekend - when the picks really count. The ones with real quatloos behind them.
Damn you LVH. I’ve already made three very small football picks on Thursday and lost them all. Only a good pick on the World Series saved the night from being a complete wash out. Normally I would shrug these bets off as getting my bad luck out of the way with better fortune to come Saturday. But now I just don’t know.
Got to plow through this but I will be most likely be ratcheting back the level of quatloos wagered - unless of course the free booze lessens the picking inhibition
So what are the Week 9 Mega Bets?

I’ll start with the Situational analysis to distill down the number of picks
Revenge games
One of the reasons this week has been difficult has been the lack
of good revenge game situations. Last year NC State beat Florida State 17-16. But this year FSU is in a let down mode after demolishing Clemson and the spread is getting out of hand at FSU -32.0
A better scenario is Ohio avenging last year’s loss to Miami (OH) of 23-20. This year the spread is an achievable Ohio -26.0
Bounce back games
Some better situations in this category – UCLA is in bounce back mode but travels this week to Oregon – yikes
Washington is also looking to bounce back after crippling losses to Stanford, Oregon and Arizona State - hosts a pathetic Cal team giving 28.0. I’ll see what the Sheriff thinks
Texas A&M looks to bounce back from a loss to Auburn by hosting Vandy. Spread is A&M -17.0
Clemson was stunned last week and now travels to College Park to face Maryland giving 17.0 – that’s a little better.
And Louisville looks to recover from an upset last Friday by travelling to Tampa to take on a rebuilding South Florida. Louisville squeaked by a bad Bull team last year 27-25. This year the spread is Cardinals -20.5. That’s doable.
In the Let Down scenarios
Tennessee could be in let down after upsetting South Carolina but they are hosting arch rival Alabama. And Tennessee has never covered on the GO JUMBO weekend
Ole Miss is coming off an upset of LSU and hosts a putrid Idaho team. Spread is a hefty 42.0
Central Florida stunned Louisville and hosts UConn – but the Big Al rule prohibits betting on the UConn game during the GO JUMBO weekend – that includes you Pete!
North Carolina may be in let down mode after nearly upsetting Miami (FL) last week and hosts Boston College giving
7.0
So with my decision making fully muddled by the LVH rule making minions here are the Week 9 Mega bets
Revenge games
One of the reasons this week has been difficult has been the lack
of good revenge game situations. Last year NC State beat Florida State 17-16. But this year FSU is in a let down mode after demolishing Clemson and the spread is getting out of hand at FSU -32.0
A better scenario is Ohio avenging last year’s loss to Miami (OH) of 23-20. This year the spread is an achievable Ohio -26.0
Bounce back games
Some better situations in this category – UCLA is in bounce back mode but travels this week to Oregon – yikes
Washington is also looking to bounce back after crippling losses to Stanford, Oregon and Arizona State - hosts a pathetic Cal team giving 28.0. I’ll see what the Sheriff thinks
Texas A&M looks to bounce back from a loss to Auburn by hosting Vandy. Spread is A&M -17.0
Clemson was stunned last week and now travels to College Park to face Maryland giving 17.0 – that’s a little better.
And Louisville looks to recover from an upset last Friday by travelling to Tampa to take on a rebuilding South Florida. Louisville squeaked by a bad Bull team last year 27-25. This year the spread is Cardinals -20.5. That’s doable.
In the Let Down scenarios
Tennessee could be in let down after upsetting South Carolina but they are hosting arch rival Alabama. And Tennessee has never covered on the GO JUMBO weekend
Ole Miss is coming off an upset of LSU and hosts a putrid Idaho team. Spread is a hefty 42.0
Central Florida stunned Louisville and hosts UConn – but the Big Al rule prohibits betting on the UConn game during the GO JUMBO weekend – that includes you Pete!
North Carolina may be in let down mode after nearly upsetting Miami (FL) last week and hosts Boston College giving
7.0
So with my decision making fully muddled by the LVH rule making minions here are the Week 9 Mega bets

Ohio -26.0 vs Miami (OH) - I like revenge matchups at home. Ohio can rack up the points. They beat equally abysmal Akron and Eastern Michigan by scores of 56-28 and 43-3 respectively. A gaffe two weeks ago to a bad Central Michigan team is keeping the spread lower than it needs to be.
Clemson -17.0 @ Maryland – I’m taking a risk with a rebound team on the road but Clemson is not as bad as the team that got squashed by FSU. Maryland got crushed by FSU 63-0, squeaked by a bad Virginia team 27-26 and got smoked by an equally bad Wake
Forest 34-10
Louisville -20.5 @ South Florida – I know – another bounce back on the road. So far that has been dicey but Louisville will not be over looking South Florida after last year’s near debacle. With a chance at a BCS bowl still viable the Cardinals will go for style points over an outmanned Bulls squad. South Florida is coming off a bye at home an beat Cincinnati three weeks ago but also struggled against UConn and got a Cagney type grapefruit treatment by Miami (FL) 49-21. Louisville is giving less then three TDs. I’ll take it.
I also have a couple of Mini Megas in play too with
Washington -28.0 vs Cal
Arizona -14.0 @ Colorado
GO JUMBO!!
And here are all the GO JUMBO weekend picks
Clemson -17.0 @ Maryland – I’m taking a risk with a rebound team on the road but Clemson is not as bad as the team that got squashed by FSU. Maryland got crushed by FSU 63-0, squeaked by a bad Virginia team 27-26 and got smoked by an equally bad Wake
Forest 34-10
Louisville -20.5 @ South Florida – I know – another bounce back on the road. So far that has been dicey but Louisville will not be over looking South Florida after last year’s near debacle. With a chance at a BCS bowl still viable the Cardinals will go for style points over an outmanned Bulls squad. South Florida is coming off a bye at home an beat Cincinnati three weeks ago but also struggled against UConn and got a Cagney type grapefruit treatment by Miami (FL) 49-21. Louisville is giving less then three TDs. I’ll take it.
I also have a couple of Mini Megas in play too with
Washington -28.0 vs Cal
Arizona -14.0 @ Colorado
GO JUMBO!!
And here are all the GO JUMBO weekend picks

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