Mega Bets

Mega Bets Week 13 Part 3

12/3/2011

Not too bad yesterday. The Mega Bets went 1-1 as:

Louisville @ South Florida under 44.0 - This one was looking good as the score was 10-3 with less than a minute left in the first half. But then the scoring erupted with 2 TDs scored before the first half ended. Special teams can be a killer for unders. USF scored a TD and Louisville took the kick off to the USF 25. Louisville then went on a tear in the second half scoring 24 points. Final score Louisville 34 Golden Calves 24 LOSS

Houston -2.5 @ Tulsa - Houston was their normal profcient selves on offense scoring 48 points. Amazingly thier porous defense held Tulsa to 16 points. This one was tight for only a quarter with Tulsa leading 10-6 but then the Cougars exploded on Tulsa scoring 42 more points. Final Houston 48 Golden Shower 16  WIN A mini Mega snagging the under on BC @ Miami and made for a profitable day Some great games on tap today. I'll go with:

Week 13 Mega Bets Part 3
Clemson @ South Carolina under 50.0 - Something has gone haywire with the Clemson offense. Over the last three games they have scored 61 points.South Carolina offense has sucked ever since Marcus Lattimore went down. Over the last three games they have scored even less - posting a mere 56 points. They have been winning with defense. This game should be a low scoring exciting rivalry game.

I'll also take some Mini Megas on:
Wyoming +33.0 @ Boise State - Boise is phenominal against the spread on the road. Not so much at home. Wyoming will put up just enough points to stay within the spread.

Mega Bets Week 13 Part 2

11/26/2011

Off to a good start with the Mega Bets as the Harbaugh Bowl was a 13-6 thriller.

For Part 2 I will take two Friday games

Mega Bets Week 13 Part 2:
Louisville @ South Florida under 44.0 -Sticking with the usual under formula two defensive teams that are challenged offensively.

Houston -2.5 @ Tulsa - Tulsa can keep up with Houston especially at home but when the game is on the line Houston will keep its slim BCS chances going with an exciting finish.

I'll also go with a mini mega on:
Boston College @ Miami (FL) under 44.0 - Going with what works - good defenses and challenged offenses

And as always - here is the week 13 Bettors Guide at least so far

Week 13 Rivalry Week - Part 1

11/25/2011

Well done Doofus- Well done indeed!!

A fine week of football!

The Spartans not only won the coveted Brass Spatoon but wrapped up the Legends Division also. MSU will be in the very first Big Ten Championship Game on December 3rd. Plans are already in place to host a blow out party for the Whiskey Swilling Cigar Chomping Football Society in the Man Cave (subject to approval from the head of the Doofus household of course)

Overall the Big Book of Guesses went slightly less than par at 41-44-3 but the Doofus went 3-0!!

Week 12 Mega Bet Recap:
Penn State @ Ohio State under 38.0 - Got lucky on this one. Both teams started out by running up the score. By halftime the score was 20-14. I figured this one was toast as one more TD would get the over. Midway through the 3rd quarter Penn State had 1st and goal at the OSU 2 but the Bucknuts held and the under was still in play. The teams then spent the rest of the game starting deep in their own territory - driving to midfield and punting. Amazingly no points were scored in the second half. Final Score - the same 20-14 WIN

Kansas State +8.0 @ Texas - Texas' defense was great - holding KSU QB Casey Klein to 4 yds and the Wildcats to 121 yards total. But Klein made just enough plays to win. Texas's offense still stinks. Look for a few more unders on Texas. Final Score KSU 17 Small Horns 13. And taking the Money line at +260 was like getting 2 Mega Bets for the price of one! WIN

Week 12 Mega Bets

11/24/2011

The Doofus was sent to the back of the room with the rest of the dunces last week

The 2011 GO JUMBO trip was a huge success.

The college picks were not but the NFL and over / unders offset most of the losses. Still as on Big Book of Guesses follower said " A monkey rubbing his ass with one hand and throwing darts at the football odds column would select at least as many winners as you have"

Can't disagree with that.

But I'll keep trying. And of course, you can always fade the picks and make some money.

Seeing how the NFL and over/unders are doing better I will use more of those for the Mega Bets

Week 12 Mega Bets:
Penn State @ Ohio State under 38.0 - Two defensive teams with no offenses. Always good for the under. PSU is going through the most turmoil a program ever had and now they head into the hostile Horshoe. Maybe the Nits rally but they could also crumble. This one has the look of the LSU Bama 9-6 classic

2011 GO JUMBO Recap

11/17/2011

Ellis arrived in a spiffy rental scooter

Another great GO JUMBO weekend!!

The festivities started out on Thursday. Getting into the Las Vegas Hilton with time to spare to make some bets on the Thursday night games (No pushing the "needing special assistance" out of the way like last year) I plunked down some starter bets on the Houston Cougars and under on San Diego/Oakland. Pete and Woz came in during the games having already gotten some action on Houston and Va Tech. All the bets cashed in and we got the weekend off to a profitable start.

Week 10 Mega Bets

11/17/2011

The Week 9 picks went down in flames

A bad weekend of football for the Doofus.

Michigan State started out the weekend on a sour note getting run out of Lincoln NE with a 24-3 loss stapled to their butts.

The Man Cave Whiskey Swilling Cigar Chomping Football Society didn't have a particularly good week either as MSU, Purdue, Ohio State, USC, UConn, Wake and Rutgers all lost. GT, Auburn, Northwestern, FSU and UNC chalked up wins to keep the weekend from being a total bummer. Army played a Div 1AA so they didn't count (c'mon Dwink - man up - you shouldn't be playing 1AA this late in the year)

The Mega Bets were absolutely terrible to going a perfect 0-4. Every pick started out like crap only to rally. Tough to lay tons of points and start out down 2 touchdowns.

Week 9 Recap:
Arkansas -10.0 @ Vanderbilt - Vandy got up 21-7 late in the first half. Arkansas came back to win 31-28. Vandy missed a chip shot FG at the buzzer which would have sent the game into overtime. LOSS

Baltimore -14.0 vs Arizona - Arizona got up 24-3 late in the second quarter. Baltimore rallied to win 30-27 LOSS

New York G Men -10.5 vs Miami - Miami got up 14-3 midway through the second quarter. Giants rallied to win 20-17 LOSS

New Orleans -14.0 @ St Louis -. St Louis ran out to a 24-0 lead late into the third quarter. This time there was no rally - just a plain old 31-21 LOSS

But all was not lost - as I was in the stands cheering GT on to a 31-17 win over previously unbeaten Clemson. Bobby Dodd stadium was electric as they won another night game over a ranked opponent. I was rooting against Clemson despite the MinMega on the TIgers (better known as a diversification bet)  - and I was really coming on strong as the Bees held on late to preserve the under - run that ball!!

Week 9 Mega Bets

11/3/2011

The Michigan State Miracle!!

MSU went with the Hail Mary play called Rocket to pull out a miracle. Maybe the best ending for an MSU game ever. Right up there with the last second win over Michigan (thanks Spartan Bob) back in 2001. And if you can't get enough of the play here it is Rocket Man

Johnny E called the next day to congratulate the Doofus. He's looking forward to a rematch in Indy in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game. Same here. Get by the Huskers this week and our ticket is all but punched.

The Big Book of Guesses had an OK week going 39-35-1 including a great 10-2 on the over/unders (of course the only two I missed were the ones on the parlay - that's what kind of week it was) But apparently I used up all my luck on the Rocket play as the Mega Bets went 1-4 as:
Week 8 Mega Bets Recap:
West Virginia -14.0 @ Syracuse: The last time I was in the Carrier Dome - A pathetic Syracuse squad upset a 12 point favorite Louisville team. Should have known better than to bet against the Orange on a Friday night in the dome. Syracuse's defense put constant pressure on WVU's QB Geno Smith and the Orange running game pounded away. WVU tried to make a game of it getting a TD midway through the 2nd quarter. But Syracuse took the kick off return to the house and the rout was on. Final score Big Orange 49 Moonshiners 23 LOSS

Arkansas -15.5 @ Mississippi - Tough to cover 15.5 when you get down 17 points. With Arkansas sleep walking - Ole Miss got out ahead 17-0 with 6 minutes left in the first half. Arkansas then awoke scoring 29 straight points. Looking like I might get my cover after all - Ole Miss went on a 5 minute drive to close the score to 29-24 with 1:23 left to seal the cover. To rub it in - Ole Miss recovered the onside kick but threw a game killing pick with 0:32 left. With the loss, the Rebs set a new record for SEC futility by losing 10 straight conference games. Final Hawgs 29 Lil Miss 24 LOSS

Week 8 Mega Bets

10/27/2011

Mooo--oom!! Sparty is playing too hard!!

Great win for the Green and Bronze! And all the Wolvies can do is complain we played too rough. Waaaa Waaaa Waaa!

After 4 straight years - the Paul Bunyon trophy has enough credits to graduate from State. A few more years and he will be there as long as some of my kids.

The Big Book of Guesses was not so hot going a fairly random 33-37-3. But - it's not how you pick 'em - it's how you bet 'em. And the Doofus had a great week too going 3-1 as:

Week 4 Recap: Alabama -25.0 @ Mississippi:  That's the way you blow out a team. Ole Miss scored on their opening drive but that was all. Bama then spent the rest of the game stuffing the Rebs (holding them to 137 yds of total offense) while piling on 52 points. A beautiful beat down. Final Bama 52 Ole Missing offense 7 WIN

Clemson -8.0 @ Maryland - Clemson HC Dabo Sweeney was not about to get Mike Stoopsed and get the axe after blowing a Mega Bet. Trailing 38-24 late in the 3rd quarter to a mediocre Maryland team - the Tigers went on a tear. Clemson reeled off 32 points in a little over 15 minutes to beat the Terps. With 3:35 left they got their final TD and a a nice front door cover. Final Clemson 56 Cool flags 45. WIN

Western Michigan -1.0 @ Northern Illinois - Went to the well one too many times with Western. Should have stopped when I was ahead - especially on the road. In blustery conditions the Huskies kept to the ground - pounding out 494 yds on the Broncos. Western led 15-13 at the half but collapsed in the second half - letting up 38 straight points. Final NIU 51 Where's Waldo Stadium 22 LOSS

Green Bay -15.0 vs St Louis - Another nice beat down. Green Bay, in their hideous retro uniforms jumped to a 24-0 lead then coasted in the second half. The defense held the inept Rams offense to one late 2nd quarter FG. Final Green Bay 24 Lambs 3 WIN

Week 7 Mega Bets

10/24/2011

A real face plant by the Doofus last week

Ooof - that was ugly. The Big Book of Guesses went 30-42-1.

The Mega Bets were just as bad going 1-3 as:
Week 6 Recap:
Western Michigan -10.5 vs Bowling Green -  Western continues to perform for the Doofus! The Broncos rolled for 278 yards in B slapping the Falcons. BGSU tied it at 14 all midway though the second quarter. But it was all Brown and Gold after that. The Broncos reeled off 31 straight points in the beat down winning 45-24. WIN

Arizona -2.0 @ Oregon State -  A tough loss. ASU spotted OSU a 27-6 lead but climbed back to trail 30-27. But, with 5 minutes left the Beav put the final dagger in the heart of the Bum Devils with a TD - to go up 37-27. With their backs to the wall at home - OSU fought hard to win. A lesson I was to learn again on Sunday. To top it off, Arizona fired HC Mike Stoops this week. Apparently, the Wildcat brain trust respects a good Mega Bet and was furious for Stoops not coming through for the Doofus. You other head coaches better be listening! LOSS

Texas A&M -8.5 @ Texas Tech - This game was typical for the week for the Doofus. A&M was trading TD's for TTU FGs and built a 15 point lead early in the 4th quarter. WIth 2:55 left and the score now 45-33 (TT got a FG that bounced off the upright and went through - ugh), A&M punted to the TTU 9 yd line. Playing against a soft defense, the Red Panty Raiders drove 91 yds for a TD to get the cover 45-40 with 31 seconds left. Good thing the Doofus was alone in the Man Cave - the profanities were curling the hair on the dog. In fact, I'm still pissing and moaning about that one. Crap! LOSS

Week 6 Mega Bets

10/13/2011

The Spartans were having great success with the Waterboy Blitz package

What a great weekend for Football!

Michigan State was fantastic in shutting out OSU for 59:50. The nations's number 1 defense held the BuckNuts to 35 rushing yards and 178 yards in total. And consider this: Ohio State gained more than half of those yards on its last two drives, the first one ending in a fumble after 33 yards, and the second, a 62-yard touchdown drive with 10 seconds left against MSU's soft prevent defense.

On the day, the Buckeyes had five three-and-outs, four negative yardage drives and four more drives that went for under 10 yards. Bubba's spirit was roaming the sidelines Saturday.

MSU's offense, however, left too many points on the field as Kirk Cousin fumbled at the OSU 37, threw a pick in the OSU end zone and another pick at the OSU 20. The Spartans also missed a FG. That will need some fixing before they face Wisconsin and Michigan.

And what a come back by the Lions!! Down 27-3 early in the 3rd quarter, Tony Romo throws not one but two straight pick sixes. The Unknown Picker was right in calling out Romo. With the score now 27-17 Stafford and CJ got to work. Cowboy DC Rob Ryan had channeled his brother Rex Ryan by going all motor mouth on CJ - saying he would be no better than the Cowboys' third wide receiver. CJ made him pay by nabbing five catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull out the win 34-30. Nice.

Still - that is the second straight 20+ comeback in as many weeks. You can only go to that well so many times. The Lions are still struggling at the line of scrimmage. Next up is Chicago and a good DL. It will be Monday Night Football in Motown!! The fans will be rocking. Should be a great game!