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There's a thing going around about big 10 teams traveling 2+ time zones. 1-8 ats so far this season. Small sample size but holding true so far in iowa.
Looking at UCLA +4 vs Minny later today. Hope psu can buck the trend.
And Washington struggled against the run-heavy Rutgers team.
 

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And Washington struggled against the run-heavy Rutgers team.
Yeah, kind of. That was one of the most misleading finals of the season. Washington outgained rutgers 521 to 299. They should have won and covered. Special teams killed them.
 

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Saved most of my PSU bets w/ PSU 2nd half spread bets. Came real close to betting the money line at half. Army is just a well oiled machine.
 
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Yesterday's facepalm-inducing wagering:

The Good -- Guardians, BYU, and LSU
The Bad -- Pitt, Oklahoma, WVU
The Ugly -- when SC went up 19-14, I hit the live bet for Bama -2 1/2. Hilariously unfortunate.

On to the NFL. Already blew it with the Seahawks on Thursday night. Currently have Bears, under, and Jags team under working.
 
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L/P: PSU -3, PSU -4, Tennessee -6.5, Tosu -.5 2nd half
W: PSU -1.5 2nd half, KSU +2.5, Syracuse -1, ISU -3, NM -10.5, BYU -3
 
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L: PSU -3, PSU -4, Tennessee -6.5, Tosu -.5 2nd half
W: PSU -1.5 2nd half, KSU +2.5, Syracuse -1, ISU -3, NM -10.5, BYU -3
So you’re ahead for the weekend? (Is it bad form to ask, bringing in the jinx factor?)
 

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Yesterday's facepalm-inducing wagering:

The Good -- Guardians, BYU, and LSU
The Bad -- Pitt, Oklahoma, WVU
The Ugly -- when SC went up 19-14, I hit the live bet for Bama -2 1/2. Hilariously unfortunate.

On to the NFL. Already blew it with the Seahawks on Thursday night. Currently have Bears, under, and Jags team under working.
I had Pitt as well and that was maddening. They were kind of in control and then scored zero points in 2H. Gotta give Cal a lot of credit. I thought they would fade as the game went on after that Miami game and lots of recent travel.
Was with you on LSU. that was a sweat! Somewhat fortunate victory but I'll take it.
 

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Look ahead spots this week. These shouldn't be auto bets, but are intended to factor into your handicap.

Syracuse (-4) at NC State
Syracuse is off a fairly big win vs UNLV and plays ranked Pitt next week. I actually like NC State here, even without McCall and this is starting to get bet down to 3.5
LOSS
Louisville (-7.5) at UVA
Louisville plays Miami next week
WIN
Florida (+15.5) at Tennessee
South Carolina (+21.5) at Bama
UT plays Bama next week. While Florida is typically a big game, some look ahead is probably in play for Bama
WIN-WIN
Miss St (-33.5) at UGA
Texas (-14) vs OU
UGA plays Texas next week. Same deal as UF vs UT, Texas vs OU is a big game, but this year I think UGA is bigger.
WIN-LOSS
GA tech (-4.5) at UNC
GA Tech plays ND next week
LOSS
Purdue (+19.5) at Illinois
Illinois plays Michigan next week (Purdue is on the no-bet list for me)-WIN
Grading the look ahead spots. A win is betting against the team with look ahead
5-3
 

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Opening Lines
Louisville -7 at UVA seems much too low-LINE STAYED SAME, L
JMU vs CC at -9.5 a few points too low-LINE MOVED AGAINST PROJECTION -W
Kentucky -12 vs Vandy - a little overreaction on Vandy? I got more like -17.-LINE MOVED TOWARD PROJECTION AND FINISHED WHERE IT STARTED-L
Rutgers -2.5 vs Wisky seems like it should be closer to pick. LINE MOVED TO WISKY - W
Memphis -6.5 vs USF a bit too high. MESSY DATA POINT DUE TO HURRICANE - NOT COUNTING THIS ONE
UGA and Army both giving too many points, but not sure I'd step in front of either next weekend (UGA does have look ahead to UT though) W, L

PSU -5 at USC may be a touch high, but PSU is pretty dominant in a number of advanced stat comparison. NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE OPENING LINES, BUT THIS WOULD BE A WIN
Grading opening lines 3-3
 

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Grant, how do you see the UNL @ IU line moving in the next few days? HR has it at IU -5 right now.
Well, I do have IU at-7.5.
5 is a dead number so let's see where it goes. I'm inclined to stay on the IU train going forward until the lines get too high.
Cignetti seems to be like JF and try to cover spreads late in games.
 

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Well, I do have IU at-7.5.
5 is a dead number so let's see where it goes. I'm inclined to stay on the IU train going forward until the lines get too high.
Cignetti seems to be like JF and try to cover spreads late in games.
I bet it at 5. Still there.
 

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Intuitively, I would think that would happen more often than 1 in 10,000 games (meaning value) but you never know.
You could get @LionJim to figure out the probability of both events and then multiply them together to get the probability of both happening. That said, you may have to bet this hundreds, if not thousands of times before it pays off. You could eat through a bankroll of say $1000, easily before you ever hit.
It was +10000 not 10000-1

edited today I’m way late but will add it’s a bad bet at +10000 but a fabulous bet at 10000-1😎
 
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It was +10000 not 10000-1

edited today I’m way late but will add it’s a bad bet at +10000 but a fabulous bet at 10000-1😎
It wasn't that bad of a bet considering it took a replay official to stop it from hitting at the end of the game. Just sayin'.
 

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Jags (why?) - L
Falcons x2 - W
Packers - W
Steelers - W
Titans - Cashed out

Tonight
O 46
1st 1/4 O 9.5
 

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It wasn't that bad of a bet considering it took a replay official to stop it from hitting at the end of the game. Just sayin'.
Insignificant. Not sure which game you are referring to, but even if it has happened 2 times this season (instead of once) in about 350-400 games, that still is not better than the 100-1 payout. Needs to happen more than once every 100 games to be positive EV. If we get more than 1 of these games per every 100 games this season, I will admit that it's a good bet.
 

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NFL:
Good -- Daaaaa Bears, Jags team under, buying the 1/2 point so Commanders was a push, Montgomery 1st TD
Bad -- Olave getting concussed and killing my 100-1 TD parlay bet by 2pm, Lions not giving Gibbs the ball on the goal line for my Lions TD parlay
Ugly -- Thinking that the Broncos were a live dog with their defense
 

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At least I got out of one of my horrible Over bets last night. As soon as the NYG Clown QB served up what looked like a Micah Hancock set to the defense (in FG range to kill the 1st quarter Over), I immediately took a reduced cash out on the game Over.

As for this week, I'm riding IU and Army like John Wayne rode Little Blackie in True Grit.
 

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I took IU at -5.5. I have them at -7.5 vs NU.

Opening lines
Air Force +7.5 vs Colorado St seems too high. As bad as AF is (looked better this weekend), should be closer to +3.
Ohio +4 at Miami (Oh). I have more like +1.5.
Mia (FL) -4 at Louisville seems light. Maybe more like 6.5 or 7
Tulsa +1.5 at Temple. I have Tulsa as a 3 point fav.
USC -7 at Maryland a bit light. I got -10.
Auburn +6.5 at Missou; I have this Missou as a slight fav (-1ish). Missou has Bama on deck.
Ark +3 vs LSU - I have this close to pick. LSU in serious sandwich spot between Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
 
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Misleading box scores. NW deserved the cover, but not the blow out it seemed.
MAC shenanigans - shocking. Akron, Kent, and Buff suddenly look not so bad.
NCST with 9.1 ypp!? (@CDLionFL I got screwed on this one too)
A typical theme - turnovers are killers. I've heard some handicappers that say a TO is worth 4 to 5 points. It often makes sense when you look at box scores like these.

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Misleading box scores. NW deserved the cover, but not the blow out it seemed.
MAC shenanigans - shocking. Akron, Kent, and Buff suddenly look not so bad.
NCST with 9.1 ypp!? (@CDLionFL I got screwed on this one too)
A typical theme - turnovers are killers. I've heard some handicappers that say a TO is worth 4 to 5 points. It often makes sense when you look at box scores like these.

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I had Syracuse. I refuse to take NC State in any game the rest of the season.
 

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I had Syracuse. I refuse to take NC State in any game the rest of the season.
Must have misread my own misfortune into your bet. Well, damn you then!
First time I've bet them this season. Frosh QB taking over for McCall is pretty good but turns the ball over. I understand you aversion.
 

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I'm a little surprised at how much the market still likes the Jets. Assume the Steelers will take a TON of public money this week.
 

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I'm a little surprised at how much the market still likes the Jets. Assume the Steelers will take a TON of public money this week.
It's about to like the Jets even more with Davante Adams. Market was probably correct last night. Jets should have won/covered.
 

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A reminder to all to bet the MAC at your own risk. This is one of the more brutal beats I've seen in a while.....

I was dying while watching that on Monday night. Such a great finish to the segment this week. I have every Sportscenter recording for the sole purpose of watching the Bad Beats segment on Monday nights if I miss it live.
 
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Friday night ORE/PU line has shot up to 30 on HR. I got mine last night at 27.5
 

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There's a thing going around about big 10 teams traveling 2+ time zones. 1-8 ats so far this season. Small sample size but holding true so far in iowa.
Looking at UCLA +4 vs Minny later today. Hope psu can buck the trend.
Correction to above. Should be 2-8 ATS.
After last weekend, I believe this trend is now 3-10. I'm using the closing numbers, so PSU would be a loss and Minny vs UCLA would be a win (it would be PSU push and Minny loss if you use the opening lines), OSU and UW were both losses.

Candidates this weekend are Oregon at Purdue (awful spot for Oregon too), UCLA at Rutgers, USC at Maryland.
 

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Indiana would seem to be a bettor's dream team. Cignetti has it.

It will be interesting to see if he gets better offseason offers.
 

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IU, Army, Navy, Taxes.

In addition to the 3 other IU bets, I live bet IU @ -37.5 and laughed at UNL while pressing the enter key.
 
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As Ice Cube once rapped, today was a good day. It started with Brentford scoring a goal 5 minutes into 1st half stoppage time to cash my +125 bet on a goal in the 1st half (thanks VSIN soccer guy). And then it went a little like this...

The Good -- Army (1st half & game), Robert Morris, a +336 ML parlay of Army/Wisky/Indiana/Missouri/Cincy, Stony Brook, Hampton, Navy, Illinois, Tennessee, Miss State, Twerps, Florida

The Bad -- Iowa's no show killing a +275 parlay

The Unfortunate (cuz there's no ugly today) -- Buying a half point on Missouri to lose the juice just to make them a -4. Turned a win into a push. Also, none of Jonathan Marchessault's shot attempts finding the net to cash a 17-1 goals parlay

Yay, me...for once.
 
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As Ice Cube once rapped, today was a good day. It started with Brentford scoring a goal 5 minutes into 1st half stoppage time to cash my +125 bet on a goal in the 1st half (thanks VSIN soccer guy). And then it went a little like this...

The Good -- Army (1st half & game), Robert Morris, a +336 ML parlay of Army/Wisky/Indiana/Missouri/Cincy, Stony Brook, Hampton, Navy, Illinois, Tennessee, Miss State, Twerps, Florida

The Bad -- Iowa's no show killing a +275 parlay

The Unfortunate (cuz there's no ugly today) -- none of Jonathan Marchessault's shot attempts finding the net to cash a 17-1 goals parlay

Yay, me...for once.
Out of curiosity. Money wagered vs money won ….I’m most interested in net earnings.

Did you take home more than your wagers?
 

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Out of curiosity. Money wagered vs money won ….I’m most interested in net earnings.

Did you take home more than your wagers?
Well, a 11-1-1 record on single plays and the parlays being a net positive, it was a very strong profit day. I don't get into exact numbers but let's just say I'm not throwing honeybees at any of these games. I'm too much Princeton offense instead of Loyola Marymount.
 

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Crazy day. At one point on Friday I had a $.01 balance on HR I had placed so many bets. Ended up at $1300. Withdrew $650 and the rest is going towards the Cignetti Shrine I'm building on my patio.
 

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NFL team in Vegas! What could go wrong?

Um, kicking a FG from 27 yards w/ 2.5 mins left in the game down 8 points to cover a spread?
 
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