The Odds-On Favorite: Super Bowl Pick

This is it. The last hurrah. The “Big Game”. The single reason why there will never be a Super Bowl held within the Las Vegas city limits. There’s just too much gambling to be done. The Super Bowl is the biggest event of the year when it comes to money changing hands. So much money [...]

The Odds-On Favorite: Conference Championship Picks

Following perhaps one of the strangest NFL Regular Seasons in my lifetime, it should come as no surprise that the playoffs are just as ridiculous and unpredictable. Consider: home teams are 3-5 so far in the playoffs. Teams with a first round bye went 1-3 last week (Thank God for Norv Turner!). And favorites are [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Playoff Picks; Divisional Round

Yep, I’m a dolt. Rather than spending a couple of hours last night after Florida cemented their status as the college football team of the decade researching and writing up the picks post, I chose to play Tetris on Facebook, take a shower and goto bed early. Therefore, I have to give an abbreviated picks [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Playoff Picks; Wild Card Round

I gotta tell ya, after the first 10 games of last week’s NFL slate, I felt pretty good about my chances to even up the regular season record, and perhaps even break .500 on the year.  I needed to end the week with no worse than a 12-4 in Week 17′s picks, and through ten [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 17 NFL Picks

I hope everyone out there is enjoying the Holiday season.  Depending on when you are reading this post, I’m in one of the following states: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico Arizona or Nevada. So, with 1/3 of the continental US on [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 16 NFL Picks

So, here’s the deal. Next week, I start a cross country drive that will end in a small, up-and-coming town in Southern Nevada known as Las Vegas. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Anyway, I accepted a job there (surprisingly, not gambling-related…) and will be moving next Friday morning. Meaning, these last two weeks of the [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 15 NFL Picks

After five straight days of rain, my house finally gave in. The power went out for a couple hours this morning, killing my alarm clock on the only day that I actually set it. Naturally. So, everything for me is a couple hours behind today while I wake up late, get dressed late, drive to [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 15 NFL Picks (Early Games)

Blah blah blah. Another 8-8 showing in Week 14 to put the record at 96-104-6 on the season. I’m getting so bored with mediocrity. I’d much rather go 12-4 or 4-12 one week and finish the season with a bang, one way or the other. Since my hands are still stinging from the Hot Stove [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 14 NFL Picks

I almost opened this post with a picture of a postage stamp.  Here’s the deal – it’s midnight on Friday morning.  I actually have to work tomorrow at a job that I can’t blow off for an hour to sift through NFL lines.  I’ll be occupied from 8am until 8pm, so obviously I’ve got to [...]

The Odds-On Favorite – Week 14 NFL Picks (Early Games)

This will qualify as my “Holy Crap – it’s Thursday?” picks post for this week…  One thing I’ve noticed since I left the working world, as well as the biggest thing I’m going to have to overcome once I rejoin the workforce: I have absolutely no sense of time or days anymore.  Seriously.  Mondays feel [...]