NFL Week 5

Washington Bailed Me Out

While everyone is still up in arms about the Washington bail out plan, while reeling on Sunday I placed a fake last second bet on the Redskins money line, which put my personal coffers in the black for the weekend.  Whew, that was a close one. 

College Football Week 5

Big brother is ad savvy

I know what you are thinking.  Idaho University has had two glaring wadrobe malfunctions this season AND are one of the worst teams in all of D1A.  But before we get into that, let’s just get back on this whole bullshit FBS and FBC blasphemy.  FBS or Football Bowl Subdivision is less simple than D1A, and might say less in fact.  In the whole of the NCAA, everything is written as Division I, Division II, or Division III.  Lucky for us, the powers that be (possibly sponsors and higher ups in charge of making money) have decreed that we can no longer refer to football the same way we refer to the rest of college athletics.  I guess it is pointless to discuss the merits and detractions of this argument, but at the same token why confuse the American public that is already engrossed in your product?

LWN And TMOC Go Head To Head

 

LWN and The Man of Cheese got together at the LWN staff offices to go Head to Head for a battle of college bowl supremacy.  Each remaining bowl game was chosen by the two, and a coin flip determined first choice in team picking.  We went through the games chronologically and chose using spreads available on 12/21.  The team not chosen by the writer was given to the other writer.  For example, if LWN chose Memphis +3.5, TMOC got FAU -3.5 and so on.

LWN’s Administrative Assistant Picks The Bowls

My master plan was to have the esteemed writers of LWN’s Sports Blog go head to head with the Admin Assistant picking bowl games.  So far Admin Assistant is the only one to give me the picks.  I guess when you don’t pay your writers they get to you whence they can.

Without further ado, these are the picks of someone who knows nothing about football except the following three things.

1. Indianapolis has a football team
2. That team’s nickname is the Colts
3. The Colts Quarterback is Peyton Manning

Here are her picks in choronological order.  No spreads were used, the games were chosen straight up.

NFL Week 15

“Dr. Bob Has Your Remedy”

I am not sure how many of you caught The World Wide Leader’s new sports show “E: 60.” A month ago, they did a feature on a handicapper named “Dr. Bob,” who is 57% correct on his picks over his 19 years in the business.

While this doesn’t sound like a huge number, it’s not only impressive, but lucrative as well. To be a successful gambler, you need to be correct 52% of the time to turn any profit whatsoever. That extra 5% is HUGE when we are talking about people who bet thousands per game.

Wife Of The Man Of Cheese With A Basketball Story

While most of us here at LWN Sports Blog write surly, angry stories, the Tar Heel Lady wanted to warm our hearts with a touching tale about Lute Olson. Us male contributors will make sure to write about meat, smashing stuff, and irresponsible drinking to offset the estrogen.

Hello LWN readers! This is Tar Heel Lady, the lovely wife of The Man of Cheese. As an avid fan of this time of year, I have been recruited to discuss and review NCAA Basketball. For my first insightful note on this great blog, I have chosen to pay tribute to Lute Olson.

2007 NFL Playoff Picks (LWN Staff)

Last week the LWN staff gave you our playoff picks. This week we simulate the tournament. Enjoy the enlightenment.

Analysis: The Giants can’t lose three times in a season to the same team. New England coasts. Seattle get hot late. New England is the champ.

College Football Week 14

“The Ire Of The Tiger….(s) Fans”

If Mizzou fans are not upset today, then they will be after reading this. If I were a Mizzou fan, I would be upset. Sure that win against Kansas was dare I say the biggest win in the history of the program? There has not been so much excitement in Columbia since Don Faurot introduced the “Split T” formation to the Tigers and collegiate football.