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NCAA Football week 9 and Rugby World Cup 2023 FINAL & OPEN

by coldwarrior ( 171 Comments › )
Filed under College Football, Open thread, Rugby at October 27th, 2023 - 10:24 pm

We were even last week, so still $1300/$1000…outperforming the stocks and bonds. Quit level is 33% ROI, we had that three weeks ago.

Let’s get to it.

No one, except yours truly and some maniac former-747 pilot in NZ thought the 2023 RWC would come to this:

South Africa versus New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final, day 48 of the tourney, all are sore and beat up. Yet, here we are. Both teams peaked at the right time, Ireland fell to their quarterfinal curse while France lost on home soil. The pretenders have been sorted, South Africa v New Zealand for the final, 100 years of playing each other. SA is incredibly physical especially in the ruck, NZ can bite you from a set piece in their own end. Neither team was supposed to be here. NZ is a 2 point favorite. Jeeze, that makes some assumptions, can NZ’s pack withstand the SA force, especially at the end? If Jordie Barrett is not contained, SA loses big. NZ beats this spread.

NCAA Week 9

I’m not seeing anything that I even want to watch.

IT’S AN OPEN!!!!

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NCAA Football week 8 and Rugby World Cup 2023 OPEN

by coldwarrior ( 110 Comments › )
Filed under College Football, Open thread, Rugby at October 20th, 2023 - 11:58 pm

Yinz know the drill.

We did better with the Rugby than with the college ball! 3/5, so, its back to $1300/$1000 (again at my quit point of 33% roi). We won with both underdogs in the RWC!

Week 8 college ball:

7 Penn State @ 3 Ohio State 12:00 PM: I’m a PITT guy, my bro is a PSU alum. When I started this post, PSU was a dog at 6 pts. ~~I’ll take that, they cover~~. Nope. they don’t cover on the road.

17 Tennessee @ 11 Alabama 3:30 PM. The Vols have broke my heart more times than my beloved panthers. And again, I set myself up to be heartbroken. The Vols are 10 point dogs on the road and cover. Yes, I’m betting AGAINST coach Saban….again. I’ll lose, again.

14 Utah @ 18 USC 8:00 PM. The last year for the Pac-10 as we know it….Jeeze, USC got curb-stomped in front of the Touchdown Jesus last week. The Trojans are 8 point favorites at the Colosseum. Utah beat them twice last year…’SC is tough at home and have one of the best pre-game rituals.

Watch this video on YouTube.

and the cheerleaders….

Watch this video on YouTube.

Whew, OK….I’ll take USC to cover! Why a Trojan is dressed as a stylized high ranking Roman Centurion?…well, who cares.

RWC 2023 (on Peacock)

Tomorrow at 1500 eastern, it’s the All-Blacks V Las Pumas. Good on Argies to get this far! Well played, them. Ummm…now they have to play New Zealand. Well played lads. NZ is a 17 point fave, I ain’t touching this. NZ could field their second team and still win by a ton.

On Saturday at 1500 est, it’s England V South Africa. SA is the most physical team in the tourney. (NZ is the most diabolical, especially out of the set-piece from their own end). England is a 14 point fave. Yep, put me down for SA to cover.

I don’t know what the Kiwi contingent here wants to see, but, I’d hope for an England V NZ final. SA is too hard to play.

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NCAA Football week 7 and Rugby World Cup 2023 OPEN

by coldwarrior ( 295 Comments › )
Filed under College Football, Open thread at October 14th, 2023 - 6:00 am

It’s an Open Thread!

We are $1200 for $1000 and a bunch of bets were made last week. 3/5, so back to $1300 FOR $1000.

Let’s see what’s in store for week 7 besides the Ireland V New Zealand match that we will get to later.

None of the games are piquing my interest. So, no bets this week.

Waitaminute…

8 Oregon @ 7 Washington 3:30 PM. Won’t matter. Georgia will beat either of these pretenders by 21. but, what the hell, the always overrated Ducks are 3 point dogs to the dogs (Huskies), heh. Anyway, Bo Nix is the Ducks QB, and he is very, very good. Ducks beat the spread (I always lose when I go this way).

Florida @ South Carolina 3:30 PM. The Gators are only 2 point favorites? I’ll take them to cover. That spread just looks weird.

10 USC @ 21 Notre Dame 7:30 PM. ND is at home in a classic rivalry game and the Irish are 2 point favorites. They won’t cover. ‘SC has a hell of a QB who will be playing on Sunday.

RWC 2023

Saturday at 1500 eastern, two of the best teams in the world are going to square off in the knock-out round of the Rugby World Cup. It’s Ireland v New Zealand. If yinz have access to Peacock online do watch it. this should be one for the ages. Let’s add this to the ledger: Ireland is 2 point faves to win, I’m going for NZ to beat the spread. I have my reasons, even though ireland are the faves to win it all.

There are other matches, but none that promise to be this great, this week…except on Sunday:

France (at home) v South Africa (1500 eastern). SA is the most physical team out there and they are playing against a great France team on French soil. again, on peacock, do watch if you have a chance. This one will get very chippy unless the ref clamps down early. SA are 2 point dogs in vegas. They should be able to get under the French skin and cause a lot of penalties anad beat that spread, France loses the story pretty fast after they have been belted in the mouth a few times and then get dirty and play stupidly.

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NCAA football week 6, Qatar F1, and RWC Open 2023

by coldwarrior ( 246 Comments › )
Filed under College Football, Open thread at October 6th, 2023 - 9:33 pm

I’m trying this on a chromebook, frankly, this would be impossible without a mouse. the puti suggested that i get a gamer mouse that works on all platforms. good on her. the funky LED gamer mouse works so here we go: (no spell check)

The Rugby World Cup is going mostly as planned. The fun starts next weekends as the also-rans are elimated this weekend.

So, i lost last weekend and am at $1200/1000, i quit the week before at $1300/1000.. However, it’s not real money.

ahhh…i have to save before leaving the page

12 Oklahoma @ 3 Texas 12:00 PM. the longhorns are 5 point faves at home anbd beat the spread

I’m done betting the Vols and LSU. sorry. been let down over and over and over and over..

11 Alabama @ Texas A&M 3:30 PM.the chromebbok is acting all messed up. anyway, ‘bama is only a 2 point fave over the aggies, yinz know what? i never bet against saban. but i will today! AGGIES at home!

Colorado @ Arizona State 6:30 PM. coach prime and his team have been put back to earth. good. now is time for real building. they are 3 point faves and beat the spread.

20 Kentucky @ 1 Georgia 7:00 PM. KY is the new oregon state. yeah whatever. they are 13 point dogs v the best team in the country, they don’t cover and fall back to mean.

F1 is in Qatar and it is dusty as, well, the desert. Oddly. do watch the race as the best in the world try to figure out what to do in the sand.

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