no games pique my interest this week.
Have a great Weekend!
Weekend Open and NCAA Football Week 12 2021 Open
by coldwarrior ( 312 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread at November 20th, 2021 - 8:05 am
Weekend Open AND NCAA Football Week 11 2021 Open
by coldwarrior ( 388 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread at November 13th, 2021 - 6:00 am
“From Rome to the Present – The History of Football” Quimby, Harold. LeSourdsville Press, 1946.
2/5 last week. Horrible..27/36, $1500/$1000. I got stomped. Jeeze, I gotta redeem myself.
My beloved Panthers covered Thursday night at home. 7-2! Pickett (QB) will be playing on Sundays.
New Mexico State at #2 Alabama 12:00 PM SECN – Why? The spread is 51 points. 51!!!!I’m not touching this. YES, I am. ‘Bama has two big opponents over the next two weeks. NMSU Covers, while ‘Bama rests their starters.
Mississippi State at #17 Auburn 12:00 PM ESPN – The War Eagle are 5.5 point favorites at home on The Plains and cover.
#6 Michigan at Penn State 12:00 PM ABC – M is a 1 point favorite on the road in (not so) Happy Valley. I’m taking M to cover.
#8 Oklahoma at #13 Baylor 12:00 PM FOX – The Baylor Bears WERE the darlings of the sporting media just a few weeks ago. Not any more. Today they are 5.5 point dogs at home. Oklahoma! covers.
#1 Georgia at Tennessee 3:30 PM CBS – Hey Rain! The Vols don’t look too bad this year. They are 20 point dogs at home against a damned near perfect team. G has crushed all opposing offenses and will cover this spread. They have a rest game versus Charleston Southern next week. The Vols ware their last real opponent until G has to play ‘Bama for the SEC title.
#11 Texas A&M at #15 Ole Miss 7:00 PM ESPN – The line has held at Aggies 2.5 favorite all week. They cover.
Veterans Day, Remembrance Day & Armistice Day
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 102 Comments › )Filed under History at November 11th, 2021 - 2:43 am
14 November 1918
For the first time away from the front since July 5th.
In a camp, behind the lines.
Dear Mom and Dad:
Well, of all the wonderful things that could ever happen. The war is “won”. As the French say, “Fini la Guerre.” Every Frenchman we meet hollers, “Fini la Guere, Merci! Beaucoup.” It means– The war is over, thank you many times. We are sure some glad bunch. I sure will have a lot of stuff to tell you when I return. And that won’t be long. We are now way from the front for the first time. I just got rid of a bunch of cooties yesterday. I hope that they will be the last, too. The are sure the cause of one hell of a feeling.
[Letter home from 19 year old Private Walter, my granduncle. He was in the U.S. Signal Corps, stationed at the front in France. More here.]
Weekend Open and NCAA Football week 10 2021
by coldwarrior ( 355 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread at November 5th, 2021 - 11:15 am
@/4 last week. Broke even. 25/31, $1800/$1000. 80% ROI…it was 90% with a low of 40%. If this were real money, i’d quit here too.
Let’s see what’s on tap for Saturday:
#25 Pittsburgh at Duke 12:00 PM ACCN: My beloved Panthers lost to the criminal element last week in one of the WORST officiated games that I have ever seen. This week they are at Duke and are 21 point favorites. They won’t cover.
#13 Auburn at #14 Texas A&M 3:30 PM CBS. This is going to a fantastic football game. Auburn is a 5 point dog and should cover in this one.
#3 Michigan State at Purdue 3:30 PM ABC. Obviously, I am missing some vital info here or something. Sparty is only a 2.5 point favorite. Uh, no. They cover.
Tennessee at #18 Kentucky 7:00 PM ESPN2: Well, Rain, yinz’s vols went from 1.5 point dogs to 1 point favorites. This is a yuge game for both sides. My pick: The Vols cover on the road! All is not lost in Vol Land!
#4 Oregon at Washington 7:30 PM ABC: Something seems very odd about this. The Ducks are only 7 point favorites…I don’t know what to do here. This looks too easy…unsure if I am betting this one. Will update. How about the Ducks cover.
