Gambling will never make you happy. You'll lose one bet of an 8-leg parlay and be pissed you didn't stop at 7. You'll win the ML for a team expected to lose by double digits and be disappointed you only put down a couple bucks. Or, in my case, you will win every single bet you made this past weekend, but be angry you didn't have the balls to parlay them.
My bet slip:
Michigan (-18.5)
Marshall (-10.5)
VT (+17)
Miami ML
Pitt (-7.5)
Payout as bet: 197% (almost doubling my money)
Payout as a 5 leg parlay: 3222% (financing the purchase of a truck)
Don't bet, kids.
Anyway, on to this week's lines.
- BC (-1): BC has been awful this year. They boast 5 wins, but let's look at who they've beaten: Two Atlantic bottom feeders(Syracuse & NC State), a B1G bottom feeder (Rutgers), an FCS team (Richmond), and Ryan Willis's interception bonanza. And yet they are favored, albeit ever so slightly, over FSU. What a shit show Willie made for himself. Good thing they canned him cause he was about to drop a game to a shitty BC team. I still say BC takes this one.
- LOLUVa (-17): As much as I'd love to see LOLUVa be uncomfortable or even lose against GT, I just don't see it happening. GT is garbage. Miami's three stooges impression notwithstanding, GT is going to lose their P5 games and lose them hard. LOLUVa (-17) sounds good to me and if it's not, well, then at least I can enjoy the sound of the collective brick shitting echoing off the blue ridge mountains all the way from down here in Lynchburg.
- Bama (-5.5): National Championship game right here and Bama is still favored by five and a half. As discussed elsewhere, lines aren't always how Vegas expects the game to go. They are set where Vegas thinks they can get half the bets to fall on either side of the line. Inject a crazed Bama fanbase into the mix and you're going to get a skewed line on this. Gimme LSU (+5.5) and maybe even the ML if I'm feeling lucky.
- Kentucky (-2.5): My inlaws are Tennessee fans. They think they're on the upswing since switching quarterbacks (I know the feeling). I would love nothing more than to see them drop yet another game to one of the bball schools stranded in the SEC. If this was last year, I'd be tempted to take Kentucky here (even though they inexplicably lost to UT last year), but this year's Kentucky team is not up to the task. Taking UT (+2.5) on this one.
As always, please do not take my ramblings as legitimate gambling advice. You will lose your shirt and anything else you're foolish enough to bet based on my idiocy.
Lines may change over the course of the week. I also may have made errors copying them. Always triple check when money is at stake
TKP does not encourage gambling and even if it did, I am neither employed nor sanctioned by Orange and Maroon Media, LLC so who cares.
Away | Home | Spread | ___ | Away | Home | Spread |
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Kent State | Toledo | Toledo (-7.5) | Wake Forest | Virginia Tech | Wake Forest (-3) | |
Ball State | Western Michigan | Western Michigan (-7.5) | Louisville | Miami | Miami (-5) | |
Miami (OH) | Ohio | Ohio (-7) | Georgia Southern | Troy | Georgia Southern (-1.5) | |
Louisiana | Coastal Carolina | Louisiana (-12.5) | USCw | Arizona State | USCw (-1.5) | |
Temple | South Florida | Temple (-1.5) | Kansas State | Texas | Texas (-5.5) | |
UCF | Tulsa | UCF (-16.5) | LSU | Bama | Bama (-5.5) | |
Washington | Oregon State | Washington (-10) | UAB | Southern Mississippi | Southern Mississippi (-7) | |
Pedo State | Minnesota | Pedo State (-6.5) | Iowa | Wisconsin | Wisconsin (-9.5) | |
Maryland | anOSU | anOSU (-42) | New Mexico State | Ole Miss | Ole Miss (-28.5) | |
Purdue | Northwestern | Purdue (-2) | North Texas | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech (-6) | |
Texas Tech | West Virginia | Texas Tech (-1) | Georgia State | UL Monroe | Georgia State (-2.5) | |
Western Kentucky | Arkansas | Arkansas (-2.5) | Florida International | Florida Atlantic | Florida Atlantic (-10) | |
Vanderbilt | Florida | Florida (-24.5) | Missouri | Georgia | Georgia (-17) | |
Baylor | TCU | Baylor (-1) | Utah State | Fresno State | Fresno State (-2.5) | |
Umass | Army | Army (-35) | Appalachian State | USCe | USCe (-3.5) | |
Eastern Carolina | SMU | SMU (-23.5) | Washington State | California | Washington State (-7.5) | |
Florida State | Boston College | Boston College (-1) | Clemson | NC State | Clemson (-31) | |
Georgia Tech | LOLUVa | LOLUVa (-17) | Notre Dame | Duke | Notre Dame (-6) | |
Air Force | New Mexico | Air Force (-21.5) | Tennessee | Kentucky | Kentucky (-2.5) | |
UTSA | ODU | ODU (-4.5) | Liberty | BYU | BYU (-17.5) | |
Charlotte | UTEP | Charlotte (-12) | Iowa State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma (-13) | |
Stanford | Colorado | Stanford (-3.5) | Wyoming | Boise State | Boise State (-11.5) | |
South Alabama | Texas State | Texas State (-7) | Nevada | San Diego State | San Diego State (-16.5) | |
Uconn | Cincinnati | Cincinnati (-34.5) | San Jose State | Hawaii | Hawaii (-7) | |
Illinois Fighting | Michigan State | Michigan State (-11.5) |
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