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TALL TALES by BillyIdle

….Sometime probably the late 1970’s, the State of Delaware thought of a revenue raising idea. A good one in my opinion. Why not have the State of Delaware print football parlay cards and distribute them to participating stores, like lotto tickets? It is still a good idea, but few states would want [...]

Da Guru in session!

The Guru is thinking about a Sunday Morning Sports Betting conference call using Skype. Anyone interested? Contact me through Skype if you are interested! My Skype-name is: farbrortheguru
The session will start 60 minutes before the early NFL games allowing for plenty of time to use the new gained wisdom wisely.

Monday Night Football

September 29, 8:30 PM Eastern, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers
BALTIMORE (+5) OVER Pittsburgh
…Stopping the run will be job number one for the Steelers on Monday, and while that generally hasn’t been a problem for the Pittsburgh defense, the team’s ground-stopping crew won’t be at 100 percent…
… A defense that [...]

NFL dog day afternoon

Browns +3.5
49′ers +4
Packers +1.5
Skins +10.5
good luck to all!

NFL Yards Per Point

This is a stat I make regular use of.  How many yards a team gains to earn 1 point.  The lower the number the better.  I look to play on the Top 5 ATS and fade the bottom 5 ATS.

San Diego Chargers
     10.25

Denver Broncos
     11.37

Philadelphia Eagles
     12.43

Green Bay Packers
     12.49

Buffalo Bills
     [...]

Free Lunch?

A friend suggested the following strategy:

Bet two 13pts teasers based on four teams
Use one of the teams as a “banker”
Try for a middle on the other three games

Three team teasers can be bet at -120 (ties loose)
Three possible outcomes (assuming two 100USD bets):
Banker wins and all middles hit +200
Banker wins and at least one middle [...]

NFL Sunday

Sunday September 28
TENNESEE TITANS (-3) OVER Minnesota Vikings
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (-3) OVER Chicago Bears
BUFFALO BILLS (-8) OVER Saint Louis Rams
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (-6 1/2) OVER Houston Texans
DENVER BRONCOS (-9) OVER Kansas City Chiefs
WASHINGTON REDSKINS (+12) OVER Dallas Cowboys
CLEVELAND [...]

NFL Bloggen tippar veckans TV matcher

Ett liten ledning för mig mot The Guru, är detta veckan han visar sin tippsäkerhet och kommer ikapp? Här är iallafall veckans tips:
söndag 2008-09-28
19:00 New York Jets(-1.5) – Arizona Cardinals    
Robert: Cardinals är för heta just nu, lite småskadad Favre räcker inte för att knäcka de kvittrande fåglarna från Arizona.
22:15 Dallas Cowboys(-11) – Washington Redskins
Robert: Tung spread mot Cowboys, [...]

bilbal’s NCAA dogpound

3-6 -3.6 last Saturday, alot of those doggies left with their tails between their legs!  Here are this week’s usual suspects.  Good luck to all!
114 Syracuse +15
116 Indiana +8
119 Virginia +7
135 Purdue +1.5
139 Virginia Tech +7
179 Nevada +4
221 Arkansas +27.5

NCAA Saturday Games

Saturday, Sepember 27, (Week 5)
TEXAS (-27 1/2) OVER Arkansas
OKLAHOMA STATE (-17 1/2) OVER Troy
PENN STATE (-15 1/2) OVER Illinois
FLORIDA (-22) OVER Mississippi
MINNESOTA (+19) OVER Ohio State
Texas, Florida and Penn State have something to play for here, the #1 spot
Billy Idle