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  1. #141
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    Feb 2007
    Bump. 6 games tomorrow. Big day.

  2. #142
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    St Augustine, FL
    Yuge!

  3. #143
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    Norfolk, VA
    Today's games:

    Saturday
    [34]Virginia Tech (8-6) (-3) hosts [36]Louisville (8-6) (1:00, CBS)
    [44]Miami (7-7) (-8) hosts [80]Boston College (6-8) (2:00, ACCNE)
    [88]Wake Forest (3-12) (+2) hosts [29]Notre Dame (6-8) (3:00, ACCNE)
    [16]Clemson (9-5) (-14) hosts [124]Georgia Tech (4-10) (3:00, ACCNE)
    [234]Pittsburgh (0-15) (+18) hosts [1]Virginia (13-1) (4:00, ESPNU)
    [3]Duke (10-4) (-13) hosts [45]Syracuse (7-7) (6:00, ESPN3)
    I went with the standard Virginia under and Duke over even though Virginia was over last time out and Duke has been under the past three games. That's why they call it gambling. Virginia Tech is playing good basketball and Louisville is not so the Hokies at home (-4) seems solid.
    Bob Green

  4. #144
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    Six games today. I've placed 12 bets. Gotta play to win.

  5. #145
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    Hot'Lanta... home of the Falcons!
    Quote Originally Posted by NYBri View Post
    Six games today. I've placed 12 bets. Gotta play to win.
    More like play to humiliate... you are almost 5000 fake bucks in the lead at this point. But, I do admire you for not resting on your big lead. By betting it gives the rest of us a chance to catch you. Thanks!
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  6. #146
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    I am 4-1 so far with the Over in the Duke game left. Virginia Tech let me down.
    Bob Green

  7. #147
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    I was surprised to find this thread had slipped to Page 3 so I'm bumping it back to the top. The last week of the regular season is upon us so the end of this contest is in sight. There are three games tonight and I've made a wager in each one:

    Pitt at Notre Dame - Under 135.5
    Florida State at Clemson - Clemson (-3.5)
    Syracuse at Boston College - Syracuse (+2)
    Bob Green

  8. #148
    Pitt/ND game started ato ND -21. It is now ND -18.5. A big swing for a game of little importance. WHY ?

  9. #149
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pghdukie View Post
    Pitt/ND game started ato ND -21. It is now ND -18.5. A big swing for a game of little importance. WHY ?
    A lot of the bigger bettors liked Pitt. It's not THAT huge a move because the line is so big. Moving two and half points from 4.5 to 2 on the spread, for example, is more meaningful than moving from 21 to 18.5.

  10. #150
    With Colson announced as playing, line should have gone the other way. Plus it's Senior night. More importantly, Pitt is not very good.

  11. #151
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    Sixty two points scored in the 1st half in South Bend so the Under looks good at the halfway point. Lots of basketball left to be played.
    Bob Green

  12. #152
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    The Under wins in South Bend. Betting the Over/Under, in games you don't care who wins, is a lot of fun. You don't cheer for Team A or Team B, you cheer for made shots (Over) or missed shots (Under). Missed shots got it done for me tonight.
    Bob Green

  13. #153
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    Reminder: Thursday is not dark this week:

    Thursday
    [33]Louisville (9-7) (+6) hosts [1]Virginia (15-1) (8:00, ACCNE)
    [119]Georgia Tech (4-12) (+5) hosts [40]NC State (10-6) (8:00, ACCNE)
    Bob Green

  14. #154
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    Feb 2007
    Quote Originally Posted by Pghdukie View Post
    With Colson announced as playing, line should have gone the other way. Plus it's Senior night. More importantly, Pitt is not very good.
    Knowledge of Colson playing against Pitt predated the line coming out. So did knowledge of Pitt not being very good and it being ND's Senior Night. They were all priced into the line already.

    If I had to take a stab in the dark at what the big bettors were thinking (and big bettors don't have to be sharp, but most likely they were here since they're betting Pitt), it was that
    (A) ND would mostly play zone in order to give Colson, who hadn't played in 2 months, more rest and playing time than if they had played m2m. This lowers the number of possessions, which helps both the underdog against the spread and the under on the total.
    (B) Teams often struggle to re-integrate star players

    As it turned out, the big bettors won, even though they had to sweat it out at the end of the game.

  15. #155
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    Feb 2007
    7 games tomorrow! Nirvana for degenerates!

  16. #156
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    Quote Originally Posted by Troublemaker View Post
    7 games tomorrow! Nirvana for degenerates!
    I hope we all do better than we did on Wednesday. I was 0 for 3.
    Bob Green

  17. #157
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    If I go 14-0, and the NY cheese guy goes 0-14, I still can’t catch him. Hi Brian, heck of a run you’ve had.

  18. #158
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish80 View Post
    If I go 14-0, and the NY cheese guy goes 0-14, I still can’t catch him. Hi Brian, heck of a run you’ve had.
    With 14 bets today, it's still a horse race. I played all 14 at 500 fake-bucks each and am praying to break even.

    P.S. There is still the tourney. We played that last year, right, Jason?

  19. #159
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    Quote Originally Posted by NYBri View Post
    P.S. There is still the tourney. We played that last year, right, Jason?
    Yup, we will do a new contest for the ACC and NCAA tourneys.

    I was destroyed this week... went from +4000 and in the thick of it to a disastrous +500. Today will probably take me into negative territory. That is what I get for trying to chase NYBri.
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  20. #160
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    10-4.

    Luck strikes again.

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