Official Sports Betting Thread

VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:09 pm

3-2 so far in official picks

at the last minute I picked up pitt -7, and I also hit a nice first half 3 team parlay (Rams, Vikings, Texans). I'm up 2.5 units so far for the season. might fuck wit that giants/cowboys game.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:53 pm

eagles and their turnovers. faggots.

boo to denver.

yay for pitt and ne.

VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:05 pm

[quote="alpha"]Pittsburgh Steelers -5

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:06 pm

yeah alpha is officially a degenerate gambler

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:18 pm

[quote="Philaflava"]My locks of the week

Select #1 : NFL Football
Pittsburgh Steelers 9/9/2007 1:00:01 PM - (EST)
Spread -4

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:25 pm

[quote="Philaflava"][quote="Philaflava"]My locks of the week

Select #1 : NFL Football
Pittsburgh Steelers 9/9/2007 1:00:01 PM - (EST)
Spread -4

VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:45 pm

thanks to the cowboys I doubled my money today. you cant stop the prophet. that is all. goodnight

Prophecy · Post by **Prophecy** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:45 am

Won some easy money from 5 people at work on the USF Vs Auburn game last night.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:12 am

Philaflava wrote:1. Philly @ GB. Yes its at GB, but McNabb is back and the team is ready to own the NFC again. I expect Westbrook to have a huge game. GB is not ready. They got young WR's, a banged up Donald Driver and a rookie RB. Plus Farve going against Eagles secondary could get scary.

You forgot about the Pack D. They pretty much owned Mcnabb in the 2nd half

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:27 am

The one game I was off on. But the Packs didn't beat the Eagles, the Eagles beat the Eagles with their fucking turnovers and penalties.

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:48 am

Mansfield Status wrote:yeah alpha is officially a degenerate gambler

I don't bet on sports specifically about fear of becoming degenerate

I lucked into being good at poker, decided that was enough gambling for me

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:38 pm

the rule of thumb, is to only gamble with surplus. You set yourself a goal if you will. say week one you're going to gamble 100 bucks. If you win you gamble week 2 with the surplus, never letting your balance go below the 100 dollars you initially put in, and at the end of the year put it all on the superbowl.. cash out until next year. The alternate version you lose the 100, and sit out until next year. It's willpower.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:00 pm

Mansfield Status wrote:yeah alpha is officially a degenerate gambler

yes I am

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:01 pm

but id did finish the weekend out 3-0 taking the 'boys, cinn, and cards

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:48 pm

I told everybody to take the cardinals they all thought I was nuts.. good choice.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:43 am

cfb sat 9-15

nebraska +10
boston college +7
arkansas +3.5
louisville -6

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:01 am

Don't have any money on these, but I will be starting next week. Here are the games I'd consider betting on if I was.

College
USC -10 @ Nebraska

Pro
Oakland +10 @ Denver
Indianapolis -7 @ Tennessee
Cincinnati -6.5 @ Cleveland
Dallas -3.5 @ Miami

Lock of the Week
New Orleans -3 @ Tampa Bay

Going with the road teams this week. 4 double digit lines and another 9.5er

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VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:05 pm

word. lets keep building

3-2 so far going into week 2

dont call me homer simpson but im taking

Baltimore (-10) at home against Kellen Clemmens and the Jets as my LOTW
Im wit alpha I think the Saints (-4) bounce back this week on the road at Tampa.
Give me Vince Young (+7.5) haha at home against the Colts
and SF (+3) on the road at St. Louis.

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:16 pm

Cardinals +3 over Seattle
San Diego +4 over the Pats
Dallas -4 over the dolphins

eaaaaaasy money

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:38 pm

VerbalTec wrote:thanks to the cowboys I doubled my money today.

if you are 'doubling your money', meaning betting everything you have, i give you 2 weeks before you're 'replenishing' your bankroll..

good win, but don't bet that much, it'll all come crashing down.

i teased colts/bengals down to -1 for tomorrow, michigan (-9.5) (won) and have 1u on louisville (-6) later...

i'm being pretty picky about bets so far this year, as i had the worst sports betting month that i have on record in august, and i'm still getting over the tilt of going 2-9 in a month...

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:43 pm

my two picks this week and YES i put $ on both games

new orleans @ tampa
philly @ home vs. washington

VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:27 pm

the Wiper wrote:
VerbalTec wrote:thanks to the cowboys I doubled my money today.
if you are 'doubling your money', meaning betting everything you have, i give you 2 weeks before you're 'replenishing' your bankroll..

good win, but don't bet that much, it'll all come crashing down.

nahh fam I meant doubled my money with all my picks in week 1. I know about it all crashing down believe me. Im not even betting this week

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:14 pm

pushed today minus the juice, still have the teaser for tomorrow, and a very small bet on the usc moneyline (why am i betting -500 moneylines, you may ask? to cancel out the loss on the juice of going 1-1) still riding..

i also added derek anderson u/214 passing yards tomorrow. he has some targets, and the bengals defense isn't all that intimidating. but as a browns fan, i can see them getting down early, which again would point to an over on the total passing yards...except for the fact that if they're down early, it may not be anderson doing all the throwing...

leans, but not yet plays for tomorrow: saints (-4), bengals (hoping for -7, -7.5 is probably a pass), seattle ML, and whatever scraps of a wong tease or two i can find, probably packers up to (+8) and one of the -7.5 favorites down to 1.5...

VerbalTec · Post by **VerbalTec** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:14 am

what online book if any do you use?

GLUS · Post by **GLUS** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:05 am

Cin & Pitt 6 pt teaser

Ind & NO 6 pt teaser

jax & balt 6 pt teaser

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:31 pm

VerbalTec wrote:what online book if any do you use?

bodog.

horrible, i know, but it's what i got..

a lot of the time, i can call my brother, and if we're on opposite sides, we'll bet each other to eliminate juice. i also have 'a guy' who i just called, and call every sunday, to see what his lines are. his line is better, i go old school and book it with him..

fwiw...the derek anderson line went down to 208, with the under being (-135)..at the very least i'm on the right side of the movement..

i also added the giants (-2.5), since moved to (-3)...it was EV all week, then started to slide last night when they announced eli was playing, got it probably literally seconds before it went to (-3), i fully expected the little message to pop up telling me the line was expired, but i got it..

derek anderson u/214 2u
giants (-2.5) 1u
bengals(-1.5)/colts(-1) 1u

hate that the saints line moved so much, i can only find it at (-4.5), and was hoping that it would've evened out over night to 4. the guy i call told me he has it at (-6), lol...almost made me take the bucs just based on the line being a full 2 points off of everywhere else i've seen...

i'm also leaning towards the vikings (+3.5)...gonna do some quick reading first, though i can see them beating the lions in detroit straight up...

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:52 pm

added saints (-250) 1u to win .4u

reasoning is that the line got to (-5) just a few minutes ago, and has moved steadily from (-2.5) to (-5) over the last few days, and i don't think the moneyline has reflected how much money has been going on the saints. i expect this won't be a huge blowout, hence me not wanting to lay 5 points, but the saints will be too much in the end..

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:51 pm

the Wiper wrote:added saints (-250) 1u to win .4u

reasoning is that the line got to (-5) just a few minutes ago, and has moved steadily from (-2.5) to (-5) over the last few days, and i don't think the moneyline has reflected how much money has been going on the saints. i expect this won't be a huge blowout, hence me not wanting to lay 5 points, but the saints will be too much in the end..

NO getting stomped

the Wiper · Post by **the Wiper** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:03 pm

yeah, it's looking like 0-3 on the early games...

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:07 pm

jamrage wrote: College
USC -10 @ Nebraska

Pro
Oakland +10 @ Denver
Indianapolis -7 @ Tennessee
Cincinnati -6.5 @ Cleveland
Dallas -3.5 @ Miami

Lock of the Week
New Orleans -3 @ Tampa Bay

Went 3-3 which is what it is. So much for my lock of the week. The books made a ton of money on the Saints game. Really surprised at New Orleans, what happened with them in the offseason?