Just Be Cool

Phew.  We've had a great Saturday!  Two college teases, two wins.  We've also seen proof that Stanford is faking injuries, which is great for gambling purposes going forward.

The first tease - BUF (+4), MIZZOU (+3.5), ORST (+11) .

First of all, let's give credit where credit is due.  Scott pulled himself from the dregs of a Nevada Day bender to miss placing the bets for the early games.  This meant no Winners' Ticket this weekend, and instead a second tease.

Oh, wait.  I got side tracked.  I meant to give credit to Yami via Nick who told me about Buffalo.  We've bet them two weeks in a row and have not been disappointed.  I lived in Buffalo, and based on experience, could not foresee a viable college football team emerging from the region.  Large people? Skinny girls who are guilty they didn't love wings and Labatt's?  All possible.  Good college football?  NO WAY.  Until now.  Let's go [whatever UB's mascot is]!  Even though Missouri lost the game on a laces out (EINHORN!!!) missed FG, they were in total control of that game.  We're will not turn our back on them, and are hopeful that Vegas will.  Mizzou is legit.  Finally, Oregon State could have tied, and maybe won that game.  Loved the bold first half play calling by OSU, and hated the fake injury by Murphy for Stanford at the end of the game.  Regardless, we hit this ticket thanks to the hook on the Mizzou game.

The second tease - FSU (-27.5), ORE (-17), CLEM(-10)

We've been very high on FSU all season, and they did not disappoint - in the first half.  Then, they sat their starters and NC State began a back door cover for the ages.  Thankfully, FSU's second string is pretty good, and we sneaked out out that game.  FSU will be bet regardless of points laid to Miami.  Oregon is ruthless.  A thoughtless, remorseless machine that only knows how to score.  They entered the 3rd quarter tied, and dropped an unquestioned 28 points in the second half to cover.  Relevant to nothing, but can you imagine a back field with Mariota and Johnny Football?  Oregon chose right.  Having watched the OSU/Stan game, we'll take ORE and the points on November 7.  And then there was Clemson.  They are not bad, but not awesome.  They beat Maryland only because their athletes were better, but it was not settled until the middle of the third quarter.  We're probably done with Clemson, so I don't really care.  (Since I've never been to Nevada Day festivities, I can only guess how awesome they are.  I'm thankful they are so awesome, because this ticket doesn't exist without that awesomeness.)

We covered the bet for the weekend.  So that's nice.  The NFL ticket is 1/3 of the way home.  We have some extra $$$ to bet since we missed placing the winner's ticket.  Given the results today, we'll probably let that ride until next weekend.  The NFL's six team bye weeks are not conducive to gambling.