I cannot believe we are already at week four! It feels like the season takes forever to start, but then it just goes so fast! This is the first year with legalized gambling in Pennsylvania at the start of the football season. I have mentioned some odds boosts that have been offered and there have been some great promotions too.
Of course, I entered the Pennsylvania Football picking championship hosted on Sugar House and Bet Rivers. I am very curious how this entire thing plays out. The leader after three weeks has 37 wins. I have 29 wins. I am eight games back after three weeks. The goal is to win the entire thing, but cashing would be interesting too. I currently sit in 1993rd place. They are paying out the top 500 spots. If you are in a picks league how do you measure up. One thing to remember is that this contest excludes the Thursday night games every week. It is only Sunday and Monday games. Once you lock in your picks, you cannot make any changes. I will post periodically and update with how I am doing in this contest.
Before getting to our weekly computer picks, I have made two wagers myself.
Buffalo +7.5
This line has been hovering around 7 since it opened. When I saw, it hit 7.5 I had to jump on it. I think New England wins a close low scoring game. This is a fantastic set up for the Bills. The crowd will be insane, the Bills defense is fantastic, and Brady has not played well in Buffalo. I will happily take just over a touchdown.
Tampa Bay +10
Tampa Bay is two plays away from being 3-0. Are the Bucs good? No. This is a great spot though. The Rams played a road Sunday night game and now on a short week are expected to give double digits to a team that can score. The Rams offense has not been great at this point and their running game is spotty at best. The Rams win here, but this is too many points. When this line hit double-digits, I had no choice but to lock in the Bucs.
If you have been following along you already know one of the teams the computer really likes. This weeks computer selections are interesting.
Platinum
New Orleans +2.5
Premium
Seattle -5.5
Miami +15.5
Indy -6.5
Tennessee +4
Regular Selections
Philly +4
Buff +7
KC -6.5
Wash +3
Clev +6.5
Car +4.5
TB +9.5
Chi -1.5
Den -3
Pit -3.5
College Wagers
Wisconsin -24
Northwestern Can’t score at all and Wisconsin will run the ball down your throat the entire game. Just ask Michigan how that worked out. This game feels like 42-0. Wisconsin might just be very good, or Michigan really is that bad. I think the truth is a little of both, either way I am laying the points.
Temple -9
Temple upsets Maryland and then comes crashing back down to Earth against Buffalo. Georgia Tech is just awful though. This is a perfect spot for Temple to get better and beat up on a bad power five team
Wyoming -9.5
We are headed way west for our last college selection of the week. Wyoming upset Missouri to start the season and then lost a close game on the road last week. UNLV is just terrible and could easily be 0-3 right now. The lone UNLV win is over the football powerhouse that is Southern Utah. Wyoming is better at home and I am not afraid of the long illustrious history of Southern Utah Football.
Three Team 7 Point Teaser +140
Wisconsin -17
Temple -2
Wyoming -2.5
One last thing, I noticed that I forgot to count my live wager from Saturday in my record. I had UCF on the money line and UCF +4.5. I added the one win and one loss to make sure my record was accurate and correct.
Platinum 6-2 (75%)
Premium 9-6 (60%)
Overall 31-17 (64.58%)
College Teasers and Parlays 4-3 (57.14%) +140
College Picks 9-10 (47.36%)
NFL Teasers and Parlays 4-2 (66.66%) +480
NFL Picks 6-5 (54.54%)
Overall Teasers and Parlays 8-5 (61.53%) +620
Overall Picks 15-15 (50%)
Baseball Record 89-60 +2259
Baseball Parlays 28-74 -995
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