It just feels different. I woke up this (Thursday) morning, September 1st, with an extra pep in my step. Whenever I work the midnight shift, I’ll wake up the next morning at 8am, open up my right eye (it takes a few minutes for the left eye to start functioning), scroll the phone for about a half hour, finally get up, make some coffee and start my day (i.e. sit on my couch for an hour and watch the Dan Patrick Show). But that wasn’t the case today. No, sir. Today I woke up, opened both of my eyes and scrolled the phone for about 20 minutes before making some coffee and staring at the board (with DP on in the background). I had a good week 0, going 3-1, which is important for two (2) reasons: I can’t afford to gamble so I have to win and that gave me some confidence when looking at the board this week. There’s very little mainstream bias in my picks, mostly gut feelings, so we shall see. Below my picks I will have my SEC insider’s picks of the weekend. Happy college football Week 1 everybody. (Editor’s note: I’ll almost always buy a half point because I hate pushing and I’m paranoid enough to think the whole number will always hit)
Dominic Toretto’s “Take it or leave it” Pick of the Week: Rice at USC (-32.5)
WVU (+7.5) at Pitt
Ball St. at Tennessee (-35.5)
Houston at UTSA (over 61.5) – bought half point
Oregon at Georgia (-16.5) – bought half point
Cincinnati at Arkansas (-6.5) – bought half point
Texas St. at Nevada (ml -115)
MTSU at James Madison (-5.5) – bought half point
Army at Coastal Carolina (over 53.5) – bought half point
UMass at Tulsa (over 59)
- Late add: Miami (OH) at Kentucky (-16.5)
Georgia St. at South Carolina (-12.5)
Notre Dame at Ohio St. (-16.5) – bought half point
*Late add: ND-OSU o58.5 – bought half point
Boise St. (ml +120) at Oregon St.
SEC Insider picks of the weekend:
Mouth Watering Pick of the Week: Georgia -17
Cincinnati at Arkansas (-7)
“I am toying with the idea of Florida ml (+125)” at home vs. Utah
Griffin Weinberg 