I promised last week that we’d get back on track, and right on track we are. 5-4-1 in college football and 7-5 in the NFL (*Editor’s note: it should be 7-4 in NFL but I decided to take a pick that someone I know designated as “the lock of the day” when it in fact was not a lock. That team failed to score any points. I will not be riding this person’s picks anymore)
Last week started as a disaster but a late Saturday afternoon winning streak sent me into the green and provided mostly good vibes for the rest of the weekend. And how about that SEC Insider (any guesses?) getting right on track? A good bounce back in the mouthwatering pick and the only blemish was trusting noted pervert Brent Musberger.
So we’re rolling along and throwing out winners for another week. Let’s get to the picks.
CFB (44-40-1 overall):
Dominic Toretto’s “Take it or leave it” Pick of the Week (2-3-1): Nebraska (+14) at Purdue – Purdue’s only game this year decided by more than 14 points? A 56-0 win over the now 1-4 Indiana State Cyclones. Nebraska lost their first game under their new head coach (?) but have won the last two. 14 points is just too much. – WIN
Central Michigan at Akron (+13.5) – A good old-fashioned science pick. They’re both 1-5 so idk why the hell Central Michigan is laying that much on the road. Maybe if I did some research it’d make sense but that’s not happening – WIN
Penn State at Michigan (-6.5) – bought the half. I’ll take the Wolverines in the Big House in a big game. Plus, Penn State has screwed me a couple times this year. – WIN
UCONN (+9.5) at Ball State – a little mainstream bias came with this pick but Ball State’s last three games have been decided by nine points or less and, after losing to Syracuse, Michigan and NC State in consecutive weeks, UCONN’s playing a more realistic schedule and has won the last two. – WIN
Alabama at Tennessee (+7.5) – bought the half. Have to bet on this game and I wanna believe in Rocky Top – WIN
Vanderbilt at Georgia (-38) – Dawgs have the bye week before playing Florida, I think they wanna keep the #1 ranking so they blow out Vandy easy – WIN
Oklahoma State at TCU (over 68) – this could be a bad play but it’s a fun one to bet on. At least 34 points in every game for OK State and at least 38 for TCU in every game. So the under will definitely hit. – WIN
Wisconsin (-7.5) at Michigan State – I don’t trust Mel Tucker to rally the troops for this one. He made some comments in a press conference about consistency and other coach-speak stuff. I think he’s fine with getting bought out from that $95 million contract and I’ll ride with the interim coach thing for Wisconsin again – LOSS
Memphis (+5.5) at ECU – mainstream bias. The source said five points is too much and, just looking at ECU’s schedule, they haven’t done anything great since that first game against NC State and that wasn’t even that impressive. Congrats, you beat USF by 20 points. I’ll ride with the bias – WIN
Mississippi State (-4) at Kentucky – always riding with the Insider – LOSS
*I will absolutely add to the card
Late adds:
Kansas at Oklahoma (over 65) – WIN
Iowa State (+15.5) at Texas – WIN
Monmouth at Maine (over 60.5) – Matthew 28:19 > Larry David says if you like lobster it doesn’t mean you should convince the world to eat lobster > the seafood capital state of the United States? Maine > it’s Homecoming for the Black Bears and they host Monmouth > Monmouth averages about 40 per game and nearly 500 yards of offense while Maine is averaging over 418 yards and 22 points per game over the last three – WIN
Alabama at Tennessee (over 66.5) – WIN
**went 13-2 (updated overall record: 57-42-1…Toretto’s picks: 3-3-1)**
SEC Insider picks of the weekend (9-8-1 overall):
Mouth Watering Pick of the Week (5-1): Mississippi State (-4) at Kentucky – “I think (Kentucky) are one of the most overrated teams in the country with or without (Will Levis)” – LOSS
Penn State (+7) at Michigan – LOSS
Vanderbilt at Georgia (-38 and over 56.5) – COVERED SPREAD, LOST OVER
USC at Utah (-3) – LOSS
BONUS GOLF PICK OF THE WEEK: Sepp Straka top-10 finish at the ZOZO thing – “Straka last 3 starts on Zoysia (?) grass (sic) 2,3,2″ (*Editor’s note: Straka is currently T-49 and Even after two rounds) – LOSS (*Editor’s note: I will no longer be accepting golf bets on this blog and I won’t count this as a loss against the overall record, it’s just a loss of trust)
**went 1-4 (updated overall record: 10-12-1)…mouthwatering picks: 5-2**
NFL (28-26-1 overall):
will add Sunday morning
Bengals (-3) at Saints – that’s it. The winnings from yesterday are going into this. Must win for the Who Deys. Saints’ top three receivers and Lattimore are out. Return to New Orleans for Burrow and Chase (and Collins). Burrow was wearing Chase’s national championship jersey into the superdome. Funny stat though: Andy Dalton is 2-0 vs the Bengals (Cowboys won in 2020 and Bears won in 2021).
**will probably take the over in Chiefs-Bills and some side on the SNF game**
Griffin Weinberg 