Not You Too Sportsline.com?

My disdain for espn.com is well known and documented, but I am not the only one. More and more lately I have gone to Sportsline.com to get my sports news and scores. Especially on my iphone and the safari browser, it is just easier to navigate to get scores than espn, which sometimes usually doesnt even seem to realize games are going on.

But today, i kind of got sick to my stomach, right on the homepage of sportsline was a countdown to the Patriots vs Colts regular season game. This may have been there for a while, i dont know. Seriously, this is a regular season game, in week 9 of a 16 game season, its not the Superbowl, or even the AFC championship, its a regular season game. Vegas has the game with a 6 point spread, so not even that close of a game (that has more to do with people betting, but still).

Can someone please tell me a good place to get sports news and scores, please.

PIcks of the Week

Not a good week for picks, 0-fer in college and only the Browns Moneyline. After starting off strong, now down overall, only 40 schrute bucks, but still. Going to combine College and Pro this week into 1 post.

- Iowa ML Penn St
- Ok -12 Tex over 55
- Ind -8 Minn, Ohio +2 Buff, ASU -3 WSU

As for Pros.
- Det ML Was
- Houston -5 Mia Over 43.5
- SF +9.5 Balt, Zona +2.5 STL, Seat Pitt Over 33.5

NFL Picks of the Week

Wow did it get cold in here or is it just me, 0-fer yesterday, you would now be up only 80 schrute bucks.

1. Cleveland ML Baltimore
2. Houston -3, Under 39.5
3. Dallas -6, Indy -4, SD -5. The Bill Simmons special. The SG loves the big favorite teased, so lets just do them all at once in a 3teamer.

No cheerleader if I go O-fer the picks before.

NFL Picks of the Week

Not a bad saturday, hit the Kentucky Moneyline for +240 (+240), the teaser lost (-100), and the parlay had a winner and a tie so the parlay is not a winner, but you would have gotten paid on the Cinci line (+90). All that equals a plus 230 for the week in Schrute bucks bringing your total to 680 schrute bucks. Now onto todays NFL games.

1. Arizona +280 Baltimore (lots of good moneyline picks)
2. Cleveland +145 over 41 Oakland (like I said)
3. Minnesota +8.5 KC, Detroit +12.5 Eagles, Arizona +14.5 Baltimore (all dogs getting more points)

Enjoy todays action and Go Bears this evening.

Wagering Recap and MNF

Prior to this weekends results, if you "wagered" on my picks, you would have 510 schrute bucks. After this week, with 4 losers and 2 winner (Oregon -16.5 with the over of 63.5 Fresno State, and the 3 team NFL tease) you would still be up 550 schrute bucks (or a nice profit of 40 schrute bucks) which isn't really that bad. As a recap....


1. Minn ML Detroit (LOSER)
2. Houston +6 Under 39 Carolina (LOSER)
3. Dallas +2.5, Seattle +3.5, Pitt -3.5 (WINNER +180)

1. Wash U +165 Ohio St Team that has looked good at home vs a team that has looked bad on the road. (LOSER)
2. Oregon -16.5 Over 63.5 Fresno St (WINNER +260)
3. Syracuse Ill Under 49, ULMonroe +29.5 A&M, Colorado +9.5 FSU (LOSER)

For tonights MNF, lets wager 100 fictional schrute bucks on Philly -1 teased with the under of 44.5. A couple trends for tonights game, Wash is 3-7 last 10 MNF, Under is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings, Favorite is 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 meetings, Home team is 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 meetings. If I was cocky and riding a little bit better of a streak, I would normally parlay it, I like both lines, but i'll tease it and should be a lock by 3rd Quarter.

NFL Picks of Week 2

This weeks NFL games look good on paper, several good matchups, last week was a great week with the NFL picks, lets see if we can keep the momentum going. Status is up 510 schrute bucks with 300 of those spoken for on the NCAA picks. These picks are for fun only, no actual gambling should occur based on my prognostications. Past results do not guarantee future results.

As a recap every week, I will make 3 picks.

1st pick will be a moneyline wager
2nd pick will be a same game parlay
3rd pick will be the dreaded 3 team teaser.


1. Minn ML Detroit
2. Houston +6 Under 39 Carolina
3. Dallas +2.5, Seattle +3.5, Pitt -3.5

Gambling Summary and MNF

As a recap here are my picks for the week, for record keeping sake, lets say i risked 100 Schrute Bucks on each game.

1. Tulane +190 Mississippi St (-100)
2. Oklahoma -10.5 Miami Under 43 (-100)
3. UAB +41.5 FSU, LSU -5 VTech, LSU VTech over 32 (+300)

+100

1. Green Bay +150 Eagles (+150)
2. Pats -6.5 Over 41 (+280)
3. Denver +3, Seattle even, Dallas even (+180)

+610

My apologies on the 4th team in the tease, only put 3 in, so the payout was a little less. A good week, with my advice you would have been up 710 Schrute Bucks.

Lets ride this winning streak, into a big Monday Night Parlay.
Ravens ML (+125) and Buzzsaw (+155) 100 schrute bucks to win 470.

NFL Picks of the Week

Here are my NFL picks of the week. As a reminder, this is for recreational purposes only.

1st pick will be a moneyline wager
2nd pick will be a same game parlay
3rd pick will be the dreaded 3 team teaser.

Green Bay +150 Eagles (only good looking home dog)
Pats -6.5 Over 41
Denver +3, Seattle even, Dallas even

Michael Strahan, the Hetero Rapper

So apparently everyone's favorite gap-toothed defensive end is not who we thought he was. Joining the list of many celebrities who have appeared onstage with the L.A. hair metal cover band Metal Skool, our boy Strahan decides to add his own spin on Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me". After an awful rendition of the song with A-listers Ryan Cabrera and Pauly Shore, Strahan announces he is going to do the "Run DMC version". Apparently that translates to setting hip-hop back about 30 years with rapping that carries as much street cred as Ellen DeGeneres. It's a long video but entertaining nonetheless. If you want to skip to Strahan's mesmerizing lyrical display, it's around the 7 minute mark. At the end he takes his jacket off and throws it into the crowd. Ladies...?

The band makes a lot of comments at the start and end of the clip (dare I say "jokes") about being gay. Interestingly, Strahan didn't seem to mind.

DAF's NFL Draft Thoughts

This is definitely the first time in my life when I had a single player on my mind heading into the draft and my team actually came away from the draft with that player. As soon as the combine took place I wanted Greg Olsen on the Bears. However, I thought he would not be there at pick #31 and even had thoughts that the Bears shold trade up to get him. Yet, he was still around and the Bears selected him. Unfortunately, resident shitstain Drew Rosenhaus is his agent but you can't let a sports agent dictate how you run a team, right Lance?

Overall I would give the Bears draft a B+ but anyone who tries to grade a draft the day after is either delusional or Nostradamus so I'll defer a true judgement until at least after preseason. The trade with the Chargers seems like money in the bank given Jerry Angelo's penchant for drafting well in the later rounds and the fact that San Diego seemed willing to give up virtually their whole draft for a safety. We drafted two offensive lineman which I thought should be our other priority. I think we needed a DT over a DE but we'll see how this kid from Central Michigan is. Drafting a LB seems like a good idea too. Drafting 3 DB's means Tillman and Vasher may not be in Bears uniforms after the 2007-8 season. Given recent drafts and the Super Bowl appearance last year, maybe it's time Bears fans apologized.

There are a lot of other stories here which each could get their own blog. Brady Quinn and his ugly anorexic albino girlfriend's expressions as he slipped to #22. The trade of Randy Moss to the Patriots. The continued self-destruction of the Miami Dolphins. Maybe more teams should have payed attention to this:

NFL Predictions

I went back on Okayplayer and looked up the pre-season predictions I made. Here's a rundown and outcome:
1. Chad Johnson leads league in yards receiving and TD catches (YES for YARDS, NO FOR TD's-6th)
2. Bears win NFC North, lose first playoff game (NO)
3. The last half of the season is filled with stories of the Packers telling Favre he doesn't have to do it (play) anymore but Favre still does on his way to leading the NFL in INTs (NO he was 4th) 4. LaDainian wins rushing title (YES)
5. Neither the Steelers nor the Pats go to the Super Bowl (YES)
6. Millen finally gets fired after this season (NO)
7. Vikings no better than .500 (YES)

So if you split my first prediction into two separate ones I was .500 overall.

Not too bad. I may have to do this again next year. I might go double or nothing on the Matt Millen prediction too. Meanwhile, I may need to guess how many Vikings are going to get slapped with criminal charges. Looks like the secondary is picking up right where they left off last year. Wow do I hate the Vikings.