Old Oaken Bucket

We have some serious ground to make up on the leaders of the pool.  The leader is around 100000 right now and we are only at 40000, so it's time to make some moves.

Miami just self-imposed a bowl ban for this year, so that's the worst possible news for this young football team.  We like Duke at home today.

We like Rice because a UTEP receiver was arrested for weapon charges and is also being charged with making a terrorist threat.  Can't see UTEP playing well with their starting receiver on the way to Guantanamo.

In the letdown game of all letdown games we like UCLA at home against Stanford.  Stanford has taken down both Oregon State and Oregon in the last two weeks.  

Oregon's national title hopes took a serious blow last week, so we're taking Oregon State at home with the points and assuming they'll letdown.

We also like Wisconsin and Indiana.

Index

Oregon St +10 3300

Duke +6.5 3300

Rice +1 3300  

UCLA +3 3300

Wisconsin +2 3300

Indiana +5.5 3300

Thanksgiving Football

What's more American than Thanksgiving and gambling on football?

Today we like Detroit at home vs Houston.  Houston has won 3 in a row and the last two must have taken their toll - Chicago on Monday night and a crazy game vs Jacksonville last week.  A short thanksgiving week on the road is the perfect place for them to let down.

The Patriots have won 4 in a row and scored a lot, 59 last week.  The Jets have been unusually quiet this week, which lead me to believe that they're really focusing on this game and I think last week's win in St. Louis gave them confidence.  Take the points.

Index
Detroit +3.5 3300 WIN
Jets +7 3300 LOSS

NFL Sunday Pre-Thanksgiving

After a tough day in college yesterday we're looking to make some positive gains today.  We like the Jets because they have lost 3 in a row.  I think it also helps that St Louis played an extra quarter of a game against a tough, physical 49ers team last week.  If St Louis comes out flat today we will stay away from the 49ers tomorrow night.

We like Cleveland going into Dallas this week.  This is the time of year when young teams start to play better or at least cover the spread since they've now had half a season to work together.  Dallas doesn't play well at home so we like Cleveland to at least cover a TD.

Carolina is a team we will probably looking to bet a lot in the second half this season.  Tampa Bay has won 3 in a row and we always love picking against 3 streaks.

New England is playing the Colts at home today and I expect this one to get ugly.  Rookie coach and rookie QB on the road against a Patriots team that gave up 30+ points last week means bad news for Colts fans.  Colts have won 4 in a row and they are due for a huge letdown.

We like Arizona today to cover a big number against Atlanta who is coming off their first loss.  Arizona has lost 5 in a row and they'll turn that around today.

We like Detroit today because Green Bay is on a 4 game win streak and we think Detroit is going to win this game at home outright.

Denver has to let down at some point.  They've looked unstoppable winning 4 in a row.  San Diego should get revenge for the Monday night meltdown today.

Baltimore is going to beat Pittsburgh in the night game.  Pittsburgh has won 4 in a row and they are starting Byron Leftwich.  The wise guys are all over Pittsburgh here, but that doesn't scare us. (Line can be had at 3 unfortunately we took at 3.5)

Index
Jets +3.5 3300
Cleveland +7.5 3300
Carolina +1.5 3300
New England -9.5 3300
Arizona +9.5 3300
Detroit +3 3300
San Diego +7.5 3300
Baltimore -3.5 3300