Saturday Sept. 24 College Picks

Well ol' Skippy finally picked a game right last week. Even a blind chipmunk sniffs his ass sometimes. Pretty sure that's how the saying goes. Anyway, Skip's huge lock of the week (picking the #1 team in the country - way to go out on a limb Skip) ended up winning by only a TD and FSU had the chance to tie it at the end.

Well, don't get used to that, because Skip sucks ass and even when he picks the best team in the country he barely eeks out a win. 

Since he doesn't tweet much anymore, I've taken to taping his First and 10 show on Saturday mornings on ESPNU. This Tivo thing that I have might be useful after all. There's a goldmine of picks on this show that I never even knew existed. He gives exact scores, making it easier to make these picks. Plus I can fast forward through his jibberish. On to the picks for today...and there are lots of them. The scores in bold are Skip's predictions. 

LSU - 35 WVU - 14

$25 on WVU +7 pays $21.74. BTW I hate this pick but I'm sticking to my guns. Don't fail me now Skip you dumb bastard.

Alabama - 24 Arkansas - 17

$25 on Alabama -11 pays out $22.73.

Texas A&M - 38 Oklahoma St - 35 

$25 on Texas A&M -4 pays out $23.81.

Oklahoma - 31 Missouri - 17

$25 on Oklahoma -20 pays out $23.81.

South Carolina - 16 Vanderbilt - 13

$25 on South Carolina -15 1/2 pays out $22.73

Florida State - 20 Clemson - 14

$25 on Clemson -2 1/2 pays out $22.73.

Nebraska - 45 Wyoming - 17

$25 on Wyoming +21 pays out $22.73.

Michigan - 38 San Diego State - 35

$25 on Michigan -10 1/2 pays out $21.74.

Notre Dame - 27 Pittsburgh - 17

$25 on Pittsburgh +7 1/2 pays out $22.73.


Uuuuggghhh. I hate these picks. Not feeling very good about the system today but we'll see what happens. Happy football Saturday.

Final 2010 Results

EDIT: 9/8/2011 - I'm cleaning the slate and starting fresh for the NFL season 2011. Wasn't sure where to put the three NBA bets I made using the system. I went 3-0 and made 188.93, making my grand total $381.06 on the year. Not bad at all.


So I kinda fell off the radar with this toward the end of the year, so I'm going to start over for 2011. Basically I only bet on football games in 2010, but I have a feeling Skip is just as bad at picking all of the major sports.

Final results are below:

Skip's Record: 8-28
Not good.  

My Record: 24-12
This may not make sense, as you would think it would be exactly opposite of Skip's record (28-8). But even with input from Skip there were 4 games which he picked incorrectly but, because of the large spread, I got wrong. Still a pretty good winning percentage though (78%). 

Breakdown by sport
NFL (8-6) NCAA FB (13-6) NBA (3-0)

Total winnings: $381.06
Not amazing but some of my bigger bets were the few losing ones, giving me nearly $400 on the year. Which I'm sure I dropped on 2 hands of blackjack at some point.

Overall the system worked pretty well, and I plan to make larger wagers in 2011. Here's to a profitable year and Skip sucks ass.

Week One

What a great Saturday for college football, so many good games to pick from. Luckily for me, Skip made predictions on 3 of these games. I’m going to bet on two to start with.

First great option of the day: When Skip calls a blowout like the one here, it will almost always go directly the opposite. I’m going Oklahoma on this one.

On a $50 bet, I took Oklahoma -7. Possible (but likely) payout = $53.

The other option that I like a lot is his prediction of the Michigan-Notre Dame Game.

Since Michigan will obviously win this, the Bodog spread of Michigan +4 is just icing on the cake. Just to make it interesting, I parlayed that bet with the under.

Using Bodog, the payout on a $50 parlay bet of Michigan +4 and Under 53 pays out $118.88.

Wish me luck…not that I need it.  I'll update my winnings on Monday.

EDIT: Yes, I didn't upload this post until Sunday night, but I guarantee I wrote it on Friday.