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Can you believe we’re only 3 days from Thanksgiving?
Maybe it’s the unseasonably warm weather here in Ohio, or the absence of NBA games that were supposed to have already started, or that I haven’t heard a whole lot about this year’s Black Friday mega-deals, but it sure seems like Turkey Day snuck up on me this year.
Update 12/14: I posted the spreads and picks for a few more games that are now on the board. Still a few more to go.
I believe the term is “humble pie.” I should know, because I have been fed a couple of nice helpings of that over these past two weeks.
After my terrific 10-4-1 mark in Week 12, I went 6-9 in Week 13 and am currently at 5-9 in Week 14 with the Ravens leading the Texans 28-7 on Monday Night Football. Who do I have? Gulp. Houston +3.
[Update: Looked like Houston might cover or at least push there for a while when the game went into OT, but then Schaub threw the damn Pick 6. Crap. 5-10 for the week it is.]
My current record on the season is 104-85-8. It looked a hell of a lot better two weeks ago.
Regardless, I’ve always gotten more right than I’ve gotten wrong picking games my way – first impression based on early lines – so I’ll keep doing it that way. I never put a dime on sports, but for anyone who uses these picks for such purposes, trust that I take these picks seriously even if my performance the last two weeks hasn’t shown it.
This post is from 2010!
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The good news is that the Detroit Lions came up with a valiant effort last Sunday to get their second win of the season.
The bad news is that it came against the Cleveland Browns, and it came at a cost.
The NFL betting crowd would like to back the Lions at home on Thanksgiving, especially since they did such a good job to sell out their stadium this week, but the reality is that they don’t have much of a chance to win this game.
