Week 2 was a week to forget for many of us. The Titans, a key bet for Ryan and I, lost to the god damn Jets and busted both parlays. The only ones happy with that result are Frank, who goaded me into taking a stupid bet, and Gus, who does not have to deal with the Jets being the first ever 0-17 team. Making it worse, now I get to take Frank to a bar in public to watch sports. Yuck. The only silver lining is Frank was 0/4 in predicting what busted the super conservative 13-leg can’t-miss parlay. A recap of last week’s bets are below as well as current standings.
Ryan: $-0.91
Josh: $-20.00
Blockhead Week 2:
- TEN -8 @ NYJ
- DET +3 @ CH
Josh Week 2 (conservative parlay):
- Arkansas @ Georgia, ML
- Oklahoma, ML @ Kansas State
- HOU @ BUF -4.5
- Boston College @ Clemson, ML
- Duke @ North Carolina, ML
- Toledo, ML @ Massachusetts
- Ole Miss @ Alabama, ML
- Bowling Green @ Kent State, ML
- UCF, ML @ Navy
- South Florida @ SMU, ML
- NYG @ NO -1
- TEN -2.5 @ NYJ
- TB -2.5 @ NE
So we are on to week 3 and I am proud to say I have learned something from the first two weeks. First, I am very good at predicting games. I am 14/19 in picking legs for a scorching 73.7% hit rate. Compare that to Ryan’s 1/3 hit rate for a pathetic 33% hit rate and we can see that I am far superior at predicting games even though I am losing this bet in a landslide. Second, 13-legs is too much. I know, I know, this is groundbreaking and no one has ever realized this, but it is true. As a result of 1 and 2, I am keeping the conservative parlays going but splitting up my funds into 2 bets, but both parlays will be under 10-legs. Genius.
Josh Parlay 1 (The guaranteed miss):
DET @ MIN, ML
NYG @ DAL, ML
MIA @ TB, ML
NE, ML @ HOU
GB, ML @ CIN
Temple @ Cincinatti, ML
Maryland @ Ohio State, ML
Alabama, ML @ Texas A&M
Georgia, ML@ Auburn
$5 bet, profit is $24.20.
Josh Parlay 2 (Cautiously optimistic):
Alabama, ML @ Texas A&M
MIA @ TB -2.5
NE -2.5 @ HOU
GB -3 @ CIN
LAR -2.5 @ SEA
$5 bet, profit is $29.71.
Ryan is taking a different approach and going back to the conservative ways he is relying on.
NYG @ DAL -7
$10 bet, profit is $9.09.
Let’s hope we both win. This is all about getting rich, as gambling should be.
Wasted Talent 