NFL Week 8 Picks

Not Your Type

NE -7 @ STL (3 nuts)
MIA @ NYJ -1 (2 nuts)
SD @ CLE +3 (2 nuts)
2-1, + 3 nuts

known associate:
atlanta at PHILADELPHIA -3 (3 nuts)
- falcons 30 eagles 17. -3 nuts.
MIAMI +1 at new york jets (3 nuts)
- dolphins 30 jets 9. +3 nuts.
WASHINGTON +4.5 at pittsburg (3 nuts)
- redskins 12 steelers 27. -3 nuts.
next biggest plays are cowboys and patriots
- week 8 results: 1-2, -3 nuts.

billy rubin:
guess i'm too late for the morning games, so i'll pick from the later games.
NO +6 @ DEN (3 nuts)
NYG -2.5 @ DAL (3 nuts)
SF @ AZ u38 (3 nuts)
as for the morning games, i really like(d) ATL +3 @ PHI and under in SEA @ DET, and to a lesser extent overs in JAX @ GB, SD @ CLE and MIA @ NYJ, and CHI -7.2 vs CAR.

2-1, +3 nuts

records through week 7:
known associate: 10-10-1. +4 nuts (last week:1-1-1, -2 nuts)
nyt: 8-13, -18 nuts
billy rubin: 7-14, -20 nuts (last week: 1-2, -4 nuts)

NFL Week 7 Picks

Not Your Type

I will blame this week's failures on making picks at 4:00 AM.  Here they go:

WAS +6 @ NYG (5 nuts)
CLE @ IND -1.5 (3 nuts)
TEN +3.5 @ BUF (2 nuts
3-0, +10 nuts

known associate:
BALTIMORE +7 at houston (4 nuts)
- ravens 13 texans 43. -4 nuts.
WASHINGTON +6 at new york giants (2 nuts)
- redskins 23 giants 27. +2 nuts.
ARIZONA +7 at minnesota (1 nut)
- cardinals 14 vikings 21. push.
also playin cle, jac, over in hou, over in buf.
and over in cin.
- known associate week 7 results: 1-1-1, -2 nuts.

billy rubin:
BAL +7 @ HOU (4 nuts)
CLE +1 vs IND (3 nuts)
WAS +6 @ NYG (3 nuts)

1-2, -4 nuts

records through week 6:
known associate. 9-9. +6 nuts. (last week: 2-1, +7 nuts)
nyt: 5-13, -28 nuts
billy rubin: 6-12, -16 nuts (last week: 0-3, -7 nuts)

College Football Week 7 & 8 Picks

known associate:
week 7 (10/13)...
morning...
TEXAS +3.5 vs oklahoma @dallas (1 nut)
- longhorns 21 sooners 63. -1 nut. dumb bet.
iowa st +12.5/under 54.5 TEASER (1 nut)
- wildcats 27 cyclones 21. +1 nut.
noon...
stanford at NOTRE DAME -7 (2 nuts)
- cardinal 13 fighting irish 20 (overtime). lucky push.
night...
ohio state at INDIANA +18.5 (2 nuts)
- buckeyes 52 hoosiers 49. +2 nuts. ea$y.
south carolina at LSU -3 (1 nut)
- cocks 21 tigers 23. -1 nut.
south carolina at LSU -1.5 FIRST HALF (1 nut)
- cocks 7 tigers 3. -1 nut.
week 7 results: 2-3-1. no nuts.

week 8...
posting here since i'm only playing a few and don't have time for writeups.
SOUTH CAROLINA +3.5 at florida (1 nut)
- cocks 11 gators 44. -1 nut. dumb bet.
NEW MEXICO STATE +31 at utah state (2 nuts)
- aggies 7 aggies 41. -2 nuts.
good thing i forgot to place this bet.
cincinnati at TOLEDO +6 (2 nuts)
- bearcats 23 rockets 29. +2 nuts.
good thing i also took em moneyline.
and cal might be the big game play but i have promises to keep re: tedford and maynard.
good thing i kept my promise.
added by text to Blue Whale...
ucf at MEMPHIS +24 (2 nuts)
- knights 35 tigers 17. +2 nuts.
good thing i added.
week 8 results: 2-2, +1 nut.

2012 NCAA Record through week 6:
known associate: 11-9. -7 nuts (last week: 3-2, +2 nuts)
Blue Whale: 1-5. -12 nuts

Get In Your Skin Like a Dermatologist

A$AP Rocky is nothing new to the blogosphere and neither is his fellow A$AP Mob member A$AP Ferg, who just happens to be my favorite new rapper of 2012. He's a borderline lyrical genius. Listening to his verses is like listening to an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo...if Eddie was on lean and listened only to mid-90s Memphis rap. Not to take anything away from the rest of A$AP Mob, but Fergie's songs/verses are the clear highlights of the A$AP catalog in my opinion. With that in mind, I decided to make a little greatest hits mix of all the Ferg songs and features I have. Nothing too fancy, just some easy listening crazy ass rapping. Check out the mix here.

Image via who-shot-ya.com

NFL Week 6 Picks

Not Your Type

DAL @ BAL -3.5 (4 nuts)
Edgar Allen Poe's Favorite Avian Creatures will be the ones who shot JR...if they could shoot guns and if JR were the opposite team.  Then they would go to jail but be acquitted of any wrongdoing.  

 STL + 5.5 @ MIA (3 nuts)
The Mountain Sheep have been making a habit of winning when they aren't expected to win.  Happy Water Mammals may not be so happy after this game.

OAK @ ATL over 49 (3 nuts)
The Southern Birds of Prey can score 49 all by their lonesome.  Let's see if the Pillagers of Fortune feel like contributing.
1-2, -4 nuts

known associate:
GREEN BAY +3.5 at houston (5 nuts)
- packers 42 texans 24. +5 nuts.
DALLAS +3.5 at baltimore (3 nuts)
- cowboys 29 ravens 31. +3 nuts.
new york giants at san francisco OVER 46 (1 nut)
- giants 26 49ers 3. -1 nut.
also like broncos, raiders, skins, over in houston
- week 6 results: 2-1. +7 nuts.

Blue Whale:
over in atlanta, patriots, jets (3 nuts each)

Billy Rubin:
patriots (3 nuts), cardinals, vikings (2 nuts each)

0-3, -7 nuts

records through week 5:
known associate. 7-8. -1 nut. (last week: 0-3, -8 nuts)
nyt: 4-11, -24 nuts
billy rubin: 6-9, -9 nuts (last week: 1-2, -3 nuts)

NFL Week 5 Picks: Greg Halman Edition

click here for a fascinatingly tragic read. then let noted bipolar schizophrenic Daniel Johnston cheer you up some...

as for NFL, i'm considering laying nuts on the following, in order:
chiefs, skins, aints, pack, panthers, browns, and under in jax.

known associate:
atlanta at WASHINGTON +3 (3 nuts)
i liked the skins even before i read the weather report. rg3 and the ground game will control the tempo while matt ryan will wish he was by the fire, sippin white wine with his gay lover. skins win straight up but i'll gladly take the field goal.
- falcons 24 redskins 17.  -3 nuts.
can't cap injuries but i guess it was only a matter of time before rg3 got hurt.

the titans will probably be my second biggest play but i'll wait it out in hopes of a favorable line move.
TENNESSEE +6 at minnesota (3 nuts)
- titans 7 vikings 30. -3 nuts.
i havent watched this game yet but it's probably safe to call this a dumb bet.

CLEVELAND +8 at new york giants (2 nuts)
- browns 27 giants 41. -2 nuts.
i still think this was a decent bet. let me explain. browns were driving deep in giants territory with a couple minutes left in the half, up 17-10. on 3rd and 1, with arguably the beastliest of current NFL backs at their disposal, they call a pass play. the pass is picked and the giants score a td soon after. on the ensuing kickoff, josh cribbs breaks free for a long return but fumbles the ball at the very end. giants score another td soon after. on the ensuing possession, with little time on the clock, the browns play it aggressively and try to score. they fail and also fail to run out the clock. giants get the ball back with a few seconds left and, thanks to a bullshit defensive PI call (ball was uncatchable) on what shouldve been the last play of the half, convert a field goal to end the half. so... instead of being up 20-10 (or even 24-10), browns end the half down 17-27. that's at least a 20 point swing right there. all in the span of a couple (game) minutes. i guess bad things happen to bad teams but still...

known associate week 3 results: 0-3. -8 nuts.

billy rubin:
it's 5:30am and i hope i am not making bad decisions...

HOU -9 @ NYJ (3 nuts): i feel very strongly about this. i know it's a primetime game and the jets really have something to prove after the niner game, but they're just too bad and houston is too good.

BUF @ SF o45 (3 nuts): speaking of the niners, i think the spread is pretty spot on, but buffalo can score points so the niners will have to do so also in order to beat the bills by 10 points or so. a defensive touchdown for the niners is highly likely, i'd say.

CHI @ JAX u40.5 (3 nuts): this could be a crazy game, but i've got to believe that the bears defensive is too much for blaine gabbert to handle. i just hope he doesn't throw four pick 6s or something and screw this all up.

1-2, -3 nuts

i also like DEN +6.5 @ NE, TEN @ MIN o44 and ATL -3 @ WAS. to a lesser degree: GB @ IND u48, MIN -6 vs TEN and SEA +3 @ CAR.

fresh off the jack off session, blue whale's mind is clear for some sunday morning mackshun:

Philadelphia at PITTSBURGH -3.5 (3 nuts)  coming off a bye at full strength Pittsburgh Steelers easy cover against mediocre Eagles who had a divisional win off of the Giants last week.
Eagles 14 Steelers 16 I cannot stand the incompetence of the AFC north.  -3 nuts

Atlanta at WASHINGTON +3 (3 Nuts) I like the many factors in favor for the Redskins in the this matchup.  Mother Nature, the 'skins ground game proper and Atlanta not in a dome.  The team with the natural run game will come out on top in this matchup up.
Falcons 24 Redskins 17 Valient effout by young Cousins who was way over his head.  You cant predict injuries for it is 9 and O.  - 3 nuts

Cleveland at New York Gz -8 (3 nuts) New York humiliated on National TV by a divisional foe.  Giants were their own worst enemy as they gave the gameaway against the Eagles.  The public love fading the Giant's in this matchup as the the line now has been bogged down from -10 to -8.  A low scoring affair and the Giants will be triumphant 27-3.
Brown 27 Giants 41 It was a high scoring affair after all. +3 units

not a good start in the morning.  I also went with Baltimore -6.  Bounce back in the lunchtime with these picks Jacksonville +6.5, New England -6 and Buffalo +10.  No nuts just saying.

Not Your Type

Vice @ WKRP In -3 (3 nuts) Crocket and Tubbs will succumb to Loni Anderson's B.A.Ts to the tune of at least 4.  Yes, I mean Battle Android Troopers.

PHI @ PIT over 44 (3 nuts) Are we talking about crimes committed(alleged or actual) by their respective QB1's?

BAL @ KC +6 (3 nuts) My gut is telling me to go with the Chiefs.  It is also telling me that I have to drop a former Saints running back whose last name is McAllister.
1-2, -3 nuts


record through week 4:
known associate. 7-5. +7 nuts.
billy rubin: 5-7. -6 nuts.
blue whale. +10 nuts
nyt 3-9, -21 nuts

College Football Week 6 Picks

known associate:
usc at UTAH +14 (1 nut)
back on the primetime homedog. also, utes coach kyle whittingham is 12-2 after an open date and 19-6 after a loss. trojans should win but i'm thinking they won't cover the spread.
- trojans 38 utes 28. +1 nut.
utes stormed out to a 14 point lead but still needed to sneak in through the backdoor after a late trojan pick 6 put the cover on life support. usc might have a better receiving corps (WRs and TEs) than a handful of NFL teams. decent bet.

pittsburg at SYRACUSE -2 (1 nut)
these teams seem evenly matched and both are coming off a bye. but the orange are coming off a loss (in which they committed 4 turnovers and 10 penalties) and playing at home in a must-win game. i'll take a shot.
- panthers 13 orange 14. -1 nut.
probably should've mentioned that i always take moneylines up to -130 for non blog pick purposes. 

lsu at florida UNDER 41.5 (1 nut)
laying off a side because i see a typical SEC slugfest that could be decided by a big defensive play. hopefully those defensive plays don't lead to too many TDs.
- tigers 6 gators 14. +1 nuts. ea$y.

georgia at SOUTH CAROLINA -1 (2 nuts)
what i said earlier about moneylines.
- bulldogs 7 gamecocks 35. +2 nuts. ea$y.

texas -0.5 and south caroina +6 TEASER (1 nut)
not feelin the LVH texas line (-7.5) for blog purposes but i do like the longhorns.
- cocks covered easily but... mountaineers 48 longhorns 45. -1 nut.

known associate week 6 results: 3-2. +2 nuts.

2012 NCAA Record through week 5:
known associate: 8-7. -9 nuts
Blue Whale: 1-5. -12 nuts