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Okay, you lost all credibility there. Whether or not you believe the officials dictated the outcome of the Super Bowl, the Seahawks outplayed the Steelers in almost every area, and actually looked like a good team, despite being robbed of the game. As for the Saints, I can do just fine without them in the Super Bowl. Do you really want to see more footage of Katrina refugees being shoved in our face to drum up support for a team that no one gave a rat's petootie about for 30 years? I'd rather see Chicago for the Super Bowl.

First of all, it's a 3-game lead now, since Seattle has won both head-to-head match ups. Secondly, Shaun will probably see a few carries this week AT BEST, but will most likely be saved up for the Monday Nighter against the Packers. Hasselbeck won't start this week. Beating the Rams gives the Seahawks some breathing room, so there is less pressure to win. Nobody can seriously think the Seahawks WON'T win the NFC West at this point. I'm not starting Shaun until MNF, and may even hesitate then. I still have Steven Jackson and Anthony Thomas, along with Marion Barber and Maurice Morris as backups.

A couple of years ago, I was worried that Moss might be a future Hall of Famer, which really bothered me since I don't want his ugly mug in Canton. Now that he's stuck in Oakland, I can rest assured that he will NEVER sniff the HOF. Thanks, Al Davis! Now bring in T.O. and their destiny will be complete!

I've been doing better with the NFL this year than College, so here are my picks for this week: Chiefs -1 @ Miami Colts -13 @ Buffalo Lions -6 v. Niners Rams/Seahawks Over 43.5 Bears/Giants Over 37.5 Broncos -9.5 @ Oakland Saints/Steelers Under 46 Jets/Patriots Over 38 Bills/Colts Over 45 I bet several parlay combinations, so I didn't use unit amounts. These games are all used in various combinations, with some games played more than others.

THANK YOU HOBBES!!!!! We preserved the under and the MNF "under" trend continues! I almost had a heart attack when I saw Hobbes nearly return that INT for a TD at the end, lol.

Come on Pats, don't give up a garbage score now!

OMG, the Pats went for it on 4th down instead of kicking a FG, which would have hit the "over". Now the under is still a vague possibility.....

Yikes, looks like I did jinx myself. Right after I posted Mewelde takes a kick to the house, and now the Pats score after a mile long return. 31 points now, need to keep it under 40 (or 39, depending on when you placed bet).

Did anyone take the under based on my post? It's looking good right now, 17-0 early in the 3rd. After I wrote this several hours ago, I came home and put a couple of units on the under. Looks like my good weekend is continuing...

The safe money traditionally on MNF games is to take the "under". It's less sexy, but it's the most reliable bet traditionally in high-profile, national broadcasts. I suspect the reason for this is because MNF draws in more casual bettors who feel like they need to bet on the "only game of the night", or those wishing to win back money lost over the weekend. In any case, MNF always sees more action. Casual bettors often go with the "over" for various reasons. I like to think that people bet the "over" because it's more fun to get excited when teams score, and you are planning to watch an exciting game. The O/U on these games tends to be a bit inflated. Take a look at MNF this season thus far: Week 1: Minnesota 19, Washington 16 UNDER San Diego 27, Oakland 0 UNDER Week 2: Jacksonville 9, Pittsburgh 0 UNDER Week 3: New Orleans 23, Atlanta 3 UNDER Week 4: Philadelphia 31, Green Bay 9 UNDER Week 5: Denver 13, Baltimore 3 UNDER Week 6: Chicago 24, Arizona 23 OVER Week 7: N.Y. Giants 36, Dallas 22 OVER --------------------------- So far, we have 6 Unders and only 2 Overs (and I view the AZ/CHI game as a fluke; 99% of the time Chicago doesn't score 3 TD's off defense and special teams in final quarter). This is a trend that is prevalent most seasons in the NFL. I am not particularly hyped up about this game, and probably won't even make a play on the O/U, but if I did, I'd play the odds - UNDER.

I went a little wild this weekend and made about 17 bets in the NFL, most of them $10 parlays. I ended up hitting a couple of them, one of which was a FIVE TEAMER!! All in all, I made about $400 this weekend, including the few college games I played. The 5-team parlay paid off 30-1 odds, yummy! This is probably bad luck for me, because now I'll be overconfident going into next weekend. Big games for me yesterday (that I had in multiple parlays) included: San Diego/St. Louis OVER 45 Giants/Bucs UNDER 39 Kansas City -5.5 Pittsburgh/Oakland UNDER 38 Chicago -16 Big losers for me included: Saints -2 Carolina -5.5 I don't have a play for tonight, but might throw down $5 just for fun on the Pats -1.5

Dayam, looks like this "college football betting" thread got hijacked by the only three people on this planet who give a crap about the Canadian Football League. Shoulda had a CFL game thread separately...

Tampa won't win this week. They are coming off two unbelievably emotional wins, including two TD returns by Ronde Barber and a 62 yd game winning FG. Now they travel to New York to face a confident, hot NY Giants team. Gradkowski is okay for a rookie, but he won't succeed in the Meadowlands.

Awesome! I love ya, FlaHawker. Ben is done. One more hit on his light bulb head and he's out for the season. I don't have any personal animosity toward Ben, but all the crap the Steelers are having to put up with this season is just fair play since last year's Stupor Bowl.

Being relatively new to this board, I've only made two "official" predictions, and stand at 1-1. I won with Washington two weeks ago, but lost with my Razorbacks last week, after predicting that they would allow Ole Miss to keep it close. This week, here are my picks (remember, I know nothing) UCLA -1.5 v. WASU I don't think WASU is as good as UCLA flat out, and they're playing in Cali Ga. Tech -5.5 v. Miami FLA Ga. Tech seems to elevate its level of play against big schools - and don't we all hate Miami? S. Carolina +3.5 v. Tennessee Gonna be a close one, but HFA in the SEC is always a big deal. Tennessee overrated imho. Notre Dame -13.5 v. Navy Played at neutral site, but Charlie Weis is pissed right now and will want to make a BCS statement I'm playing many other games as well, but these are my "official" picks for the week. I wanted to try out some Over/Under action, but Bodog and Sportsbetting.com don't have them up yet. Grrr....