Week 7 Gambling Thread

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Thursday Night Football:

Giants +8 @ Bears (Same theory as last week....Giants have to win a game, right? I am concerned with how bad the Bears have played after a quick start so they could be due a big game on national TV at home. It wont be a big play but if I had to choose id take the Giants.)

I also like Rutgers +19 @ Louisville and Arizona +5.5 @ USC tonight.

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Also I had a great week on College picks last weekend going 11-4 ATS. I also did well with my NFL picks that I felt strong about. The games played I went 7-2 while going only 1-4 on the games I just picked to make a pick. So overall not a bad week for me. Howd you all do?

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My 10 Saturday Selections:

Pitt @ Virginia Tech -7
Virginia @ Maryland -5.5
Kent State @ Ball State -14
Nebraska -14 @ Purdue
South Carolina @ Arkansas +6
Alabama -26 @ Kentucky
Memphis @ Houston -10
Oregon St PK @ Washington State
Indiana +10 @ Michigan State
Baylor -18 @ Kansas State

I also like:

Akron @ Northern Illinois -24
Buffalo -10 at Western Michigan
Texas A&M @ Mississippi +7

How about you guys?

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There are some games that look like trap games to me but I'm going with the following:

South Carolina -6 vs Arkansas
Houston -10 vs Memphis
Texas Tech -14 vs Iowa State
Oklahoma -12 vs Texas If the weather is bad I may not go with this one
Indiana +10 vs Michigan State

Last week I lost in the Northwestern/Ohio State game on a fluke TD at the end of the game
I won the Notre Dame game picking ND to win outright over Arizona St
I lost the Oklahoma game. I had OU thinking they would be more dominant over TCU at home--I was wrong.
I won with LSU

So I went 2-2 last week. Shoulda been 3-1. I hate Ohio State.

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Here are my Sunday NFL Selections. I got back on track (sort of) last week going 7-1 in the 8 games I played but the overall record slid due to losing 4 of 5 of the rest of the games. I also started this week with a win ATS picking the Giants +8 on Thursday night and winning.

Here are my favorite games:

Oakland +9.5 @ Kansas City (seems like a classic too good to be true line but I think the Raiders are improving and getting that many points is hard to pass up)
St. Louis @ Houston -7 (The Texans are due a solid performance and should get it vs the young Rams at Reliant Stadium)
Tennessee @ Seattle -13.5 (Seahawks back at home and Tennessee still missing starting QB)
Jacksonville @ Denver -26.5 (Largest line in NFL history but my rule remains to bet against the Jags until they prove me otherwise, so I wont start when they're facing Peyton Manning in Denver)

The rest (I don't like as many games this week):

New Orleans at New England -1 (Tom Brady surely wont lose 2 in a row with this game being in Foxboro, right?)
Washington +5.5 @ Dallas (Cowboys coming off an emotional game and normally don't play that well in back to back weeks. The Skins come in rested with a few weeks to prepare)
Arizona +11 @ San Francisco (Cardinals are decent so I may take that many points)
Philadelphia -3 @ Tampa Bay (Just think Philly is a little better and Tampa has internal turmoil)
Green Bay -3 @ Baltimore (Ravens playing better but for some reason I think GB wins and covers)
Detroit -2.5 @ Cleveland (people are trending towards the Browns here because they've been hot but Detroit is just better and should show up and cover)
Carolina @ Minnesota -2.5 (Carolina is an enigma I cant figure out and I think Minnesota has a little momentum after the win in London. Not to mention the team will want to win for Adrian Peterson after the loss of his young son)
Pittsburgh @ Jets PK (I'm just tired of losing every week with the Steelers so I reluctantly take the Jets)
Cincinnati @ Buffalo +7 (Bengals numbers ATS as a favorite of more than 4 points is terrible so give me the Bills and a TD at home)
Colts -2 at San Diego (Gonna ride the Andrew Luck train on his first MNF appearance)

What do you guys think?

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Wow, what a messed up weekend of football ATS.

In my picks in college I went 1-3-1. Not a good week.

South Carolina (-6) beat Arkansas by 45
Houston (-10) was a push with Memphis with Houston winning 25-15
Texas Tech (-14) beat Iowa State 42-35 but I lost ATS.
Oklahoma (-12) lost outright to Texas 36-20 (NObody saw that one coming)
Indiana (+10) lost by 14 to Michigan State

In my picks in the pros I went 2-4. So, not a good week in the pros this week either.

I lost with 5 seconds when the Patriots pulled out a three point win over the Saints.
I lost with Houston getting trounced by the Rams
I won the Lions (+2-1/2) over the Browns. Unfortunately I was right about Weeden.
I won with Tennessee (+13-1/2) losing by 7 to Seattle
I lost the Jets bet. They sucked and Pittsburgh finally won a game.
I lost with the Vikings (-2-1/2). Where did this Carolina team come from to beat the Vikes at home by 25?!