Week 1 Game 1
September 4th, 2013 at 9:57:42 PM
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Has the World Champion ever before been a 7.5 point underdog in the first game of the season ? I have not researched, but I seriously doubt it. I know Manning is throwing the ball great, his offensive line is improved, high altitude in Denver, etc ?
But no running back has yet shown to be a reliable 100 yd. player ? And besides , the RAVENS are WORLD CHAMPS !
I have only bet one college basketball game, NC STATE vs Houston. Was living in Houston at time, but figured any team made it to the big game should not be 23 point underdog.
Living in Colorado now, reading all the hype about Mr. Bowlen's Bronco's, BUT WORLD CHAMPS and 7.5 right out of the gate ?
First big bet I ever made, $100 when making $75 a week, in 1958 or 59 was Cleveland Browns and 14 versus Colts ?
Jim Brown +14 ! ! !
Ravens and 7.5 ? ? ?
But no running back has yet shown to be a reliable 100 yd. player ? And besides , the RAVENS are WORLD CHAMPS !
I have only bet one college basketball game, NC STATE vs Houston. Was living in Houston at time, but figured any team made it to the big game should not be 23 point underdog.
Living in Colorado now, reading all the hype about Mr. Bowlen's Bronco's, BUT WORLD CHAMPS and 7.5 right out of the gate ?
First big bet I ever made, $100 when making $75 a week, in 1958 or 59 was Cleveland Browns and 14 versus Colts ?
Jim Brown +14 ! ! !
Ravens and 7.5 ? ? ?
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
September 4th, 2013 at 10:57:31 PM
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And now this : The opening game of the NFL season will feature the Ravens becoming the first defending Super Bowl Champion to begin the season on the road. WTF ! Talk about getting no respect. Who did the schedule for the Orioles? GRRRRRRR
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
September 5th, 2013 at 5:03:10 AM
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I'm not positive but I thought baseball schedules are made up before the Super Bowl? It typically occurs less than 2 months before the baseball season begins.
September 5th, 2013 at 12:53:41 PM
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And the NFL decided the Ravens had to play opening game on the road. Is Rodney Dangerfield the patron saint of the Ravens ?
Shed not for her
the bitter tear
Nor give the heart
to vain regret
Tis but the casket
that lies here,
The gem that filled it
Sparkles yet
September 5th, 2013 at 3:25:20 PM
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The game starts in the middle of the line. Ravens lost middle linebacker and center. Broncos by 7.
September 5th, 2013 at 4:03:51 PM
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I've got Ravens money line at +280. I think it is a good value bet.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
September 5th, 2013 at 4:11:36 PM
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Quote: Sabretom2The game starts in the middle of the line. Ravens lost middle linebacker and center. Broncos by 7.
No huddle offense. Gonna be a long day for the Ravens. But then I'm biased. I'm a Donkeys fan.
"Quit trying your luck and start trying your skill." Mickey Crimm
September 5th, 2013 at 4:12:01 PM
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+7.5 -110 isn't better?
September 5th, 2013 at 4:16:30 PM
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Quote: Frogger+7.5 -110 isn't better?
In my opinion, no. I show the Ravens have a 27% chance to win the game. At +280 that gives me a 2.6% advantage.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
September 5th, 2013 at 6:25:55 PM
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just for practice, I'll take the under and Denver
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
September 5th, 2013 at 6:33:24 PM
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Quote: WizardI've got Ravens money line at +280. I think it is a good value bet.
That is an awesome bet, very underrated!
Best I got was +260
Looks even better now that Flacco drew first blood.
"I am your average American gambling idiot" - Me
September 5th, 2013 at 7:04:52 PM
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Ouch!
What a bad turnover result!!
Ohhh, but Welker made a huge booboo and gave it back to the Ravens!
What a bad turnover result!!
Ohhh, but Welker made a huge booboo and gave it back to the Ravens!
"I am your average American gambling idiot" - Me
September 5th, 2013 at 7:36:26 PM
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I kept thinking the guys were saying something "sucks" (please excuse the language) and they are saying "Suggs" (as in Terell Suggs or something..defensive lineman for the Ravens?) ! Geez, I'm an idiot sometimes. Half watching the game, half working on the computer...
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
September 5th, 2013 at 8:19:15 PM
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Quote: beachbumbabsjust for practice, I'll take the under and Denver
So, if the game ends right now, with 10 minutes left in the 3rd, I got it exactly right. However, I suspect turning the tv off will not stop the game. Oh, well....
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
September 5th, 2013 at 9:42:48 PM
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Jeeze, maybe an 80-point season opener!
What a game
I wouldn't have thought Harbaugh and the Ravens would have made so many mistakes.
What a game
I wouldn't have thought Harbaugh and the Ravens would have made so many mistakes.
"I am your average American gambling idiot" - Me
September 6th, 2013 at 7:03:56 AM
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Quote: beachbumbabsSo, if the game ends right now, with 10 minutes left in the 3rd, I got it exactly right. However, I suspect turning the tv off will not stop the game. Oh, well....
Nope, I tested your theory, went to bed at halftime.
What the heck happened!?
I went to bed kind of thinking the Broncos would win narrowly because the Ravens weren't playing very cohesively and had a few injuries. Additionally, they were only ahead in the first place because of that punt that Welker muffed, so that was kind of a fluke. Denver was also getting the ball first in the second half...
Anyway, I went to bed expecting a narrow Broncos win because the Ravens offense wasn't quite playing to my expectations, judging from Manning's five second half TD's, their defense decided to stop playing at all.
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
September 6th, 2013 at 8:05:47 AM
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I went to sleep when the Broncos were up 18.
I saw a few bad calls. Of course the incomplete pass that went as a completion because no one wanted to ask to look at the replay. Just before the 1st TD was scored by Ravens, there was a pass and to me it looked like the receivers knee was down and out of bounds 1 yard before the 1st down. I'm saying the player was down, and it should have been 4th and 1.
Anyways, better fortunes next game.
Here's my 1st week picks....
Denver
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Miami
Detroit
New England
Tampa Bay
Kansas City
Seattle
Green Bay
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Dallas
Washington
Houston
Total Points 45
I saw a few bad calls. Of course the incomplete pass that went as a completion because no one wanted to ask to look at the replay. Just before the 1st TD was scored by Ravens, there was a pass and to me it looked like the receivers knee was down and out of bounds 1 yard before the 1st down. I'm saying the player was down, and it should have been 4th and 1.
Anyways, better fortunes next game.
Here's my 1st week picks....
Denver
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Miami
Detroit
New England
Tampa Bay
Kansas City
Seattle
Green Bay
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Dallas
Washington
Houston
Total Points 45
Buffering...
September 6th, 2013 at 8:07:00 AM
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Quote: wrobersonI went to sleep when the Broncos were up 18.
I saw a few bad calls. Of course the incomplete pass that went as a completion because no one wanted to ask to look at the replay. Just before the 1st TD was scored by Ravens, there was a pass and to me it looked like the receivers knee was down and out of bounds 1 yard before the 1st down. I'm saying the player was down, and it should have been 4th and 1.
Anyways, better fortunes next game.
Here's my 1st week picks....
Denver
(snip)
Houston
Total Points 45
Against the spread or straight up?
Need the lines if the former...
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
September 6th, 2013 at 8:07:58 AM
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Quote: ClarkWGriswoldJeeze, maybe an 80-point season opener!
What a game
I wouldn't have thought Harbaugh and the Ravens would have made so many mistakes.
I think the Bronco interception and dance into the end zone was the biggest mistake though....
Wow-eee... getting in the coaches face after that... I'd be heading to the locker room to have a long hard think instead.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
September 6th, 2013 at 8:20:00 AM
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Poor kid was in his first NFL start (2nd year, though). That puppy's going to be on the highlight tapes forEVER.
If the House lost every hand, they wouldn't deal the game.
