Are you a degenerate gambler? Perhaps you’re someone who picks games against the spread just for fun and to see how smart you really aren’t? If this describes you, or if you just like to be entertained by a crazy sports columnist, you’re in luck, because you’ve stumbled across Against All Odds: NCAA and NFL […]
March Madness is usually all about College Basketball. The Bracket Challenge. The hype, the dramatics, etc. . . March is also the time when NFL fan bases get over-hyped or overly depressed because NFL free agency has begun. It’s usually fan bases of bad teams that freak out. If you’re a fan of the Jets, […]
On Friday afternoon the always-hapless Cleveland Browns shook up the football world with a flurry of trades. One of them included acquiring the talented wide receiver Jarvis Landry from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for two mid-round picks in the upcoming draft. . . But they weren’t done. Not even a few hours later Cleveland struck again […]
Week Seventeen of the NFL season is the trickiest of all when it comes to getting an edge against the spread. For some teams, it’s “win and you’re in” while others need help from other teams so they can get into the playoff dance. Cleveland Browns +10.5 at Pittsburgh Steelers Yes, this is a very […]
Pittsburgh Steelers -3 at Baltimore Ravens Forget about the actual spread, and let’s take a look at the over/under number of 42. This matchup is typically a grudge match and here is how the numbers look since 2010: Three games have gone completely over, two of those games have been right at 42 and three […]
New England Patriots -6 at New Orleans Saints Last week’s 42-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs left Patriots fans feeling empty and it gave Vegas fat(ter) pockets. Last week’s season opener was one of the biggest wins the wise-guys had on an opening day game. The Patriots made losers out of anybody who took […]
The only team with a winning record in the AFC North last season was the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bengals, Ravens, and Browns will need to amp up the talent on their roster considerably, to compete against Pittsburgh this upcoming season. The Ravens are transitioning into a younger team, the Bengals are working towards consistency and […]
After last week’s embarrassing blow-out loss to the New England Patriots, the Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger went on 93.7 The Fan, on Pittsburgh radio and sent a nervous tingle throughout Steeler Nation. Big Ben went over the airwaves and stated the following: “I’m going to take this offseason to evaluate, to consider all options, to […]
