Friday, October 31, 2008

Friday & Saturday

Basketball and hockey for tonight, and three early picks for tomorrow's football, all lines from Matchbook:

NBA:

Blazers +1.5 -104, 1.04 units to win 1 unit


75% of the wagerline folks are on the Spurs. That is not a typo - 75%. Without Manu, the Spurs are Duncan and Parker, and then nobody. I love the injury report that says "Oberto - out (heart)." I thought Eddy Curry and Vince Carter had the patent on missing games because of heart. And holy shit, Greg Oden is out! Well, he didn't play all of last season, and Portland was still pretty good. Can't believe the Spurs are favored.

NHL

Chicago -120, 0.6 units to win 0.5 units

Vancouver +152, 0.5 units to win 0.76 units


There are only two games tonight, so I just flipped a coin for each. I should start a tout service. Those are both lies, but the first one isn't all that far off.


College Football

Arkansas State +23.5 +103, 1 unit to win 1.03 units


Alabama gets caught looking ahead to next week's big game at LSU. They win, but not by this much against a Red Wolves team that's a lot better than you might think.

Iowa State +30 -105, 1.05 units to win 1 unit

65% of wagerline on Oklahoma State after hanging tough with Texas last week, but the line has moved in the opposite direction. And, damn, Iowa State just isn't that bad.

Pittsburgh +4.5 -104, 1.04 units to win 1 unit

It's always fun to fade Notre Dame, but it's even nicer when you get to back the better team AND you're getting points. Nice.

Unless I suffer illness/injury/power outage, there will be definitely be more additions tomorrow. Almost played the Sixers tonight as well, but just couldn't pull the trigger. I'm sure I'll regret that decision.

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