Song of the Week

"Marmalade" - Macklemore featuring Lil Yachty
"Watchin Toy Story 3, that's a great fuckin movie"
Good Tom Brady deflategate reference in the video.

Weekly Picks

First bad week of the season, it happens. Hopefully we can rebound this week.

new york jets +1/2 CLEVELAND
Maybe the Jets really aren't that bad.

green bay +3 DALLAS
I trust Rodgers in big games.

tennessee -2 1/2 MIAMI
Dolphins appear to be brutal.

seattle +1 1/2 LOS ANGELES RAMS
Not sure the torch is ready to be passed.

BEST BET
buffalo +3 CINCINNATI
I don't get this spread. Bills are pretty good. I know people worry about traps, I just call em as I see em. Last Week: 1-4 (0 points)
Season: 9-11 (11 points)
Best Bets: 0-1 (3-1)
Home favorites: 0-1 (4-3)
Home underdogs: 0-0 (0-1)
Road favorites: 0-1 (3-3)
Road underdogs: 1-2 (2-4)

Unders: 1-1 (6-4)
Overs: 0-2 (2-6)

Song of the Week

"Runnin Down a Dream" - Tom Petty
"Felt so good, like anything was possible"
Rest in peace, Tom Petty

Playoff Predictions

AL Wild Card:
Yankees over Twins

AL Division Series:
Astros over Red Sox
Indians over Yankees

AL Championship Series:
Astros over Indians

NL Wild Card:
Diamondbacks over Rockies

NL Division Series:
Cubs over Nationals
Dodgers over Diamondbacks

NL Championship Series:
Dodgers over Cubs

World Series:
Dodgers over Astros (6 games)

Weekly Picks

Still perfect on best bets, but we've got some tricky games this week.

oakland +3 DENVER
I still think the Raiders are a very good team. They got embarrassed in a nationally televised game so bettors fled them. We'll see this week if their offensive line really is that bad.

TAMPA BAY -3 new york giants
I almost never pick against the Giants but they are so brutal this season, this spread seems too good to pass up.

philadelphia +2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
The Eagles seems ok, the Chargers seem terrible, and worse yet, they always make mistakes to lose games.

indianapolis +13 SEATTLE
This is just a hunch that the Seahawks offense isn't good enough to put enough points on the board to cover this big number.

BEST BET
jacksonville -3 NEW YORK JETS
The Jets are awful. Don't let one week fool you.

Last Week: 2-3 (3 points)
Season: 8-7 (11 points)
Best Bets: 1-0 (3-0)
Home favorites: 0-1 (4-2)
Home underdogs: 0-0 (0-1)
Road favorites: 1-0 (3-2)
Road underdogs: 1-2 (1-2)

MINNESOTA/detroit over 42 1/2
ATLANTA/buffalo over 48 1/2
TAMPA BAY/new york giants under 44 1/2
ARIZONA/san francisco under 44 1/2

Unders: 0-2 (5-3)
Overs: 2-0 (2-4)

Song of the Week

"Congratulations" - Post Malone featuring Quavo

Weekly Picks

Another decent week, nailing those best bets really changes everything. Got a little bad beat on total lack of offense in second half of two games in which we had the over (NE-NO and TB-CHI), but otherwise doing pretty ok. Was actually thinking of picking Rams in Thursday night's game. Glad I didn't.

houston +14 NEW ENGLAND
I know the Patriots love to blow people out but I think the Texans defense will keep them in it.

CAROLINA -5 1/2 new orleans
I know Cam Newton isn't off to such a good start but the Saints defense should be good for what ails him.

tampa bay +2 MINNESOTA
The CornPrices have some key defensive players on the injury report, but they shouldn't need too much help to shut down the Vikings without Sam Bradford again.

seattle +3 TENNESSEE
This could be one I have to completely change my view on both teams after this game.

BEST BET
kansas city -2 1/2 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
I really like Kansas City and the Chargers always seem to find a way to lose.

Last Week: 3-2 (4 points)
Season: 6-4 (8 points)
Best Bets: 1-0 (2-0)
Home favorites: 2-0 (4-1)
Home underdogs: 0-1 (0-1)
Road favorites: 1-1 (2-2)
Road underdogs: 0-0 (0-0)

INDIANAPOLIS/cleveland under 42
CAROLINA/new orleans over 46 1/2
GREEN BAY/cincinnati under 46
DETROIT/atlanta over 50 1/2


Unders 5-1
Overs 0-4

Song of the Week

"Thunder" - Imagine Dragons

Weekly Picks

A pretty good start to the season with 4 points. But now the question becomes which performances that we saw in Week 1 portend something larger for the remainder of the season and which are aberrations to be ignored.

new england -6 NEW ORLEANS
Patriots will rebound. Not so sure about the Saints. More on this game later. Hint: we're taking the over even though it's an astronomical 56 1/2 points.

PITTSBURGH -5 1/2 minnesota
It's the oldest trap in the book, team looks surprisingly good on Monday night and everyone thinks they're great. And Sam Bradford's health also an issue here.

dallas -2 1/2 DENVER
I just don't trust Trevor Siemian.

JACKSONVILLE +1 tennessee
I am certainly not sure about this one but I wouldn't be shocked if the Jags won this game at home.

BEST BET
TAMPA BAY -6 1/2 chicago
The ExpensiveCornPrices are still my breakout team for this season and that extra week off won't slow them down.

Last Week: 3-2 (4 points)
Season: 3-2 (4 points)
Best Bets: 1-0
Home favorites: 2-1
Home underdogs: 0-0
Road favorites: 1-1
Road underdogs: 0-0

CAROLINA/buffalo over 43
NEW ORLEANS/new england over 56 1/2
PITTSBURGH/minnesota under 45
TAMPA BAY/chicago over 43 1/2
DENVER/dallas under 42
SEATTLE/san francisco under 42

Unders: 3-0
Overs: 0-1

Song of the Week

"You & I" - Sons of Maria
You all know how I feel about the creative use of a sample. This is surely the best work anyone has ever done with Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car."

Weekly Picks

Welcome back for another season of barely adequate picks. Crazy line movements for week 1 which is so difficult anyway.
Bonus for this season, I'll be throwing in an undefined number of over/under picks.

HOUSTON -5 jacksonville
I think the Jags will suck again this year and Houston should probably be 9-7 again. Tom Savage won't be great but he should be good enough. Just worried that morons bet on Houston thinking they will be galvanized by Harvey similar to what happened to the Saints after Katrina.

LOS ANGELES RAMS -4 indianapolis
I think the Rams will be improved. I think the Colts will be bad, especially without Andrew Luck.

pittsburgh -9 CLEVELAND
The Steelers are much better than the Browns.

carolina -5 SAN FRANCISCO
The Panthers will have a bounceback year and the 9ers will still suck.

BEST BET
MINNESOTA -3 new orleans
Not really sure about this one as a best bet but I don't love any of the other 4 games more.

Totals:
BUFFALO/new york jets under 40
TENNESSEE/oakland under 50 1/2
CLEVELAND/pittsburgh under 46 1/2
DALLAS/new york giants over 47 1/2

Song of the Week

"Rolex" - Ayo & Teo
Terrible song but the kids seem to like it.

Song of the Week

"Issues" - Julia Michaels
"Bask in the glory
of all our problems
cuz we've got the kind of love
it takes to solve them."

The Best Thing Someone in a Mets Hat Has Done All Year

Joe Garcia of Spring, Texas was saved from the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey by a rescue boat.
First, he loaded some belongings onto the boat, then turned back for one more prized possession, his German Shepherd, Heidi.

Song of the Week

"Location" - Khalid

Song of the Week

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler

Song of the Week

"Redbone" - Childish Gambino
An example of a great beat somewhat ruined by stupid lyrics.

Song of the Week

"Body Like a Back Road" - Sam Hunt

She Loves My Smile, No Matter How Chipped My Tooth Is

We finally found Aaron Judge's Achilles heel. And it's not his achilles heel, it's his tooth.
Judge, who is about a foot taller than Brett Gardner, took Gardner's helmet right in the kisser during the celebration after Gardner homered in the bottom of the 11th to give the Yankees a 6-5 walkoff win against the Rays.



Judge is all right and will resume his duties as the face of baseball just as soon as he gets back from the dentist.

Jim Boeheim Plays Poker

A twitter user named @rockymtnpro spotted Jim Boeheim at the Wynn Poker room.

Apparently Boeheim was playing 1-3 No Limit Hold Em with great luck and questionable skill.
According to the twitter traffic, he cracked kings twice in one orbit.
On one hand he defended his big blind with 10-deuce to a 5x raise. He called a 25 dollars c-bet after flopping a ten, and he open-jammed for 113 dollars on the turn 2. The player with the kings called. First off, I can't imagine him being a very balanced player since he favors the same strategy in all situations, all the time. Second, I don't think he would have a very good poker face.