(Irrational advice for the gambler trying to win big just to break even for the week.)
English Premier League
Portsmouth (+240) vs. Blackburn – A battle of bottom dwellers is a degenerate’s wet dream. Rovers have only lost once at home this season, Pompey has just one win on the road. Put the mortgage on the moneyline for Portsmouth and pray your wife doesn’t check the joint account balance.
College Football
Nevada vs. San Jose State (+14) – There is no reason at all to like San Jose in this game. That’s why I’m loading up on them as a 14-point dog! The Spartans are 1-4-1 against the spread this year and have covered just once in their last seven against Nevada. Still, this is the last college game of the weekend meaning it is your last chance to get your money back on your NCAA bets. Might as well go for broke with your unemployment check. That is playing with house money after all.
NFL
Detroit Lions (+10) vs. Seattle Seahawks – Betting on the Lions on the road: the stuff that degenerate bets are made of. Truth is that Detroit has covered in 6 of their last nine on the road. Yup! Anything to convince yourself this is a good bet is a good thing. You’ll be the only guy in the sportsbook following this game. Bring your flask for this one.
Degenerate Bet of the Week
New York Mets 15:1 Odds to win the Series in 2010 – Take that spare cash you were saving for your daughter’s college fund and drop it on the Mets in 2010. If this hits, you’ll have enough to put your secret love child through college too and some left over to make the same sucker bet in 2011.
(Chris Shellcroft is the lead blogger for Just Blog Baby, occasional contributor on Lake Show Life and an all around righteous dude. You can follow him on Twitter.)
