OT: Why I stopped betting on professional football

Submitted by mGrowOld on

At half the winless Cardinals are up on the Saints 17-0.  The Cardinals, who havent won since week 1, are killing the Ravens in Baltimore 24-6 and the winless Dolphins are up on the Giants 14-10 (oops...now 17-10).

They don't build casinos with the winners money.......

Sorry - SHOULD'VE said the "winless Cardinals are up on the Giants...."   Shoot if i'm going to have them play in two games might as well go for a third.

BrewCityBlue

October 30th, 2011 at 2:59 PM ^

Ariz +14 and Mia +9. Also Wash +6 and Phil/Dal under 51. En fuego.

Though I agree with your premise that NFL is much tougher than college to bet on. Killin' it on saturdays, but sundays I've been so-so,

manchild56

October 30th, 2011 at 3:03 PM ^

and the last 5 minutes decide 90 percent of all games. You could throw out every lead from quarters 1 through 3 and most of the 4th quarter. No matter how lopsided the game is usually one score away with 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter. And yes I know this isnt 100 percent of the time just happend quite a bit.

BlueGoM

October 30th, 2011 at 10:48 PM ^

Teams change more rapidly, it seems to me, in the pro's than they do in college. Free agency is good for players but it makes keeping track of who is playing where impossible.  It makes it very hard to keep up with it all.

But then I only follow big ten football and of that only Michigan closely. 

 

Blue since birth

October 30th, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^

I'll only bet on individual sports (boxing specifically). Trying to predict what two people will do is much easier than trying to read two entire teams. 

(... Unless you count one $5/5 CFB pick a week).

 

gopoohgo

October 31st, 2011 at 9:11 AM ^

is like mainlining your drug of choice.  May feel good, but sooner or later your number's up.

Saints get curbstomped by the Rams.  Cardinals beating the spread @ M&T against the Ravens (Baltimore would have been hanging Flacco's effigy in the streets if they lost). 

If this weekend didn't teach you to not bet the NFL, nothing will.