NFL Picks: 2011 Season, Week 15

by | Dec 13, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Andy gained one more game this week, by hitting the Atlanta/Carolina game in another solid week for both us, going 12-4 (me) and 13-3 (him).  Of course, this didn’t appear to be a difficult week to pick in the long run.

Three games separate us again this week—most likely the sink or swim week for me, with at least two considerable upsets needed for me to gain ground, in Indianapolis and Carolina, with Miami’s firing of Tony Sparano being the main reason for my choice of Buffalo over Miami.

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NFL Best Bets: 2011 season, Week 14

by | Dec 6, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Gambling

There continues to be a rally going on at Zoneblitz.com headquarters. Despite a horrible betting start to our season that lasted oh, about eight weeks, our bankrolls could still be salvageable.

I nailed my week 14, going 4-0 and running my four-week stretch to 12-4, 7-1 in the last two weeks. The run has allowed me to overtake my brother, with a 25-26-1 mark for the season.

Tony violated two of his main betting philosophies (he took the under and he didn’t “do the opposite”) in taking the under in the Denver/Minnesota contest, but he hit his other three picks – including the +330 moneyline in predicting the Chiefs would upset the Bears. He must have had a hunch Matt Forte would get hurt. His second straight 3-1 runs his total for the season to 25-27.

Here’s hoping it continues.
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NFL Picks: 2011 Season, Week 14

by | Dec 6, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

Week 13 was yet another solid week for our picks. We don’t really have anything interesting or funny to say about it—as a Viking fan who works with Packers fans, it’s been a long season, and even with a solid season of picks, I’m actually ready for the season to be over with.

Andy managed to hit two of the three games we were different on last week, going 12-4 for the week, with my San Diego pick coming through last night to keep me at 11-5—that gives him a one game lead for the season, which I can erase with a Carolina victory over Atlanta this week, the only difference in our Week 14 picks.

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NFL Best Bets: 2011 season, Week 13

by | Nov 30, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Gambling

I knew that our picks had ranged this season from wildly inconsistent to outright brutal, but it had been awhile since we looked at the totals.

So this morning I did the math. It’s been even worse than I thought. Tony started off alright, going 6-2 in the season’s opening two weeks.

It’s been all downhill from there. He’s 16-24 since for a total of 22-26. He rallied a bit in week 12, hitting three of four.

My totals are even worse at 21-26-1, though I’ve been on a bit of a good run the last three weeks, rallying at 8-4. I also hit three of four last week.

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NFL Picks: 2011 Season, Week 12

by | Nov 24, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

We’ve reached Turkey Week—probably our favorite week of the regular season, with a huge meal followed by non-stop football for the rest of the day.  Even the fact that we have to watch the Packers and Cowboys today can’t ruin it.

Last week we managed to split the four games we picked differently, meaning I remain two back for the season.  I’ve lost track of our overall records, but we’re still picking ahead of several national “experts” with our 10-4 last week.  This week, even just the Thursday games provide two games that we go different ways on, followed by two more on Sunday, making for another interesting week.

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