Bet the Mortgage: Week 5, 2013 NFL Best Bets

by | Oct 3, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Gambling

weekly-betsAfter amassing a commanding lead, Andy went big in Week 4–and his losses put him back within reach for my bets in Week 5.

Andy lost $800 on the Bears, Miami and St. Louis/San Francisco, only picking up one win in the terrible Cardinals/Bucs game.

Meanshile, I plodded along at 2-2 for the week–bot lost my two bigger bets ($200 on the Bears straight up and $300 on the Bungles).

Here’s where we stand.

Week 4 Season Week +/- Bankroll +/-
Andy 1-3 7-9 -$618 $10,387 + $387
Tony 2-2 6-10 -$173 $9,618 – $382

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Bet the Mortgage: Week 4, 2013 NFL Best Bets

by | Sep 26, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Gambling

weekly-betsMy waiting until the last minute last weekend proved to finally put me on the profitable side of the board–I still only went 2-2 for the week, but My +350 Indianapolis over San Fran bet put me up a total of $457 for the week, to climb back to $9,791 for the season. One solid week can put me on the plus side for the season.

Andy, meanwhile, also went 2-2 for week, but missed his bigger bets ($250 on Minnesota and $300 on the Detroit/Washington over). He did make money with his Kansas City upset pick (I was as surprised that was seen as an upset as he was that Chicago’s win was surprising), and finished +$318 for the week, giving him a commanding lead of $1,214 over me with his current $11,005 bankroll.

So, in summary, here’s where we stand.

  Week 3 Season Bankroll +/-
Andy 2-2 6-6 $11,005 + $1,005
Tony 2-2 4-8 $9,791 – $209

Week 4 brings another tough slate of games, with only 3 games coming in with a line of a touchdown or more, and most falling in the 1-4 point range.

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Bet the Mortgage: Week 1, 2013 NFL Best Bets

by | Sep 5, 2013 | 2013 season, NFL Gambling

weekly-betsWe’re changing things up a bit this year. We’re still going to pick four bets: three on the pointspread and then one moneyline upset every week. Each of us will start with $10,000. We’ll disperse that through all 17 weeks, scoring both the wins and losses and the dollar amounts we end up with.

If it goes as well as it did last season, we’ll both be out of money by week 11. We’ll figure that one out when we get there.

In the mean time, here are the bets:

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ZB NFL Preview 2013: NFC South

by | Sep 2, 2013 | 2013 season

The NFC South was a one team race last year as Atlanta ran away with the division. The Falcons are probably still the cream of the crop, but the league is done punishing the Saints for the so-called Bounty-gate scandal and with Sean Payton back, they should be much improved over the disappointing 2012. The Bucs and Panthers also look to be up and coming. The NFC South could be tightening up in 2013. (more…)