Our Bowl Lock – already? December 20, 2007
Posted by Vince Mullins in sports betting, sports investing.Tags: football picks, Navy Midshipmen
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I have put together my numbers, my digits, my rankings, and it seems to me that the Lock of the Bowl Season happens with the first bowl game.
No denoument, no gentle build to a climax – this is a two-minute brother of a bowl betting season.
Tonight the Navy Midshipmen go to one of their most well-staffed ports of call in San Diego to take on the Utes of Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl. Navy is a 7.5 to 8 point dog, and you can still get +250 on the Middies if you shop around.
Navy does have one of the worst defense in college football, but their unique spread-bone nation-leading rushing attack consistently slaughters bowl opponents, especially ones that have little inspiration to work towards a bowl win. Granted, Utah has on of my top 5 defenses, but they haven’t seen anything close to new Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo’s option offense under the direction of QB Kaipo-Noa Keheaku-Enhada.
Our suggested way to position the bet? The Huss Hedge – put the same units on both the line and the spread. The only way you lose is in a blowout the wrong way which you don’t expect anyway or you wouldn’t hit the moneyline.
Get on this like you would this chick with the shorts narrower than most ties…
It is good to hedge – if you can. December 19, 2007
Posted by Vince Mullins in sports betting, sports investing.Tags: football picks, LSU Tigers, Navy Midshipmen
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I want to introduce you to a couple of ways to hedge your bets to minimize risk and still get lots of opportunity.
One of my favorite bets is the preseason odds to win the BCS Championship, and before the season I agreed with the punditry that The LSU Tigers and the USC Trojans were by far the top teams in the country. I put down a couple units on both and on August 29 got USC at 5-2 and LSU at 8-1 - in essence a hedge in itself by not just picking one team. I had cast the tickets in the garbage after the LSU OT loss at the hands of Arkansas, only to dig through the trash when West Virginia laid the egg against Pitt.
Of course the USC ticket served as a drink cushion after the Stanford upset. But I digress.
So I am left with LSU 8-1. I am likewise faced with history showing the last four BCS Championship Games being won by the underdog, hence a bit of worry. I guaranteed myself a max of ten units and a minimum of one by placing four units on Ohio State straight up +155.
In dollar terms, an original 100 to pay 800 is now hedged with a 200 to pay 310. Debit of 300, min credit 310, max credit 500.
First round is on me, and Geaux Tigers!
