city of pain

No one said gambling couldn’t have some zest to it. It’s gonna be a good year for football picks around here. College, NFL, shit even high school if I can get some lines.  There are a lot of great games to play this weekend. I can’t wait to lock them all in my sportsbetting.com account, grab some beers, hate people, and win money. Nothing says LOCKS like hot pink.

Louisville (-4) over Uconn - I’ll take the home team, at night, on national TV, against a team they are just as good as.

Syracuse (+15.5) over Pitt - Simply because Pitt is not 15.5 points better than anyone. Even Syracuse.

Clemson (-11.5) over Maryland - Clemson hasn’t played a complete game yet. At some point this season they will have a monster win. My guess is that it happens in this spot. This lines looks a little inflated after Maryland beat Cal…..did anyone realize that Cal was playing at 9am their time that day?

Purdue (-1) over Notre Dame - When this line opened, Notre Dame was a two point favorite. Now they are a one point home underdog.  Joe Tiller’s last season, Notre Dame with an inflated line (which the public apparently devoured), and you have yourself a nice win.

Navy (+16) over Wake Forest - This game just has that feel to it. Wake with the look-ahead to Clemson next week causes them to play down to Navy’s level. Ball control here. Take the points.

Illinois (+16) over Penn State - Am I the only asshole in America who thinks Illinois gives Penn State a good game? I know it’s a night game, a “white-out”, and all that, but Illinois is not a bad team. Penn State has played four nobodys, and especially no team with a Juice Williams on it. I don’t know, call me crazy here but this line seems high to me……we don’t know enough about Penn State just yet.

Bills (-8) over Rams - Because if you don’t bet against the Rams every week you’re theoretically losing money.

Redskins (+11.5) over Cowboys - Way too many points in a rivalry game. The Cowboys are a good team, but they aren’t going to win by double digits every week. This is the NFL.  Redskins play well in Dallas.

Does it get any worse? Jesus Christ.

I can’t write enough about the Mets. They are an absolute train wreck. You couldn’t script these games any better. Where do you even start? Two nights ago, a man on third with no outs, bottom of the 9th in a tie game, and you can’t score? How about man on third with no outs in the 7th AND 8th innings as well, and all you can muster is a bases loaded walk. Pathetic!  Just a guess here, but something tells me the usual team gangbang in the Mets shower wasn’t quite as lively after that one. There’s no way Jose Reyes did his usual post-coital La Bamba pee-pee dance with his other Latin teammates. He was too upset. Seriously. And who cares if they won last night. The best part was that when they pulled Pedro with two men on, the first pitch the reliever threw was a three run homer. Magical.

The Phils have dodged some massive bullets recently. They’ve looked pathetic in the process too. But not as bad as the Mets. And if I’m a Mets fan, I don’t like the following quote from Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez about their season ending series in New York this weekend, “I fully intend to play my starters this weekend for the integrity of the game”. Also from the Miami Herald, “Last season, the Marlins knocked the Mets out of the playoff picture on the final weekend of the regular season, and there already is talk among players that they would love nothing more than to spoil the Mets’ season again. There even is an outside chance that pitcher Josh Johnson, who started and won Wednesday for the Marlins, could be used in late-inning relief Sunday if that game carries playoff significance.” Ouch.

But like everything we do here on City of Pain, we must call it like we see it. We want the Mets to make the playoffs, without question. Not just for the possible, yet unlikely, scenario in which we could meet them in the NLCS, but simply because the Phillies want zero part of CC Sabathia TWICE in a best of five game series. Go Mets?