Pick 6 - Week 8: Somebody got lazy. You'll notice that there is no guest. First person to put...

Pick 6 - Week 8: Somebody got lazy. You'll notice that there is no guest. First person to put their 6 picks, including their lock, into the comments is the guest picker for the week. Yay!

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Picka

Wisconsin
Under
Michigan
Under/jNWU
MSU
New Mexico St.

by Tmo87 on Oct 31, 2009 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Michigan is my lock, in case tailgating minds don’t find that apparent.

by Tmo87 on Oct 31, 2009 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's 7 picks

I do what I can.

by Anonymous Hero on Oct 31, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m not too good in the “paying attention at 9am” department (The "Picka header should attest to that). The PSU/jNWU pick was a double loss anyway, making for fail three times over, in addition to the other losses.

This is why I don’t ever actually bet money.

by Tmo87 on Nov 1, 2009 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Turns out

it was a bad lock too

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Nov 1, 2009 8:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Picks

Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Penn St (lock)
MSU
Over in OSU game.

I’m a sucker for the favorites today apparently…

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Oct 31, 2009 9:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That MSU v. Minn game spread is crazy.

If I were in Vegas I would put it all on MSU. Minn, is so done now that Decker is hurt. That will be 34-10 game.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Oct 31, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that struck me as crazy, too. Which is why I’m certain it’s a trap.

by Tmo87 on Oct 31, 2009 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am pretty tight with a guy who sets spreads

for one of the casinos in Vegas. He’s told me that one of the biggest factors in setting spreads is betting history. All teams have a public betting history. That is, the public has a history of riding them no matter what or avoiding them no matter what. In some games he said that info can move a spread up to 4 points. Then, there is whether the game is on national TV (lots of betting on those so no need to entice the public), historic match-up (most betting services that you pay for picks use history as the public buys into that) and well down on the list of factors, play on the field.

Upshot, don’t overread any spread. MSU will demolish Minnesota.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Oct 31, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Purdue
Under/Indiana
Michigan (lock)
Penn State
Michigan State
Under

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Oct 31, 2009 9:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Staying the hell away from this one – Purdue is a random number generator this year. (Granted, they’ve come up craps more often than not, but then they put a bullet between the eyes of OSU’s national title hopes.)
Indiana (I think, in a rare moment of comfort for the Hawkeyes, you win this one by two TDs, but not the 3 you’d need to cover)
Michigan (holy God Illinois is awful)
PSU (NW will discover quickly that you don’t come back from down 25 against Penn State)
MSU (I would be utterly terrified of the usual last-second collapse if Decker were available. But he isn’t.)
NMSU/Under (come on, when has Tressel ever run up 50 on a non-conf cupcake? and does this version of OSU look even vaguely capable of doing so?)

by SpartanDan on Oct 31, 2009 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs