Okay so it turns out gambling sucks and so do I. I went 7-16 in my picks for week 2 and was too ashamed to post week 3. I turned it around and went 16-14, last time I checked going over .500 is good . People are starting to ask, did I even place a bet this weekend? No but shut up and leave me alone. Okay enough about me let’s talk about what’s important, my picks last week.
Umass vs Umass Lowell.
A boring one that anybody could have guessed wouldn’t have been high scoring. For as bad as Umass Lowell is, it’s hard for Umass to even beat them by 12, it’s just not their type of game.
Duke vs. Denver
I had Duke as my favorite this last week. I am once again standing here like Bart Simpson writing on the chalkboard, Never trust Duke in February. I thought these guys could have a strong bounce back after the big February loss the week before to Jacksonville. of course not why would that happen? What an idiot I am.
High Point vs. VMI
I didn’t get a chance to watch this one at all. High Point has built a good foundation to be a decent team over the last few years. Unfortunately what made them very competitive walked out the door in May and on to the PLL. VMI has shown a little bit this year and that’s why I picked them to cover the 9.5 spread. That’s a lot of points for a decent team to beat a not-great team.
Richmond vs. Bucknell
I was feeling good about this one and turned it off in the second half. I almost shit myself when I switched back with 5 minutes left and the under had almost gotten away from me. Thank god for some rookie shooting and slow offense to slow this thing down to a halt and end this thing right at the perfect time to save the under.
BU vs Bryant
Fuck ESPN for wanted me to sigh into my provider for this game and not watch like it would for the rest of the games. I didn’t watch any of this game either but who cares about it anyway. I’m going to take this off my record because I could watch and in that case I was 16-13 this weekend.
Georgetown vs. UPenn
Georgetown can’t start 02 can they? Not the team people had picked with the 4th best odds to win the natty. Like Duke I thought the Hoyas would have a bounce back game and jump on an ivy league team in their first game of the season. Nope my big stupid brain strikes again.
Loyola vs. Hopkins
The easiest money I didn’t make this weekend. Big dumb Idiots out there (Ryan Stern) were saying Loyola wasn’t the real deal after dismantling Maryland the week before. Hopkins held in there in the first half but the Hounds ran away with it in the second half.
St. Josephs vs. Towson
A good game from the looks of the box score. A good win for your friend Dan.
Holy Cross vs. Mercer
This one hurt my heart. HC had shown a little something in the early going this year but it was too good to be true. Mercer got their bounce back game and smoked HC.
Merrimack vs. Dartmouth
A big one for the big brains. Dartmouth with a nice start to the season.
Drexel vs. UMBC
UMBC wins the game and Dan (would have) won the bet.
Brown vs. Quinnipiac
ALERT THE MEDIA THE BOBCATS ARE FORREAL!! Congrats to the legend Alex Zomerfeld and the QU boys for a hell of an upset.
Vermont vs. Utah
Vermont wins the game and Dan loses the bet.
Princeton vs. Monmouth
Monmouth should be relegated to Division 2 for not covering 12.5 here. Fuck you.
Virginia vs. Harvard
I’ve never been so confused watching a lacrosse game in my life. I turned it on 25 seconds late and Virginia was already up by 100 goals. It seemed like Harvard would go man up score 1 and then Virginia would put in 6 and then repeat over and over. I flipped back and the crimson had the back door cover of the year.
Lafayette vs. Sacred Heart
I could never imagine going to Sacred Heart. You must have no pride or integrity to go to such a school. I would never want to be friends with anybody that’s gone there. I actually would have won this bet. I just wanted that on the record.
Yale vs. Villanova
Dating back to last year Villanova has been in every single game they have played. This wasn’t one of them. I mean they did have their moments but 2.5 was free money for Yale here.
Ohio State vs. UNC
My boy has done it. Richie LaCalandra with his first collegiate goal at a place that isn’t an absolute joke. Congrats to him, congrats to the rest of the Buckeyes, but not congrats to me,
Bellarmine vs. Canisius
Speaking of relegation, somebody will come get the griffins and let them play in the MCLA. Shout out Hank Champaign don’t say I’ve never written about club lax now.
Binghamton vs. St. Bonaventure
This one came down to the wire, ultimately with Bing pulling out the win and the over.
Cornell vs. Albany
The game of the day as Tommy Heller and the boys went punch for punch all the way till the end of the game with the national championship runner ups. Matt Spahr is a coward.
Lehigh vs. Hobart
Lehigh went on cruise control for the last half of the second quarter and got their teeth kicked in. They woke up in the second half and pulled away with the game and a dub for ya boy.
Navy vs. Manhattan
Year two of being Navy’s biggest hater and things couldn’t be going better. What a joke of a line to have them 6.5 over Manhattan. To quote the great Mike Ditka, “These guys couldn’t win a salad bowl let alone a regular season game against Manhattan”.
Jacksonville vs. Marist
Jacksonville got to coast in this one after their big dub against Duke the week before. Marist stinks.
Maryland vs. Syracuse
Cuse finally showed they can play competitive ball against the big boys again. This was a good loss for the baby Orange, but another bad loss for me.
Fairfield vs. Wagner
Is Wagner still a division 1 team? Their most impressive wins in the last ten years have been against schools in their first year as a division 1 program in LIU and Monmouth. If you’re thinking to yourself that the moron who misspelt Potsdam in his blog last weekend is making it up, do yourself a favor and look it over and tell me I’m wrong.
LIU vs. Lindenwood
Congrats to Lindenwood on their first ever Division 1 win. It’s another sad day to be a Pioneer.
Michigan vs. Hofstra
The pride really stepped up here and did what they needed to hold on against a Michigan team that looked to be the real deal the week prior against UVA.
Penn State vs. Stony Brook
Okay Penn State can score but can they stop anybody defensively? I’m upset with SBU here, In year 4 for coach Gilardi I thought this could have been a win to show the Sea wolves are for real this year. Bad loss all around for the local kids.
Rutgers vs. Army
Army gripped onto their early 3 goal lead and held on all the way to the 4th quarter. They faltered there but ultimately kept it together for a nice first win in their post Nichtern era.
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