Every week I will be giving you my five football picks (NCAA and NFL) with the spread to see how hard sports betting really is and how these web sites make so much money. My hypothesis is that my average will be above fifty percent, which means there are far more idiots betting on sports then people who actually know what they are doing. I strongly feel that I do know what I am doing, as I have been betting on sports even before I was legally allowed to do so. All spreads are taken courtesy of Bodoglife.com (previously Bodog.com and why it changed I have no idea) at 10:00 am Saturday morning.
For people not familiar with sports betting, if Team A is picked to beat Team B by 10 points, the spread would look like this:
Team A -10, favored by 10 points
Team B +10, underdogs by 10 points
Here are the Derry Slocum's five locks of the week:
Michigan +3 (vs Penn St), playing at home against Penn St., a team that historically has been dominated by Michigan, and frankly I do not see Michigan losing its third game so early in the season.
Arkansas -7 (vs Kentucky), emotional loss last week for Arkansas, emotional win last week for Kentucky, equals a blow out win at home for Arkansas.
Wisconsin -7 (vs Iowa), Iowa is way overrated this year, their team just is not that good, as where Wisconsin is one of the top ten programs in the nation, look for P.J. Hill to have a huge game.
UCLA -6 (vs Washington), UCLA got blown out at Utah last week, and the senior led team at UCLA will bounce back this week and take it out on Washington which has highly overplayed themselves.
Dallas Cowboys +3 (at Chicago), Rex Grossman is still the Bears quarterback right? He should take some notes when the #1 ranked offense led by Tony Romo is lighting it up come Sunday night. The Cowboys do not need the three points they are given, as they will win this one straight up.
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