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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 8, 2015 17:17:45 GMT -6
I am tied up for a few days; hard to find an hour or two to do the update. Hang on til Wed night for the update on last week.
One game this week before Sat:
Thurs NFL Line
Minnesota 46 Ariz -7.5
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 7, 2015 8:38:24 GMT -6
I will not be able to provide a Monday update today. Would everyone post their own weekly +/- so we know who is what going into tonight. I will check everyone's work tonight. I am out of it this week...6-11, -6.1
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 6, 2015 15:24:57 GMT -6
The 49ers have sucked most of the year, so on the rare day they don't suck, it is worth noting.
The Bears still suck. That's a different thread or six though.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 6, 2015 6:41:24 GMT -6
The greens are getting faster. Pro said they were 13 yesterday. I guess as the Bermuda dies out, they get harder and faster. Rolling true though.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 6, 2015 6:31:52 GMT -6
49ers Houston Tampa Vikings Giants Oakland Oakland over Patriots
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 6, 2015 6:27:25 GMT -6
NFL
San Francisco 43.5 Chicago -6.5
Cincinnati -9 Cleveland 44
Jacksonville 44 Tennessee -2.5
Houston 41.5 Buffalo -3.5
Baltimore 42.5 Miami -3.5
Carolina -6.5 New Orleans 50.5
Seattle -2 Minnesota 42.5
Arizona -4.5 St. Louis 43
Atlanta 46 Tampa Bay pick
NY Jets -2.5 NY Giants 46.5
Denver -4 San Diego 43.5
Kansas City -3 Oakland 45
Philadelphia 49.5 New England -8
Indianapolis. 49 Pittsburgh -7.5
Monday, December 7 Dallas 42 Washington -4
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 10:28:00 GMT -6
Georgia State-Georgia Southern OVER Iowa-MSU OVER
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 10:15:24 GMT -6
I have yet to see one person on betting boards (other than me and some Iowa fans) taking Iowa, yet the line has dropped this morning to +3, even. But it's one of those things that tells you that maybe, just maybe, somebody has dropped a bomb on the Hawkeyes. A half-point move from 4.5 to 4 (hello North Carolina) doesn't say nearly as much as a move from 3.5 to 3. Books are always hesitant to set up a 3.5/2.5 middle, but who knows what will happen by game time. Or maybe it's a Michigan State guy who bet enough to get the line to drop to 3 then is going to bomb the Spartans at that number. We will see.
Nonetheless, lines are moving a little but I'm not changing any of the lines today. What you see is what you get.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 10:11:48 GMT -6
FCS Lines All times CT Home teams on bottom
11 am William and Mary 58.5 Richmond -1
12 pm The Citadel -1.5 Charleston Southern 53.5
12 pm Colgate 67 James Madison -21
1 pm UT Chattanooga 51 Jacksonville State -9.5
1 pm Western Illinois 57 Illinois State -17.5
2:30 pm Montana 54 North Dakota State -12.5
6 pm Sam Houston State 533.5 McNeese State -1.5
9 pm Northern Iowa -7 Portland State 55
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 7:23:32 GMT -6
Not sure we are going to get lines for the FCS playoffs. None posted yet.
North Carolina NC Clemson over Iowa Bama
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 1:05:40 GMT -6
I have killed several snakes with a shovel. That's all I need.
She doesn't want to get that close and I think she would not want to engage in machete combat with anything either. She wants to carry a pistol with her. I would prefer not but I don't want to lose our dogs either.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 0:57:21 GMT -6
kickoff is fine from now on.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 5, 2015 0:49:51 GMT -6
Saw a dead armadillo on the golf course today that was so torn to heck that you almost couldn't tell what it was. Also heard there was a bobcat prowling around, but I didn't see it. But it makes sense that a mad cat was responsible for that kind of destruction.
Our neighbor walks her dog carrying a big stick. I asked her why and she said a bobcat attacked a neighbor's dog a few years ago. She is going to fend off a bobcat attacking her dog with a stick? Not a chance. My wife walks our dogs every day without a stick. She wants a gun to kill snakes and whatever else threatens her or the puppies. I think I will still get her jewelry rather than a pistol for Christmas.
Yep. This is the wild west.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 20:12:16 GMT -6
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 19:20:47 GMT -6
I suppose that for the losers who are out of the playoffs, the fantasy playoff scenarios probably piss them off too. LOL.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 19:19:56 GMT -6
College Football Playoff scenario discussion. Agree. It's almost as bad as NFL playoff scenario discussion we will get in a few weeks. That's actually worse because more fans care about the NFL than college. "Who will the Packers play. What will be their seed? Will it be a home game. If they win and x loses this week, we get a home game blah blah blah"
Just win more games. Same with college fans. If your team didn't win enough games or the right game (looking at you Ohio State nutjobs), then STFU.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 18:49:00 GMT -6
Northern Illinois. Northern-BG under.
I figure the line is increased by about 8-9 points because of the QB. That's a lot for one position, even if it's QB. Better defense, better rushing team getting points is an old standby betting angle. We'll see if it works against this high powered offense. Roll clock roll.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 13:59:19 GMT -6
I should add it's also an important distinction for law enforcement because "terrorism", to them, means a connection to others, a network, a plan. That distinction then springs into action a broader array of law enforcement work. Non-terrorist, to law enforcement, means one crazy acting alone.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 4, 2015 13:45:54 GMT -6
It is important to some people/politicians, depending on their political beliefs. For those people, a foreigner, particularly a middle easterner, is a terrorist when they kill multiple people. However, equally relevant to them is that a deranged Christian or white person who kills people because of their political beliefs about an issue that the person/politician supports (anti-abortion or pro-Confederacy most recently), are not terrorist acts. That distinction is very important to them.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 19:17:51 GMT -6
Detroit +3
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 14:47:46 GMT -6
Every psychopath has their own story. Psychotherapists can hypothesize about common traits, but I am not aware of anyone hypothesizing about any common causes. Of course it would be great if research could find the part of the brain that generates that kind of hate or twisted thinking and something that could "fix it". But we have a hard enough time funding basic research for every disease, let alone something as complicated as the brain. But we can hold out hope that it will be found some generations from now.
There are many ways the world has changed that have made these things more common: the wealth of our nation that enables almost anybody to find the money to buy a gun, the ease of buying guns, the glorification of violence that sick minds absorb differently than healthy minds, and the attention that psychopaths get.
One thing many psychopaths seek is attention for themselves. Ever since about 1980 with the advent of cable television, video games and then the internet, there has been an increasing amount of attention given to violence and to psychopaths. There have always been psychopaths who killed people and it made major news. For example, the Hoffmans who killed the Lindberg baby in 1932. The big difference is that then, people would read about it and hear about it on the radio and in the paper once a day and they would talk about it among themselves. The psychopaths perhaps liked that daily dose of attention.
Today, the story is repeated continuously, non-stop on thousands of media options. For a psychopath who seeks attention, today's world offers multitudes more opportunities for them to get constant, non-stop 24/7 attention than they had pre-cable and pre-internet. For a psychopath motivated to kill, having their work in front of the world 24/7 could be a pretty powerful amplifier to their motivation.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 10:53:37 GMT -6
This is embarrassing, ref. You didn't see me bragging like this. Would you like us to remind you and copy and paste all the times you have posted "defending champion" over the last 11.5 months?
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 10:51:29 GMT -6
Third,sixth or seventh would be fine with me. That would keep me away from jackref's side of the bracket until the final. I don't want to be fourth, fifth or eighth and have to face him in the first two rounds.
Maybe I could catch a lightning bolt and beat him in the playoffs, like last year. Doubtful though, considering the pummeling he delivered to the Ants last week.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 10:37:04 GMT -6
It will take someone with courage to form another gun owner organization and be successful in persuading politicians they represent the majority of gun owners who support sensibility. It won't be easy, which is probably why nobody has attempted it yet.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 9:49:14 GMT -6
This is not a great Wisconsin team, but it's not even a good Syracuse team, compared to recent years. That showed last night. They almost lost at home to Bonnie a week or so ago, but got some very favorable homer ref calls to bail them out. Last night, without their local refs, they didn't.
What does it take to beat Syracuse? A coach who understands where the seams are in their zone and a team with the patience to find them. Wisconsin did that last night, even with lesser talent. Bo knows. The Badgers shot 48% from two point range and had 16 offensive rebounds. Those two stats show how effective they were at positioning vs. the zone.
I also think Jim Boeheim is one of the most over-rated coaches out there. Sure, he has x hundred wins because he has been successful enough to keep his job. His zone is a puzzle for many coaches and many kids. He has gotten great talent. For years, his non-conference schedule was lame. But one thing has held true...he rarely wins games when he has lesser talent. That to me is the mark of a great coach. Can they win games with inferior talent? Bo did that last night and he will do it again this year.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 9:27:20 GMT -6
You are speaking logically Coast. None of your proposals will ever occur. And the reason why not? Because politicians are afraid of the gun lobby? Because they are afraid that they won't get support or campaign dollars from the Ted Nugents of the world? Logic and facts > beliefs. Let's hope that we get more gun owners to support politicians with the backbone to do something about it. Maybe we need a sensible gun organization to lead sensible gun owners to coalesce and advocate on these issues, rather than the extremist NRA.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 3, 2015 8:40:26 GMT -6
I wouldn't blame mental illness on all these shootings. The easy accessibility to guns is the largest factor and unfortunately will never be remedied. One of America's core philosophies was the right to own a firearm. It is what it is and living in the US we have to deal with it. Don't like it? I guess Canada is close by. There is a lot that could be done to check everyone who buys a gun and prohibit gun sales to people who should not own one. That could be done so that in no way it prohibits law-abiding citizens from owning them. It is more difficult to get a driver's license than a gun license. This belief that "nothing can be done/no restrictions are possible under the constitution" is at the core of the problem. Would sensible restrictions prevent all murders? Of course not. Could they prevent one or many more? Absolutely.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 2, 2015 15:44:05 GMT -6
My words were a caution. I didn't say you were uninformed. I said if you use words like that, you could be perceived that way. If you choose to respond in a hostile manner to a non-accusatory caution, that's your choice.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 2, 2015 15:38:00 GMT -6
wow. seriously? That is your response. ok.
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Post by Coast2Coast on Dec 2, 2015 15:28:04 GMT -6
It is terrible that anyone feels the need to kill anyone with any object, except in war. True, but the one object that is used to kill tens of thousands more people in our society than any other object is a gun. Just a caution -- if you choose to use words like "any object" you make yourself sound uninformed as to the real issue.
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