Welcome to Week Six in the NFL and our So Sad edition.
Longtime and careful readers know we daily consume news from the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and LeMonde. Thus, we sadly read the front-page news in LeMonde that over 40 cities in France have erupted in violent protests over the government's proposed austerity plans. Leading the way are students protesting the conditions in France's schools which they say are overcrowded, underfunded, with the infrastructure crumbling, including one sad fifteen-year old's account of being forced to sit in a hot classroom and being unable to open the windows. 😧 Si triste.
We thankfully took a pass on college football betting Saturday (reviewing discovery - Si triste as well) as five of the top seven teams LOST on Saturday, but not your UM Hurricanes who won in a double OT thriller over Florida State in their stadium in Broward County. #'s 1 (Georgia), and 2 (Notre Dame- sorry Judge Moreno Si triste) lost, along with #'s 5 (Indiana), 6 (Bama), and 7 (Texas- to the Gators!). Does that mean Miami will be this week's #1? Whoo hoo! And if so, you can expert Miami fans to show up during the 4th quarter of the national championship game and root for their Canes, because that's what Miami front-running fans do when they are not waiting in line to try and get in Sunnys or Boia De so they can be seen. Si triste.
Enough with losing. Let's win some money.
Our first pick comes via Mike Francesca and his great Podcast, especially his Francesca Five which comes out every Friday and where we got the idea to jump on the Georgia BullDogs bandwagon week one. If you do not know who Mike Francesca is, why are you reading this? (Mike and the Mad Dog, 66, WFAN...)
Mike loves the Bills -4.5 (who stayed on the West Coast this week after beating the Rams instead of flying home to Buffalo and then back to Vegas - and who wouldn't want to do that?) over the Raiders. He also really loves Raiders TE Brock Bowers over 6 in receptions and yards (70), postulating that Bowers will get a lot of 4th Q catches as the Raiders try and catch up. We are rolling with both.
We like the Ravens -4.5 visiting Cleveland. Baltimore is more real than the Browns.
Mike likes the Rams - 12.5 over Arizona. We don't like giving up that many points in the NFL because of the ever present back-door cover. Do with this what you wish, but be careful.
And finally, Mike likes the Packers -1.5 at home over the hapless Cowpokes. Here's what we think. The NFL is a regression to the mean league. Usually there are 2-3 teams that really stink (like the Fins, Titans and Chargers this year) and the rest of the teams regress to the mean (which for our robed readers means a return to the average). Thus,, teams like Dallas, after stinking up the joint for two weeks will get a win, while teams like the Packers riding a two-game winning streak will drop a game at home that they should win. Let's see if our theory is right this week- hold your nose and bet on the Cowboys +1.5.
Let's see if our picks don't leave you feeling Si Triste when all is said and done.
Viva La France!
If you haven't figured it out by now (or are a robed reader), Si Triste means So Sad in French)
2026 REGJB SURVIVOR POOL
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CLAY KAEISER FINS WEEK 1 |
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DUSTIN TISCHLER FINS WEEK 1 |
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MICHAELS FINS WEEK 9 |
JAGS |
49ers |
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Ravens |
Falcons! |
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JAX |
49ers |
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JUAN GONZALEZ
FINS WEEK 1 |
JAX |
49ers |
KC |
Vikes |
Texans |
DC |
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JASON IRELAND FINS WEEK 6 |
JAX |
49ers |
KC |
Vikes |
Cincy |
Rams (see ya) |
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LUCY LEW FINS WEEK 6 |
LIONS |
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MICHAEL FEILER |
SEATTLE |
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MIGUEL DE LA OVER FINS WEEK 7 |
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KC |
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PETER SAUTTER FINS WEEK 7 |
JAX |
49ers |
Bills (whew!) |
Seattle |
Texans |
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JAX |
49ers |
KC |
Ravens |
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RICK FREEDMAN FINS WEEK 12 |
JAX |
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JCKW FINS WEEK 5 |
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Panthers |
KC |
Vikes |
PASS using Bye Week |
Ravens |
9 comments:
no post on Joe Klock?
Led by students? I'm seeing a bunch of migrant muslims burning down France on my feed. Is this how the liberal media portraying it? A bunch of students? LMAO
FSU forgot that to beat Miami in Miami you have to beat them three times. Beating them twice- on the lame holding call and the Duce Robinson hale Mary — is never enough.
Viva La France indeed. It's hard to determine what exactly is happening over there since everyone has their own agenda to push regardless of whether the facts support it or not. Are the lack of education funds caused by budget cuts designed to favor the private sector, a massive influx of immigrant students, a pension system that has become overloaded with early retirees and hefty payouts, or all three? Depending on who you talk to, French police are either brutally crushing protestors or standing by and allowing rioters to run free. It's possible that both are true, police are no strangers to focusing on easy targets instead of people who are more likely to flee or fight. Legitimate protests seem to have been drowned out by looters attacking national monuments and their own communities, but is that perspective caused by slanted media coverage or is it the truth that protestors are outnumbered by those who see these events as nothing more than an opportunity to steal and burn? It will likely be impossible to know until the dust settles, and even then, we may not get the whole story if everyone involved decides it is in their best interest to sweep this under the rug and move forward.
We live in one of the safest and most prosperous periods in human history, but sometimes, it's hard to believe that.
Survivorgeddon
Instead of a single "worst" game, college football's historic Saturday October 17, 2026 is remembered for a massive wave of upsets where five of the top seven teams in the nation went down.
More like, fsu (Miami's little sister) forgot how to catch interceptions and couldn't stop a freshman running back so they lost. GO CANES!
Lol you know rumpole not going to be honest about this. He can't be.
I can't understand why our own young people haven't taken to the streets. Our schools are failing, health care is increasingly unavailable, climate change is real and getting realer, they can't afford to own homes, their jobs pay less with less chance of advancement. They will never attain their own parents' standard of living, low as those they may be. And the rich keep getting richer.
If you read the papers rather than watching tv coverage, you will see that violent protesters make up a very small percentage of all protesters, at least in France, to which I've paid most attention. The status quo is crushing poor and working people. The leaders have worked to maintain the status quo. Sometimes it's that simple. Immigration, sexual identification and islam (or Haitians consuming our pets) have nothing to do with this fundamental breakdown in the social contract. They're distractions circulated by the rich (looking at you Musk/Zuckerberg) to protect their hegemony.
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