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10-17-2023, 12:23 PM #1
Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
h/t Catfan73
Tuesday
Middle Tennessee at Liberty (-14.5)
Southern Miss at South Alabama (-18)
Western Kentucky (-6.5) at Jacksonville St
Wednesday
Florida Intl. at Sam Houston St (-5)
New Mexico State (-3.5) at UTEP
Thursday
Rice at Tulsa (-3)
James Madison (-3.5) at Marshall
Friday
SMU (-19.5) at Temple
Saturday
Boston College at Ga Tech (-4.5)
Baylor at Cincinnati (-2.5)
UCF at Oklahoma (-19.5)
Memphis (-5.5) at UAB
Air Force (-11.5) at Navy
Western Michigan at Ohio (-16.5)
Mississippi State at Arkansas (-6.5)
Rutgers (-5) at Indiana
Penn State at Ohio St (-4)
Charlotte at East Carolina (-7)
Louisiana Monroe at Ga Southern (-16.5)
Akron at Bowling Green (-7.5)
Washington State at Oregon (-20)
Pittsburgh at Wake Forest (-2.5)
Oklahoma St at West Virginia (-3.5)
North Texas at Tulane (-20)
Central Michigan (-4.5) at Ball State
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois (-12)
Buffalo (-7) at Kent State
Tennessee at Alabama (-8.5)
Wisconsin (-2.5) at Illinois
Minnesota at Iowa (-3.5)
South Florida (-2.5) at Connecticut
South Carolina at Missouri (-7.5)
Northwestern at Nebraska (-12)
Texas (-23) at Houston
Toledo (-2) at Miami OH
UTSA (-3.5) at Florida Atlantic
Hawaii at New Mexico (-2)
Virginia at North Carolina (-23.5)
Texas Tech (-4.5) at BYU
TCU at Kansas State (-6)
App State (-6) at Old Dominion
Coastal Carolina (-10.5) at Arkansas St
Colorado St at UNLV (-7.5)
Utah St at San Jose St (-5)
Mississippi (-6.5) at Auburn
Duke at Florida St (-14)
Army at LSU (-30)
Michigan (-24.5) at Michigan St
Utah at USC (-7)
Clemson (-4) at Miami
Georgia St at Louisiana (-3)
Nevada at San Diego St (-13.5)
UCLA (-17) at Stanford
Arizona St at Washington (-28)
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10-17-2023, 12:23 PM #2
Re: Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
UAB
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10-17-2023, 05:00 PM #3
Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
S Carolina
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"I have touched all the so-called capitals of basketball, but when it gets down to the short stroke, the only true capital of basketball is in Lexington." AL McGuire
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10-17-2023, 05:05 PM #4
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BYU
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10-17-2023, 06:06 PM #5
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Old Dominion
changing my signature to change our luck.
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10-18-2023, 05:04 AM #6
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Tennessee
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
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10-18-2023, 08:20 AM #7
Re: Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
Hoosiers
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10-18-2023, 01:47 PM #8
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Auburn
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10-18-2023, 03:55 PM #9
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I couldn’t decide between Old Dominion and Jacksonville St. until I read that Jax State first and second string quarterbacks were injured. Of course they won.
changing my signature to change our luck.
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10-19-2023, 10:11 AM #10
Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
For lack of a better word, I am in a league that pretends we are betting real money. We started with $10,000 and we have college and NFL bets through the 18 week season, including the last 4 weeks of NFL only.
Surprisingly, I've done pretty well, starting with $10,000 and now I am at 22,000, but I'm still not betting enough because I can't get over the fact that it's not real money, it's not betting, it's a contest. I'm in sixth place out of 30, but the leader has $100,000.
Anyway, that's a lot of background just to let you know about my bad beat last week.
I had a parlay that was going to pay $6,000 with the last leg of it being Boise State to beat Colorado State.
Boise State had defeated Colorado State 12 straight times. They led Colorado State 30-10 with a little over 4 minutes to play.
In those four plus minutes..
Colorado state scored a touchdown, cutting the lead to 30-17. Fine, still a 13-point lead and they have to kick off.
Onside kick, successful.
Okay, so we play a little defense but lo and behold, they score again with one minute 53 seconds to play. Now the lead is only 30- 24. This makes me nervous.
Onside kick, successful.
Wait. Not quite, they have a penalty and have to re-kick. Thank goodness.
They re-kick and Boise State recovers. Thank goodness. Game surely over by now, correct?
Not so fast.
Boise State fails to get a first down, and has to punt the ball back to Colorado State with 33 seconds to play.
With no timeouts remaining, and if I remember correctly, 80 yards or so to cover, it still did not look likely. First play is a penalty. Next play a short game, but then a 44 yard bomb that allows them to get to the 33 yard line, run up to the line, and Spike it with six seconds to play.
I'm watching this with "money" on the game. Surely they'll keep the Hail Mary from working, won't they?
Hail Mary into the end zone, and the Boise State Defenders execute perfectly, spiking the ball straight down.
Except.
Except somehow, some way, a Boise State Defender is diving low to the ground, throws his arms under the ball before it hits the ground, tips it into the air to himself, and catches it.
Tie game. Colorado State erupts, and their entire roster seems to empty on to the field.
Excessive celebration penalty? Yes indeed.
Does moving the extra point back 15 yards result in a miss, putting the game into overtime and Boise State with a chance to recover and still win?
No, indeed not.
And that is why I do not gamble.
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10-19-2023, 01:40 PM #11
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BYU
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10-19-2023, 03:47 PM #12
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10-19-2023, 06:27 PM #13
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BYU
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10-19-2023, 11:41 PM #14
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Oh, I don't blame anyone for doing it if they limit it for fun anyhow. And none of my business anyway. It wouldn't bother me to make a $20 bet here or there or whatever, but man, I'd be devastated if I lost $6k (even if I didn't have it) on that kind of parlay bet lol.
I routinely during the season bet a friend a lunch bet (or an adult beverage), usually on Kentucky games, with loser having to pay. That, plus these contests, plus the pseudo fantasy league/contest thing more than satisfy my craving for it.
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10-20-2023, 04:34 PM #15
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Northwestern
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10-21-2023, 04:31 PM #16
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Miami dog nFsu by 26
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10-21-2023, 04:43 PM #17
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10-22-2023, 12:36 PM #18
Re: Oledon's Stupid Underdog Picks 2023, Week 8, Oct 21 weekend
That's more like it. A number of you have made great selections. Of course, I'm not one of them.
+4.5
+6. Man, you had two great picks this week.
+4.5
+4.5
I'm giving credit for a Miami pick here, which is what I think you intended. FSU was favored, but Miami was an underdog, so well done for picking my Canes.
+4
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10-22-2023, 01:32 PM #19
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Two winners bro 73
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10-22-2023, 02:43 PM #20
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I thought for sure I was sunk when Jax St. won.
changing my signature to change our luck.
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