The Free Picks On The Home Page

Cougar Bait · 10-30-2007, 07:45 AM

Is it just me or does it seem that every free pick I've seen on the home page over the last two or three weeks has been wrong? I never play them, unless I've already decided on a play, but it seems odd that every time I check it out they always seems to be on the wrong side.

Willie Bee · 10-30-2007, 08:08 AM

Must just be you, BTH. Remember, 'every' is an awfully big word. I don't have the October records quite yet, and it's possible over any short 2-3 day stretch that the front page picks hit a bad run. Also have to remember that we will publish picks on both sides of a game, so the overall records will tend to gravitate a bit more towards .500 because of that.

But looking at September numbers, the baseball cappers were down a half-unit with a 91-81-4 record, the NFL cappers were up just a hair with a 43-39-10 mark and the college footballers were up about two units with a 60-53 record. A few guys were on good runs then, like Brian Gabrielle was 5-0 in NCAAF, Ben Burns was 3-0 on the NFL slate, and Al McMordie closed his MLB season strong with a 17-8 run in September. Others were on bad stretches. In other words, not much different than anyone else.

Cougar Bait · 10-30-2007, 08:40 AM

I only bet football and college basketball, so I guess I should have clarified. By the way, two different cappers last night on the Monday Night NFL over.

Willie Bee · 10-30-2007, 11:28 AM

Yeah, I had the Over last night as well, thought I'd done well to get it last week when it was at 42.

The front page picks run hot and cold like a lot of picks. Glad to see another college hoops fan on board with us for this season...best of luck.

pokernut9999 · 10-30-2007, 09:47 PM

The ones I read week before last all won. Even posted about it since everyone says they lose all the time.