I’m very sorry for taking such a long time last week to get my picks posted. You see, I was in Mammoth on Sunday night and the mountain got 12-16″…
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Zack Dennis
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What can I say? The computer went 10-3 on its bets last weekend, including a staggering 10-1 on Sunday. Unfortunately, the one bet it missed on Sunday was more than…
Zack Dennis
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FRIDAY UPDATE: The Dolphins line moved up a half-point, which I actually find rather encouraging. The computer now has $900 invested in that game. I doubt I’ll watch – I…
Zack Dennis
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Whoops – sorry for getting this posted so late. There’s no money wagered on the Lions game, and the other bets for today are pretty small, so you’re not missing…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: Well, the computer started off its week in a hole, as it badly missed its top play for the week last night. The table below shows my final bets;…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: Last night’s finish to the Atlanta game was disappointing – I’m glad I didn’t have more money on the Ravens. The Giants line moved down a little (to -13.5),…
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: Strange things are afoot with regards to the Seattle game – it was announced yesterday that Matt Hasselbeck wouldn’t be playing, so the game was pulled off the board. …
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor attempts to bounce back after its first losing week — and for Halloween, we look at five NFL players and their monstrous equivalents from Greek mythology.
Zack Dennis
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UPDATE: they finally posted spreads for the Jacksonville — Kansas City, Philadelphia — Tennessee, and Oakland — Denver games, with no big surprises. They also moved the spread down to…
Zack Dennis
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With both schemes still performing at better than 80% for the season, Gamblor and Son of Gamblor have agreed to take a breather and have just 4 bets this week.
Zack Dennis
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FRIDAY UPDATE: Apparently Jay Cutler’s precious little melon is too bruised for him to play, so the line in the Chicago-Carolina game has moved from -3 to +1. That’s right,…
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor looks to extend its insane winning streak with this week’s picks. Plus: five of the toughest field conditions faced in NFL history!
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor attempts to extend its hot streak to 3 weeks in a row, and we look at the 5 greatest regular-season collapses in NFL history.
Zack Dennis
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To celebrate Son of Gamblor’s incredible debut picking winners against the spread (6-0-2) we’ll look at the top rookie debuts in professional sports history.
Zack Dennis
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Gamblor and his squalling spawn, Son of Gamblor, return to Popdose for another season of statistically derived NFL picks against the spread.
Dave Lifton
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Netherlands 0-1 Spain (after extra time) Call this one a win for attacking soccer. Although it doesn’t seem that way after four consecutive 1-0 victories, but throughout this World Cup,…
Dave Lifton
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Uruguay 2-3 Germany The third-place game is FIFA’s way of telling two teams, “That’s OK. We can just cuddle,” and the only reason I’m covering this game is because I…
Dave Lifton
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Germany 0-1 Spain The soccer world, including myself, had bought so into this concept of a New Germany – one that reflects a more open society than we’ve been accustomed…
Dave Lifton
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Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands Usually in soccer, the phrase “Let the old defender who played for years in Scotland shoot from distance” is a good defensive strategy. But for Uruguay, it…
Dave Lifton
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Argentina 0-4 Germany Germany might not have played a traditional Teutonic style, but their tactics today were straight out of their playbook: score early, sit back and counter strongly. Part…
Dave Lifton
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Netherlands 2-1 Brazil This matchup of two of the most celebrated diving/soccer teams lived up to its billing. It helped that Brazil took advantage of Holland’s defense napping early on….
Dave Lifton
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Paraguay 0-0 Japan (5-3 on penalties) As with Uruguay v. South Korea, this was always going to be the appetizer to the main course later in the day. But the…
Dave Lifton
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Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia After all of yesterday’s drama, this game was bound to be a return to what we expect in the group stage: a perpetual favorite dispatching an overmatched…
Dave Lifton
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Germany 4-1 England This is going to be remembered as the game in which the ghosts of 1966 were evoked as payback in this famous rivalry. But even if Frank…
Dave Lifton
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My apologies for the lack of updates over the past few days. As much as I love the World Cup, I was on the verge of becoming a full-on soccer…
Dave Lifton
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Ghana 0-1 Germany Australia 2-1 Serbia The second set of games of the day were no less thrilling – four teams, all of whom were still capable of advancing. The…