Have you ever studied for a test so much that when it came time for the test you actually forgot everything and ended up failing the thing? I feel like that was me this weekend. I did so much research and number crunching this week in efforts to give my readers the best picks possible, and it completely came back to bite me. I studied all week, and then when it came to take the test Friday and Saturday, it all blew up in my face. I should have known that even though Western Michigan is a good football team and PJ Fleck is an incredible coach, they weren’t going to beat a good Ohio team by 19. Colorado never had a chance. I will never forgive the Troy football program for what they put me through yesterday. Picking West Virginia was completely my fault, Big 12 Football is so unpredictable it’s stupid. I know that Wisconsin and Penn State have great defenses but betting the under was OVER before it started.
I don’t want to be completely negative though. Temple, Alabama, and Clemson/VT really came through yesterday. I want to congratulate the Temple Owls for finishing the regular season at an astonishing 11-1 against the spread. That’s incredibly impressive and I’m upset they don’t get a trophy or something for that (seriously, someone should look into that).
This isn’t going to be a very long post because I promised my wife that I would put up the Christmas lights on the house this afternoon (happy wife, happy life. I think my dad said that once, or maybe it was Jim Harbaugh). I just wanted to reflect a little bit on the lesson I learned this week: Too much studying can be counterproductive. Sometimes you just need to go with your gut instinct, and I will be doing just that the rest of the way. Ok that’s false, I’ll be doing research, I just won’t go to three different weather websites to research the December 3rd forecast for Laramie, Wyoming anymore.
I do want to thank you guys for reading Double COVERage this week. My picks might not have been so great, but my dude Holst is still on fire! Since the handful of readers were so great this week (and we hope you continue reading, because this is kind of fun), I’m going to do a Monday Night Football Special Pick (with very little research). I’m officially done ranting, here’s my pick.
Bart’s Monday Night Special
- Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets: Colts (-2)
HELLO! The Jets are not a good football team, and I’m pretty sure they quit playing to win the game in about week 3. On the other hand, the Colts are getting Andrew Luck back this week and have had a nice break since Thanksgiving to rest up and get healthy. With a win, the Colts would have a share of the lead in the terrible AFC South.
Bottom line: The Jets are really bad at the game they get paid to play/coach. The Colts aren’t a whole lot better, but they have their playoff lives to play for and Andrew Luck is the definition of a gamer. Give me the Colts, and I don’t think it’s really even close.
Double COVERage 