Power Position Betting Presents CollegeBoy: Sports Idiot

It's pretty funny to see that the New York Knicks, at 6-11, are one game out of first place in the Atlantic Division. There is a joke here, but it is too easy to say. However, much like football has parity on a league level, where any given sunday (a phrase repeated once too many times now in these posts, officially, so a phrase now retired) any team can win, there is a certain parity in basketball. It is the opposite of Highlander. All the teams in the Eastern Conference have their heads cut off, like chickens at the slaughter house, except instead of one entity sucking up all the power and energy, it sort of just sits there and festers in a puddle of woe and terribleness (and not even Orlando can claim to be the Highlander of the bunch, I'm sorry. But can't you imagine Grant Hill in some darkened room, sucking the energy out of the Celtics and Knicks and all those other once storied and great franchises? Well, I can). Unfortunately, there must be one to represent them--and, like I already said, it will not be Orlando--so who will it be then?

Bill Simmons, ESPN columnist over at page 2, wrote how he would like to see a one-on-one match up between Wade and Lebron, with their teammates standing around and shoving one another, fighting over whose star shines shines brighter.

I like it. But they won't make it.

Now, a good question all of you could be asking is, who the hell do you think you are CollegeBoy? I mean, you call yourself CollegeBoy, very original, very cool, super-duper, but who cares about that, just tell me who the hell are you?

Good question. So. What I do know? Who am I? What opinion can I offer to this convoluted and semi-preposterous blog-o-sphere?

Well, I'm nobody. I'm just starting out, starting to gain credibility and the thing is, I don't care about credibility so if i gain it or not, I could care less. So I'll offer this, and you can just ignore me, but I'll be there a few months from now, saying I told you so.

This is the Nets year to return to the Finals. Their stiffest test will once again be the Pistons, but this year they take them and here is why I think this: oh, and this is of course granting the fact that once the playoffs finally roll around, my opinion will have been changed two or three times--like I said, I'm learning, and everything I see on TV and online tells me I have the right to change my mind a hundred different times, the whole time saying I knew it all along.

Anyhow, the Nets have the ability to play some amazing ball for a stretch of the year. Every season there is a stretch where the Nets look untouchable. This year, I'm thinking the stars line up just right for another embarrassing Finals loss. It looks grim now, but this is part of the plan. They play terribly, halfway through go on a 15 game win streak (and all you betters out there, once that happens, you get your wallets ready), play terrible again, then finish up and down before losing in the first or second round of the playoffs.

Not this year. Barring injuries and, you know, the Nets playing like the Nets.

Hey, I'm not a professional. I'm an idiot. And this idiot feels things.

So what does this idiot CollegeBoy feel about what's happening on the ice?

Got to love what's happening in Anaheim, which is something a lot of people predicted, including your humble idiot here. After the Mighty Ducks got Pronger, I bowed my head and felt the wind of Lord Stanley exhaling my way, whispering...mighty......ducks.....mighty.....ducks.

Now they are 19-2-6, and looking incredible. I have Giggy on my fantasy team, and am riding him to first place currently yet again. There is something about fantasy that bothers me, but I won't say anything about it here, expect that column to appear Friday. No, right now we're focusing on hockey.

Across the pond, you got Buffalo playing even better than the Ducks--19-3-2, so three games in hand on the Ducks. Still, i don't see (check that, feel) a Sabres-Ducks clash to lift the Cup. No, so. What do I feel?

The New Jersey Devils.

Wow, can we see some more bias for the state you live in and the teams you? Well, yes. I'm a Knicks fan and pretty much hate the Nets. But I am a Devils fan. And, this is way to early to be talking about this stuff, so I'm just havign some fun, and what sounds fun to me is:

New Jersey Nets and Devils. In the Finals. Losing to teams out on the West Coast in California. What, you don't think the Mighty Ducks are gonna win? They will. And so will the Phoenix Suns. Cause they're not even in California, and that's why this idiot here feels like that.

Strange. I'm talking in the third person, at times, and calling myself an idiot. Wow, I hope I'm not wasting too much of your time.

One last word. When it's time to talk championships, we'll talk seriously. Until then, have fun and watch some sports yo. Drink some beer and yell out stupid things. We live once, might as well live as jackasses.

Power Position Betting Fantasy Football Preview: Week 13 (Podcast)

Play along with the Positioning Group in this week's Fantasy Pick Off!

Listen to this week's podcast as Pete Masters, James Sharpe, and CollegeBoy battle for Fantasy Supremacy. Do you think you know more about fantasy football than they do? The only way to find out it to pick with them or against them.

This week's match ups include a tag team matchup between Boldin and Fitzgerald VS Holt and Bruce, Michael Vick against himself, and Mr. Tomlinson VS the entire rushing offense of the Buffalo Bills and more...

To submit possible questions for next week's episode, either send an email to pete@positioninggroup.com or leave a comment to this post.

The key behind a Sports Investors' success is information, and with the PPB Podcast, we are giving you information that will not only help you in your Fantasy leagues, but in your Sports Gambling as well.

Power Position Betting Week 12 Quick Hits

You have got to be kidding me. There is no way that the Tennessee Titans dropped 24 points on the Giants, who were up 21-0 at the end of halftime, to win 24-21. Say it ain't so Kiwanuka, was that not hilarious? Great? Unbelievable? How could he not tackle Young, how could Eli throw up that ball like that? How? That was one of the best games I have seen all year. I love sports stories like this, these grand underdog narratives, and seeing the Giants completely melt down like that, just like the Eagles did to the Giants, it formed an odd circle in my mind on how this NFL season has shaped itself to be.

I can tell you Mr. Masters was distraught afterwards, staring at the screen in shock. At halftime, I leaned over to him and said, well, looks like our trend was wrong for this game. Giants fan that he is, he shrugged his shoulders with the smug look of a winning team on his face, saying that not all trends were solid. That the Giants were better than any trend--speaking with his heart, of course. Less than an hour later, he was nervously running his hands through his hair and when Burress gave up on that route, he knew it was over. He said he felt just like a Philly fan now. Just as terrible and depressed and pierced with agony.

I leaned over and said, well, at least the trend worked out.

That's the good thing about this year's football season, as wild and as crazy as it has been, there have been some pretty solid trends that have emerged, some great patterns to employ for profit, and above all else--a lot of fun to be had.

And so went another football Sunday.

How must Carolina fans be feeling right about now? They should call up some Giants fans and form a support group. A game they were supposed to win, a game they were supposed to steam roll the other team, only to walk away with a big old L plastered on their foreheads. Great stuff, and like the movie says, Any Given Sunday.

Hey Redskins fans, a win is a win. And it must be good seeing Jason Campbell lead the team for his first victory, and over what some people still maintain could be the eventual NFC champion. It made for some great action. Always great action on Any Given Sunday.

You can see the Bengals blank the Browns, just obliterate them, or the Ravens blank the Steelers. Two rivalry games, two games within the same division, and two lopsided victories. They weren't even fun to watch, unless you're a Bengals/Ravens fan.

Then you get the Falcons. What is going on down in Atlanta? Can someone apply some glue to all WR hands? I thought it was supposed to be Seahawks receivers who were supposed to drop balls. Vick took the game on his own legs, rushed up a monster game, but even then the D still let up 31 points to Brees who is easily the comeback player of the year and a pro-bowler. How nuts has Brees been? Fantasy owners who took him are praising God every Sunday.

Patriots fans praise Tom Brady, even when the man doesn't have his best game going. Still, he had a high completion percentage, controlled the clock, controlled the game, and steered his team to a close victory over the Bears, a potential Super Bowl match up. In other words, he, and the other Patriots, took care of business.

The Jets took care of business as well, and we saw the 3-man running back rotation in action. Now let's just hope for some more wins. They have an easier schedule than most, and if things break the right way, they may even end up playing in January. You never know...though I do wish we played that Bears game a whole lot different. Coulda, woulda, shoulda...

Which is what the 49ers must be saying. They outplay the Rams the whole game, in St. Louis, and then with 20 seconds left, Bulger finds Kevin Curtis in the end zone and game over. What can you do? Heartbreaking.

But not as heartbreaking as what happened to Jacksonville. They actually tied the game with about twenty seconds left, Matt Jones finding the end zone in what has been a disappointing season for the young WR. Then Losman, cool calm and collected, throws a 30 yard strike down one of the sidelines and game over--Bills, winners of two straight close games.

Which means the AFC East has returned as the NFL's toughest division (though the argument is made for the NFC East, the AFC is more balanced). Good times for Jets fans...

And good times for Colts fans. Can we say that the rookie of the year contest has just become a heated battle, with Addai taking over Colston as the favorite to win ROY? To have a game like that on national TV, on channel 4, huge amounts of exposure for the rookie and the word is that he is just beginning to heat up. Makes people forget about...what was his name? You know, that guy who used to run for the Colts. Um... Oh...yeah...

Edge. At least Arizona put up a great fight in Coach Green's return to Minnesota. Though when you compare the two running back's, Edge and Addai, it's pretty laughable. 25 yards receiving and running and a fumble lost for Edge to 208 yards and 4 touchdowns. Hey, you know what kind of numbers that Addai kid had?

Old Edge numbers, when he was on the Colts. Gotta sting a little bit, but in all honesty, the Positioning Group still likes what we see out there in Arizona, and although this is a lost season, we really think they are going to get over the historical hump that has kept them down and really turn things around. We're waiting, and we'll easily wait another year or two.

It reminds me of Rutgers, actually, my old school. Terrible football program, for years and years. Throughout those years, we always heard about a coach who was coming in and turning things around...and we kept on being terrible. But look at us now. And look at us in the coming future. There are good things in place in Arizona, and I can't wait to see their seeds ripen.

Like the seeds the Chargers have planted. Super bowl champs? Over the Colts? I think so. They played a so-and-so game against the Raiders, but a lot of teams do. The Raiders have turned into an actual black hole. That area for the die-hard fans? It's spread, and taken on properties of the black holes in space. Moss' talent couldn't escape it. Down went Sapp. Down went Brooks (who just seemed destined for black and silver, didn't he?) Down went Collins. Who knows where Romo went.

And down go other teams who play against them. It's hard to play at your top level against such an obviously inferior team (and I am mindful, of course, of the fact that this obviously inferior team still has some ballers). It's just natural to play down to your opponents level, to give up on a game when you're up 21-0. Ask Giants fans. They'll tell you what you think.

Thankful for Romo

I'm writing this post after a night of feasting and drinking, hoping to imitate what's going to happen to Tony Romo later tonight and for the upcoming future, especially after his five touchdown passes, three hundred yards, and a Thanksgiving to remember performance.

During one of our podcasts a few weeks ago, Mr. Sharpe made the statement that Tony Romo gives the Cowboys a shot at making the playoffs. I argued, stating that only Bledsoe the Statue could lead the Cowboys, that Romo was too inexperienced and too flaky and too, well, too Tony Romo. He just didn't inspire confidence in me, and well, on this Thanksgiving, with my stomach already stretched beyond any normal limit, I eat my words.

Tony Romo gives the Cowboys a shot at the playoffs, and beyond.

Now, next week's game against the Giants is pivotal, obviously. Just like the television already showing commercials for Christmas, Thanksgiving marks the official beginning of "playoff talk." Magic numbers appear, strength of schedule arguments are increasingly held in higher regard, injuries are magnified ten times over (though McNabb's injury, for example, is just terrible through and through--once again, obviously), and all the games are hyped up even more than usual. After all, once the stakes are defined, they inevitably have to rise.

And the stakes are rising for Tony Romo. He's a star, supposedly dating Jessica Simpson or some hot chick, some super model, some paradigm of the highest sense of femininity. For most people however, and especially for all those Romo-sexuals, what matters most is whatever happens on Sunday. Sure this is nice, but as Romo may soon discover, it's not that hard to fall from the top.

Pride cometh before the fall, and as long as Romo stays humble and stays straight, it'll be interesting to see how far the Cowboys will go come January. Very interesting...

Well, I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving, or had a good Thanksgiving actually, as I am writing this 2am eastern time. I'm heading out in a few hours to check out some Best Buy's and Circuit City's, hopefully I get me something nice. And hopefully you all get something nice too, just stay humble folks. Stay humble.

Positioning Group Wishes All a Happy Thanksgiving

We'd like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We got three football games that should be more than enough entertainment while we stuff ourselves with food. The Power Positioning Group is taking a week off from our fantasy football podcast. CollegeBoy and the rest of us will be back next week. Members do not need to fear, everything continues for you guys as usual and for all of you out there, I think CollegeBoy is fixing together a nice holiday article, so look for that. So drink, eat, be merry and place large wagers--just remember to relax, it's a holiday.

Power Position Betting Week 11 Quick Hits

I'd like to take a second and travel back in time, to the Power Positioning Group's fantasy football draft guide:

1. LaDainian Tomlinson, CHARGERS

Most experts have LJ and Alexander going one-two, with LT dominating the third slot, but I put Tomlinson first overall. Consistently nasty, he is able to single-handedly win games (remember that game against the Redskins last year?). Furthermore, with a young quarterback in Rivers, Tomlinson is going to see his catches (already high) go up, and as long as you give LT the ball, good things happen to the Chargers and his fantasy owner. Lastly, it is also my personal belief that we haven’t seen the best of Tomlinson yet…and that’s a scary thought. If I have first pick, I’m taking Tomlinson.

Are you scared yet? Not to pat myself on the back, but for the second consecutive week, LT has scored 4 touchdowns in one game. This game also saw him break the mark as the quickest player to 100 career touchdowns. He simply is the best football player in the league, without a question.

Question: when it's time for the Madden team to pick a new cover, will they have the heart to break LT? Thing is, and you hear it here first, if there is ever a player to break the Madden curse, it's LT. He's King Arthur, a modest lad, sauntering up to that sword stuck in the rock and it just slips out easy...

Speaking of Madden, he talked a lot about LT as a "great" person, and of course he is, but you could really see it on the telecast. He doesn't show up the other team, he doesn't slam the ball down--he goes out, has fun, and plays to the best of his ability.

You have to love that.

Some great games this week-end, tipped off by that ending to the Broncos game. Did you see Marty yelling at that lineman, Ohshitsky or whatever his name is, all red in the face about to stroke out? That's how a lot of fantasy owners are this weekend, including yours truly.

All right: Mcnabb, out for the year. A couple games back, after that ridiculous start, I was about to try and move him knowing he couldn't keep that ridiculous level of play up, but then I said to myself--and I really need to never listen to myself--what if he does? Granted he won't be a stud week in, week out, but he'll still be a great QB.

Correction, worthless. I love the guy, but that's the world for you.

How about Favre? On my team, and now possibly off it. Doesn't seem serious, though, but still doesn't help the fact he did crapola for me this Sunday. Love the guy, you know the spiel.

Oh, what's that? Yes, I am the proud owner of the league's most pleasant surprise, one Marques Colston picked up as soon as Week 1 was finished. What happened? Early ankle injury in a game where Brees threw for over 500 yards, over 500 yards!

Hello, are you there God? Why, oh why do you hate me.

And then, Kevin Jones. Against Arizona, safe to start him...until he leaves the game with 8 rushing yards. Did this just happen? Am I...this can't be real.

I'm sure a lot of you have one or two of those players, or any number of other folks who got injured (I apologize for being selfish and focusing on my own team, hope you understand), but all four of them, all four starting, all four giving me crap?

And the worst part, the absolute worst is that I am still winning my week going into Monday night. I have a six point lead and Shockey going for me, my opponent has the Jaguars D and Fred Taylor.

Pray for me people, please, I need the help.

One of the reasons I'm winning is because of my defense (hey, defense wins championships they always say), the Carolina Panthers. Sickness. One of three shutouts, the other two being the Patriots and Bears...great game by the Patriots, let's not talk about the Jets just yet, not worth it, I say, just not worth it.

Chad Johnson cannot be stopped again, he had just an absolute monster game...slightly overshadowed by Lee Evans. Hello! Gore rushed for madman yards, but no touches was slightly disappointing, not that he cares. The 49ers spoiled Alexander's return, and that is that. How many thought the 49ers would be .500 past the halfway mark of the season? We did, just to pat ourselves some more...

The Colts lost. The greatest things about the Colts loss is that A. they were 1.5 favorites against a 5-4 team and B. this loss wasn't shocking, a la Rutgers beating Louisville or Rutgers losing to Cinn. the next week--though once again, we here at PPG weren't shocked by those two games at all.

What can I say, our backs are getting a little red now...

Anyway, both Jacksonville and the Giants want a win bad, so expect a good game. I'm leaning toward the Giants, but that's just because I need and want Shockey to give me 2 touchdowns, so yeah...

We'll see what happens. These upcoming weeks will be filled with playoff talk, and this is where the big boys step up.

Anyone have doubt that LT will be stepping up?

Didn't think so. Number 1 in the beginning, number 1 in the middle, and I am sure he will be number 1 in the end.

Balkman is Knicks High Scorer

We here at the Power Positioning Group love great stories, and the first chapter of an interesting tale was written the other night in Madison Square Garden, when Renaldo Balkman scored 18 points (as well as grabbing 7 boards) to lead the Knicks to victory.

Many of you out there remember draft day 2006, with the talented but troubled Marcus Williams sliding down the draft board, pick after pick, waiting for his name to be called. Finally, pick 20 comes around, and everyone knows the Knicks are going to strike draft magic again and select a player they had no business taking.

And that player was Renaldo Balkman. For those who don't remember.

Shock. Laughter. Amazement. Befuddlement. Pick an adjective it works. What we here at PPG wanted to know, however, was how this kid could play. Now, we're not saying he's gonna be a superstar...but he certainly is a high energy guy, and with the Knicks trouncing the Heat (though that's nothing special these days, especially with Shaq out), it's just a little something to keep at eye out. There is an interesting mix of players for sure.

Also, there is nothing Isiah wants more than to be a successful coach, especially after a year that I wouldn't wish on even my worst enemy. So more power to you Isiah, more power to Mr. Balkman (who looks like he can be related to the half-alien half-human soccer super star Ronaldhino), and more power to the Knicks who are in desperate need of something good to happen in the Garden this year.

We'll be watching.

Basketball and Hockey...oh my

So far on this site we see nothing but football. Does this mean that is the only sport we are concerned about and cover? After all, we are talking about 'SPORTS Investing' here, and I can guarantee that the Positioning Group is making money right now off of the NBA and NHL and what not. In part, I bear most of the blame for the lack of coverage. Hey, my name is CollegeBoy, I'm supposed to be lazy, right? Mr. Masters doesn't think so, however, and he tells me I better get off my ass. So here we go.

NBA, what am I thinking? Where to begin...and where to come up with something original. Or, not original, but something that hasn't been beaten to a dead horse. That's one of the problems about the internet, and also what makes it great, is that there are so many voices out there. Unfortunately, the old question: "If a tree falls in the forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" has just been given a shot of Botox.

All right, so I can't talk about the new ball, can't talk about teams that are falling apart, teams that are surprises--I mean, tune into any blog, TV show, website, you can get all the news you would want. What can I offer, one lonely CollegeBoy? Don't want to talk about the gambling aspect of it just yet...so what do I talk about? I certainly can't talk about trying to come up with something to talk about, because that is just silly--though it appears to be what I am doing right now. Think CollegeBoy, think.

CollegeBoy can't think, so I'm going to take the easy route: talk about myself.

I'm not the hugest fan of basketball. I'm a sports fan though, and one of the greatest things about sports is that if you aren't doing anything, are bored out of your mind, you can always find yourself lost in a game. So I'm no expert in basketball or hockey, I can rip the video games, follow all the action, even think I can be a better commentator than some of these people on the air--but I can't analyze these sports by myself. Perhaps it's I don't have video equipment or maybe I don't see a point to it, since there so many people analyze sports today, what can I add to something that ultimately falls apart anyway?

That's the thing about watching videos, the difference between the ideal and the actual. Take the Iraq War for example. In the video room (the war room), the planners of the invasion watched a bunch of videos, came out with the best game plan they thought possible (I hope), and then everything fell apart. In a similar fashion, I was driving in New York the other day and I needed to get to a certain place. I called my girlfriend up, she went on google maps and found me the best route, but when it came time to take action, the road was blocked with cars and people and I had to audible my ass out of there.

Watching video is a huge benefit, however, as it prepares the team, or our country, or even myself driving with an idea of what to expect. It's just a mistake to assume that the team that prepares the most is the team that wins, not necessarily true--it's like those kids in high school who studied half an hour, got an A+ on an exam while you and your four weeks of study have to be a happy with a solid B. Sucks, but it's a lot better than those kids who studied half an hour and failed though, right?

So what am I trying to say here? I'm not suggesting I'm one of those kids who can watch a game and tell you everything about everything for an A+ report. Nor am I suggesting that I am going to be watching hours and hours of video, I'm not, I'm just not that interested. I watch me my sportscenter, read a bunch of articles in the newspaper and online, but that's all. I'm just an ordinary fan.

What I am suggesting, however, is that I hope I will be able to write meaningful (to a degree) blog posts about all of the sports world and not just football, because as great as this football season has been, it's not good to focus on one sport. Monogamy works fine and I'm committed to my girlfriend, but I'm a SPORTS investor in training, and that means I have to be committed to all Sports, all the time.

Therefore, the whole point of this article, something that could be summed up by the following line is: be prepared for posts about other sports. And be prepared for a Rutgers Football article. As alumni, I told Pete and James about the program, and they believed in me and made a bunch of money off them, good news, but as for myself, I'm enjoying the hell out of this season. RU, RU, RU ready...ha, check out this rap.

http://www.letsgorutgers.com/

They got the right idea, got the timing, and everything. Good for them, and good for us all. Until next time, peace out people.

Power Position Betting Fantasy Football Preview: Week 11 (Podcast)

Play along with the Positioning Group in this week's Fantasy Pick Off!

Listen to this week's podcast as Pete Masters, James Sharpe, and CollegeBoy battle for Fantasy Supremacy. Do you think you know more about fantasy football than they do? The only way to find out it to pick with them or against them.

This week's match ups include Torry Holt VS Steve Smith, Tom Brady VS Brett Favre, Vince Young VS McNabb and many more...

To submit possible questions for next week's episode, either send an email to pete@positioninggroup.com or leave a comment to this post.

The key behind a Sports Investors' success is information, and with the PPB Podcast, we are giving you information that will not only help you in your Fantasy leagues, but in your Sports Gambling as well.

Power Position Betting Quick Hits: Week Ten Football Review

I think the standard opening for any article, blog post, or discussion of the previous week’s NFL games should be: oh my, holy, did, no, yes, wow! Just a steady stream of unarticulated yips of excitement, as each week the NFL keeps on getting crazier and crazier. It almost doesn’t seem real—as if the various owners are sitting up in some secret penthouse, slowly turning the drama knob way past 11 on their control box that rules over games, off-field antics, and the weather.

For starters, did you see the Chargers Bengals game? This is one of those annual games where hordes of angry fans take up any means of protest and bombard the television networks with a “get rid of the 4:15 rule or else,” a game where people who own satellite sit smug in front of their televisions, like amoebas, absorbing all the images piped through the box in fantastic gluttony…

Hmm. Is it the owners who are controlling all this crazy NFL action? Or is it Direct TV and their satellites? Those bastards.

Anyhow, as all of you who gathered around the proverbial water cooler know, the Bengals jumped out to a 21-0 lead. Chad Johnson and Carson Palmer were on their way to career days, and Tomlinson was languishing in a place decidedly not Tomlinson. Sure he scored a touchdown, but still, the Chargers were down by 21 in halftime.

Then it all changed, becoming one of the most exciting games in a while, culminating in the Bengals needing to score a last minute touchdown (and if doing so, a two point conversion) to prolong the insanity. In an anti-climactic moment, the Bengals failed to score—though I think the refs should have called pass interference on the final play, just to collectively give millions of Americans heart attacks.

It’s not the owners or Direct TV who control these games, but a secret cabal of American nutritionists and health experts who want to show, through the large amount of heart attacks that occur on Sundays, just how unhealthy our country is…

So the Bengals fall just short, and so do the Titans. Here was another of these games. McNair hooks up for a long bomb and everyone is thinking the Ravens are going to go nuts, then the Titans come right back and build a 19 point lead, only to give it all back to a late fourth quarter touchdown pass by Not so air-anymore McNair. The Titans storm back, but their last second field goal attempt is blocked, once again causing Direct TV owners to smile slowly and suck up those crazy NFL fumes.

You know, for all of McNair’s faults this year, the Ravens somehow are a 7-2 team. As a saying of mine goes, credit must go where credit is due…and credit is certainly due to Mr. McNair.

Credit is certainly due to my team, the New York Jets. For all of my complaining about the Chris Baker atrocity, it still wasn’t washed away by this victory—a part of me yells out, no! We would have been 6-3, you stupid refs…

I know, I know. Give it up, move on. Ultimately, the Patriots still win this division, but if we can manage to beat the Bears next week, happy happy joy joy. The Patriots streak of not having consecutive losses is gone—a streak that began after a Jets loss I might add—so who knows, maybe we can take the division. It all rests on the Bears game next week.

Can the Bears beat both New York teams consecutively? We’ll have to see. Last night they beat an injured Giants team, spurred on by a crazy— one of the craziest plays of the year, in fact —108 yard field goal miss return. Starting slow, the Giants just could not keep up with them. Hopefully, the Jets can.

Hopefully, we’ll see more games like Pittsburgh and New Orleans (what is with Pittsburgh’s games this year by the way?) It’s always fun to see these offensive shows. Willie Parker rolled, Colston increased his lead and cemented rookie of the year, and Drew Brees caused even more people to froth at the mouth in frustration, knowing their football team could have had him.

You know, it’s not nutritionists, Direct TV, or football owners controlling the NFL, but the US Government. By having these games get so wild, everyone starts talking about this instead of what is happening in Washington…well, we’re on to you Uncle Sam. You may take our freedom, but you’ll never take our internet gambling…

Gambling—I bet a lot of people lost some money on the Falcons in the last two weeks. For the second week in a row, Vick and the Falcons lost to teams they should have beaten. In our previous posts, I wrote how all this talk about Vick having turned a corner is yet another example of the mainstream media getting ahead of themselves. The numbers just did not assert that fact, and though we love Vick, he is still…well, Vick.

Gambling—I hope a lot of people picked the Dolphins to cover/and, or beat the Chiefs. Crazy as the games are, there are various trends that still exist, and one of these trends played out to perfection once again down in Miami. Those of you who have the Power Position Betting Home Study Course know exactly what I’m talking about…

Once again, the Colts did just enough to win. Maybe the government doesn’t control the NFL—Peyton Manning does! He certainly has all those commercials, like a poster of Stalin or Hitler, they are everywhere. Pledge allegiance to the Manning! He is carefully planning all these games so that things go right and he wins the Super Bowl, but like all the best-laid plans of mice and men…come January time…

Peyton remains a mouse.

Who knows though, maybe this year is the year…really? Can it? We’ll see.

We saw the Raiders return to their losing ways, Javon Walker catching another touchdown pass to further antagonize Brett Favre, whose team beat the Vikings so I don’t think he cares all that much. Not today at least. Romo and the Cowboys, all those sexy Romosexuals in Texas, beat up on the Cardinals. And then, what we had predicted to be the game of the week, upstaged by the Chargers Bengals game…

Seattle VS. St. Louis. Is there a better trend than the number of insane games played between these two teams? What a great rivalry. Once again, Josh Brown kicked a last second game winning field goal, yet another hair-raiser and goose bump inducing game that has now typified this NFL season.

It’s not the government, nutritionists, Direct TV, or football owners who control the NFL, and sad to say, Peyton is not Stalin or some manifestation of ‘Big Brother.’ No, the NFL is just this crazy organism loved by fans, a sport and entertainment that does not fail to disappoint, although if this doesn’t stop, I may need to steal some of my mom’s blood pressure pills to lower mine.

Just oh my, holy, did, no, yes, wow! What a week…what a week.

Sports Betting Underdog Continues to Shine

We told you all.

We'll say it again.

Football lives in New Brunswick once more!

The party just stopped for us a little while ago. We helped celebrate the biggest win of Rutgers' season (so far) and one of the most important in their college football history.

Thursday night, Louisville came in with what was on paper the superior offense. In the polls Ranked #3 compared to Rutgers' #15, but who had one of the top defenses in the country. Most people said the Scarlet Knights had no chance, they could not stop the powerful offense. They said Rutgers played no formidable opponent that really tested them.

Rutgers listened and responded beating Louisville 28-25 to remain undefeated and alone atop the Big East. Their defense showed the country what they can do to a powerful offense, confusing Brohm with blitzes and hurries all game.

Rice, Leonard and crew were awesome, and played with the hearts of Lions not letting a 25-7 first half deficit hold them down. The D led by Foster shut down the Cardinals in the second half. Then in the final seconds, even though he needed a second attempt thanks to an offside call, Ito put the winning Field Goal through the uprights.

The fans flooded the field, and the party continued in New Brunswick till the morning, and then continued some more. Top 10 here we come.

Power Position Betting Fantasy Football Preview: Week 10 (Podcast)

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Power Position Betting Quick Hits: Week Nine Football Review

Chris Baker was in—a week hasn’t dampened the anger I feel for the officials of the Jets-Browns game. The bye-week simply allowed the call to fester in my mind, like an insect bite infected with toxic chemicals until it swells to twice the original size. And there is something great about this; this is why we watch sports. This is why I am sitting here, posting my thoughts about all these games, why you are reading them, why the Internet is so huge, why bars are some of the greatest places in the world, why there is sometimes nothing more relaxing than kicking back with a beer and yelling at the screen, yelling at each other, yelling just to yell.

The refs blew a call, and the next day you could see the people directly affected by it, walking around with these swollen chips on their shoulders. They huddled together almost conspiratorially as they assuaged themselves, telling themselves that it was all right, we’ll get them next week, next year, next whenever. This is how a sense of community builds, whether virtual or in the physical world. All because of sports, and how great has this year been, this past week—this is the NFL community, sprawling across all the bars and homes, the Internet, and the minds of countless people.

Colts VS Patriots. Manning VS Brady. The source of a particular vehement debate (and an odd one, considering Brady has all the rings) as to which is the better QB. This game settled it, as far as I’m concerned—Manning for any regular season contest, Brady for the playoffs. The Colts are undefeated halfway through the season, playing some great football, but as it’s been said so many times…

It’s all about winning come January.

Favre knows all about winning in January, and here is another condition of humanity best exemplified by sports—heroes don’t die, they just fade away. He is playing on a young, inexperienced team, obviously past his prime but he is still Brett Favre, still capable of putting up numbers, of adding to his prodigious stats. But as this loss to the Bills shows, he is fading. Has been fading.

And we are all happy to see him fade. That’s the great things about sports, that even when the individual’s winning ways are done, people still get out and cheer him—unless you’re the babe who stayed on for too long. There is a time to let go, and we are fast approaching the time for Favre to hang up his cleats and call it a day.

Maybe the Cardinals should hang up their cleats. If I thought the miscall against the Jets festered during the bye week, imagine what is happening to the shoulders of Cardinals fans across the country. Not pretty.

Not pretty like the Titans loss to the Jaguars (David Garrard steamrolled over them) or the Vikings/49ers game (which is great cause I really did not want to do the Frank Gore dance). Or like the Bears and the Falcons losing to teams they were supposed to beat—everyone was so high on Vick becoming a monster quarterback, they forgot to tell the rest of the team to take it one game at a time. Same went for the Bears, mauled by the Dolphins. The only thing fans could do was shake their heads and try to keep their chins up…hope for next week.

The Giants almost joined the Bears and Falcons, but they pulled out a gutsy performance in a game where a gutsy performance wasn’t needed, but hey, that’s football for you this year. Same went for the Chargers, minus Merriman. Losing to the Browns, they gave the ball to LT and rode him to victory. Many a fantasy heart was broken, who playing against LT and seeing his paltry halftime numbers, suddenly had any hope squashed with a 3 td monster performance.

Larry Johnson played like the number 2 overall back he is, fantasy wise, putting up monster yards but only 1 touchdown. And how about Stephen Jackson’s numbers? Fumbles, schmumbles, 13 catches for 130+ yards. Animal.

Colston is the rookie of the year. What a great player, it’s always great when one of the later round picks does so well, and the fact that I picked him up early in all of my fantasy leagues makes me smile come Sunday. He led the Saints, who rebounded from the loss to Baltimore with a win against a team they should have beaten. Good deal for all of them, especially for Brees who had another monster game, real and fantasy.

Javon Walker had the fantasy game of the week, propelling the Broncos to a convincing victory over the Steelers who, as the Bus said post-game, are done. They are out of the playoffs and hopefully not out of their minds in the Steel city—c’mon guys, your team won last year. It’s easy to forgive the champions.

The Ravens D played like champions. Jumping out to a 14-0 lead, off a pick six from a great play by Samari Rolle and Ed Reed, Rolle handing off to Reed as getting tackled, just a great play. The Bengals battled, but never really made it as close as the six-point difference at the end. And Chad? We miss you buddy…

Oh T.O., falling asleep in meetings and sometimes during the middle of a play. How many drops does he have now? Way too many, and against the Redskins, that figured to be huge…as did Parcells going for two. The point of this is that you can’t play would have should have, but still, if T.O. caught that ball and scored that td…

Good for the Redskins though. This was easily one of the most exhilarating and chest thumping endings to a game. First, you get the missed field goal, then you get it blocked, and then you get a BS 15-yard facemask penalty? And that leads to the game-winning kick that barely sneaks inside the pole?

I wasn’t rooting for anyone in particular, but I still felt my heart jump into my throat, and this is what makes sports so special. This is what makes our Power Position Betting system so great. We get to watch all the games, with little to worry to about. We turn degenerate gambling into a relatively safe investment, which allows you all to watch the games in peace, knowing you have already won. This way, you can yell at the refs, at the players, let you heart race or just sit there relaxing with a beer, it is all good…

Until next week, CollegeBoy is going to relax with a few beers, shouting at the Raiders to score just one touchdown. Seriously. Does anyone else see a shutout coming? The Raiders won two weeks in a row; so you know they won’t do anything. Anyhow, like always—stay sharp, play smart.

Louisville Prevails...to Meet Undefeated Rutgers

Well we were half right here in this game. The score was definitely over 56 but the outcome was not exactly what we predicted. Louisville, although unable to contain the West Virginia rushing game totally, still managed to defeat the Mountaineers in an offensive shootout, 44-34.

With this victory, Louisville remains undefeated and next Thursday will meet Rutgers for sole position of the Big East. We don't even need to wait for the lines on this one fellow handicappers. We are saying Rutgers all the way.

You might laugh at our choice now, but just wait and see...

The Robbery of Chris Baker and the NY Jets

For those of you who read CollegeBoy's post earlier this week and listened to the Podcast, you can clearly here the frustration and disgust of the Jets being robbed one more time.

Even though I am not a Jet's fan myself I do see how he can be so upset. Since he came aboard we have never seen him get upset and be so bitter unless there was something really bad.

So I decided to see if I can help out his cause. With the help of YouTube (I hope this site stays awesome now that it is under Google's hands) I believe I found a clip showing a horribly blown call clear and true.

But please judge for yourself and let us know what you think. Chris Baker clearly being pushed out of bounds.

Power Position Betting Sports Investing Notes: Football Week 8

Another very solid week for the Positioning Group's members, with investment returns on 4 out of 6 this week for our standard member picks. Games which became PPB Plays were:

• Buccaneers at +10 (NG)
• Titans at-3 (G)
• Colts at +4.5 (G)
• Ravens at +2.5 (G)
• Ravens/Saints Under 37 (NG)

Our PPB Play of the Week was the Cowboys at +3.5 (G).

We got a lot of crap on this one, especially after Carolina went up 14-0 in the first quarter. But we stuck with our guns and our faith that Romo would have a strong game, and he did. With the help of the Dallas D, who held Jake "The Snake" Delhomme to NO TD passes and only 149 yards passing, Romo led the Cowboys to a 35-14 victory on a 24 for 36 with 270 yards and 1 TD passing game.

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