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And here come the NCAA Conference Championship games.  Whew.  That was quick.  Anyone having withdrawals before it’s even over? After a week in NOLA Abby is having a few withdrawals of her own of a different kind.  But, the elixir proved to be mixed just like a fine hand crafted cocktail. It got the job …

The NCAA Football regular season ink is dry, and the dye is cast. So who are they?  Who are those teams that fell significantly short of meeting the expectations of their followers?  Disappointment can and does come from a few angles.  The program’s history builds in annual minimum standards.  A new, and maybe highly paid, …

On January 19 of this year Sen. Kamala D. Harris of California joined the 2020 presidential contest with her goal to win the Democratic Party nomination. “The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values,” she said in the video. “That’s why I’m …

The NCAA Football regular season ink is dry, and the dye is mostly cast. For many teams the season’s promise was bright as summer turned to fall.  Now, as fall turns to winter, that promise has turned darker than late afternoon post the change in daylight savings time.  You set you clocks back while some …

Friends Buoyed by another weak manufacturing data point and concerns that the trade deal with China will be “delayed” once again, the bears were able to add to Friday’s modest losses with a feisty selloff of the market averages. Of course, we haven’t seen very many pullbacks in recent times, so when they occur they tend to get your attention. […]

You deserve your nuggets today.  Last week the BBR Staff and it’s degenerate gambler and mascot Abby were on assignment in the greater south Louisiana area.  They covered LSU and the New Orleans Saints live.   They also covered bets.  But most of all, they watched more than wrote.  It’s now  time to write more on …

Shame on Abby.  She brought her PC on the road but forgot the power cord.  The battery is low,  The picks, briefly, are below. Virginia Tech -3 v Virginia  –  Va Tech continues to late in season impress.  One bone. Texas -9 v. Texas Tech – Texas has to beat some one soon and soundly …

The latest AP Top 25 Poll is out.  But, it almost could be reprinted from last week.  There was very little change except one significant one.  Onto the Ten Piece Nuggets which we will keep pretty lean today.  Thanksgiving and stuffed turkey is near.  Three of the top five won by convincingly beating  significantly inferior …

College football rolls into lucky week 13. Abby wasn’t only lucky last week, she was good.  Four wins v two losses makes her season long record 30-32.  Where the money is though is in the bones.  Hitting her best bet (Georgia over Auburn) for four bones helped her widen the winnings on the year to …

Yesterday we began our NCAA football series examining disappointments from coast to coast.  Overnight our Washington Bureau won over our editor.  Because of that, today we put our series on hold to bring you a different disappointment from coast to coast.  It’s time to check in on the US House Intelligence (misnomer) Committee Impeachment Inquiry …