Vegas wins when you tie. It’s called the vig (also known as juice, the cut, the take, the margin, the house edge). Abby won three (including a fun parlay) and lost three bets last week. One was a brutal, slim 1/2 point non-cover. So close. So far. She won five bones and lost five bones. The hunch bet game got “Covided out” yet again.
Viola. Vegas loves a week like that. It keeps you coming back for more. And, more is below.
The season stands even at 24-24-1, the bones are still good at 41-32, and the hunch is stuck at 2-4.
- Notre Dame at North Carolina +5 1/2 – A straight up win would not shock Abby Roux. She’ll take NC to cover but suffer a heartbreaking last-second loss. One bone.
- Oregon at Oregon St +14 1/2– Home teams are a theme for her this week. An angry home team in a rivalry game formerly known as The Civil War (that’s insensitive to say now but we digress) is even better. One bone.
- Iowa St at Texas -1 – She takes yet another home team, and this one is nothing if not inconsistent. Tom Herman has to win games like this in year four, doesn’t he? Two bones.
- Kentucky at Florida under 61 and 1/2 and LSU at Texas A&M under 63 – Alabama put 63 on Kentucky by themselves. Over is an easy peasy cover here isn’t it? Abby always loves a good zig when others zag. It’ll be raining cats and dogs in College Station. Half of that is always one of Abby’s favorite weather events. One bone to win three.
- Auburn +24 and 1/2 at Alabama – The Iron Bowl always has a surprise or two within the 60 minutes. Bama wins but as Lee Corso always says, “It’ll be closer than the experts think.” Abby doesn’t think it’ll be too much closer, but enough to cover. One bone.
- Miss St at Ole Miss -9 1/2 – The Egg Bowl features the two newest and biggest coaching personalities in the game today.
Points will come quicker than playing a pinball machine. Kiffin is going to run up the score if he gets a chance. Two bones.
There you have it. Four home for the holiday’s teams in five games, and two under the total score tied into a parlay. That’s eight bones wagered with a chance at winning 10.
On a hunch, bet the opposite of all of the above. It’s a novel approach in the year of the novel virus.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Woof!