This was my favorite way to bet when I got started in 1997. I'd basically pick the biggest favorites of the week (skipping any that I thought had good shots of being upsets, like this week when I skipped the Giants playing the Cardinals (I think the Giants were favored). It's amazing how much the odds add up when they multiply like that. This week's 7 teams were all more than 7 point favorites and I ended up getting better than 5:1 odds. Boom - easy money!
Of course, more often than not, 1 upset wrecks this little "system" of mine. I usually pick 4-6 teams, but honestly liked all 7 a lot this week.
I was in a straight up pick'em league one year, back in like 1999 or 2000, and actually had a perfect week once (13 games, I think it was). That doesn't sound that impressive, but it really is. No parlay for me that week, but that would have been some sick odds, and I even had a couple of dogs in there.
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10-28-09, 02:07 PM
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