The Associated Pest

Last week’s positive was that Houston beat Carolina. No excuses about Jacksonville not covering over Atlanta. As far as UCF almost beating Texas, that did not surprise me at all. The truth is, once I heard the game was on TV (ESPN), I knew everyone would be betting Texas, especially in a teaser -10, so Texas only gave 9 points. Many went down the drain. The Snake did not bet on either, and I was touting UCF, but it was too late to change my awful pick. So to make up for it, I have a terrific week for us!

First, in the pros, I highly recommend to stay away from San Diego, New Orleans, and Philly. Don’t touch those games. My picks are Atlanta +4 over Carolina, Cleveland + 3 1/2 over Oakland, and New England -15 1/2 over Buffalo.

My college picks are West Virginia -24 over Eastern Carolina, Oregon -16 1/2 over Stanford, Air Force +11 over BYU, South Florida -131/2 over North Carolina, and last but not least, maybe worth a good size bet : Buffalo +4 over Baylor.

One quick story for the road. It was 1968. The Jets 21 1/2 point favorite over Buffalo was one of the greatest bag jobs ever. The game was played at the Jets (Shea Stadium). I was about 19 years old and got a football card that had a few mistakes on it. First, Okahoma State was favored by 14 over Oklahoma on the card. . . But the real line was Oklahoma over Oklahoma State! There were also two other mistakes equally juicy. The key was the card had the Jets a 1 point favorite over the Bills. That was an 20 1/2 point mistake!!!


I called my book and said there were a few mistakes on the card. He said, “We know, no problem, bet whatever you want.” I felt guilty as my wife and I went to the loan company and borrowed at least $1,000 for the plunge. I picked four teams on the card for about $1,400 at odds of 25 to 1. It was all I could scrape up.

I won all three college games easy on Saturday. I celebrated that night big, knowing I was going to win about $30,000 after the Jets defeated the 0-13 record Bills at home. I was so happy, but still felt a little guilty. My elation was short lived that weekend as Joe Namath threw 5 interceptions. Two kicks were also run back for touchdowns by the Bills, and I went for my balls! Buffalo 37-35. It was the only game Buffalo won all year. My wife at the time (we soon divorced) took it like a trooper as we ate rice for a while!

Last Monday, Philly 7 over Washington. Take 6 off for a 2 team tease and you have the Eagles -1. Looks real good, but the final was Redskins 22, Eagles 10. They win, we lose.

That card I talked about, I later found out it was not a local one but a national one. Many of us got burned badly by the boys!

Listen to the Snake, we will sniff out the right game to plunge on. We should do well with our picks this week.

Sincerely,

The Southsnake

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