Indiana, 'Clones and Temple Spells Doom or "We're Going to Fizzler"

It was an exciting (though unprofitable) Saturday.  We finished minus 3, but there were great games all day, exciting finishes, and coaching calls that were incomprehensible (Charlie Weis should send Purdue's coach a big Hallmark hug, what the hell was that time out call about?). 

* Texas Tech +1 @ Houston : PUSH

Late on Saturday night, in one of the most entertaining games of day –and Saturday was a great football day—Houston banged in a TD in the last minute of play to take a 1 point lead. That put us at a push. Houston lined up for a 2 point conversion that would make us a loser. They missed, TxTech couldn’t get close enough for a field goal attempt in the remaining time and we end up with a push.

** Michigan –19 v. Indiana LOSER

Michigan has officially pissed me off. They won, they didn’t come anywhere near covering the spread, and they left us with a loss.

*** Army @ Iowa State –10 WINNER

I’m pretty pleased with this one. We won comfortably. What a relief.

**** Buffalo +2 ½ @ Temple LOSER

All the rhetoric about the enemy of my enemy, all the expectations of a PPP, all the four stars and the pressure that accompanies top billing, a lot of Buffalo BS…Temple hammered Buffalo, simply freakin’ hammered them. We couldn’t have been much more wrong.

Fortunately, we had a few other wagers (including Iowa straight up, yea, baby!) that hedged the financial damage, but there is the stigma of losing, made worse by the admission that I watched the debut of The Cleveland Show last night. 

We both need to improve next week.