Even Up

Last night in St. Petersburg, Southern Mississippi smacked Louisville with 14 points to open the game.  Louisville got one TD back, then gave one back to let SoMiss lead by 21-7.   The Cardinals went to work after that one and tied the score before halftime.  42 on the board at the half, I'm thinking "we're going to Sizzler".  Then came a scoreless Q3 that left me on edge.  They broke it loose in Q4 and we were in the money with a half a quarter to play.  Our record goes even at 2-2 for Bowl Season.

Tonight, in Vegas, we're taking the over and Boise State -17.  On Thursday we're taking the Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, and on Friday we're taking Tulsa over Hawaii on the islands.  More on those tomorrow. 

Beef O'Brady Got Game

Correction: Beef O'Brady has a game, and this is it, tonight.  By the way, we ate at a Beef O'Brady's once, in Apollo Beach, Florida, and it was less than a culinary masterpiece. The only thing they didn't deep fry was the menu and the beer.  They're playing the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in the Trop, aka the Sombrero, aka the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, aka the Crapshack, located in a dumpy area of St. Pete, about a half hour south of the lovely Raymond James Stadium.  This one matches 6-6 Louisville against 8-4 Southern Mississippi. Louisville has hovered at a 3 1/2 point favorite since the game went up.   We felt like this was a sucker game, that Louisville's 6-6 was strong, then not so much.  Then we thought SoMiss might take this one straight away, and found SoMiss was paying 140 straight up.  Back and forth we went. Conclusion: they're inside on turf in a meaningless party game.  Bet OVER 57.



Sam Boyd's gaming company owns
15 casinos. Sam himself es muerte.

 On Wednesday comes the game that I think I'd like to attend, Utah and Boise State matched up in the Las Vegas Bowl.  Two fun teams in the funnest (?) town around.  Gamble for a couple days, go to a football game, smoke a stogie, drink some drinks, watch the hooker parade, man, that just screams "Christmas!"  The forecast calls for 57 degrees and rain (yea, rain in Vegas, go figure).  There's a load of stats and game comps for these two teams, and the long and short is we see a track meet coming.  Boise is a 17 point favorite, but we've decided to go for the entertainment value again: bet OVER 57 1/2. 

That takes care of Tuesday and Wednesday.  Here are couple more days of Christmas past.

For #5 click here

For #6 click here 

Finally, happy 84th birthday to Joe Paterno.

More Christmas Stuff



Entering Four Winds, a Christmas tradition.

 On Sunday, I finished the chores left from Friday afternoon.  This took us to the state of Michigan, so on the way home we visited our Pokagon band friends (the proprietors of Four Winds).  There was an incentive for the Mrs. (she's the player) and a gift for visiting, and a couple bucks for the effort, too.  Being gluttonous, I subsequently motored to Blue Chip, a venue that we haven't visited for quite some time.  I'll save that discourse for later.

Tomorrow, another bowl game.  Today, days 3 and 4 of the Twelve Days of Christmas, Reprised.

For Day 3, click here

For Day 4, click here