SB Nation User Blog: YouCanPutYourEddsInIt

I need my gambling recommendations!

YouCanPutYourEddsInIt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:09:04 -0000

jebushchrist? Where are you? I need to know how to bet this week.

I need your infinite wisdom to horribly miss on 50% of your "sure things." I made money last year going against your advice (after learning a hard lesson the first week).

If heeding the BHGP advice on gambling is a fool's folly, then I'm a fool. Just like drinking hard at 6 am before a game makes you a fool. And wearing black and gold striped overalls makes you a fool. And being pitied by Mr. T makes you a fool.

Since I am all of these things, and I supect 50% of BHGP readers are all of these things, then , please, please, give us fools our gambling advice!

At least we're not...Wisconsin?

YouCanPutYourEddsInIt — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:28:07 -0000

It bothered me last year that Lane Smith was not suspended from the Badgers for his actions. I think if he were at Iowa he would have sat out the year, not the 5 road games. And it really pisses me off now that U Iowa is the national media go-to for off-the-field troubles, while other programs are getting a free pass for looking the other way on their players' transgressions.

Lance Smith Article

What the hell were Bielema and Alvarez thinking when they made this policy for Smith? I know what they were thinking - let's win some freaking football games.

"When you're put on a pedestal like that, you hear a lot of things and you see a lot of things and you think it's OK"

YouCanPutYourEddsInIt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:27:21 -0000

I'm no Gopher lover, and I sure as hell am no Dominic Jones lover. In light of the sexual assault incident involving two (or more) Iowa football athletes, however, this recent article about Jones seems to carry relevance.

If you don't recall, Jones was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl - while she was unconscious, and after she had had sexual relations with other football team members - in an incident eerily echoing that at Iowa.

It seems that as despicable we may find the situation and Jones himself, at least he appears to be taking the right approach to his life following it. He's actually got a lesson to share with other athletes.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/26011539.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:3

I only hope that something as positive can come of the Iowa situation.