It is the best week of the year; bankrolls are flush, spirits are high, so many bets to make!

SEASON OVER/UNDER PROPS! (bodog)

Georgia Tech 7.5 wins      OVER (-200, betting 2units)

Connecticut 8 wins           OVER (+115, 1u)   Uconn has best possible conf schedule (home games are WVU, pitt, cincy), and should be favored in 4 of 5 non-conf games.

Michigan 7 wins                UNDER  (-150, 1.5u) No reason needed.

West Virginia 8.5 wins      UNDER (+135, 1u) Good price, reasonably challenging schedule. 

Oklahoma   10 wins          OVER  (-190, 1.9u) Lousy price, but they are going to stomp this year. Dont see them losing more than 1 game on their schedule. Road games are at Cincy, A&M, Baylor, Ok St.

Texas A&M 7 wins            OVER (-155, 1.55u) Joke of a non-conf schedule. Could start off 6-1.

Week 1 ATS

Florida -36.5  (1.1u)     Playing Miami of Ohio, who lost 42-17 to Buffalo last game of 2009. Seems like free money assuming Urban Meyer's heart doesn't explode before halftime.

TCU -13.5 (1.1u)  Playing home vs Oregon State. Kind of a homer pick, TCU will want to run to score up if possible.

Boise St -1.5 (1.1u) Screw Va Tech so much.

Syracuse Degenerate Lock of the Week Brought to You by Heid's  (I will bet Syracuse against the spread all year, 7-5 or bust ATS baby!)

Syracuse -7.5 (5.5u). LOL AKRON. Sorry bookies, Lebron isnt their tight end. DC3 gonna put on for his city.

Here are the rules that fellow Syracuse Alums and I have developed over the last few NBA Drafts. It really is an amazing game. The two keys are a) to pay very close attention to Jay Bilasism's b) do good mock draft research so you can punish your friends when you guess the spurs random euro pick at the end of the first round.

One drink each:

-Any of the following words are used during the broadcast:

- upside (double if preceded by "tremendous")

- potential (see above)

- long/length

- wingspan

- NBA body

- basketball IQ

***5 seconds if any combination of 3 or more of those words is used in the same sentence***

-Any mention of God is made in a player's post-selection interview.

-A family member cries as the player's name is announced (multiplied by number of family members crying).

-A player's major/field of study is mentioned.

Two drinks each:

-Any of the following terms are used:

- motor

- work ethic

- raw athlete/talent

- pure shooter

- any reference to a player's leadership quality

- gamer

Five drinks each:

-A foreign player is drafted (10 drinks if the player is in the top 10 overall picks).

-A trade is made. If your team is involved, double this. For multi-team deals, drink 5 seconds times the number of teams involved (example: 4 teams = 20 seconds).

Finish your beer if/when:

-There is no video footage of a player drafted.

-The player's highlight reel includes either a lay-up or a missed shot (any point guard drafted is exempt from this rule).

-The last player in the Green Room is drafted

-A player from your alma mater/current school is drafted. Double this if the player is drafted in the second round (this is the only rule that applies to round 2... for your own health, the rest of the game lasts only one round)

Special Rules:

-Mini Power Hour when your favorite team is drafting. This applies to all first round picks.

-Every participant does a mock first round: Give out the number of seconds corresponding to the pick number for each correct pick at the time of said pick. (Example: get the 4th pick right, give out 4 drinks - can be split among more than 1 participant. Please note, there is no penalty for incorrect picks - there will be plenty of drinking otherwise)

I just heard her say this about Geno Auriemma while flipping by ESPN telecast of the women's champ game. I think this compares very favorably with the infamous Devo quote from earlier this season.

"I think he's the best in the country because he's got the best package..."

I can only imagine what she'll be saying about Kobe "black mamba" Bryant  when she does the sideline reporting during the NBA finals.

Hey guys-

Anyone else here going to be out in Vegas for the games? I'm going with some fellow alums and some people that I work with. It would be cool to figure out a sportsbook that we could watch the cuse games from. I'm staying at planet hollywood and some of my boys are staying at the westin casino. So a sportsbook in that mid/south strip area would be best. 

ps: going to make an anti-big10 parlay and an all big east parlay. 

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