It's been a long couple weeks. I didn't do so good for most of ya a couple weeks ago. I had to go into hiding. You don't believe me? Here's an email our esteemed Mr. Banks got: Dear Louie: I cannot believe that a simp like you who lives in Vegas went only 1-4 or 2-4, depending how you look at your parlay win. What a joke. And you get paid for this? And people follow … [Read more...] about Take It To the Bank — College Football Saturday!
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Take It To The Bank, College Football Week 3
So I was sitting at the book at the Las Vegas Hilton over the weekend, and it was just like old times. "Louie!!!" "Hey, Louie, what's cracking?" "SECURITY!!!" Now, maybe I groped that woman, maybe I didn't. I'm an old man, and my mind ain't what it used to be. I do know, and I can say with absolute certainty...that those puppies were real. True story. Now … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank, College Football Week 3
Take It To The Bank, College Football Edition
Hey, last year's last year. This is the year you want to tune in. This Sports Bank, they got a pretty smart guy runnin' this thing. They saw the terrible job that that Chicagoan guy did picking games last season and they turned to a grizzled veteran to make the picks. That Paul Banks guy, he knows. He knows. He went out to Vegas to find the best, and he's got … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank, College Football Edition
Take It To The Bank! CFB Week 9
By Paul Schmidt "I love my Idaho Vandals. This is a ridiculous line." Well...it certainly was. Should have been about twice as big...that was, however, one of the year's silliest football games, with Nevada racking up nearly 500 rushing yards, and scoring 70 points in winning a 70-45 score-fest last weekend. Just an all-around wild game...and also the only game I … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank! CFB Week 9
Take It To The Bank! Week 7 NFL!
By Paul Schmidt So, let's forget what happened last week. That's right, we'll just forget it. 0-4? Oh and Four???? What???? Three of my picks outright lost, and the fourth, Jacksonville, barely snuck out a win. EPIC FAIL. On the plus side, I'm still over .500, and that's a good thing... On to this week's picks, with lines courtesy of Harrah's casinos in Las … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank! Week 7 NFL!
Take It To The Bank, Week 6 NFL!
By Paul Schmidt The first five weeks of the NFL season...I won't say they have been a gambler's paradise, but I will say that Vegas has been taking a bath. The biggest reason is how bad some of these NFL teams are. To wit: Jacksonville is one of the worst teams in the NFL this season. Last week, they got blown out on the road, 44-0. This week, they come home, and they … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank, Week 6 NFL!
Take It To The Bank! Week 5, NFL Edition!
By Paul Schmidt Last week, I bragged about how well I was doing with my NFL picks. I said EVERYONE should listen to me. I even went so far as to demand from my wife that she should start betting all of my games if I went 4-0 again. If you read that last paragraph and didn't understand that I probably REALLY pissed off the gambling gods, well, then you haven't gambled … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank! Week 5, NFL Edition!
Take It To The Bank, Week 5 CFB
By Paul Schmidt Welcome back to week five of my fearless prognostications! Lots of good last week, and let's face it, I was due. Even though my Illini let me down (and by let me down, I mean gave me a swirly for roughly 3 and a half hours), I was able to come up with an over .500 week, and a win against my competitor, Peter Christian. Granted, I received a … [Read more...] about Take It To The Bank, Week 5 CFB