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At -25, I'll go with the underdog.....$100 on The Door Mats.

$100 on the Mats. The first two games after a Game Shape reset seem to play closer than later in the season.

Give me $100 on the Mats +25

Yeah, -25 is a lot, especially for the 1st game of the season when GS and enthusiasm are equal and HCA means so much. And total salary is different, but he can certainly put out a starting squad equal to mine. I'm not going to bet on my own game because:
1- I'm superstitious
2- It's not totally 'fair' since I know what tactics, effort, line-up, training plans, etc I'm going to play with and therefore have a better guess than everyone else where the line should be

..but if this were somebody else's game, I would not expect my team to cover the 25 points.

(edit: fyi this is a really fun idea though, can't wait to start wagering on the rest of you all's games!)

Last edited by J-Slo at 2/11/2012 11:10:58 AM

I've got $100 on Ron Swanson

Ron Swanson won big.

Dang, I lowered my bet cause you all convinced me Door Mats stood a chance... oh well still got $100 :)

So in case you missed it Ron Swanson covered. Easily. Here are the standings:


Winners all at $1100
Flash Mashers
Lengends
Natellio

Losers who didn't bet and are at $1000
Cresleys
Door Mats
Eclypze
East Gary
Lake Charles
Ozark
Ron Swanson
Traptors
Updog

People who went for The Door Mats all at $900
2 Left Feet
BAT
Extra Crispy
Liberty

Let me know if I screwed up anywhere.

Last edited by natellio at 2/13/2012 8:56:39 AM

Here we go with Game #2.

This will be a fun one!

Toronto Traptors @ Extra Crispy

These are two playoff teams from last season who both took losses in their first game this season. I figure both will be playoff and promotion contenders by the end of the season though. They're coming off a TIE so their enthusiasm should be the exact same. Last season, the two teams split they're two matchups. Ironically they both won by 2 points at the other team's home court. So, does that give the advantage to the away team tomorrow night?

Probably not. Last season they played at equal effort at Extra Crispy's place, and Toronto took it by 2. Then, Extra Crispy used a normal and won by two at Toronto's place. So, you would think that would give the edge to Toronto based on effort.

Maybe.

Toronto just took a very bizarre loss at the hands of the Ozark Tigers. Ozark has not logged in since 1-25, and before that hadn't in even longer. One can assume that the Traptors didn't play their starters, and got bit by that. But still, how can that happen?

So.. after much turmoil I'm going to give the edge to Extra Crispy here. Surely someone can hold homecourt in this series. And with no gameshape or enthusiasm advantage this one's a push. The question is, after starting 0-1, will one of these teams throw out a normal?

Line is at Extra Crispy -2.5

I don't know what to do. I'm going with the home team but only for $50.

East Gary for 250

Extra Crispy 150