The Sports Curmudgeon®

Two weeks ago, the Mythical Picks for the Conference Championship games split evenly. I liked the Pats – 7 over the Ravens. The Pats won by only 3. Yuck! I liked the Giants +2.5 over the Niners. The Giants won outright. Yummy! That 1-1 split for the week brings the cumulative record for the season [...]

Last week’s Mythical Picks took gas; that is about as polite a description as they deserve. Here is a quick review: I liked the Bengals +3 against the Texans. The problem is that the Texans won by 3 TDs. Yuck! I liked the Saints – 10.5 over the Lions. The Saints won by 17. Yummy! [...]

After two less than sterling weeks of Mythical Picking, last week’s selections were ever so slightly in the “Mythically Profitable” category. Here is how things went last week: I liked the Dolphins + 11 against the Pats. The Pats won by only 3. Yummy! I liked the Pats/Dolphins Over 48. The game went Over by [...]

It was only two weeks ago when Mythical Picks were so on point. It was only two weeks ago when I could dream about making a living betting on all the NFL games on a weekend card. That was two weeks ago; here is the disaster from last week: I liked the Bucs/Jags Over 38. [...]

The results from last week’s Mythical Picks were about as “plain vanilla” as you could get. Here is a summary of the selections: I liked Packers/Lions over 55. The game went Under. Yuck! I liked the Lions +6.5. The Packers won by 12. Yuck! I liked the Cowboys – 7 over the Dolphins. The Cowboys [...]