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Getting lucky with the picks
October 20, 2007At one point - two weeks ago, in fact - I led the high school, college and pro football periscopes.
In fact, since coming to work here, I've won each of periscopes for the season.
It's a feat I jokingly refer to as the TRN slam.
And even though I'm leading two of the periscopes right now, I'm certainly no game-picking genius.
It's really all about guessing - looking at a match-up, remembering past history and sometimes, just going with a gut feeling. But what really complicates matters is the point spread.
Somewhere in a brightly-lit room on the Las Vegas strip, someone sits down and decides who will most likely win which game and by how many points.
So, it's easy to pick the winning team straight up.
But, if they were a four-point favorite and win by three - you lose.
That's why you run into some people who are still upset when their favorite team wins. It's because their team probably didn't win or lose by enough points...and they were crazy enough to put money on it.
Don't me wrong, I like being the dude leading the picks every week. But, I like keeping money in my pockets a little more.
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