If you’ve seen A Bronx Tale, you probably know who Eddie Mush is. And if you know who Eddie Mush is, you know the story of him betting on a horse called Kryptonite.
I’m not going to explain it here, but suffice it to say that RFS should have been put in da bat-troom with Eddie Mush, JoJo the Whale, and Frankie Coffeecake for the Pickstravaganza performance yesterday. If you liked the movie, enjoy the clip (I couldn’t find one of Eddie Mush at the track).
Anyway - win some, lose some. It’s all a crapshoot against the spread anyway, and as I’ve said before… the spread has no friends.
Cumulative Prognostication Net Units: +3
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WHAT I LEARNED THIS WEEKEND IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL:
Pitt was overrated at #2; maybe Aaron Gray should have stayed home with the flu. I respect Wiscy (Missouri State fans should be extremely happy with Wiscy over Pitt) more than I did a week ago.
Very very very nice wins for Bradley and Drake (and by extension the Valley) against Iowa State and Iowa this weekend, even though Iowa State and Iowa are horrrrrrrrible this year. It’s gotta be nice for Dr. Tom to stick it to the Hawkeyes.
Very very very disappointing losses for Northern Iowa and Creighton. Particularly Creighton, who got owned on the road at Fresno State. The Jays might have painted themselves into a corner with their non-con record.
Zaga mystified me. What happened to the guys that played against Texas and Washington? Somebody put Derek Raivio’s picture on a milk carton.
Missouri State is ready to make some noise - a 20 point win at home against a feisty Indy State squad. Bring on the Valley regular season.
I’m not sure what to make of Southern Illy. As usual, they turn in a spectacular defensive performance at Indiana but looked pretty crappy on the offensive end. They fell apart after Mullins got in foul trouble and Tatum was forced to run the point (by the way - I’m retracting my “close second to Raivio” praise for Mullins from a couple of weeks ago; maybe in a couple of years, but not this season).
However, I think that it might say more about Indiana than it does about the Salukis. As Jay Bilas correctly pointed out - the Salukis see great D in practice every day. So Indiana must really have their stuff together on that end to force 20+ turnovers. There were definitely some bad decisions by SIU, but IU showed me something. If they can show some consistency, I think they’ll end up better than expected in the Big Ten.
I realize that LSU was running away with the game against Oregon State, but I have to wonder if they really want Big Baby shooting 15 and 20-foot jumpers as a standard part of their game plan.
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Another good weekend for the Shocks. A tough weekend for the Valley’s big name teams (Creighton, Northern Iowa, and Southern Illy). And a very tough weekend for the bunker…it got busted. It happens though. Regroup and rethink. That’s what I tell myself every morning after a snoot full of bourbon. Lay the three points and take Missouri State tonight.
December 18th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Another good weekend for the Shocks. A tough weekend for the Valley’s big name teams (Creighton, Northern Iowa, and Southern Illy). And a very tough weekend for the bunker…it got busted. It happens though. Regroup and rethink. That’s what I tell myself every morning after a snoot full of bourbon. Lay the three points and take Missouri State tonight.
IDENTIFY!