It has been 238 long days since last season’s Bowl Championship Series title game. Thursday marks the start of the 2009 season.
For months, bettors have been preparing for Week 1 games, building their bankrolls, reading as much literature they can get their hands on and scouring the Internet to track injuries and suspensions of key players.
And now that the magical day has arrived, what should a bettor do? Not a damn thing.
That’s right — do not place a bet on opening week. Instead, wait, watch and listen. Yours truly, in this week's column for Covers, believes this is the worst weekend of the season to risk hard-earned simoleons.
David Payne, a colleague at Covers, disagrees. He writes that this is the weekend to pound the sportsbooks because oddsmakers are posting lines based on flimsy information.
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You're exactly right.
Who bets on teams they haven't even seen play yet (because they haven't even played yet)...
That's like telling your friends you're going to propose marriage to the girl you have a blind date with tonight, which would just be nothing but an act of impulsive desperation (I like that you ended the article by citing impulsiveness).
It would also be an act of someone who maybe thinks they're clairvoyant (I agreed with what you wrote under 'Clarity of mind'), but is more likely delusional...
You do know the industry's profits are built on impulsiveness and delusion don't you?
I'll bet you do (because I bet on what I see and therefore know, and not on mere prejudice and speculation, which is too much like gambling, which I don't want to do).
Posted by: Coach | September 03, 2009 at 06:35 AM
Wiz, Why don't you defend yourself against the Covers readers who have commented, so strongly disagreeing with you?
Posted by: sportif | September 03, 2009 at 04:52 PM