AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!!!
While there are usually no changes in the last few week of the season, this years going to be an exception......and don't say I didn't tell you so 2-3 weeks ago.
Johnny "On The" Spot, from Bill's Gambling Hall, formerly the Barbary Coast, has broken into the top 5 in a tie for 4th and 5th. This guy is a 2 time champ, and always seems to be near the top. Good luck Johnny. He knocks out Al Beal who had been in the top 5 most of the season Al is from Paris-LV.
Well Josh Pool still leads the pack, but he's starting to struggle with an 6-10 week. As you can see, this week the MNF game is included in this weeks standings. Josh now has a 132-92 record which is a 8 game lead over everyone else. Not that it can't happen, but it's going to be hard to make up that many games lead. Jim Garner, who made an impressive rush to get into the top 5, is still at it and leaps up to 2nd place after posting a 11-5 record this last week. Tied with Jim is David Snock. They both have a 124-100 record.
Tied for 4th and 5th are three bookies, but I had to throw one of them out to make a top 5, so the person with the worst record last week got eliminated. And the honor went to Aaron Kessler from the Golden Nugget-Laughlin. He had a 7-9 record last week. The above mentioned Johnny Spot is tied with Cavin Kishi from the Monte Carlo. who dropped out of the top 5 last week.
As far as the lines they made their picks against, there are 9 differences. The are: GB -13(14), ATL -7(90), MIA -2(3), PIT -1(2.5), ARZ-13(14), SF-10(11.5), IND-6(5), DAL_3.5(6.5), CHI-1(+7). The big differences being DAL and MIN. Sooo! Let's get started!
JOSH POOL FIESTA RANCHO LW 6-10 YTD 132-92
SD...GB...OAK..CIN..BUF..HOU..NYG..NO...NE...PIT..DEN..STL..DET..IND..WAS..MIN
JIM GARNER EDGEWATER-LAUGH LW 11-5- YTD 124-100
TEN..GB...CLE..CIN..BUF..MIA..NYG..TB...JAX..PIT..PHI...ARZ..SF...IND...DAL...MIN
DAVID SNOCK PLANET HOLLYWOOD LW 10-6 YTD 124-100
SD...SEA..OAK..CIN..ATL..MIA..NYG..NO...NE..BAL..PHI...ARZ..SF...IND...WAS..MIN
JOHNNY SPOT BILL'S GAMBLING HALL LW 10-6 YTD 121-103
SD...SEA..CLE..CIN..ATL..MIA..NYG..TB...JAX..BAL..DEN..STL..DET..IND...WAS..MIN
CAVIN KISHI MONTE CARLO LW 9-7 YTD 121-103
SD...GB...OAK..KC...ATL..MIA..CAR...NO...NE...BAL..PHI..STL...SF...IND...WAS..MIN
CONSENSUS ALL HOTELS LW 8-8 YTD 114-110
SD...GB...OAK..CIN..BUF..MIA..NYG..TB...NE...BAL..PHI..ARZ...SF..IND...WAS...MIN
35...33....28.....31....32....39...29.....29..29....29....27....30....28...35.....28.....42
The above number represents the amount of times that team was selected by all 49 bookies.
There are 2 teams selected unanimously by the bookies, and they are IND and MIN. With MIN, you have to factor in that the line they selected at was MIN +1, so you have to throw this game out as far as I'm concerned. Teams that were selected 4-1 were: SD, CIN, MIA, NYG, WAS. It seems that all these selection match up with exactly what the Consensus has selected, so no edge there.
Hope some of this helps you in your picks this week!
So have a MERRY XMAS and we'll see you next week for New Year.