Picking Games That Will Actually Be Played Harder Than Picking Winners
We moved this feature from Thursday to Friday beginning last week, in hopes that we would stop issuing selections only to have them be cancelled later in the day when games in our parlays and teasers were virus victims. So, what happened last week? Literally five minutes after we posted our selections, our number one selection as far as our confidence in thinking it would be a winner, was cancelled.
We cannot possibly send this out an hour before the Noon Eastern kickoffs, so Friday morning is about as late as we can release this weekly feature. Maybe, we should try to predict who will cancel in the final 24 hours before kickoff?
We were quite hesitant to use Tennessee and Vanderbilt in our selections this week, because the Commodores’ roster looks like a retail store about five weeks after they have begun to liquidate with a “going out of business” sale. They have 44 players remaining on the team, but they have just one defensive end left on the roster, and two real linebackers. They have been forced to use small defensive backs at linebacker and offensive linemen in the defensive line. One of the healthy defensive backs, a true freshman and one of the very few 4-star recruits suffered the tragic loss of his mother and has been left with three siblings that he will now become their legal guardian. He’s all of 18 years old.
If you want to contribute something to this family facing a tragic loss of having both father and mother pass away, the four teenage kids could use a little Holiday Season support. For what it’s worth, the Vanderbilt freshman, DeRickey Wright, is not only on athletic scholarship at Vanderbilt, he is on academic scholarship. His three sisters are aged 16, 14, and 10. A Go Fund Me account has been set up to help the family. Rather than ask you not to use our selections here as real betting advice, we ask you to consider donating a little to help this family in their worst time of grief.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3m97-wright-family
This Week’s Selections
| 1. College 10-point Teaser | ||
| Selection | Opponent | Spread |
| Arizona St. | Arizona | -0.5 |
| Georgia | Missouri | -3 |
| Nebraska | Minnesota | -0.5 |
| 2. College 10-point Teaser | ||
| Selection | Opponent | Spread |
| Ball St. | Western Mich. | +8 |
| Toledo | Central Mich. | -1 |
| Troy | Coastal Carolina | +23.5 |
| 3. College 10-point Teaser | ||
| Selection | Opponent | Spread |
| North Carolina | Miami (Fla.) | +13 |
| Tennessee | Vanderbilt | -5.5 |
| Boise St. | Wyoming | -1 |
| 4. College 10-point Teaser | ||
| Selection | Opponent | Spread |
| Florida | LSU | -13 |
| Auburn | Mississippi St. | +3.5 |
| USC | UCLA | +7.5 |
| 5. Money Line Parlay @+131.55 | ||
| Must Win | Opponent | Odds |
| Army | Navy | |
| Virginia Tech | Virginia | +131.55 |
| 6. Money Line Parlay @ +160 | ||
| Must Win | Opponent | Odds |
| Utah | Colorado | |
| Northwestern | Illinois | +160 |
| 7. NFL 10-point Teaser | ||
| Selection | Opponent | Spread |
| Chicago | Houston | +11.5 |
| N.Y. Giants | Arizona | +12.5 |
| Detroit | Green Bay | +17.5 |
The Pi-Rate Ratings 