Sal the Barber

This is our weekly picks section where I tell you how to loose the mortgage payment and the kid’s tuition money all in one fell swoop.  Also, if you have kids and a house payment and read this site you have way more problems than gambling.  For those of you that are interested Sal the Barber is named after my dad’s childhood barber that was also a bookie and would take bets over the phone while he cut the neighborhood kid’s hair.

This is an NFL playoff weekend so the other sports can screw off because we are all NFL all the time this week.

Baltimore +3.5 @ Pittsburgh We have the Steelers in this one mostly because I hate Baltimore and think Pitt has it by a touchdown, I have a bunch of stupid reasons why this won’t be a 3 point game, but who cares.

Green Bay +1 @ Atlanta I have GB to win outright on this one so take the point and pick up some extra scratch with the line bet too, looks like you can get +120 if you look around, looks like the spread is at +112 too so you’re picking up extra scratch on this one all day long.

Seattle +9.5 @ Chicago  Can you really see Chicago winning any game by more than a touchdown, neither can I.  Sorry Ron.

Jets +9 @ New England  I can’t see another blow out like the last one, plus I hate New England and what better reason is there to bet than ridiculous emotions about conference rivals.  I’m hoping the Jets pull this off, but it’s going to be New England by a touchdown I think.

Stunning results from yesterday

Wow, I really hope no one took my picks yesterday, I think today I will wait until after the games to do my picks so I don't look quite so completely hopeless.  These will just be quick picks to see if I can salvage a little self respect.  Let's go with Baltimore to win outright, I think they are +3 and I'll go with the Packers on a pick.  So that's three underdog picks (two on the road) and an even pick, genius.  If you still want to read this crap after my stunning football insight I'll be doing a round up of all the games tonight and maybe I'll put up one of my world class essays that's supposed to be on sports, but really isn't about anything.

Wild Card Saturday

So Wild Card Saturday is upon us, you can tell that it's Wild Card Saturday because I got up at 10:30 and had two warm beers in the shower to kick off an afternoon of NFL football.  After 17 weeks of having to watch crappy college football on Saturday, I finally get the real thing.  And since Uj and Ron never got back to me, I'll be doing the all the game run downs, today I'll do today's games, and tomorrow maybe the same.  There is a chance that I'll get to tomorrow's games after I get home from the bar tonight in which case you can look forward to insane spelling errors and tangential rants about girls that ended up going home with someone else.

4:30 PM AFC Game:  The Jets +2 1/2 at The Bengals
In case you are wondering, I'm going with the oddsmaker.com lines, since they are the first ones that come up on yahoo.com and that's good enough for me.  Looks like you can get -3 and even money on the Bengals some places if you are in to that thing.  Anyway, I'm going to take the Bengals and give the points, if this game is close it's going to be a Cinci choke job, so if the Bengals are going to win it will be by at least a touch down.  I'm thinking a rookie quarterback first time in the play off, can't put hot sauce on his burrito situation from Sanchez.  I also think that Cinci is going give it Benson and pound it up the middle, making the Jets front 7 feel just like your mom.

One of our readers says this is not Tony Romo

8:00 PM NFC Game:  The Eagles +3 1/2 at The Cowboys
So somehow after loosing consistently in December and January all throughout the Circle Circles (my awesome new name for the last decade) they are now 1/2 point favs on a neutral field over the Eagles, who are 7-0 in first round games under Reid, or maybe not, but I think I heard that someplace.  First off, I hate the Cowboys, Wade is a Joke, Romo always chokes and I can't imagine that Cowboy's Stadium is a real home field advantage; this goes against Andy Reid being the worst clock manager ever, so let's go with Eagles for the outright win (that's +160 on the money-line for you degenerates out there).  Also, if the Reid-McNabb combo don't get it done this year, I think that this is the end for them.  Although I've always thought that a great after football career for those two would a tough West Phillie cop drama called McNabb, where Donovan is somehow partnered with his mom and Andy Reid is there hard nosed but lovable Lt.  Someone get me NBC on the phone, they are desperate for a 10 pm filler.