Bettin’ or Braggin’: Two-minute offense
Bettin' or Braggin' is late this week, and not because we just needed more work on our no-huddle.
Bettin' or Braggin' is late this week, and not because we just needed more work on our no-huddle.
Bettin’ or Braggin’ is late this week, and not because we just needed more work on our no-huddle.
Which is a shame, really, because I’ve squandered a great braggin’ moment: A $4,300 BoB week, our best-ever. If SFBay Bucks were real, the sardines would be lobster tails. Maybe someday.
For now, enjoy as the stakes get high.
Fair warning: We’re not touts, sharks or bookies. We don’t splash action around the web or line up bets in back alleys. We’re just a few local writers picking games without much of a clue. So using these picks for your own gambling is probably a very bad idea.
Name | Bankroll | Last week |
Jesse | 17,800 | +4,300 |
Ali | 9,800 | +500 |
Chelena | 9,200 | -200 |
Game | Ali | Chelena | Jesse |
San Francisco (-7) at St. Louis |
SF 1000 |
SF 200 |
SF 4000 |
Cleveland (-1) at Oakland |
CLE 1500 |
OAK 100 |
OAK 200 |
New England (-7 1/2) Miami |
NE 2000 |
NE 100 |
NE 1000 |
Philadelphia at Dallas (-10) |
DAL 500 |
DAL 100 |
PHI 300 |
Minnesota at Green Bay (-8) |
GB 1000 |
GB 200 |
MIN 200 |
Seattle at Chicago (-3 1/2) |
SEA 500 |
CHI 100 |
SEA 1000 |
To refresh anyone’s memory on how point spreads function, the team with the “minus points” is the favored team, and has the “point spread” deducted from their score at the end of the game. The final score adjusted by the point spread determines the winner of the bet.
If a team is favored by three points, they must win by more than three points to win a point spread bet.
Of course you can play along with Bettin’ or Braggin! What kind of pro football picking game would Bettin’ or Braggin’ be if you couldn’t play?
You can win prizes! (We can’t. All SFBay staff can win are bragging rights over each other. In other words, priceless.)
But first, some rules:
* – Actually, we will be picking two Thursday games, the Seattle-San Francisco game Oct. 26 and the Denver-Oakland game Dec. 6. On those weeks, the deadline for weekly picks will be Thursday at 5 p.m. See why we don’t like Thursday games? Too complicated.
Third-place: SFBay black fleece hoodie, high quality. Nice stuff. $50 value.
Second-place: Limited-edition, authentic SFBay Golden Gate FC soccer shirt, customized with your name. $120 value.
First place: A green Joe Montana Notre Dame Adidas jersey, “True School Authentics,” Size 56. Very high quality retro-authentic heavy mesh. Brand-new, never-worn condition. All tags attached. Very collectible. $250 value.
Jesse Garnier is the editor and founder of SFBay. A Mission District native, he also teaches journalism as associate professor at San Francisco State University.
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