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Professor Summer Vs Zeus Pone, Week 12
5 years ago
My weekly series has been brought out of retirement in part due to a challenge from 
ZeusPegasus13 ! We'll be matching wits week to week, more correct selections in week is worth a point, aaaaannnd, there were be positioning in a lewd picture at the conclusion of the 17 week regular season at stake for whoever gets more points. We'll do our best to lock our picks in publicly, but 17 weeks is a long time, so trust that we'll be keeping it honest during non journal weeks.
Current score:
3 2
For those unfamiliar, the positive or negative number of each pick reflects the "spread" that must be accounted for a pick to be successful. A negative number is subtracted from the given team's real life score, while a positive number is added to that teams real life score. For example. Team A -3.5 vs Team B. Real life score Team A 10 Team B 7. 3.5 is subtracted from Team A, for a pick score of Team A 6.5 Team B 7. Team B is the "correct" pick and Team A is wrong.
Week 11 recap: My run of bad 1 right 2 wrong CONTINUED for another week, but Zeus belly-flopped a 0-3 so I fell backward into a point. Back in the lead, I'm feeling myself, so lets see if I can improve this week.
Pick 1
Indianapolis Colts -3 to defeat Tennessee Titans
I have been a Colts doubter all season, but it's time for me to acknowledge them as a plucky underdog team with a for real FOR REAL defense. This game is to assert themselves in the AFC south and send the Titans firmly into the wild card chase, and I think they'll show up strong.
Result: WRONG, Colts lost in a blowout. That is what happens when Summer believes in an up-and-comer
Pick 2
New England Patriots +2 to defeat Arizona Cardinals
Time for some facts. New England won't go quietly. The universe seems to line up in ways that let Patriots fans cast themselves as massive underdogs overcoming long shot odds, despite them being an evil empire that everyone is tired of. NOT HATES, tired off. In wrestling terms it's "X Pac heat", which is no they're not booing you because you're a heel getting a good reaction, they're booing you because they want you to go away. But like I just said, they ain't going to do that quietly. Today's win will start their zombie like rise toward a wild-card, and honestly I think they have a better chance of reaching the post season than the Dolphins.
Result: CORRECT, Annoyingly, the Patriots won the game straight up, keeping them alive in the playoff chase
Pick 3
Las Vegas Raiders -3 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
On paper this is an easy one. Team with playoff aspirations against a team just playing out their season. Raiders split their two games against KC and are coming off a very close loss to them. So, while I'm taking the bait, this is a clear case of Sucker Bet. Throw out a tempting free money spread and then keep all their wagers after the "stunning upset." It'll be comforting, at least, to see that the Las Vegas based team isn't immune to these occasional Vegas profiting outcomes.
Result: WRONG For the second time I accurately called out a sucker bet and fell for it anyway. If I'm going to keep calling myself "Professor" I'm going to have to start getting on the right side of these.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9695419/
Giants -6 > Bengals NO
Raiders -3 > Falcons NO
Bills -4.5 > Chargers YES
--Summer's streak of 1 right 2 wrong continues, Zeus scrapes by with a tie after nearly running 0-3 again. The score remains 3-2 Summer heading into next week.--
GO BILLS!
ZeusPegasus13 ! We'll be matching wits week to week, more correct selections in week is worth a point, aaaaannnd, there were be positioning in a lewd picture at the conclusion of the 17 week regular season at stake for whoever gets more points. We'll do our best to lock our picks in publicly, but 17 weeks is a long time, so trust that we'll be keeping it honest during non journal weeks. Current score:
3 2For those unfamiliar, the positive or negative number of each pick reflects the "spread" that must be accounted for a pick to be successful. A negative number is subtracted from the given team's real life score, while a positive number is added to that teams real life score. For example. Team A -3.5 vs Team B. Real life score Team A 10 Team B 7. 3.5 is subtracted from Team A, for a pick score of Team A 6.5 Team B 7. Team B is the "correct" pick and Team A is wrong.
Week 11 recap: My run of bad 1 right 2 wrong CONTINUED for another week, but Zeus belly-flopped a 0-3 so I fell backward into a point. Back in the lead, I'm feeling myself, so lets see if I can improve this week.
Pick 1
Indianapolis Colts -3 to defeat Tennessee Titans
I have been a Colts doubter all season, but it's time for me to acknowledge them as a plucky underdog team with a for real FOR REAL defense. This game is to assert themselves in the AFC south and send the Titans firmly into the wild card chase, and I think they'll show up strong.
Result: WRONG, Colts lost in a blowout. That is what happens when Summer believes in an up-and-comer
Pick 2
New England Patriots +2 to defeat Arizona Cardinals
Time for some facts. New England won't go quietly. The universe seems to line up in ways that let Patriots fans cast themselves as massive underdogs overcoming long shot odds, despite them being an evil empire that everyone is tired of. NOT HATES, tired off. In wrestling terms it's "X Pac heat", which is no they're not booing you because you're a heel getting a good reaction, they're booing you because they want you to go away. But like I just said, they ain't going to do that quietly. Today's win will start their zombie like rise toward a wild-card, and honestly I think they have a better chance of reaching the post season than the Dolphins.
Result: CORRECT, Annoyingly, the Patriots won the game straight up, keeping them alive in the playoff chase
Pick 3
Las Vegas Raiders -3 to defeat Atlanta Falcons
On paper this is an easy one. Team with playoff aspirations against a team just playing out their season. Raiders split their two games against KC and are coming off a very close loss to them. So, while I'm taking the bait, this is a clear case of Sucker Bet. Throw out a tempting free money spread and then keep all their wagers after the "stunning upset." It'll be comforting, at least, to see that the Las Vegas based team isn't immune to these occasional Vegas profiting outcomes.
Result: WRONG For the second time I accurately called out a sucker bet and fell for it anyway. If I'm going to keep calling myself "Professor" I'm going to have to start getting on the right side of these.
PonePicks: https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9695419/
Giants -6 > Bengals NO
Raiders -3 > Falcons NO
Bills -4.5 > Chargers YES
--Summer's streak of 1 right 2 wrong continues, Zeus scrapes by with a tie after nearly running 0-3 again. The score remains 3-2 Summer heading into next week.--
GO BILLS!
