Anti- NY media....huge cash to be made

[Stag]

I live here in the New York City suburbs (Greenwich, Connecticut)

Let me tell you.......I don't know if this is true in other parts of the country, but the New York media's so-called "experts" are the WORST handicappers.
In fact, they define the word "squares."
I have two buddies who religously FADE the plays of two NY sources.
The first is the New York Post. Eleven (experts....LOL) give their picks ats in Sunday's newspaper every week. So, my buddy just goes anti-consensus, even if it is just 6-5.
He has been doing it for 10-12 years now, placing $500 on every game, and he is WAY up. Almost all of the sportswriters are well below .500 at the end of every year.
I finally jumped on yesterday and they were 4-10 this week! (so, 10-4 for fading them). Last week, they were 4-12! (12-4 for us fading them)
I was at a softball tournament Sunday morning, so I didn't have time to post. Let me know if you want them in the future.
Secondly, a very close friend of my father's listens religously each Friday to these 2 AWFUL announcers on the NY sports radio station 660-WFAN. These two guys are classic "know-it-alls!".
Their names are Mike Francesa and Chris Russo and their afternoon drive show is called "Mike and the Mad Dog."
Not only are these guys stuck on themselves, but they ALWAYS have opinions and predictions.
Anyway, my dad's friend has made a fortune by going against these guys. They define the word "pompous" and they think they know everything about sports.
Well, they give 3-4 college and NFL football picks each week, and they STINK! Then, they get back on the air on Monday and go over their picks and say things like "Wow. What an upset!" or "Who woulda saw that coming?"
They truly think that if they are wrong, then the game was a "shocker!"
LOL
Anyway, FADE them big time!!
Believe me...I know their is a lot of anti-NY sentiment around the country, and I see why. (I really didn't see it until I went away to college at Indiana University in the '90s). But, back home for 10 years now, I have grown to hate "new" Yankees fans (even though I am a diehard Yankees fan...lol). I also can't stand the talking heads on New York sports radio. They overrreact to everything and they think their opinion is gospel!
I love the city of New York, but its media and vast majority of fans are such squares (especially when it comes to picking games against the spread.)
It seems everyone around here has an opinion, and it is usually the wrong one.
Also, college sports are NOT big in this area, and it drives me crazy because so few people like college sports around here like I do. So, when they try to pick NCAA games, they SUCK! They couldn't name one player of the college team they are betting on!
Typical situation...the guys I play softball with. They all take favorites and follow the "NY media experts' plays. No wonder why they pay the bookie every week! They don't even follow college sports but they play the "big" NCAA games each week, and usually lose because they listen to these New York "hot shots" on the radio and in the newspapers.
But the NFL, forget it. They don't think underdogs can win games just because they are on the right-hand column of the point spread in the newspapers! They have lost before they even call the bookmaker.
Honestly, If I was not a school teacher, I would open my own bookmaking shop around here. These guys are the worst!

 

[COYOTEBLUE]

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA TO POST THEIR PICKS ...

THX

 

[Statman02]

Well............who do they have tonight ???

 

[ageecee]

ok who they taking tonite?

 

[Stag]

haha........sorry, I forgot to include tonight...I was rambling!

9 of the 11 people from the NY Post took the Cowboys (so the play would be the Redskins)
Also, one of the 2 radio guys also selected the Cowboys as one of his plays. (but beware, this guy LOVES Bill Parcells and NEVER picks against him. He claims to be very good friends with Tuna. LOL)

And 6 of 11 in the newspapers took the hometown Giants over the Saints (so the play is the Saints)


-Stag

 

[Hokie Fan]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
GGGOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD AAAfternoon everybody how are you today...

Mike and the "angry puppy" are a joke
They ran Francesa off CBS during college basketball because he knew and offered nothing
Love the way Mushnik kills him in the Post every day...

 

[bear]

Hey Stag

I guess I have to start buying the 'Post" again but there is no way I'm going to listen to Mike and the dog.
I grew up in Greenwich (off East Elm St) and have 2 sons living there now....1 in the house I grew up in and the other, who is probably about your age, lives on Mason St.

gl tonight
bear

 

[saint]

Man that brings back memories from high school, used to listen to the fan and those guys were terrible.

I think I might actually rather listen to Stephen A than those two idiots.

 

[Stag]

yes......I love Mushnik also! He calls them out on everything.
Their show is on YES Network now.....they are such frauds. Glad CBS ran Francesa out in the early 90s. You're right....he thinks he knows everything, when in fact, he knows next to nothing.
Russo is actually not a bad guy.........I have played pick-up basketball against him in his adopted hometown on New Canaan. Still, his act is tiring and often misguided. Whenever he is the last to know about some good athlete or coach, he calls them "underrated." He just doesn't do his homework.
He picked a game in college last week without even knowing how that team did the week before! LOL
And, according to him, Bonds and A-Rod, etc, are not good players because they have never won a ring! Meanwhile, both of them (and most New Yorkers) think Derek Jeter is the best player of all time because he was on 4 championship teams.

 

[Stag]

ya..Stephen A. is terrible.
I actually just put my iPOD on now and listen to music. All these guys on 660 and 1050 AM are Monday morning quarterbacks. They bash callers who share different opinions then theirs.
They also give the worst interviews ever.....bashing the player or coach if they don't like him, or kissing butt if they like the guy.
They are the masters of conjecture and hindsite.
Against the point spread....they are simply AWFUL. And there is always an excuse as to why their team didn't cover.

 

[DeadPrez]

I am a new yorker and I hate francesa, hate the yankees and hate jeter...they should put beningo on in their slot, he is so gung ho it is hilarious. Just the way francesa talks is sooooo pompous. ESPN radio there is a godsent. taking the redskins tonite out of spite and to fade the public (over 80%).
Laying off the giants til the half, may make a play then but if not just pulling for my team. wow, francesa, what an idiot. He is FULL (literally) of hot air and gelled hair. I would love to see those Post picks every week. GL tonite everyone

 

[repoman]

I am a new yorker and I hate francesa, hate the yankees and hate jeter...


:clap: :clap: :clap: :mj14: :mj14: :mj14:

 

[DeadPrez]

props to you repoman :clap:

 

[DeadPrez]

now can you go repo a playoff berth for the mets :mj07: :cursin: :mj07:

 

[Stag]

sorry.i should have posted before Week 1...and then again before Week 2.........it looks like this system might go 0-2 tonight. However, trust me when I tell you, these 2 sources STINK over the long haul. Every blind squirrel will find a nut sometime.
Anyway, I will try to post every Sunday before the 1 o'clock games.
Also, as I said before, be careful with the Giants and Jets, because they are the 2 local teams and the NY media tends to pick them way more often than not.

 

[AR182]

one year francesa picked all of the bowl games correctly ats.....so i would be careful.

 

[Stag]

he still sucks! and how many bowl games was it? not 17 or 18? and I bet he talked about that success for days, without mentioning all the losses he gives out.
also......looks like the Redskins will cover after all....atta boys......Francesa LOVES Bill Parcells. He thinks the guy (like Derek Jeter and Mickey Mantle) can do no wrong.
Francesa loses his pick while the NY Post writers win theirs (on the hometown Giants....which could be tossed out anyway, because they hardly ever pick against the hometown Jets and Giants)

 

[Blackman]

The best is listening to Mad Dog's reasoning for his college picks, it's obvious he doesn't watch a minute of college football all year and bases his picks on what team was good in the mid 90's. Agree that Francessa can be pompous, but he's a little better than you guys give him credit. NFL at least he usually keeps his head above water, barely. Don't think he's a chronic enough loser to make money as a fade. (remember just like winning they have to lose about 52% of their games to overcome the vig, which they don't)

 

[Stag]

yes...Francesa has been a fade.....particularly in college.....big time!
Russo's famous line every week goes something like this "Go with Georgia...you're only giving up 4, so the spread will not be an issue. Just basically got to win the game on the field."
Spread will not be an issue???!!!! Then the team he takes wins the game but doesn't cover. LOL. Guess it was an issue!
Francesa thinks he knows everything about horses, just because he owns a couple.
Another guy who SUCKS is Sid Rosenberg. CLASSIC know-it-all. He SUCKS at gambling and in fact had to be sent away to rehab for sports gambling, drugs, and alcohol. Yet, despite admitting that he "had" a gambling problem, still continues to offer his "expert picks" over the radio. This guy needs to get a life. I'm glad Imus fired him. I guess anybody who is very opinionated and can act like a jerk can get a sports radio gig in New York. (also i.e....Stephen A. Smith)
I will try to post Sid's plays (fades for us) if he still gives them on Friday. he is just awful and will never learn that he cannot pick outcomes of athletic events.

 

[moe777]

listen to these guys for 10 yrs now at work,cant stand russo,francesca is alright and knows the nfl and is right on with the yankees .they talk way to much baseball for me. mike did say last week that the cowboys will make the playoffs this year and that he would be surprised if they lost to the chargers in week 1.parcells told him they were very ready to play week 1.but his show on sunday mornings is very informative,gets interveiws with somebody invoved in each game,lots of info,weather ,latest injuries,gameplans etc....they do bs alot ,maddog definatly a square but fatass mike definatly knows yankeess,cowboys,st johns stuff.