What did we learn in the first week?
Ohio State(-14) over Virginia Tech (1.5*)
- - (1) Getting ready for the big stage on Monday night, Urban Meyer and his experienced staff have been pushing the right buttons since August and before, and this is a chance to show it.
(2) Even after last year's championship run, I can't rightly claim I'm well versed in all the individual weapons on the perimeter and in the physical trenches (and all their four star gifts), but I know my eyes will be seeing no shortage of explosive Buckeyes.
(3) And now that championship team visits the house of the only team to inflict a blemish last year? That makes this personal, a whole year's worth of bad film, not just some early game that might not stand out.
(4) Ohio State made some cappers very happy at the end of last year; Urban Meyer at coach was as responsible as any factor for that wise investing. Carrying my cash works again, maybe you can figure out why.
^ ^ ^ ^ Insightful story about my gambling habits . . . So often, there will be one or maybe two games left on the card for the week. I've already peeked ahead to next week's card. With that one or two remaining games I've been looking at all week, I may not have thought I had a strong feeling about them, but it's actually fair to say I'm as "on it" with information, angles and/or opinions of some sort which now have me feeling as strongly as I'm likely to feel about all but maybe a few games next week. Then I decide to pass on the game. I can blame lots of reasons for the too many times it's happened, but I pass on pulling the trigger. That is a mistake in my CV that has cost me winners at a rate which comfortably exceeds 54%.
Been there, done that.
I've been on vacation this weekend, but what else did I maybe learn in the first week that may or may not payoff with some rewards of at least 54%? -
(1) If I had just stumbled upon some capper noting for the benefit of my lazy amateur noggin that Texas A&M would run the ball so much more effectively than ASU, I would have then had the good sense to agree with that assessment and then recognize that this trip to Texas to match up with this SEC program was not a sweet spotlight moment.
(2) Penn State cannot be in a good place six weeks from now. Do you look to ride against them most of the way, or wait until they arrive, or double down on both?
(3) Alabama showed a lot. I hope some people might agree.
(4) Iowa hasn't demonstrated anything, but they showed enough for me to know I won't be leaning toward Iowa State in a revenge spot.
GL
