NFL Lock of the Week: Redskins at Saints (-9.5)

[dkgojackets]

I tried to give you guys the lock of the week in the Pittsburgh thread, but no one would listen.

[NajdorfDefense]

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Congratulations, glad that hit for you. I would never bet a sizeable chunk of my BR on a single pro sports event. The only possible "locks" in sports betting are #1 seeds in the first round of the men's NCAA basketball tournament on the moneyline. And it's only a matter of time before that's no longer true.

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1989 Georgetown 50, Princeton 49
1989 Oklahoma 72, East Tennessee State 71
1990 Michigan State 75, Murray State 71 (OT)
1996 Purdue 73, Western Carolina 71

This one is for all who say 16 seeds have no place in the tourney. Those who think they shouldn't (and point to selected lopsided scores of 16-vs.-1 matchups to prove it) need to watch videotapes or just read the box scores of these games.

Sometimes, the 16 seeds aren't very good, but then again, sometimes the fourth-best team in the Big 10 isn't very good either. If you want a national tournament, though, every conference needs to be represented because even the worst conference champions have proven in the past that they can hang with the best.
In fact, East Tennessee State and Princeton led almost the entire way in their games, while Murray State was part of a 1990 tourney that may have faced the deepest field in history. While the Racers took the Spartans to overtime, Towson State was within four of top-ranked Oklahoma late, and fellow #16 Boston University led Connecticut early in the second half on the Huskies' home away from home in Hartford.

[arardor]

The irony of the original post is profound.

[Tyler Durden]

Good thing I didn't actually bet my Lock of the Week.

[Thremp]

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Good thing I didn't actually bet my Lock of the Week.

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Wrong forum.

[BarryLyndon]

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Good thing I didn't actually bet my Lock of the Week.

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Wrong forum.

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Tyler,

Take this filth elsewhere. Thanks.

[newOcean]

soo.. im guessing u bet on the saints and failed miserably?

[wiper]

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Good thing I didn't actually bet my Lock of the Week.

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wtf then?

[DeezNuts]

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Good thing I didn't actually bet my Lock of the Week.

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This is just a slimy way of saying: Hey, I didn't bet on this game, even though I bet 10 units on my last "lock". Of course, if the Saints had covered, I would not have let you guys know that I didn't bet on this game and would have used this thread to brag about to my awesome handicapping skills.

It's really quite easy to decipher.

DN

[brendanb438]

OP not cool man.

-Brendan