Bookies battle the point spread! Week 13 [B]Well things are really tightening up in the Bookies Battle contest, as two contestants are tied for first with 102-72 records, and 4 other bookies are breathing down their necks as we head down the home stretch with 5 weeks to go. And believe it or not, we have a new bookie in the top five which is highly unusual this late in the season, but this guy has been knocking on the door for the last two weeks, and he finally pounded it down with a MONSTER 13-3 week. And this bookie is no stranger to the top 5, as he's been there before over the last two years. And that bookie is none other than Bill Fogg from the Aquarius in Laughlin. Bill is now in 4th place behind Jeff Stoneback from the Mirage. Jeff is at 101-73 while Bill is at 100-74. We have two bookies with a 99-75 record, but we have to knock one out in order to have only 5 in the top 5, so based on a better weekly record, William Anderson from the Gold Coast is in, and Duane Colucci from the Rampart is out....at least for this week.
As far as differences in the line that the bookies selected from and the actual lines currently, we have the following differences. TEN 1.5/ 3, MIA 3.5/4.5, KC 7.5/8.5, CHI 3.5/5, SD 9.5, 12.5. The CHI line really moved today after being at 3.5 all week. Soooo! Let's get started!
JOE PORRELLO CANNERY WEST 102-72 LW 8-8
PHI..BUF..MIA..JAX..KC...WAS..DET..SF...NO...TB...OAK..SEA..DAL..STL..PIT..NE
ZACK GOLDBERG PALACE STATION 102-72 LW 11-5
PHI..MIN..CLE..JAX..DEN.WAS..CHI..GB...CIN..ATL..SD...CAR..DAL..ARZ..BAL..NE
JEFF STONEBACK MIRAGE 101-73 LW 7-9
PHI..MIN..MIA..TEN..KC..NYG...DET..GB...CIN..TB...SD...SEA..DAL..ARZ..BAL..NE
BILL FOGG AQUARIUS-LAUGHLIN 100-74 LW 13-3
HOU..BUF..CLE..JAX..KC..WAS..DET..GB...NO...ATL.OAK..CAR..DAL..STL..PIT..NYJ
WILLIAM ANDERSON GOLD COAST 99-75 LW 8-8
HOU..MIN..MIA.TEN.DEN..WAS.DET..SF...NO..ATL...SD...SEA...IND..STL..PIT..NE
CONSENSUS ALL HOTELS 86-88 LW 8-8
PHI..BUF..CLE..JAX...KC...WAS..DET..GB..NO...ATL..SD...SEA...DAL...STL..PIT..NE
.30....378..34....39....33....38.....32....37...41....32...41....38.....37......33...37...33
The above number is the amount of times the bookies picked that team out of 58 remaining bookies. As I've mentioned, the amount of bookies gets reduced after a bookie doesn't put in his picks for two weeks. He's given the Consensus picks for those two weeks and if he doesn't make picks the 3rd week, he/she is eliminated.
I've never seen so many picks that are 3/2. There are 12 games where teams are picked 3/2. There are NO unanimous picks, and 4 games that are 4-1. Wonder what would have happened if we used Colucci?
But games where teams were selected 4-1 are WAS, DET, DAL, and NE.
And now for the differences. There are only 2, and they are the first two games on the board, not including the Thursday game. The bookies picked MIN AND MIA, while the Consensus selected BUF AND CLE.
So that wraps it up for another week. If time permits, I will do the "bottom 5" bookies and see what differences the losing bookies have compared to the top 5. [/B]
