so you beat a garbage team by 7? congratulations?

I imagine you probably laid a substantial bet on UTSA winning outright and are here to gloat about your five or six figure winnings, right? if you had been that confident before the game, I wish you would have shared those insights so that we all could have made some easy cash in Vegas

(09-10-2017 12:23 AM)UNT15 Wrote:  so you beat a garbage team by 7? congratulations?

I imagine you probably laid a substantial bet on UTSA winning outright and are here to gloat about your five or six figure winnings, right? if you had been that confident before the game, I wish you would have shared those insights so that we all could have made some easy cash in Vegas

Why so bitter? Even if Baylor was ****, they still count as a P5 win and god knows this conference could use some of those.

(09-05-2017 06:58 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(09-04-2017 12:33 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  Saturday, September 9th

FAU @ Wisconsin 11:00AM CT (Big Ten Network)
MY LINE: #_ Wisconsin 45-14 Its gonna be ugly. That said, I expect FAU to make some changes to what they do as last week they didn't look on point.
REALITY SAID: Wisconsin 31-14 About what I figured.
2-0

Charlotte @ Kansas St 11:00AM CT
MY LINE: #_ KSt 45-17 Giving Charlotte some credit but this will be a blowout.
REALITY SAID: K St 55-7 Yup.
3-0

UAB @ Ball St 2:00PM CT (ESPN3)
MY LINE: UAB 27-23 I think UAB is capable of getting this done.
REALITY SAID: Ball St 51-31 Damn, way off...
3-1

Old Dominion @ UMass 2:30PM CT
MY LINE: ODU 35-17 This will not be close.
REALITY SAID: ODU 17-7 Kind of figured their would be more O.
4-1

MTSU @ Syracuse 2:30PM CT (ACC Network)
MY LINE: MTSU 27-24 I don't trust Syracuse and I think MTSU's ineptness against Vandy will be fleeting.
REALITY SAID: MTSU 30-23 IN the ball park.
5-1

Marshall @ NC State 5:00PM CT (ACC Network)
MY LINE: Marshall 31-28 Both teams prior games were very tight and I'd give NCSU the edge at their place but I think Marshall is just enough better to eek one out.
REALITY SAID: NCSU 37-20 Marshall started out so good too
5-2

North Texas @ SMU 6:00PM CT (ESPN3)
MY LINE: SMU 41-27 Consider this being more of a believer in SMU at home than the ability of UNT to get a road win.
REALITY SAID: SMU 54-32 Lots of O.
6-2

Southern @ Southern Miss 6:00PM CT
MY LINE: USM 35-17 USM shouldn't have any issues.
REALITY SAID: USM 45-0 Yup.
7-2

Alcorn St @ FIU 6:30PM CT
MY LINE: FIU 24-21 I don't think FIU has enough in them to really put it on these guys...but they should win.
REALITY SAID: FIU 17-10 Surprised this game was this low scoring and the fact that FIU only managed to be a TD better
1-0

Mississippi St @ La Tech 6:30PM CT (CBS Sports Network)
MY LINE: La Tech 28-24 I think La Tech squeaks by in this one at home.
REALITY SAID: Miss St 57-21 Damn, WAY off on this one.
7-3

UTSA @ Baylor 7:00PM CT
MY LINE: Baylor 27-24 With no real info on UTSA this year and Baylor looking to avenge that stunning loss to Liberty, I think they take it out on UTSA.
REALITY SAID: UTSA 17-10 Admittedly, I did not have a good feel for this game.
7-4

WKU @ Illinois 7:00PM CT (Big Ten Network)
MY LINE: WKU 30-28 I feel pretty good about WKU's chances--I'm making it close in case I am wrong about Illinois.
REALITY SAID: Illinois 20-7 I am shocked at this one
7-5

Rice @ UTEP 7:00PM CT
MY LINE: UTEP 35-30 Both teams have reversal of fortunes on offense and defense from last week because of them playing each other. Giving UTEP the home game advantage.
REALITY SAID: Rice 31-14 Damn... not expecting a Rice blowout.
7-6

The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away.

(09-10-2017 12:30 AM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(09-10-2017 12:23 AM)UNT15 Wrote:  so you beat a garbage team by 7? congratulations?

I imagine you probably laid a substantial bet on UTSA winning outright and are here to gloat about your five or six figure winnings, right? if you had been that confident before the game, I wish you would have shared those insights so that we all could have made some easy cash in Vegas

Why so bitter? Even if Baylor was ****, they still count as a P5 win and god knows this conference could use some of those.

that post wasn't intended as bitter, and frankly even after re-reading I don't see how that was your takeaway. but to your point, I was rooting for UTSA the entire game and definitely wanted to see CUSA win.

that was an ironic post, thinly mocking him for essentially calling everyone who picked Baylor stupid. In addition, I was pointing out the fact that he was beating his chest for barely defeating a "garbage team" - his own words. the fact was further reinforced by pointing out that Vegas also picked the garbage team to win by 12; and Vegas isn't in the habit of handing out free money since that's not how Vegas was built.

(09-10-2017 12:23 AM)UNT15 Wrote:  so you beat a garbage team by 7? congratulations?

I imagine you probably laid a substantial bet on UTSA winning outright and are here to gloat about your five or six figure winnings, right? if you had been that confident before the game, I wish you would have shared those insights so that we all could have made some easy cash in Vegas

lol looks like I may have triggered someone. But really, chill guy. Yeah maybe I'm gloating a little. That's what you do when the odds were against you. I actually picked UTSA by two possessions.
But I noticed that roughly half of people here were picking Baylor and those who put justifications were related to "they won't get embarassed again, they will be motivated this time, they are angry and need someone to take it out on". All of which can't fix what Baylor is missing. Baylor has loss 7/8 games and did nothing during the off season. They are a hurt program and we saw it last night even with UTSA making some mistakes. I'm saying that, many people probably didn't think their prediction through (which is fine) and just picked Baylor based on reputation or other reasons. Anyone who looked into UTSA would have seen that they went 7-6 w a bowl, brought back many starters, top in conference with recruiting, etc. It's a top CUSA team vs a bottom hurt Big 12 team. But, it's done now. On to Southern.