I’m betting against my alma mater every week this year

The NCAA doesn’t read this site, I’m sure.  And they wouldn’t want to, because this year I’m going to focus even more heavily on gambling on NCAA Sports.  The reason?  It’s legal here in Germany, and I find it really ironic that the NCAA is taking a stance against making money on college players.

So here’s the plan, as a suffering Purdue fan, I’m hedging my season.  I already didn’t expect much, so why not see how the team does against the spread?  Every week I will put down 10 of my hard earned Euro-credits on the other team to cover the spread (because betting on money lines would be boring and just mirror the team’s record anyway).

For the record, I’m terrible at gambling.  I am presently on a 10 pick loss streak, so this may act as a reverse curse.  We Boilermakers could be so lucky.

Without much further ado: Week one, at Marshall:

And I have to say, after the first play from scrimmage (Marshall pick six), I was feeling pretty good about this season.  But the Boilermakers showed tenacity and hung with Marshall until the very end.  And then, in miraculous Purdue choking fashion, with the only surprise being “How are they going to blow it this time?” Austin Appleby, who had a very good game (if you can look beyond the two pick sixes), threw the game-covering pick six.