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The Case for Donald Trump as Purdue Athletic Director
It’s Friday, we’re not in the mood to do anything serious because Christmas, so let’s take a look at something a little bit out there. The case for Donald Trump to become the next Athletic Director for Purdue University. In short: How to Make Purdue Great Again. Because, why not? We’ll look at the main…
Betting against my alma mater, final roundup!
Purdue once again after covering got a reasonable line this week. Indiana was 10 point favorites in West Lafayette. I was out of town for the weekend, which was fortunate since my home internet went out for 3 days and my phone data was throttled because of German bureaucracy. Lucky for me, from the…
Betting against my alma mater, week 12: confirmed for losing
Purdue traveled to snowy Iowa City this weekend, and got a huge gift from Vegas. 23.5 points! In what was forecast to be inclement weather! With low temps! I knew from the start this bet was lost before it was even placed. That’s probably why, for some reason, I forgot to screenshot the actual…
Betting against my alma mater, Week 11: Back to break even
Purdue took on Northwestern this weekend, and the oddsmakes loved the Wildcats’ chances. Of course, after covering in two of the last three weeks I was surprised the line was as high as it was. It seems nobody knows which Purdue team is going to show up. And apparently it was the “not…
Betting against my alma mater: Weeks 9 & 10
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So I was out of town last week as the Boilermakers took down the Cornhuskers, not only covering, but WINNING THE GAME. It was impressive. Sure, the Huskers were hurt, but Purdue SCORED FIFTY FIVE POINTS! Nebraska was favored by 7.5, and it was never in doubt that Purdue would cover. Well worth losing…
NCAA Football Week 10, Games that will/won’t suck
A little delayed this week due to me being on vacation, but let’s review how I did last week: Suck: Oklahoma 62, Kansas 7. Definitely suck. Ole Miss 27, Auburn 19. Not suck. Memphis 41, Tulane 13. Definitely suck. Not Suck: Penn State 39, Illinois 0. Suck Virginia Tech 26, Boston College 10. Suck too, ugh. Oregon 61, Arizona…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 7
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To be honest, I thought this line was a little high, but I said I was going to bet against Purdue every game this season and I am holding myself to it. The Badgers were favored by 23.5. On the surface, looking at Purdue’s past performances against the Badgers it was attainable, but I just…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 6 (I should sell this system)
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After me questioning my experiment last week, Minnesota came in to Ross Ade as 3.5 point favorites (the line was actually somewhere in the 3.25 point range, since it paid back at -105 instead of the normal -110). I thought perhaps the tides had turned when Purdue took the first drive to the house (and…
Week 6 NCAA Football: Games that will and won’t suck
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So continuing from where we left off last week, let’s see how we did in our predictions: Suck: Cal 34, Washington State 28. Result: Not Suck App State 31, Wyoming 13. Result: Suck Temple 37, Charlotte 3. Result: Mega Suck Not suck: Alabama 38, Georgia 10. Result: Suck Western Kentucky 49, Rice 10. Result: Suck UMass 24, FIU…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 5 (Regression to the mean?)
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It finally happened, after going 0-3 ATS, Purdue finally covered. I do have to say I didn’t see it coming, as the Spartans took a 21-0 lead into the locker room at half time, but in the most uncharacteristic of Purdue moves, Purdue fought back (though perhaps the driving rain bogged down Michigan…
Week 5 NCAA Football: Games that will and won’t suck
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Our second part in our recurring series. Before we get to week 5, let’s see how we fared in our predictions for week 4: Suck: Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt – Ole Miss 27, Vanderbilt 16. Result: Not Suck Ohio State vs Western Michigan – Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12. Result: Suck South Alabama vs NC State…
Betting against my alma mater: Week 4 (oh my God, it keeps happening)
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So we’re now in week 4 of me betting against Purdue and I’m alarmed I’m doing this well, but at least today I got to see the beginning of the end. Purdue once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, losing by 7 to the Bowling Green Falcons. This was Purdue’s 2nd MAC loss…