Blogs
October Non-Surprise
December 7th, 2012
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released the October results for the state this morning, and they are an uninspiring start to the fourth quarter. Read more »
Rebel Road Resilience
December 7th, 2012
The National Finals Rodeo has come to town, and, as always, that means the Rebels hit the road. The extended time away from Thomas & Mack is always an interesting early-season challenge, and this year there was additional adversity: As the Rebels faced their first road game of the year at Portland on Dec. 4, they had to do it without Mike Moser, their leading rebounder. Read more »
Daily Bet: Warriors +6 at Nets
December 7th, 2012
Not that it matters, but here’s why I like the Warriors tonight: They’ve won and covered four of their last five games and six of their last eight. Read more »
Judging the Judgment of Judges Jones
December 6th, 2012
Recently, two judges named Jones have waded into murky waters, and created some questions about a murky process. Read more »
Daily Bet: Raiders +10 vs. Broncos
December 6th, 2012
Let’s see: USC had scored less than 60 points in 13 of its last 14 road games (never once topping 62 points), while New Mexico had allowed more than 60 points just twice in six home games this year. So what happened last night at The Pit? The Trojans put up 67 points, the final two coming with 13 seconds remaining to turn a 75-65 loss into a 75-67 loss. Read more »
Daily Bet: New Mexico -9.5 vs. USC
December 5th, 2012
Played a big Mountain West Conference favorite last night and got burned big-time (and by “burned big-time” I mean UNLV never so much as led by double digits at crappy Portland, let alone had the 13½-point spread covered). So why not go with another huge Mountain West chalk tonight? Read more »
Daily Bet: UNLV -13.5 at Portland
December 4th, 2012
On to the college hardwood tonight, as I’ll lay the heavy lumber with the Rebels. Let me start by saying, yes, I’m well aware that betting UNLV on the road last year was less profitable than betting on Jesus, Santa Claus and Elvis showing up at a strip club together. Read more »
Daily Bet: Giants -3 at Redskins
December 3rd, 2012
I trust Mark Sanchez to complete three straight passes (to his own team) more than I trust Washington’s sieve-like defense to keep the Giants off the scoreboard. Read more »
Coming Together
November 30th, 2012
The preseason talk was of the Rebels potentially having a dominant front line, and Wednesday’s game against UC Irvine gave a glimpse of what that might mean. Mike Moser and Anthony Bennett simply took control of the game. Read more »
Daily Bet: UCLA-Stanford UNDER 47
November 30th, 2012
Why go low when UCLA has topped the total in five straight games—including a 35-17 loss to Stanford just six days ago? Two words: Mother Nature. There’s an 80 percent chance of rain in Palo Alto tonight. Read more »
