The Kid is Back

Just got back from a 2-week West Coast excursion that ended with a sickkk weekend in Vegas. Like it or not, Vegas always delivers. It’s the best.

And besides real life, work, bills etc, that await me as I come back home, the worst of the worst is the friggin’ weather. This place saaccks compared to silky 85 and not humid everyday in Arizona and Nevada. Really, the mood better weather puts you in is incredible.

Couple highlights from Sin City:

-Danny Gans. Wowie. This guy makes ched as the “Entertainer of the Year” in Vegas. I had my doubts, but this was literally the best show I’ve ever seen. Next time your in Vegas, check him out if you can. There’s a 100% chance you’ll enjoy it and I say that no matter who you are. The guy does a million impressions, both standard and musical. It’s fire. This clip doesn’t do it justice.



-Also, saw Gym Class Heroes and Lil Wayne at The Pearl on Saturday night. Unreal. Lil Wayne can do no wrong. After he stood up the blogfathers at a Jam’N concert this fall, I thought I would be done with him. Nope. Can’t. He’s just too fire. By the way, why isn’t Gym Class more popular? They’re firrrre. For about 3 months in my life, I was convinced this was the best song in music history:



That’s it for now. More to come later.

--Nick

Sunday Locks: Balt -3, Phil/Minn Under 41

I got some good news for the blog late last night. Im connected to a message board that has some sports handicappers as members. I got permission (well, found out its allowed) to copy some of the picks and explanations they post on here as long as I'm not profiting (as in selling, not winning). So I will be posting some of their picks against the number for you bros who like to make the occasional bet with your legal sportsbook located in Las Vegas or overseas. I am not claiming these plays will hit like crazy so make sure you realize that. Its just for a little fun as something I think our betting readers will enjoy. Anyway on to todays locks, Baltimore -3 and Philly/Minn under 41.

I like Baltimore -3 today as my personal lock. I think the Raven defense will embarass the gimmicky wildcat formation. The Ravens defense is ferocious and studious. Lewis is somehow having a great year again and Reed is at the top of his game. I love them because of 3 reasons, intuition, bias, and numbers. Intuition in that I just see Ed Reed scoring after picking either a duck from Ronnie Brown or a floater from Pennington to Ginn Jr. Bias in that I just think Miami is wiggity whack. And numbers because the guys from Football Outsiders are stat/number crunching monsters and have a proven rating system that depends on pure data input, no eyeball tests, and it has had Baltimore as the 2nd best team by the numbers almost all season. Jump on my back if you want, but both of the tempting road favorites did kill a lot of people yesterday.

Sunday's lock (Tom Friedman): Philly @ Minn Under 41 pts

One key stat a lot of handicappers look at when analyzing a total is red-zone percentage and this matchup pits two teams that aren’t effective inside the 20. Minnesota reached the red-zone 44 times this season and mustered up 19 touchdowns and 17 field goals, which was ranked 28th in the league. Philadelphia was ranked 22nd but it didn’t light up the scoreboard either, scoring just 31 touchdowns in 61 trips for a 49.2 scoring percentage.

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