Deep Dive: National Title Game, Michigan-Washington, January 8, 2024
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No Show for "Smoke the Spread" Tonight.. We'll be back with y'all tomorrow at 5:00 PM EST, over on Rumble, on "That Damn Sports Network".. OR... You can find me every morning on the "Game On" Channel on Rumble at 7:30 AM EST, with My Guy Will, for the "Sports Morning Espresso Shot"!! We Hope You'll Join Us!!!!
Here's What I'm Rollin With Today... Tread VERY LIGHTLY Folks!!!!
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THESE ARE NOT SPORTSPICKS "OFFICIAL PICKS"
ALL MY ODDS COME FROM DRAFTKINGS
Crick's Picks Results: (4/22/24 - 4/24/24) / YTD
Monday 4/22/24
Overall: 7-4 ATS
NHL: 1-2 ATS
MLB: 4-1 ATS
NBA: 2-1 ATS
Tuesday 4/23/24
Overall: 2-10 ATS 🤮🤬🤮🤬🤮🤬
NHL: 1-3 ATS
MLB: 1-4 ATS
NBA: 0-3 ATS
Wednesday 4/24/24
Overall: 3-6 ATS
NHL: 0-3 ATS 🥶🥶🥶🥶
MLB: 3-2 ATS
NBA: 0-1 ATS 🥶🥶🥶🥶
NHL/NBA Playoffs To Date
NHL: 7-9 ATS
NBA: 2-5 ATS
Year To Date
Overall: 234-281-5 ATS
NHL: 115-130-1 ATS
NCAAB: 78-88-2 ATS
NBA: 26-43-2 ATS
MLB: 15-20 ATS
Crick's Picks: 4/25/24 (9 Picks)
Full Unit Bet Recommended For These Picks
NHL (2 Picks)
Tampa Bay Lightning PL -1.5 (+200) vs Florida Panthers 7:10 PM EST
New York Islanders ML (+136) vs Carolina Hurricanes 7:30 PM EST
MLB (5 Picks)
Pittsburgh Pirates Alt RL -1.5 (+250) vs Milwaukee Brewers 12:35 PM EST
Max Kepler (Minnesota Twins) OVER 1.5 Total Bases (+105) vs Chicago White Sox 1:10 PM EST
Cleveland Guardians RL -1.5 (+154) vs Boston Red Sox 1:10 PM EST
Washington Nationals ML (+160) vs Los Angeles Dodgers 4:05 PM EST
New York Yankees Alt RL -2.5 (+137) vs Oakland A's 7:05 PM EST
NBA (2 Picks)
Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia 76ers) OVER 37.5 Pts+Rebs+Asts (-110) vs New York Knicks 7:40 PM EST
Los Angeles Lakers Alt Spread -3.5 (+130) vs Denver Nuggets 10:10 PM EST
THESE ARE NOT SPORTSPICKS "OFFICIAL PICKS"
Good Luck Today Folks!!!!
-Crickett
Miracle Man Dan's Kentucky Derby
It is notoriously hard to handicap 3YOs. This is as much as a trainer/jockey race as any. The best horses generally have the best connections. Breeding counts, but less than it used to.
#17 Fierceness is a legitimate favorite, the most talented horse in the field, and maybe not by a little. Can we counterfeit him? The Pletcher/Velasquez connection is as strong as it gets, so we would have to go on the theory that he gets a bad trip on the outside, and has never yet had to chase a horse. This is the Derby after all, and since we are doing this for fun, let’s take a shot.
In terms of connections, #2 is Chad Brown, #4 and #8 are Brad Cox, #6 is our old buddy D. Wayne, #19 is Billy Mott. We use all of them.
I get legit contenders as #2,4,6,7,8,17,19. #2, Sierra Leone, is a legit 2nd choice, a very hard closer. My long bomb is #3, Mystik Dan. He's got a good name, good form,, and a couple of bad trips.
My handicap play is Fierceness going out front and ...
Deep Dive: Alabama-Michigan Playoff, Rose Bowl, January 1, 2024
Season Comparisons
Yard Per Play
Michigan Offense: 6.1, 43rd
Michigan Defense: 4.3, 4th
Alabama Offense: 6.4, 30th
Alabama Defense: 4.9, 18th
A deep dive, with talent-based power ratings, yard-per-play performance based power ratings, and third party independent database game simulation power ratings, and inidivudal game write-up of each title game. A few sites I utilize often:
https://collegefootballdata.com/teams
https://www.pff.com/greenline/ncaa
https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/
https://collegefootballnerds.com
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