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Monday, January 16 2012
Contributed by: dbsmall
Views: 178
 Here at Small.to, some of us love a good conspiracy theory, so much so that we actively try to build them.
(Ok, maybe it's just me.)
That said, I have to tell you about one I spun, regarding the Giants/Packers game, before the game, that's seemed somewhat prescient.
I said, "hey, the betting is all awry on that game. 2/3 of the bets are being placed on the Giants, despite the fact that the Packers are favored by >7 points."
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Sunday, January 22 2012
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 17
 Last week I was pretty average, but because I built up a cushion in the wild card round my playoff totals should be pretty good. I was 2-2 straight up (5-3 in playoffs) and 3-1 against the spread (7-1) with a 2-2 mark against the over/under (6-2). Overall I'm not 174-83 straight up, 131-128-5 against the spread and 153-106-4 against the over/under.
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Saturday, January 14 2012
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 25
 It's nice to be perfect. Well, almost perfect. I was 3-1 straight up (172-81 overall) while going 4-0 against the spread (128-127-5 overall) and 4-0 on the over/under (151-104-4 overall). I don't recall ever going 8-0 versus Vegas in any playoff weekend so that was cool.
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Friday, January 13 2012
Contributed by: dbsmall
Views: 117
 Ok...so I've manipulated some things, messed up a few others...and now Small.to is participating in the Open Graph.
That means you can login using your Facebook login, instead of registering here. And some of your FB-familiar actions are now available, here.
If you want to see what I'm talking about, just click "read more" on a story, and see what's at the bottom!
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Sunday, January 08 2012
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 44
 Well that was fun. I didn't set a new record straight up after going 10-6 last week (169-81 overall) but I beat a lot of the other pickers including all of the ESPN guys (easily). I squeezed out a 9-6-1 showing against the spread (124-127-5 overall) and I can live with almost being even. Now for the good news. I thought mentioning I could set a new record versus the over/under would jinx me so I didn't. I went 8-8 (147-104-4 overall) besting my 2004 mark (141-107-6). For the regular season I was +40 against Vegas, but gambling is for suckers. Only the casinos and bookies win. Let's talk playoffs.
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Monday, January 02 2012
Contributed by: dbsmall
Views: 87
 Some of these are importation opportunities, and others are franchise opportunities, and others are just food-service opportunities...
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Sunday, January 01 2012
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 30
 The late season blues continue to bite me. I was just 10-6 straight up (159-81 overall). I lost against the spread at 6-9-1 (115-121-4 overall) and the over/under at 7-8-1 (139-96-4 overall). The tough week assured I will not set a new mark picking winners since I had 175 in 2009 and even my first-ever perfect 16-0 would only tie. I need to navigate motivation to work the spread as I try to get back to .500 where I usually find myself each year give or take.
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Saturday, December 31 2011
Contributed by: dbsmall
Views: 99
Every once in a while, I get a burr in my britches, a story I feel I need to write. When this happens, it usually is followed by more. And then I’ve got several stories queued up. Of course, when this happens, I’m faced with a choice:
1) Wait until I have time to write the story the way I want
2) Don’t deprive you of the story, write it stream-of-consciousness, and trust you to appreciate the story despite the writing
I’ve done #1, up until now. But after sitting on a story since September 12th, I’m going to go with #2.
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Thursday, December 22 2011
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 61
 It just figures I would fall flat on my face straight up (6-10, 149-75 overall) right when I was starting to think I might set a new season best in that area. Oh well, I was 8-8 against the spread for the second straight week (109-112-3 overall) so still chasing .500 there. I went 10-6 on the over/under (132-88-3 overall).
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Thursday, December 15 2011
Contributed by: norcalfella
Views: 116
 There is good news and there is bad news. I ripped it straight up at 13-3 (143-65 overall) which puts me ahead of all the ESPN pickers, but still behind some others I am still hunting down. More good news was my 11-4-1 mark against the spread (101-104-3 overall) and I sorely needed it because the final few weeks are tough to predict with so many variables like injuries, lack of motivation and resting starters. I fell flat on the over/under so I guess I lied it's not really bad news so much as disappointing. I went 8-8 (122-82-3 overall) so at present I am +37 against Vegas. Not too shabby huh?
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