And here, I thought I was pretty well read

In the title games I again split straight up and the 1-1 mark left me 6-4 for the playoffs which hurts. However, I was perfect against Vegas for the second time in the playoffs. My 2-0 mark against the spread left me a wicked 9-1 and the 2-0 on the over/under put me at 8-2. On the total season I am now 175-84 straight up, 133-128-5 against the spread and 155-106-4 on the over/under. 

I maintain that, while I seem immune to the "babies are cute" bug, and while I used to cringe at the uselessness of being told my  kid's cute [I get it...he looks like his mother...], it is a scientifically-verifiable fact that, when sleeping, babies are cute.

(At the very least, when sleeping *on* someone, babies are adorable)

 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. 

 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."

 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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 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. 

Some of these are importation opportunities, and others are franchise opportunities, and others are just food-service opportunities...

 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.