Friday was mostly a day running some errands and doing chores around the house since I won’t be doing much of those the next 5 months!
I had high hopes by the time Friday’s action rolled around late in the afternoon here in Vegas, but was disappointed as I lost my Best Bet on Illinois + 1.5 at Indiana as I felt Illinois should have just continued to pound the ball (the Illini outrushed the Hoosiers 216 yards to 32) and should have been in control, but let Indiana stick around and lost 23-20. I did a bet on Old Dominion + 7 vs. Virginia Tech that I posted in these daily columns on Thursday and hope some readers took my advice to bet the Monarchs ASAP even though I dropped it as a Best Bet in Friday’s column when the line dropped to 6. I was also feeling good early with my two MLB 1st 5 plays; however, the 4th inning was where those bets went to die as the Yankees were tied 0-0 with the Rays until allowing an unearned run in the bottom of the 4th to trail 1-0 after the first 5 innings while the Marlins were actually winning 1-0 heading into the bottom of the 4th and allowed the Braves to score 4 runs to lead 4-1 after the 5th. Let’s recap the rest of Friday’s (full-game) betting results and then look for more plays on Saturday, including the “real” opening day of the college football season with a full schedule.Friday’s recaps
CFB: Faves went 3-1 SU and 2-1-1 ATS on Friday’s main betting board. Indiana rallied to beat Illinois 23-20 in game that closed pick-'em (so no fave or dog); The lone upset was by Old Dominion (+ 6 in 20-17 win vs. Virginia Tech). Michigan State (-22) pushed in 35-13 win vs. Western Michigan. Home teams went 4-1 SU and 3-1-1 ATS. Unders swept 5-0.
MLB: Faves went 12-3 Friday with only upsets by the Padres (+ 150 in 7-1 win at Dodgers), White Sox (+ 120 in 4-3 win vs. Twins) and Diamondbacks (-102 in 2-1 win vs. Brewers). Home teams went 11-4 (the subset of home faves went 9-1). Unders went 7-6-2 with the pushes in STL-CHC (8) and SD-LAD (8).