Monday was a relatively quiet day in the Tuley’s Takes home office as we started handicapping the college football Week 0 games for this weekend and NFL Preseason Week 3 (we’ll get to those in Point Spread Weekly, and then post in these daily columns later in the week).
I also had to pick up my son Maddux after school and take him to practice with the Las Vegas Youth Orchestra (kind of an all-star orchestra with the best from the city’s schools) with a stop beforehand at McDonald’s, which has become our weekly father/son time. Sunday was a relatively uneventful day around the Tuley’s Takes home office and doing some chores around the house (fixing a doggie gate, cleaning out some cabinets and junk drawers, mostly stuff I’ll never be able to get to when the football regular season kicks off). While he was at practice, I ran over to the Westgate SuperBook to sweat out my Best Bet on the Yankees 1st 5 + 135 vs. the Mets – I got + 150 as the public was betting the Mets’ Max Scherzer. But I got the start I wanted from the Yankees’ Domingo German as he pitched a shutout through 5 innings and the Yankees got to Scherzer for 2 runs and a 2-0 lead after 5. They also won the game at + 150. I did lost my second play on the A’s 1st 5 + 120 vs. Marlins (this line bounced all over the place and change with the pitching change of Pablo Lopez to Edward Cabrera – though I thought it was going to be Cabrera when I wrote yesterday’s column), Anyway, I got %plussign0 at different times of the day with both Miami pitchers (the Lopez one was voided and refunded) and lost as the Marlins led the A’s 3-0 through 5 innings and that was the final score. But it was still a winning day thanks to those generous prices on the Yankees! Let’s recap the rest of Monday’s (full-game) betting results and then look for more 1st 5 plays on Tuesday. As alluded to above, we’ll add any CFB or NFL preseason games later in the week.Monday’s recaps
NFL preseason: Jets (4.5-point home dogs) upset Falcons 24-16 Monday night to wrap up Preseason Week 2. The game went Over the closing total of 38.5; it ended up Under the opening total of 43.5 for the early birds. Faves dipped to 10-5 SU for the weekend with 1 pick-’em and 7-6-2 ATS. Road teams dipped to 9-7 SU and 8-6-2 ATS. Over/Unders split 8-8 on the week after Unders got off to a 3-1 start.
More NFL: Faves are 18-13 SU overall in the preseason with 2 pick-’ems, but dogs have taken a 15-14-2 ATS lead. Road teams lead 17-15 SU but are tied 15-15-2 ATS (note: neutral-site Hall of Fame Game not included). After starting 8-0 and then dipping to 18-11, the last 4 games have gone Over and they’re back up to 22-11 (66.7 percent) overall.