Once, before he finally disappeared into Old Mexico, cranky Ambrose Bierce said:
"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling."
So, as Wall Street wallows, banks bite the bullet, investment Housed Masters of the Universe become reveled as robber barons, and politicos flounder and flop in their greedy folly, remember the holier-than-thou hypocrites when the next politician moralizes on the evils of sports gambling.
Congress was worried about online poker? Hey buddy, how about regulating the banks instead of regulating my Internet poker.
Lawmakers sometimes worry if we bet on Saturday and Sunday football games.
Hey, law dogs, watch the hedge-fund makers and the billion-dollar-deal shakers and don't worry so about weekend football parlays or poker.
If we lose, the rubes, we don't get a bail out. We pay. But we rubes bail for the big banker boys and their congressional whore toys when they go South.
End of Rant. The Games go on.
{Stumbles from the soapbox}
Last Week
Minus one unit going in.
The Buffalo Bills, better then everyone thought, win outright. Plus two units.
The Chicago Bears can't finish the fourth quarter but still salvage a push.
The New Orleans Saints don't go marching in. Minus one unit.
Norv Turner finds agonizing new ways to lose. San Diego Chargers minus one unit.
The New York Giants make it look easy. Plus one unit.
Thank you Jon Kitna. Anymore Bobby Layne outbursts? Green Bay Packers. Plus one unit
The Can't Lose Teaser, Colts, Giants, and Chargers didn't lose plus one unit.
Plus three units for the week.
Plus two units for the year.
This Week
Jacksonville Jaguars +5 at Indianapolis Colts: Hate taking the conservative Jack Del Rio, but I like the desperate Jags as a live five-point dogs. The Colts' offensive line is severely banged up, causing their offense to clog up. Only Viking incompetence saved the Colts last week.
Jaguars 23, Colts 20 for two units.
Carolina Panthers + 3 1/2 at Minnesota Vikings: Will the Vikings be any better with QB Gus Frerotte? Could they he be any worse the Tarvaris Jackson? The Panthers been playing solid, and rookie RB Stewart, along with big rookie OT Utah, make them the power team Coach John Fox craves. Plus, Panther WR Steve Smith puts his punch back in the lineup.
Panthers 21, Vikings 19 for one unit
Houston Texans +5 at Tennessee Titans: The Kerry Collins era begins in the land of the Titans. The Texans looked terrible against the Steelers, but I'll take a stab that the Titans aren't near as good as Pittsburgh. The rested Texans defense hangs tough with one-dimensional Tennessee and pressures immobile Kerry Collins.
Texans 19, Titans 16 for one unit
Pittsburgh Steelers + 3 at Philadelphia Eagles: Steelers catch cross-state rival on a short week after deflating loss in Dallas. The Steelers are a solid club. Look for their defense to contain the Eagles while their offense grinds out a win. Wave your Terrible Towel
Steelers 31, Eagles 27 for two units
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