J-Dub Gambling Challenge Week 6 – “Hey…Check That Gauge on Engine #3”

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Every great airliner disaster movie starts with one pilot looking quizzically at the instrument panel and saying something like  “Hey, Bob, do you think that engine is running a little hot?”

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Then “Bob” looks at the panel, furrows his brow and says “Nahhh, that’s fine.” Five minutes later, there’s a stewardess screaming into the radio and once again, Charlton Heston is poised to play the hero.

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Thanks to the biggest number of non-covering winners I’ve ever had in one week, there’s a warning light blinking in the cockpit of the airliner that is the J-Dub Gambling Challenge.  The bankroll which started the season at $5,000 now a stands at $4,821 after five weeks of action.  Realistically, that’s not too bad, but it’s still a “red” number.  The trouble is I simply don’t know whether it’s not a big deal, or if I’m about to eat a cornfield at 600 miles per hour.

DISCLAIMER: Because gambling is illegal at Bushwood, sir…  and when it comes to gambling,  I slice like Jack the Ripper working the deli counter on crystal meth.  That’s why this in no way, shape or form is a gambling advice column, and all “bets” are mythical in nature.  In other words, don’t come crying to me when you lose your house payment betting real money like I’m “betting” Monopoly money.

  • Iowa at Minnesota (+2), O/U 51.5  $50 Under
  • Notre Dame at North Carolina State (+1), O/U 63.5  $250 Under 
  • Auburn at Mississippi State (+2.5), O/U 53.5 $50 Mississippi State
  • Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh (-6.5), O/U 52.5 $100 Pittsburgh
  • Purdue at Illinois (-8), O/U 54 $100 Illinois
  • Virginia Tech at North Carolina (-2.5), O/U 57.5 $250 Under
  • BYU at Michigan State (-5.5), O/U 50  $75 Michigan State, $100 Over
  • Tennessee at Texas A&M (-6.5), O/U 56 J-Dub’s Trap Game of the Week AND the Dubsism College Football Heavyweight Champ Bet-As is the common these with these “Trap” games, either of these teams could be good, could be mediocre, or could be terrible, and this game has no reason to be the one where you find out which is which “the hard way.”
  • Colorado at USC (-5), O/U 63.5 J-Dub’s Lock of the Week – $500 Colorado – This could be the first time I’ve had faith in Buffalo football since Bill McCartney. This is also the the first time I’ve had such a lack of faith in the Trojans since John Robinson.
  • Florida State at Miami (-3) O/U 66 $100 Florida State

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  1. […] Last week’s episode of the J-Dub Gambling Challenge was based around a reference to those classic “airliner” disaster movies.  Once you do that, there’s really no way to avoid using jokes from “Airplane!,” which just so happens to be one of the great comedies of all time. Using such an iconic movie as a maypole for yet another level of jokes is usually safe comedy territory, yet by looking at the range of feedback we got from that bit, it’s become clear we need to clear up a misconception about this classic knee-slapper. […]

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