Here we are…Saturdaius Tandem…the fourteenth and final of the Twelve Greatest Saturdays of the Year. Yeah, I know the numbers don’t jibe, but what else would you expect? We now have a college football world that will see 2024 with a B1G Ten having eighteen teams, the Big 12 with sixteen, and California and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Speaking of numbers, Saturdaius Tandem also represents the last time we look at the level of the J-Dub Gambling Challenge Bankroll. Two weeks ago, the bankroll took it’s biggest haircut of the season. But last week, the gambling gods smiled on the bankroll allowing it to recoup all but seven of the dollars swept away by the barber’s broom.

In other words, I’m riding a “bull” market heading into the conclusion of the regular season, having hauled in $933 last week. Regardless of what happens this week, the secret to my success this season is due in large part to the cash machine known as the B1G Ten. It was almost impossible to go wrong betting unders in the conference that brought football back to the Paleozoic Era in 2023.

Having said that, the bankroll total heading into Saturdaius Tandem stands at $9.135 up from the original $5K. But the danger of Saturdaius Tandem lies in the fact its the perfect chance to give back all those gains. The “bull” market can become “bearish” in a big hurry, and there’s only one way to find out which way I’m going to end up….

LEGAL DISCLAIMER (mandated by our very own Small Town Pizza Lawyer):

Thanks to the Supreme Court, gambling is no longer illegal at Bushwood, sir. However, the Supreme Court can’t really help me unless one of them is willing to keep Mrs. J-Dub from braining me with a cast-iron skillet if she found out how many dimes I’m dropping on college football.

That means that as far as she knows, all wagers are mythical in nature and this is in no way, shape, or form a gambling advice column. In other words, if you lose your own “real” money, that’s nobody’s fault but yours, so don’t yell at me when we meet at the plasma center on Monday.

If you think you have a gambling problem, go find the 800 number on your own. I’m not a goddamn public service announcement.

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The Standard Plays

• Mississippi (-10) at Mississippi State O/U 54 $100 Mississippi
• Texas Christian at Oklahoma (-7) O/U 63.5 $200 Oklahoma
• Missouri (-8) at Arkansas O/U 56.5 $125 Missouri
• Texas Tech at Texas (-14) O/U 52.5 $200 Texas
• Penn State (-10.5) at Michigan State O/U 42.5 $100 Penn State, $100 Over
• Oregon State at Oregon (-14) O/U 62.5 $100 Oregon State
• Louisville (-3) at Kentucky O/U 50.5 Georgia$75 Louisville
• Texas A&M at Louisiana State (-8.5) O/U 62.5 $150 Louisiana State
• Ohio State at Michigan (-3.5) O/U 46 $100 Michigan, $100 Under
• Brigham Young at Oklahoma State (-16.5) O/U 56 $100 Oklahoma State
• Arizona (-7.5) at Arizona State O/U 61 $150 Arizona
• Alabama (-13.5) at Auburn O/U 48.5 $200 Alabama, $200 Over
• Florida State (-7) at Florida O/U 49.5 $200 Florida State
• Clemson (-7.5) at South Carolina O/U 51.5 $75 South Carolina, $75 Under
• Georgia (-24) at Georgia Tech O/U 59.5 $100 Georgia

The Almost Always Punitive Purdue Bet

Since I live in the heart of Big Ten country, almost literally in the shadow of Ross-Ade stadium, those around me who know I’m a gambler will invariably ask me about the Boilermakers, so I might as well bet on them…

Indiana at Purdue (-3.5) O/U 54 $50 Purdue, $50 Under

The Royally Ridiculous Line of the Week

Introduced by our own guest columnist King George VI (the grandfather of the current King Charles III), this feature is all about the line of the week that’s so outrageous, it’s almost as crazy as we Americans find the idea of a monarch.

Vanderbilt at Tennessee (-27) O/U 56.5 $100 Over

The Dubsism College Football Heavyweight Champ Bet:

We went back to the very first college football game in 1869, and the premise is simple…you’re the champ until somebody beats you. The current champion is the Washington Huskies.

Washington State at Washington (-16) O/U 68 $50 Washington State

J-Dub’s Payday of the Week:

It’s like the game says…the idea is to hang on to your cash. That means this is the “big play” of the week; the one that should make today “Payday.”

Iowa at Nebraska (-2.5) O/U 29.5 $1,500 Iowa, $ 1,500 Under

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