The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2025: The “Penultimate” Edition

I’ve already broken out the dictionary for you. As you can see, it’s just a zillion-point Scrabble word meaning “second to last.” In practical terms, it s gut-check for the J-Dub Gambling Challenge Bankroll. Last week saw a return to real profitability by picking up a tidy $1,033 to put the season total at $6,133.

But as this week’s theme tells you, it ain’t over until the fat gambler sings…and there’s two more numbers to go. In other words, winning is everything, and a major component of that is not fucking up. So…let’s see if I can stay on pitch for the second to last song…

The Dubsism Legal Department…complete with extra cheese.

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.

The Standard Plays

  • Tulsa at Army (-10.5) O/U $100 Army
  • Missouri at Oklahoma (-5.5) O/U 42.5 $150 Oklahoma
  • Kansas at Iowa State (-3.5) O/U 55.5 $50 Iowa State, $50 Under
  • Louisville at Southern Methodist (-4.5) O/U 49.5 $100 Southern Methodist
  • Duke (-6.5) at North Carolina O/U 51.5 $250 Duke
  • Michigan State at Iowa (-17) O/U 42.5 $200 Under
  • Southern California at Oregon (-10.5) O/U 57.5 $150 Over
  • Illinois (-8.5) at Wisconsin O/U 42 $500 Illinois
  • Arizona State (-6.5) at Colorado O/U 47 $100 Arizona State, $100 Under
  • Brigham Young (-3) at Cincinnati O/U 52.5 $150 Brigham Young, $150 Over
  • Washington (-10.5) at UCLA O/U 51.5 $150 Washington

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…

Purdue is idle this week, but if you are one of those sick futures players, tough luck! The Boilermakers aren’t on the board because they aren’t making the play-off.

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.

Samford at Texas A$M (-54.5) O/U 59.5 $50 Under

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 California Golden Bears.

California at Stanford (-3.5) O/U 49 $100 Under

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.”

Tennessee(-4) at Florida O/U 57.5 $1,000 Tennessee

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2 thoughts on “The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2025: The “Penultimate” Edition”

  1. Reading this post was like eating a fine meal… until I got to the final course of advice, Tennessee -4, which will probably be correct. It just left a sour taste in my mouth.

    As has this season.

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