Yeah, yeah, yeah. If the Blob ain't a beaucoup fuddy on the whole gambling-on-sports thing, it's a beaucoup duddy.
It has shaken its bony fist at the sky more than once over the disturbing synergy that has developed between the gambling culture and not only professional sports, but college sports. When pro and college sports become de facto business partners with online sportsbooks, can a next-level Black Sox scandal be far behind? Or a point-shaving scandal in college buckets, ala Kentucky and CCNY in the 1950s?
But I digress.
("You do," you're saying. "Like, all the time.")
What's on the Blob's radar this morning is not gambling in sports, but gambling on sports. Specifically, gambling on the NFL, which lots of people do and which is a fool's enterprise, especially this season.
Exhibit A (and today's public service announcement): Lions 30, Cardinals 12.
Which is an actual NFL score from an actual NFL game, and who the hell saw THAT coming?
I mean, really? The Kitties, 1-11-1 coming in, beating the 10-3 Cardinals by three touchdowns? What th-?
Biggest upset of the year in the NFL, although there don't seem to be any upsets in the NFL anymore. One week the Colts crush the Bills; the next, they jack around and blow one to the Buccaneers. Then, two weeks later, Carson Wentz completes just five passes but the Colts still beat the Patriots, who hadn't lost a game since mid-October.
Meanwhile, the .500 Saints shut out Tom Brady, 9-0.
Also meanwhile, the Bengals beat the Broncos to remain tied with the Ravens atop the AFC Central at, um, 8-6. Except for the Packers, every team in the league has at least four losses. And in the AFC, three of the four division leaders are 9-5 or worse.
In other words: Nobody's automatic in the NFL right now. Which means no bet is a lock.
But you go ahead and drop some coin on the Cardinals this week.
They play the Colts, who just beat the hottest team in the league. Which means you know what's going to happen this week.
No way the Cards lose. No way.
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