If you're gonna go, go big. If you're not gonna go, get out of the way. No whimsical prose this week. Just picks.
If you’re gonna go, go big. If you’re not gonna go, get out of the way.
Ten weeks into the pro football campaign, Ali T. has had enough of the nickel-and-diming. We like his style. But he knows that.
SFBay readers are still battling it out for the actual prizes. Cool stuff we can’t wait to give away. After a rocky couple of weeks, ParksideGreg has bounced back to lead the reader battle with 9,500 SFBay Bucks.
No whimsical prose this week. Just picks. Enjoy.
Fair warning: We’re not touts, sharks or bookies. We don’t splash action around the web or line up bets in back alleys. We’re just a few local writers picking games without much of a clue. So using these picks for your own gambling is probably a very bad idea.
| Name | Bankroll | Last week |
| Jesse | 13,100 | +400 |
| Chelena | 10,000 | +200 |
| Ali | 9,300 | +300 |
| Game | Ali | Chelena | Jesse |
| St. Louis at San Francisco (-11) |
SF 200 |
SF 200 |
SF 1500 |
| Oakland at Baltimore (-7 1/2) |
BAL 300 |
BAL 100 |
OAK 200 |
| Buffalo at New England (-11) |
NE 1000 |
NE 100 |
NE 1000 |
| Denver (-4) at Carolina |
DEN 400 |
CAR 100 |
DEN 1000 |
| Dallas (-1 1/2) at Philadelphia |
DAL 200 |
PHI 100 |
DAL 200 |
| Houston at Chicago (-1) |
CHI 200 |
CHI 100 |
HOU 1000 |
To refresh anyone’s memory on how point spreads function, the team with the “minus points” is the favored team, and has the “point spread” deducted from their score at the end of the game. The final score adjusted by the point spread determines the winner of the bet.
If a team is favored by three points, they must win by more than three points to win a point spread bet.
Of course you can play along with Bettin’ or Braggin! What kind of pro football picking game would Bettin’ or Braggin’ be if you couldn’t play?
You can win prizes! (We can’t. All SFBay staff can win are bragging rights over each other. In other words, priceless.)
But first, some rules:
* – Actually, we will be picking two Thursday games, the Seattle-San Francisco game Oct. 26 and the Denver-Oakland game Dec. 6. On those weeks, the deadline for weekly picks will be Thursday at 5 p.m. See why we don’t like Thursday games? Too complicated.
Third-place: SFBay black fleece hoodie, high quality. Nice stuff. $50 value.
Second-place: Limited-edition, authentic SFBay Golden Gate FC soccer shirt, customized with your name. $120 value.
First place: A green Joe Montana Notre Dame Adidas jersey, “True School Authentics,” Size 56. Very high quality retro-authentic heavy mesh. Brand-new, never-worn condition. All tags attached. Very collectible. $250 value.
Jesse Garnier is the editor and founder of SFBay. A Mission District native, he also teaches journalism as associate professor at San Francisco State University.
The smell of sugary energy drinks mixed with the essence of bay water and an occasional whiff of weed.
Alright, Time to get back on track!
SF $5000
Oakland $200
New England $500
Denver $2000
Dallas $200
Houston $200
Looks like great minds think alike. Good luck Jesse. Parkside g