Picking against Bama

[SUPERCOACH]

I have a hard time picking against Bama no matter what the line is.  Many of you are the same way.  It doesn't seem fair to give an advantage to the folks who don't have a problem picking against Bama when the point spread is really high.  So let's vote on it.

[BAMAWV]

Hate to think someone would be so petty as to actively root against the Tide scoring just to win a Pick'em contest. Bama 38 - 6 MSU (but I'd still take MSU +24 if cash was involved).

 

[SUPERCOACH]

Hate to think someone would be so petty as to actively root against the Tide scoring just to win a Pick'em contest. Bama 38 - 6 MSU (but I'd still take MSU +24 if cash was involved).

 

There are usually one or two who do, and I don't like them getting the upper hand. 

[BAMAWV]

Hate to think someone would be so petty as to actively root against the Tide scoring just to win a Pick'em contest. Bama 38 - 6 MSU (but I'd still take MSU +24 if cash was involved).

 

There are usually one or two who do, and I don't like them getting the upper hand. 

I've won this year taking the points (maybe Ole Miss) but I wasn't jumping up and down every time the Rebel Beers got a first down. It is hard to imagine that those people even exist amongst us- but they do!

[ricky023]

I can't do it. I tried one time and I felt guilty for 24 hrs. and I changed it. RTR!

[Bamaphile]

I can't pick against Bama, either.  I also don't think I've ever picked Auburn, because I can't bring myself to pick them.

[Bandit]

Between last year and this year, I seem to always think they won't cover, but pick them anyways. Funny thing is they usually cover. I've kind of gotten used to picking them as a good luck charm. I say keep it!

[pmull]

I voted yes. I will always pick Bama. That may be why I am at the bottom of the standings.

I noticed some of you traders picked the barn to cover the spread last week. I will never pick the barn. Same as picking against Bama is how I see it.

[Catch Prothro]

My vote would be no, don't include the game.  The line is 24.5 points!  I might have to take State with that point spread, but I wouldn't be happy about it.

[SUPERCOACH]

I voted yes. I will always pick Bama. That may be why I am at the bottom of the standings.

I noticed some of you traders picked the barn to cover the spread last week. I will never pick the barn. Same as picking against Bama is how I see it.

[ALTideUp]

I took the Viles and the points. If the spread is 20+ I will typically take the dog. Winning by more than 20 usually requires that the losing team doesn't keep playing through to the end of the game, and the winning team either doesn't put in the reserves, or doesn't come off the gas. Bama, with a ball control offensive style, with nothing to prove by running up a score, and with plenty to gain by giving less experience players take snaps, is a bad bet to cover a huge spread. Of course, as the year wears on, our reserves are getting better and better, and the Viles, apparently didn't keep playing. Or maybe they did? Hard to tell.

This week, it's bama,  28-17

[BAMAWV]

My vote would be no, don't include the game.  The line is 24.5 points!  I might have to take State with that point spread, but I wouldn't be happy about it.

Agreed. Sometimes you end up rooting (for Bama as usual) against your own pick. But another way to look at that is that by picking MSU to beat the spread, you are in affect incentivizing the Tide to play harder. If everyone is on the "heck yeah they'll cover" side, the Tide thinks they have it made and don't bring the A game. But in the real gambling world, the line would just increase and we'd be looking at -27.5 or some such number. We have an advantage in that our lines remain the same as when they open (or SC puts them on the sidebar).

[KoKoPuf]

I almost always pick Bama. I gave up betting on them long ago because I just couldn't bet against them.

[Tidewest]

I vote to put them in mis this week and let Supercoach take Bama, I am only one game behind him in the Pick'em contest. I always want Bama to win but I do not get upset if they do not cover the spread.

[pmull]

The game is not in the picks this week. I demand a recount. 

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