• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Minnesota Sports Today

Minnesota Sports Today

Minnesota Sports News Continuously Updated

  • Vikings
  • Twins
  • Basketball
    • Lynx
    • Timberwolves
  • Wild
  • Minnesota United FC
  • Colleges
    • University of Minnesota
    • University of Minnesota Duluth
    • St. Cloud

Fade Clay Travis: Bye Week Edition

October 19, 2024 by The Daily Gopher

GOLF: JUN 20 LIV Golf League Nashville
Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Current Season Record: 53-42

Two pieces for you to read this week. First, this except from Clay’s latest #respectthepicks column

So far this season, we haven’t seen good results with the college football picks — the NFL Six Pack has been solid, but not CFB — and we are sitting at a poor 42-53 on the season. Fade-the-picks guy has been a winner so far. And y’all know I hate fade-the-picks guy. But it’s Locktober in college football, the time when great gamblers like me make money hand over fist. Which is why I have 17 winners for you this weekend. Yep, 17!

For what it’s worth, this “fade the picks” guy is up ~$100 on the season.

The second piece is from Jason Quick at the Athletic “I literally can’t stop.” The relevant quote from a great and devastating character piece.

Researchers say this is a familiar playbook, one that mirrors the psychological approach used by slot-machine designers to create continuous play. Slots use certain colors and sounds to keep players engrossed. The sports-wagering apps use in-game betting, parlays and “free” bonuses. “They have learned the psychology of slot machines,” said Dr. Michelle Malkin, an associate professor at East Carolina University who has studied online sports betting. “The same kind of people who may get lost in a slot machine will get lost in those same kind of apps.”

Picks this week

Oregon at Purdue. We take Oregon -28.5

Nebraska at Indiana. We take Indiana -6.5

Miami at Louisville. We take Louisville +5

Wisconsin at Northwestern. We take the under 41.5

Virginia at Clemson. We take Virginia +20.5

UCLA at Rutgers. We take the over 40.5 (and personally feel like Clay has the best chance to win on this bet).

Auburn at Missouri. We take Missouri -4.5 and the over 51.5

South Carolina at Oklahoma. We take the under 41.5

Alabama at Tennessee. We take Alabama -3 and the over 56.5

Michigan at Illinois. We take Michigan -3.5

USC at Maryland. We take USC -7.5

Texas A&M at Mississippi State. We take Texas A&M -17

LSU at Arkansas. We take LSU -1.5

Georgia at Texas. We take Texas -5

Kentucky at Florida. We take the over 42.5

Filed Under: University of Minnesota

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Kirill Kaprizov is playing the contract game differently than everyone else
  • NFC Notes: Rome Odunze, J.J. McCarthy, Bears, Lions, Vikings
  • Timberwolves at Nets predictions: odds, recent stats, trends and best bets for November 3
  • 3 essential questions for new Twins manager Shelton
  • Latest Ja Morant rumors should spring the Timberwolves into action

Categories

  • Basketball
    • Lynx
    • Timberwolves
  • Colleges
    • St. Cloud
    • University of Minnesota
  • Minnesota United FC
  • Twins
  • Vikings
  • Wild

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • Star Tribune
  • St. Paul Pioneer Press
  • CBS Minnesota
  • Sporting Sota
  • Zone Coverage
  • 247 Sports
  • Bleacher Report
  • The Sports Daily
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • The Spun
  • USA Today

Baseball

  • MLB.com
  • Last Word On Baseball
  • MLB Trade Rumors
  • Off The Baggy
  • Pucketts Pond
  • Twinkie Town
  • Twins Daily

Basketball

  • NBA.com
  • Amico Hoops
  • Canis Hoopus
  • Dunking With Wolves
  • High Post Hoops
  • Hoops Hype
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Last Word On Pro Basketball
  • Pro Basketball Talk
  • Real GM

Football

  • Minnesota Vikings
  • Daily Norseman
  • Last Word On Pro Football
  • NFL Trade Rumors
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Football Talk
  • The Viking Age
  • Total Vikings
  • Vikings Wire

Hockey

  • Gone Puck Wild
  • Hockey Wilderness
  • Last Word On Hockey
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • E Pluribus Loonum
  • Last Word on Soccer
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Gopher Hole
  • Saturday Blitz
  • The Daily Gopher
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in