Getting SmarterWe are on a huge roll here at Whotobet.net as my picks are at an oustanding 68%+ over the last 5 weekends, including an impressive 3-0 last week, followed up by another Thursday night winner last night in Ga. Tech.  My theory behind this is that we the bettor are getting smarter as we know more and more about the teams.  The beginning of the season is always a crap shoot for those bettors who haven't done their homework.  Often times, you hear about people making tons of money on no name schools, and that is because the Vegas odds makers don't know that much about that school, so the spreads are wrong and the educated bettor makes a killing.  Later on in the season everyone wises up, even the odds makers, but that doesn't mean they don't miss a few still.  So, with only a few more weeks to go during the regular season, let's keep up the winning ways and get right back to our Free Picks.

The Yellow Jacket Pick last night has LA CryingCan I blame my newborn son for that horrific pick of Miami over Georgia Tech last night?  While I would like to say that he is crying like the little tyke in the picture and that his crying distracted me and caused that pick last night…the truth is, Daniel is an absolutely wonderful kid and, if my pick was indeed unfocused, I have no one to blame but myself.  Heck, I was likely more distracted by an episode of Ellen than anything Daniel might have done.

It's 4th and 1.2 (percentage points) to go for LA Picks12 weeks down, 3 (plus the magical bowl season) left.  With 80% of the season "in the books," it's fourth down and 1.2 yards to go.  Why 1.2?  Because LA Pick Performance is 58.8% (50-35-1) ATS for the year...1.2% below my goal of 60%.  So, I need a 5 win (or better) performance this week to reach my goal and then drive to the final goal line.  Given my outstanding midweek performance (11-6, 65%), I'm going for both Top 25 Matchups in the midweek with Ball State (-6.5) @ Central Michigan and Miami, FL (+4.0) @ Georgia Tech.

Miami Good Again?Miami ranked?  Yes.  Miami leading the ACC Coastal Division?  Yes.  Miami back on the map?  Not quite.  I'm not quite certain how this happened but somehow Miami finds itself controlling its own destiny to the ACC Championship.  Actually, they can wrap up the title this weekend if one of the following scenarios occurs: a win
and a North Carolina loss to North Carolina State, or a victory coupled with a
Virginia win over Clemson and a Virginia Tech win over Duke.  Seems like a lot, but crazier things have happened.  Heck, Boston College was 2-3 in ACC going into last weekend, and now they control their own destiny to win the ACC Atlantic.  Nothing is crazier than the ACC this year except for my fantasy football league where the top 8 out of 12 teams make the playoffs, and going into last week, the top 8 teams were 6-4.  Talk about parody.  Anyways, let's see if we can continue our winning streak from last week.

Don't be a "Fool"As predicted, the Hokies were able to manage to cover the spread last night against the Hurricanes.  As I was watching the Hokies drive in the 4th quarter I felt like Col. John "Hannibal" Smith of the A Team saying to myself, "I love it when a plan comes together."  They got the TD instead of the FG, and thus covered, and making us all a little bit wealthier, unless you were, as Mr. T would say... a "Fool" and didn't follow our advice.  Onto this weekend's picks.

What special delivery does the stork have in mind for Week #12?Well, that worked.  On Friday, November 11th…one day after posting the picture of me touching the “Pick like a Champion Today,” I was picked as a Dad for the third time.  Born at 2:10pm, Daniel came into the world and changed my life forever.  Welcome to the world Danny…your Mommy wishes I had touched that sign one week earlier  In addition to bringing Danny into the world, my “pick mojo” catapulted me to a 3-0 Thursday night …lifting the LA pick performance to 58.4% (45-32-1) ATS on the year.