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College football week 1 - winner winner chicken dinner

Well I hope everyone was on the UNLV Rebels yesterday, as my first pick of the CFB year came in a winner. I had UNLV + 26. 5 on the road at USC. The final score of the game was 43-21, with USC winning but failing to cover, just as I predicted.

The betting opened with USC favored by 31 points. By kickoff the number had dropped to 24. 5. So obviously there was a lot of money coming in on the Rebels, who actually had an early lead and only lost when USC pulled away in the fourth quarter. The game was much closer than its final score would indicate.

So let me tell you how this is going to work, as far as my free picks go, throughout the season. I will give out one free pick on the college side each week, hopefully it will be ready by Thurssday of each week at the latest.

I'm going to do something a little different with pro football this year. I will still have my "5-star Pick of the Week" every week, and usually have that posted on or before Friday. This pick may be on the money line or on the points line, depending on where I think the most value is.

I am also going to be giving you a 3-team parlay to take a flyer on each week also. The 3 team parlay will consists of my picks on the Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games, exclusively.  This parlay will be posted just prior to Thursday night's game, and will consist strictly of three point spread games.

For both college and Pros, the picks themselves will be posted on my Twitter feed (@casinologger), but you will have to read my blog post to get my analysis of each game and why I'm betting it the way that I am. For college games I will be posting a recap on Sunday or Monday indicating whether I've won or lost and detailing my record for the season. I will post my Pro results on Tuesday along with an update of my record. Long time readers of this blog might recall that I got off to a 6-0 start last year, so you're definitely going to want to check out my first pro pick of the week, next week.

One last thing, and it's important. And no, I'm not going to tell you that my handicapping advice is "for entertainment purposes only". I just want everyone to know that I'm not a professional at this, but I do put my money where my mouth is. Every bet that I recommend you make is one that I am making myself. Think about that before you spend money on a "sports service" that really makes it's money from you, and not from how they bet on the games.

That's all for now, good luck everybody in the upcoming football season

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