2023 Three Best Bets -- Week 18

[Softball Bat]

Fans, if you notice that I've made an error, hit me up and I will make the correction asap.

This is the final week of the regular season, but this game runs through the Super Bowl, so there are a number of weeks left.

Roux and Mikey now share the lead, but as you can see, there is a cluster of playahs still very much in contention.

3BB is going to be a wild ride down the home stretch!



Week 17 Scores
Roach: 1-2 – Dolphins cr@pped the bed
Steve Jobs: 2-0 – with a push
Donnie Baker: 1-1 - mediocre
poptart: 2-0 – with a push
Troll#3: 1-2 - stumble
Dr_Phibes: 1-2 – Bucs disappoint
TWIS: 2-1 – good work
Biggie: 1-2 – LAC go limp
Mikey: 2-1 - steady
Roux: 3-0 – BRILLIANT!
Screw_Michigan: 1-3 – with a push (LOY *fail*)
HPG: 1-2 – wait ‘til next year



Standings
Roux: 28-21-2 .571
Mikey: 24-18 .571
Dr_Phibes: 29-22 .569
poptart: 22-17-3 .564
Troll #3: 28-22-1 .560
Steve Jobs: 27-22-1 .551
Donnie Baker: 25-21 .543
Roach: 24-24-1 .500
Biggie: 26-27 .491
TWIS: 21-22-1 .488
HPG: 22-26-1 .458
Screw_Michigan: 20-31-1 .392
Smackie Chan: 5-10 .333
kcdave: couldn’t get it up



Week 18
Saturday
PIT -3.5 @ BAL 39.5
HOU +1 @ IND 47

Sunday
ATL +4 @ NO 41.5
CHI +3.5 @ GB 44
TB -5.5 @ CAR 37.5
CLE +4.5 @ CIN 39.5
JAX -3.5 @ TEN 40
MIN +4 @ DET 43.5
NYJ +2 @ NE 33.5
PHI -6 @ NYG 45.5
DAL -13.5 @ WAS 48.5
LAR +3.5 @ SF 42.5
SEA -3.5 @ AZ 47.5
KC +1.5 @ LAC 35.5
DEN +2.5 @ LVR 38
BUF -3 @ MIA 50

[Roux]

A rules question:

Fans, take *NOTE* that Biggie's "spicy suggestion" is in effect this season.

And a spicy suggestion-each player gets to designate 1 game (for the whole year) as their 3BB Triple Play Lock of the Year. If they get it right, it counts for 3-0. Lose, 0-3. Push, 0-1.

You can use your Triple Play Lock of the Year pick at any time you want.

Remember, this game runs all the way through the Super Bowl.

If you use your TPLotY on Championship Sunday (AFC and NFC Conference Championship Game Sunday), a correct pick would count for 2-0, not 3-0.

So for example this weekend, if I pick Team A, Team B, and Team C (Lock of the Year), and all three win, then I would go 5-0 for the weekend?

What about if Teams A and B win, but Team C loses? Would my record for the weekend be 2-3?

Thank you again for running the contest.

[Mikey]

Is the LOTY in addition to the other three picks, or one of the three weekly picks designated as LOTY? In other words you could go 6-0 for the weekend?

[Softball Bat]

So for example this weekend, if I pick Team A, Team B, and Team C (Lock of the Year), and all three win, then I would go 5-0 for the weekend?

Yes

What about if Teams A and B win, but Team C loses? Would my record for the weekend be 2-3?

Yes


When you make your LoY pick, you could potentially go 0-5, 5-0, or something in between.

[Softball Bat]

Is the LOTY in addition to the other three picks, or one of the three weekly picks designated as LOTY? In other words you could go 6-0 for the weekend?

The LOTY pick is one of the 3 picks (or less) that you make in a given week.
You cannot make more than 3 picks in a week.

The best a person could do when they make their LOTY pick is go 5-0.

[Roach]

PHI -6 @ NYG
DAL -13.5 @ WAS

BUF -3 @ MIA LOtY

[Softball Bat]

BUF -3 @ MIA LOtY

Good luck!

[Softball Bat]

CHI +3.5
TEN +3.5
DEN +2.5

[Steve Jobs]

CLE +4.5 @ CIN
MIN +4 @ DET
LAR +3.5 @ SF

[Softball Bat]

Mikey wrote this in another thread...

I wasn't even aware of the LOtY option until earlier this week.

In case some others are not aware of this option, we have a thing called the 3BB Triple Play Lock of the Year.

You are allowed to make ONE pick, for the whole season, and claim it as your TPLotY.

If you get that pick correct, it counts as 3 correct picks for you.
If you get it wrong, it counts as -3 for you.
So, you could potentially go 5-0 in the week you use your TPLotY.
Or, you could go 0-5, or something in between.

So far, Biggie and SM have burned their TPLotY pick this year.
Everyone else still has it in their pocket.

Use it wisely, or not.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

PIT @ BAL over 39.5
HOU @ IND under 47
MIN @ DET under 43.5

[Screw_Michigan]

IND -1

[Mikey]

BUF -3
HOU +1
SF -3.5

[Troll#3]

PIT / BAL 39.5 Over
NYJ / NE 33.5 Over
BUF / MIA 50 Under

[Softball Bat]

PIT / BAL 39.5 Over

You barely got that one IN.

Good luck!

[Dr_Phibes]

IND - 1
NE - 2
BUF - 3

[Donnie Baker's Ghost]

CHI +3.5
CLE @ CIN over 39.5
SF -3.5

[Softball Bat]

A few of you had action on HOU @ IND.

This play was big...

[Roux]

NO -4
TB -5.5
JAX -3.5

[Troll#3]

PIT / BAL 39.5 Over

You barely got that one IN.

Good luck!

[Roux]

One more rules question:

If you use your TPLotY on Championship Sunday (AFC and NFC Conference Championship Game Sunday), a correct pick would count for 2-0, not 3-0.

Since there are 4 possible bets on Championship Sunday (AFC point spread and total, and NFC point spread and total), it would seem that a lock of the year pick should still count for 3 points.

But since the Super Bowl only has 2 possible bets (point spread and total), then a lock of the year pick would only be worth 2 points. Is that right?

But in any event, thank you for running this contest.

[Screw_Michigan]

LAR +3.5
TB -5.5

[The Whistle Is Screaming]

DET
PHI - Biggie Lock of the year
KC

[Dr_Phibes]

A few of you had action on HOU @ IND.

This play was big...

Even if they scored it would have been a push. Houston missed the PAT and it's, oh f*ck, that's where this is going. Thought I was laughing with that pick.
Where was Michael Pittman?

That was a shame, always had a soft spot for the Colts, love their style.


Who didn't love Jeff George?

'Jeff, why do people hate you so much?

- Cause I'm good and I'm good looking'.

[Biggie]

NYG +6
SF/LAR under 42.5
BUF/MIA under 50

Thanks pops!

[Softball Bat]

Since there are 4 possible bets on Championship Sunday (AFC point spread and total, and NFC point spread and total), it would seem that a lock of the year pick should still count for 3 points.

But since the Super Bowl only has 2 possible bets (point spread and total), then a lock of the year pick would only be worth 2 points. Is that right?

The lock of the year pick will still count for 3 if you use it on the Super Bowl.

If you make the LotY pick for the Super Bowl, and you nail it, the best you could possibly do in that week is go 4-0 (by getting the over/under correct).

The worst you could do is go 0-4.

[Softball Bat]

Five players have action on BUF @ MIA, including Roach, who has it as his lock of the year.