Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff
Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category.
Bill Jelen, aka Mr. Excel, is sponsoring a pool for the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament. You may know it as the Final Four. I’ll be getting in, but I haven’t had time yet. I need Memphis to do well in my other pools, so I think I’ll hedge my bets and have [...]
I predict the Seattle Seahawks to win the SuperBowl by 14 points later today. Seattle will score two unanswered, first quarter touchdowns: One workman-like touchdown in which they will run Alexander and defeat Pittsburgh’s pass rush with short, high-percentage passes over the middle and in the flats; and one easy touchdown such as an [...]
It’s March. And in the US, that can only mean one thing: The huge gambling machine that’s been asleep since the SuperBowl is waking. There are basically two sporting seasons that I enjoy more than any. The first is college football (the one where you don’t use your feet) bowl season. [...]
Larry points out that next year’s SuperBowl will by XL (=ROMAN(40) in Excel). Then I read the same thing on j-walkblog. In true Daily Dose style, I post the news only after everyone else on Earth has heard it.
Based on the comments at j-walkbog, and other experiences I’ve had, I conclude that people [...]
Last Week: 1 for 5
YTD: 34 for 65
Hawaii
+6 1/2
Michigan State
Auburn
-13 1/2
Tennessee
Oklahoma
-21 1/2
Colorado
California
-22 1/2
S. Mississippi
Pittsburgh
-7 1/2
S. Florida
Last Week: 3 for 5
YTD: 33 for 60
Arkansas
+4 1/2
LSU
Texas Tech
-5 1/2
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
-4 1/2
Missouri
UAB
+1 1/2
S. Mississippi
TCU
-12 1/2
Tulane
Two Weeks Ago: 4 for 5
YTTWA: 27 for 50
Then I picked:
Arkansas State
-6 1/2
Utah State
Akron
+1 1/2
Ohio
BYU
-6 1/2
New Mexico
Georgia
+5 1/2
Auburn
Louisiana Tech
-4 1/2
Tulsa
***********************************************************************************
Last Week: 3 for 5
YTD: 30 for 55
North Texas
-4 1/2
Arkansas State
Akron
+8 1/2
Miami (OH)
Missouri
-10 1/2
Kansas
North Carolina
-5 1/2
Duke
BYU
+21 1/2
Utah
Last Week: 2 for 5
YTD: 23 for 45
North Texas
+3 1/2
UL Lafayette
Colorado
+4 1/2
Kansas
BYU
-7 1/2
San Diego State
Arizona State
-9 1/2
Stanford
Hawaii
-6 1/2
Louisianna Tech
