There was nothing average about last week’s Average Joe Contest results.
Twenty-five contestants went a perfect 7-0, and the second-quarter champion went 27-8 overall — a blistering 77% winning percentage.
Jeff Kucera of Galloway, N.J. clinched the Vegas trip on the final play of Monday Night Football, riding the Eagles +2.5 to victory.
When asked for the secret to his success, Jeff kept it simple:
A lot of luck and listening to VSiN.
Good answer, Jeff.
Quarter 3 kicks off Friday
That means a clean slate and another chance to win that same trip to Las Vegas.
All you have to do is enter the free EdgeBoost Average Joe Contest here.
The rules couldn’t be easier:
>Pick 7 NFL and/or CFB games each week
>Finish atop the quarterly leaderboard and the Vegas trip is yours
There are weekly prizes, too:
>Finish first in any week and win $500 (secured in an EdgeBoost account)
>Already have a free EdgeBoost account? Your prize doubles to $1,000
So make sure you have your EdgeBoost account set up here — and don’t forget to use promo code VSiN.
Triple MAC attack
Three games tonight, all in the MAC and all at the same time (?!?):
- Toledo (-4) at Miami (7 ET, ESPN2)
- Northern Illinois (-11.5) at UMass (7 ET, ESPNU)
- Buffalo (+2) at Central Michigan (7 ET, CBSSN)
VSiN.com managing editor Adam Burke focuses on Toledo-Miami:
From a metrics standpoint, Toledo is stellar. From a wins and losses standpoint, they’ve not lived up to the numbers. Head coach Jason Candle struggles badly with being the favorite. Candle has lost 18 times as a favorite including 11 as at least a touchdown favorite.
Here’s a MAC-relevant nugget from Steve Makinen’s Analytics Report:
Home underdogs of 10 points or more on Tuesday/Wednesday Night MACtion have gone Over the total at a 15-4-1 (78.9%) rate since 2016. System Match (Play Over): NIU-UMass (spread +11.5, total 43.5).
Everything we post on CFB Week 12 will be here.
Survivor advice
Gill Alexander and Kelley Bydlon, as they do every Wednesday on A Numbers Game, sort through the Survivor options. They believe the Bills, Steelers, and Ravens are risky plays in Week 11. >>Watch the segment.
New on VSiN.com: Contributor Tyler Shoemaker posts his early plays.
Everything we do on NFL Week 11 will be posted here.
Today in college basketball
Greg “Hoops” Peterson has 12 picks for today’s robust college basketball menu, including a Midnight Special in Hawaii.
Greg also posts daily handicapped lines and handicaps every game every day during the season on the Coast-to-Coast Hoops podcast.
Adam Burke will offer his college basketball Best Bets Monday-Saturday. You can find them on our college basketball page mid-morning.
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Quick Hits
NBA: We have relaunched the Hardwood Handicappers podcast, hosted by Zach Cohen. He will keep it tight (~20 minutes) and do it Monday-Friday. Look for the YouTube video here and the podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Here is Apple link.
Zach’s Best Bets column and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report will hit around mid-morning on our NBA page. Our Opta AI NBA player props projections are here.
NHL: VSiN hockey analyst Jonathan Davis will post his Best Bets around mid-day.
Golf: Wes Reynolds handicaps the PGA stop in Bermuda and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
Wes and Kelley Bydlon also banged out a fresh episode of the Long Shots podcast. >>Watch. >>Listen.
Horse Racing: 1/ST BET handicapper Jeremy Plonk has picks for today’s Charles Town card. Why Charles Town? Well, there is a mandatory payout of its $104,353 carryover pick 6.
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