Trashin’ – Not Cashin’ – Like Charles Barkley

The public watched Charles Barkley rip up his betting ticket on the Manning cast:

I feel about the same way after getting my ass kicked all weekend – 1-6 for -$281. I may be taking a break from offering picks on the blog. I actually lost much more on my own doing all the things I should never do as a gambler. I had the personal bank roll to lose, but I’m just not doing well enough to offer picks for public consumption. And I almost feel like I’m doing a frikkin’ confessional when I review a losing week.

My Patriots pick was actually one I discussed with a “handicapper.” He gave it out as a “free pick,” saying he almost used it as a premium pick, and I had been considering the Pats anyway. So, I went for it and lost. My fault, not his. But I do wonder how people feel if they had paid for the pick. It just doesn’t make sense to me to pay for picks. I actually feel worse losing a bet when I made it a pick. Well, usually – I really got hammered on my own Sunday. Of course, the funny thing is no one’s reading the picks anyway!

Maybe I’ll just grouse about all the bets I lost on Tuesdays. Like the Georgia quarterback doing the vogue thing of taking a knee instead of strolling into the end zone – that, in general, is the dumbest shit in sports. Or New England giving up a big lead and barely defeating . . . Atlanta. Miami losing to SMU. The Colts almost literally handing the game to Pittsburgh all day . . . and still only losing by 7. Patrick Mahomes forgetting how to run and still having a chance to beat Buffalo.

Maybe I’ll track how much actual handicappers suck. (Joke.)