StumpTownStu

Washington State Cougars 1h -.5, -115, 1 unit

Boise St 1h -9, -120, 2 units

Tough loss. Should've never happened.

Unbelievable fumble deep in Ohio St territory under 2 minutes. Should've been an easy cover. Looks in doubt now.

Ohio St 1h -9.5, -125, 1 unit

Super square play but Penn St is a program off the rails. Huge rivalry game. If it was in Happy Valley, maybe I would consider Penn St but they are at the shoe. I'll always bwt against turmoil.

5-5 -125

Oddsmakers look to mitigate risk and assure profit by evenly splitting action. A common misconception is thst a point spread represents how much better one team is than another. Actually, it respresents what number the oddsmakers think we'll split the action. Most people outside of hardcore basketball fans are unaware of the Bulls. They have a stacked lineup with guys like Vucevic, Josh Giddey, and Buzeli but none are household names. Everyone is aware that Knicks are "supposed" to be good. Plus New York has like 20 million people in the metro, and even more if you widen the circle. That's a lot of homer bets. If the line leaned towards Chicago, books would get pounded by Knick bets, leaving them exposed. As it stands, they probably took in more Knick action, both total dollars and tickets.

@DefenseWinsSB

 Send me a PM when you hit rock bottom (eggplant emoji).

Seriously though, if you kicked opioids, if you beat alcoholism, you can certainly beat this. The best part is, unlike opioids and alcohol, there's no physical reasoj why you can't just quit cold turkey. Separate yourself from the gaming world. Don't post here. Don't watch sports, even just as a fan. Take a walk. Read a book. Spend time with friends and family. Exercise. I don't wanna hear someone who beat opioid addiction believing they're not stronf enough to beat gambling addiction.

La Migra!

La Migra!

La Migra!

I might grab a little of that.

I might grab a little of that.

The Rockies are impressive. When you're in Denver, you're up against the Front range but you have to remember that the Rockies are a grouping od many smaller ranges. And some are downright amazing. Like Raiders was mentioning, a lot of the ranges in Colorado are "ugly" (My wording, not his). Do you the composition of the rock, and the shear elevation, so much of it being above the tree line, a lot of it is bare. It's rocky, no pun intended. There's talus everywhere. Still amazing. All mountains are amazing and beautiful to me. And the Colorado Rockies has the best andclargest collection of mountain towns. With that said, for pure beauty the northern ranges are where it's at as far as the Rockies are concerned.

I tend to jokingly roast eastern U.S. mountain ranges too, but honestly, base elevation has to be considered. The Rockies are pretty uniformly high but the Colorado plateau itself is like 6,000+. The example I always use to illustrate this is Denver. Denver is "the Mile High City". And people who don't know any better assume it's in the Rockies. It's not. It's very near the Rockies but not in them. Flagstaff is over 7,000'. And while Flagstaff very much feels like a mountain town, it's not really in the mountains. It's just on the Colorado Plateau. There are mountains near Flagstaff. Technically even in the citiy limits. It's not in the mountains like, say, Telluride. Or Lake Tahoe. For context, the Tibetan plateau is like 14,000'. So it's all perspective.

I have done some backpacking in the Whites and they were pretty rugged.

@Calde13

 Mountains are a foreign concept to you? Bicycles?

It's Vegas. It was probably blow.

@unplucked_gem

 You're in North Carolina, right?

Some people who's itinerary has them starting late will reverse hike it because Vermont, the 'Shire, and Maine can already be pretty cold this time of year.