The Vikings are 2.5 point favorites...

**jmcdon00** · 11-05-2008, 01:30 PM

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"jmcdon00" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"dfosterf" wrote:

[quote author=Braddock link=topic=48914.msg861712#msg861712 date=1225909071]
What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

=Z=

no its not, they give .5 favourites so that you don't get someone matching the spread.
They either win or lose, no draw.
[/quote]
+1, In betting the line it's over or under, so if you bet the vikings they have to win by 3 or more points. No one is predicting a 2.5 point win.

**Zeus** · 11-05-2008, 01:35 PM

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"jmcdon00" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"dfosterf" wrote:

[quote author=Braddock link=topic=48914.msg861712#msg861712 date=1225909071]
What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

no its not, they give .5 favourites so that you don't get someone matching the spread.
They either win or lose, no draw.
[/quote]

The last thing I need is some yahoo to explain betting lines to me, LOL.

The key phrase (back up now) is "...vs. reality..."

=Z=

**i_bleed_purple** · 11-05-2008, 01:39 PM

"Zeus" wrote:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"jmcdon00" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

[quote author=dfosterf link=topic=48914.msg861717#msg861717 date=1225909421]
[quote author=Braddock link=topic=48914.msg861712#msg861712 date=1225909071]
What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

no its not, they give .5 favourites so that you don't get someone matching the spread.
They either win or lose, no draw.
[/quote]

The last thing I need is some yahoo to explain betting lines to me, LOL.

The key phrase (back up now) is "...vs. reality..."

=Z=
[/quote]

but the lines aren't supposed to be "... vs. reality..."
The entire purpose of it is for betting.

**dfosterf** · 11-05-2008, 01:46 PM

;D I thought I was trying to pick a fight with you guys against me... not each other. :

We're both at 4-4, the division lead is certainly at play here, I practically called your whole state nuts, and you are arguing about a .5 differential in a relatively meaningless point-spread.
I should have come up with a different title to this thread... I figured I'd get some of ya in here with this one, but what I was really trying to say is that the Vikes still suck... and that the Pack is going to kick your jiggly-butts, yet again.
(Sorry about Jared, not looking so good right now, btw)

;D

**Zeus** · 11-05-2008, 02:06 PM

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"jmcdon00" wrote:

[quote author=Zeus link=topic=48914.msg861718#msg861718 date=1225909591]
[quote author=dfosterf link=topic=48914.msg861717#msg861717 date=1225909421]
[quote author=Braddock link=topic=48914.msg861712#msg861712 date=1225909071]
What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

no its not, they give .5 favourites so that you don't get someone matching the spread.
They either win or lose, no draw.
[/quote]

The last thing I need is some yahoo to explain betting lines to me, LOL.

The key phrase (back up now) is "...vs. reality..."
[/quote]

but the lines aren't supposed to be "... vs. reality..."
The entire purpose of it is for betting.
[/quote]

*sigh*

I wrote:
"which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality."

And a bunch of PPO Yahoos (that's you and Jake) start babbling on and on and on and on and on about irrelevent shit if you're trying to commetn on what I wrote.
Which, since you all keep quoting it, is what is happening.

Don't make me come over there and take the rest of your donut, young man!

=Z=

**marstc09** · 11-05-2008, 02:37 PM

"Zeus" wrote:

"jmcdon00" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"dfosterf" wrote:

"Braddock" wrote:

What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

=Z=

Liar. You bet me on the coin toss and who would be announced last.

**Billy Boy** · 11-05-2008, 02:37 PM

"Braddock" wrote:

What the fuck does any of that mean?

It means make up a qualifying reason to withdraw all your money out of your 401k/IRA and max out your credit cards and put it on the Vikes to cover the spread!

You can thank me later.

**BloodyHorns82** · 11-05-2008, 02:59 PM

"Zeus" wrote:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

"i_bleed_purple" wrote:

"Zeus" wrote:

[quote author=jmcdon00 link=topic=48914.msg861726#msg861726 date=1225912252]
[quote author=Zeus link=topic=48914.msg861718#msg861718 date=1225909591]
[quote author=dfosterf link=topic=48914.msg861717#msg861717 date=1225909421]
[quote author=Braddock link=topic=48914.msg861712#msg861712 date=1225909071]
What the floop does any of that mean?

You tell me, man.
You tell me.

It means on a neutral field, the Packers would be .5 point favorites, which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality.

Why is that huey? The vikings have been better at home every year for a while.
If you think betting lines are hooey you should put your money where your mouth is.

It's hooey because you can't score a half-a-point in football.
Someone being favored by .5 is just stupid when looking at reality.

And I don't bet money on my own teams.

no its not, they give .5 favourites so that you don't get someone matching the spread.
They either win or lose, no draw.
[/quote]

The last thing I need is some yahoo to explain betting lines to me, LOL.

The key phrase (back up now) is "...vs. reality..."
[/quote]

but the lines aren't supposed to be "... vs. reality..."
The entire purpose of it is for betting.
[/quote]

*sigh*

I wrote:
"which tells you that betting lines are hooey vs. reality."

And a bunch of PPO Yahoos (that's you and Jake) start babbling on and on and on and on and on about irrelevent shit if you're trying to commetn on what I wrote.
Which, since you all keep quoting it, is what is happening.

Don't make me come over there and take the rest of your donut, young man!

=Z=
[/quote]

Attack the post not the yahoos.

**Purple Floyd** · 11-05-2008, 04:24 PM

"dfosterf" wrote:

;D I thought I was trying to pick a fight with you guys against me... not each other. :

We're both at 4-4, the division lead is certainly at play here, I practically called your whole state nuts, and you are arguing about a .5 differential in a relatively meaningless point-spread.
I should have come up with a different title to this thread... I figured I'd get some of ya in here with this one, but what I was really trying to say is that the Vikes still suck... and that the Pack is going to kick your jiggly-butts, yet again.
(Sorry about Jared, not looking so good right now, btw)

;D

You called our state nuts? You are in Pennsylvania and cheer for a team from a state that produced the likes of Jeff Dahmer and Ed Geen. What could we possibly say to make things look worse.

**dfosterf** · 11-05-2008, 04:37 PM

"UffDaVikes" wrote:

"dfosterf" wrote:

;D I thought I was trying to pick a fight with you guys against me... not each other. :

We're both at 4-4, the division lead is certainly at play here, I practically called your whole state nuts, and you are arguing about a .5 differential in a relatively meaningless point-spread.
I should have come up with a different title to this thread... I figured I'd get some of ya in here with this one, but what I was really trying to say is that the Vikes still suck... and that the Pack is going to kick your jiggly-butts, yet again.
(Sorry about Jared, not looking so good right now, btw)

;D

You called our state nuts? You are in Pennsylvania and cheer for a team from a state that produced the likes of Jeff Dahmer and Ed Geen. What could we possibly say to make things look worse.

If you had your proper smack-hat on you could have pointed out that I live within sniffing distance of Three-mile-Island.
I'm orginally from Wisconsin.
You could have mentioned how sick it is that not only do we kill 'em, we apparently like to eat 'em, but that is some sick stuff so I'd leave that out.