very well said plaw- thank you.

My pleasure.

One thing I should add is this:

A common misconception people have is that the point spread is meant to reflect the relative strength of the two teams, which is absolutely not the case.

Professional sports bettors, though, have their own formulas for determining that.

And when they find a 10 point favorite that, in their opinion is only 7 points better than the other team, they bet on the underdog. Or vice-versa

But in no way is the point spread that we see meant to determine strngth. It's designed to simply attract an eual amount of wagering on each team.

these stoopida focking games....

When I try to register under Gamename: "GangsterBB" It tells me it already exists. Without wasting too much time can anyone give a simple explanation to this old man who had too much wine.??

Register with a user name first, I think, then join the group.

Duh....thanks pl. The old man had too much wine last night. Yellow Tail Shiraz to be precise.

I'm in.

Cheap Austrailian stuff.

If you like Shiraz, try a good California Syrah. Same grape.

Look for one made by Cline Vineyards. About a buck or so more than the Yellow Tail, and much better IMO.

Were we supposed to use our names from here on fanpool? Well I made mine CJohnson711 anyways I don't know if it matters.

It doesn't matter, just as long as we know it's you.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Gangster BB Fantasy Sports.

And please remember.....When you post here, spelling, grammar, and punctuation count.

Where the hell is Douche? He better not wuss out! :p

Speaking of wusses.....where's Big Daddy?

Hey Pappy - you might want to go and get your eyes checked - I have been signed up since earlier tonight. You'll see it at one of the pee breaks later tonight. I'm sure that will help you sleep better afterwards.

And the Paper Champion - I believe he is afraid to show his face around here now. :p

The "People's" Champion, Bad Daddy? I'm a person, what did you win for me?

Well for you probably nothing but that is because you still frighten me.

To the rest of the peeps, regarding this game though - I didn't realize it was spreads, I thought it was more like a bracket format. I guess nobody has them going, someone in work was looking for one also but couldn't find it. Oh well I can always have fun with a spread.

As you correctly pointed out earlier, BDW, the matchups for the second round are dependent on who wins in the first round, so you can't really have a brackets game.

As far as picking games vs. the spread goes, I'm glad you're here.

See what you can do about staying out of the cellar this time. :p

I would have done better in the other one but once the corruption occured in the fantasy football game it through me off. Yea, that's the ticket.

Besides sometimes I get a spread I really like and spend more time than I should there. Slows down my overall production.

Yo, DMC - Why don't I see you in the standings/results?

I'm in the "results" but not the score

I don't see you in either just under "Players"... I see everyone else, tho. On the Results page, you're probably not in the white section, right? You should be...

You're 0-1 so far, right?

yeah

If I try to go to "join league" it says I'm already in the Gangster BB group- stoopida..

You're not under Averages, either. You broke it already?? :p

If I'm not mistaken, everyone is 1-1 except for DannyMontana and (I assume) DMC who are 0-2...

Sucks, cuz I *wanted* the Jets to win, but didn't think they would. Fock!

no- I'm 2-0 (gives shady eye look) :p

Dreamin' again... must be nice thinking you're always winning when you're NOT! :p

It's my world!!! and you can't take that away from me! :p

I REALLY expected the Broncos to come out a little more inspired than what they are. 35-3

Repeat of last year.

It's okay with me. Why, are you looking to go 0-3 now?

Worse, actually.

Last year I think it was only 31-3.

Do you have any sentimental attachment left for the Colts, Bethie?

Last year was 41-10.

Me rooting for The Colts is like someone from Cleveland rooting for The Ravens. We'll always have our fond memories of Unites, Lenny Moore, and Artie Donovan. But it's hard to think fond of a team when your last images of them are seeing Mayflower trucks moving the team out in the dead of night, literally days after your owner swore he had no plans of moving the team. So, no, I'm not rooting for The Colts.

Break a leg next week Petyon.

Or, crack a rib.