Wild Card Recap (West Coast)

3 out of the 4 Wild Card weekend games turned out to be pretty good. My strategy of picking all home teams proved to be pretty good. Since I waited until the last minute to put my bets in, I got the Steelers +3. There was a serious chain of events that occurred for me to somehow win that bet. Just for fun, let's recap:
1. The Steelers rallied from 18 points down (14 at the half).
2. The Steelers went for a 12 yard 2 point conversion...and of course failed.
3. The Steelers failed on another 2 point conversion to put them up by 3.
Why is it important they failed on these? B/c if this game goes to OT, I have a good chance of a push.
4. Garrard threw 2 interceptions after only 3 ALL year.
5. Several HUGE 4th down conversions (by both teams).
6. Maurice Jones-Drew was one tackle and two yards away from scoring a TD with seconds remaining.
7. Big Ben turns the ball over at his own 20 at the end of the game....thankfully the Jags fell on it instead of running it back.

Every now and then it's good to win one of these bets as they always seem to go against you. Looking back, I was a little pissed at myself for taking the Bucs. This was the only bet of the weekend where I didn't have a good feeling before the game. 3-1 start to the NFL playoffs, 2-1-1 on the blog. I'll take it.

OPENING LINES ROUND 2

Green Bay -9 Seattle....Damn that's a lot of points. Action pouring in on Seattle.
New England -11.5 Jacksonville....seems about right. Action slightly in favor of New England.
Indy -9 San Diego....again a ton of points. Action slightly in favor of San Diego.
Dallas 7.5 NY Giants....That 1/2 point could be huge. Action in favor of NY Giants.

The normal wiseguy logic is to take the home teams in round 2 as they are better rested and normally far more talented. This year....I dunno? These spreads seem awfully high.

One quick BCS paragraph. There is completely no reason to spend a lot of time ranting about the BCS in the Bullpen Catcher. Everybody knows it sucks and yet nothing will ever be done about it. A "plus one" system is not even the correct fix for it, but it might be better than now. Ohio St. and LSU play tomorrow night for the BCS title. In my book, neither team would win it all in a playoff format. I'd take a healthy USC or Georgia team over either one. For this reason, there isn't a chance in hell I'm turning this game on tomorrow night. As a die hard sports nut, I'm held back from paying much attention or time to college football simply because there's a pretty good chance there is no real champion at the end. It's amazing to think how big of a mistake this is by college football. Could you imagine the first round of games and the excitement it would bring? Imagine March Madness and multiply it by 2 or 3. By far, not having a playoff format is the most ridiculous item in sports. That's all I have to say about that.