Protect Your Unit Week 12 Results Thread

(DISCLAIMER: This game is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)

First, I have some unpleasant business to report; it seems some of you have found a little loophole in the website that lets you enter bets after the games have started.

In most cases this was only by a few seconds, and/or the bets were for small amounts, so for the most part I chalk it up to the admittedly imperfect protectyouru.net website. However, there were a couple large, suspicious wins from earlier I had to cancel out because they were entered after the game had actually ended. I won’t name names. But please don’t do it again. I don’t want to have to get rough:

Now that that business is out of the way: the weeknight games were a good run of bad luck, but our players did a lot better on Saturday. Parlay wins include:

Well, that will offset $500 fake dollars lost on weeknight games. Single bets lost a total of only -$64.72 total, while parlays won a net total of $3,426.18 this week.

Did all that winning change the standings? Not much, because leader speruche continued to pile up winnings on parlays:

Other games of note:

• The Cincinnati-USF game was our biggest loser this week, which is a little odd considering USF covered. The over, USF money line, and Cincinnati ATS were all popular bets.
• Rutgers was a 53-point underdog to Ohio State. Without looking, that has to be a record for an intra-conference game. But they covered, losing only 56-21. I wonder about the track record of point spreads that big; it’s almost impossible to cover, because such a big favorite empties the bench after about 35-42 points. We did well on that one; it was the third-most played (7 wagers), and second-biggest winner ($69.09, trailing Memphis-Houston) among single bets.
• Another weird line we did well on was Northwestern-Massachusetts. Northwestern was only 1-8 coming in, but favored by 41 points. They didn’t quite cover it, winning 45-6.
• BullsOnParade96 won his Sudden Death Bet, and gets another $500 to play with. He is still considered $1,000 down for the season, however.
• Defdans went all-in on Georgia and USF to cover, which they did. He’s back up to $564.88.
• ULhothot lost his last bet when Wake Forest failed to cover against Clemson, and can now make a Sudden Death Bet in Week 13. It must be an AAC game, and you must take a point spread that wins (no pushes, money lines, or over-unders).
• Next to go below $250 is julmisteforheisman, who has $216.78. He can bet all his remaining units on one bet if desired.
• USF is officially eliminated from the AAC championship, so all pre-season futures bets on winning the championship game will be set to losses.

Week 13 is led by Penn State-Ohio State. Penn State can still win the Big Ten Whatever It’s Called Division, and cause national championship chaos, with a win here. Texas-Baylor and Texas A&M-Georgia are Top 25 matchups.

The important games finally arrive in the AAC. SMU at Navy is an elimination game in the West Division. Both teams have already lost to Memphis, so whoever loses this one is out of the running. Cincinnati needs one more win to claim the East Division, but finishing with Temple this week and Memphis next week won’t make it easy. Temple can still finagle a tie for the East lead at 6-2. So can Central Florida, who plays at Tulane. Memphis is an early two-touchdown favorite at USF, who can throw a wrench in things with an upset. Houston-Tulsa will decide fifth place in the AAC West.

And finally, Connecticut hosts East Carolina. Both teams are 0-6, so someone has to win. It’s also UConn’s last AAC home game, and last decent chance at a win since they close at Temple. If they don’t get either win, they’ll end their time in the American with a 17-game conference losing streak. Their last win was against Tulsa on October 21, 2017.