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(DISCLAIMER: This game is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)
Let’s jump right in with the list of bets that won over 50 units this week. Because there were a lot of those:
| speruche | Under 18.5 points in the COVID-19-Number of Games Cancelled game; Over 44.0 points in the Texas-El Paso-Rice game; Over 41.0 points in the Northwestern-Michigan State game (WIN,VOID,WIN) | Number of Games Cancelled 16-0; Rice 0-0; Michigan State 29-20 | 175.00 | WIN | 455.00 |
| bullsonparade96 | Over 58.0 points in the San Jose State-Boise State game; Georgia Tech +1.0 points over Duke; Over 54.5 points in the Oklahoma-West Virginia game (VOID,WIN,VOID) | Boise State 0-0; Georgia Tech 56-33; West Virginia 0-0 | 400.00 | WIN | 400.00 |
| ULhothot | Oregon State +400.0 money line to beat Oregon | Oregon State 41-38 | 80.00 | WIN | 320.00 |
| Danj725 | Liberty -37.5 points over Massachusetts; Coastal Carolina -16.0 points over Texas State; Appalachian State -14.5 points over Troy (WIN,WIN,WIN) | Liberty 45-0; Coastal Carolina 49-14; Appalachian State 47-10 | 50.00 | WIN | 300.00 |
| LrdNorman | Over 66.5 points in the Central Florida-South Florida game; Notre Dame -5.0 points over North Carolina (WIN,WIN) | Central Florida 58-46; Notre Dame 31-17 | 100.00 | WIN | 260.00 |
| ElliotMoore | Michigan State +450.0 money line to beat Northwestern | Michigan State 29-20 | 50.00 | WIN | 225.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Over 52.0 points in the North Carolina State-Syracuse game; Over 48.5 points in the Georgia-South Carolina game; Over 50.0 points in the Troy-Appalachian State game (WIN,WIN,WIN) | North Carolina State 36-29; Georgia 45-16; Appalachian State 47-10 | 25.00 | WIN | 150.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Notre Dame -4.5 points over North Carolina; Under 18.5 points in the COVID-19-Number of Games Cancelled game; Oklahoma -10.5 points over West Virginia (WIN,WIN,VOID) | Notre Dame 31-17; Number of Games Cancelled 16-0; West Virginia 0-0 | 50.00 | WIN | 130.00 |
| speruche | Under 18.5 points in the COVID-19-Number of Games Cancelled game | Number of Games Cancelled 16-0 | 104.94 | WIN | 95.40 |
| ElliotMoore | Florida Atlantic -6.5 points over Middle Tennessee State; Rutgers +12.5 points over Purdue (VOID,WIN) | Middle Tennessee State 0-0; Rutgers 37-30 | 75.00 | WIN | 75.00 |
| ElliotMoore | Under 70.5 points in the Ohio State-Illinois game; Over 41.5 points in the Northwestern-Michigan State game (VOID,WIN) | Illinois 0-0; Michigan State 29-20 | 75.00 | WIN | 75.00 |
| ElliotMoore | Penn State +104.0 money line to beat Michigan | Penn State 27-17 | 60.00 | WIN | 62.40 |
Cancellation-weakened parlay wins have been a major story this season. Cancelled bets within parlays prevent larger playoffs from happening, but they also turn what could have been losses into smaller wins. Just this week, we had eight parlay wins that included one or more cancellations. Overall, I’m not sure if this helps or hurts our gamblers as a whole. If anyone has ideas on how to analyze it, feel free to suggest them in the comments.
As you can see from the standings, a lot of people gained this week:
| Player | Grand Total | Week 13 | |
| bullsonparade96 | 4645.88 | -479.41 | |
| speruche | 3845.17 | -174.60 | |
| ElliotMoore | 2221.16 | 371.04 | |
| E-dogg42 | 2065.25 | 333.86 | |
| AnthonyVito | 1240.72 | -221.82 | |
| LrdNorman | 1164.04 | 160.00 | |
| GaryStephen | 1084.75 | -73.04 | |
| UndercoverBull | 1053.00 | -351.00 | |
| Danj725 | 1014.61 | 362.98 | |
| briank19 | 992.89 | 0.00 | |
| ulhothot | 787.94 | 169.09 | |
| GibbsAK | 784.62 | -130.45 | |
| dsidwell31 | 660.91 | -81.82 | |
| jjlovecub | 614.00 | -69.00 | |
| jrjs | 175.13 | 0.00 | |
| defdans | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| McIntyre2K7 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
The big story this week was ElliotMoore and E-dogg42 both having very strong weeks, and moving closer to the two leaders. speruche lost about 305 units less than bullsonparade96, so he gets a little closer to the lead. Danj725 and LrdNorman got into the black. ulhothot moved up the table, and could have won another 750 units (600 won, 150 not lost) if he hadn’t bet on Central Florida to cover. Come on, dude, we all know USF was going to score 46 points and threaten to actually win that game. (NOTE: This is sarcasm.)
The number of cancellations this past week was 16. 19 games were cancelled, and 3 new games were created. The newly-created games really made a difference, because the over/under was 18.5 most of the week. The improvised games - Vanderbilt-Missouri, Utah-Washington, and San Diego State-Colorado - pushed the result under. Also, the last three cancellations didn’t come in until Saturday.
The Week 14 schedule consists of 55 scheduled games:
| Louisiana Tech at North Texas | Air Force at Utah State | Louisiana at Appalachian State |
| Western Kentucky at Charlotte | Washington State at Southern California | Boise State at Nevada-Las Vegas |
| Ohio State at Michigan State | Kent State at Miami (OH) | Toledo at Northern Illinois |
| Florida International at Charlotte | Rice at Marshall | Memphis at Tulane |
| Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan | Bowling Green State at Akron | Troy at South Alabama |
| Syracuse at Notre Dame | Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State | Indiana at Wisconsin |
| Maryland at Michigan | Buffalo at Ohio | Hawaii at San Jose State |
| Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern | Colorado State at San Diego State | Alabama at Louisiana State |
| Wyoming at New Mexico | Northwestern at Minnesota | Texas at Kansas State |
| West Virginia at Iowa State | Florida at Tennessee | South Carolina at Kentucky |
| Texas A&M at Auburn | Vanderbilt at Georgia | Liberty at Coastal Carolina |
| Iowa at Illinois | Nebraska at Purdue | Penn State at Rutgers |
| Kansas at Texas Tech | Fresno State at Nevada | Colorado at Arizona |
| Oregon at California | Oregon State at Utah | Stanford at Washington |
| UCLA at Arizona State | Ball State at Central Michigan | Western Carolina at North Carolina |
| Houston at Southern Methodist | Tulsa at Navy | Oklahoma State at Texas Christian |
| Baylor at Oklahoma | Arkansas at Missouri | Florida State at Duke |
| Clemson at Virginia Tech | Boston College at Virginia | Georgia Tech at North Carolina State |
| Middle Tennessee State at Alabama-Birmingham |
The cancellations bet will be offered again. Miami-Wake Forest and Southern Miss-UTEP were both cancelled before the week started, so these will not count as a cancelled game. The UAB-MTSU game was added late Sunday, just before this list was published. It will count as a cancellation if cancelled, but not as an added game. The Tuesday morning WKU-Charlotte game, which was moved from last Saturday, will count if it’s cancelled again. Charlotte actually has two games this week; they also play FIU on Saturday.
There are only three AAC games this week. USF, Central Florida. Cincinnati, Temple, and East Carolina are all off, unless one or more of them improvises a game. Memphis-Tulane, Tulsa-Navy, and Houston-SMU are your options.
It appears that there will be three more “regular season” weeks - the Saturdays of December 5, 12, and 19 - followed immediately by bowl season. There will probably be some overlap, because the Frisco Bowl is scheduled for December 19, which is also the day of conference championship games and several regular season games. I am planning to allow this one game to count towards both the Week 16 and bowl season requirements. Since it will also involve an AAC team, it could be quite useful towards meeting minimum bet requirements.
Week 14 lines are being posted now!