Loathing But No Fear After the Super Bowl

Boring Commercials, Lame Announcing, a Horrid Halftime Show, and a Screeching Eagles’ Spike-the-Ball-in-Your-Face Ass-Kicking that Would Have Put Hunter S. Thompson to Sleep

We were way overdue for a dud with a thud. And what we got was a bomb.

After nearly a decade of thrilling Super Bowl finishes that usually went down to the closing minutes or even seconds, instead the world that was still awake witnessed an ass-kicking on Sunday in New Orleans. Unless you’re a Philadelphia fan or an Eagles’ bettor, or some kind of sick masochist grave dancing all things Chiefs and Mahomes, Super Bowl LIX was a miss and a splat that took 4 hours and 23 minutes to play to a merciless conclusion, but was effectively decided long before the halftime rapper. Kansas City-style barbecue may be popular, but the Chiefs ended up getting smoked in their own slow cooker. Their tender offensive line split apart like a rack of baby backs.

Lots to cover. Several thoughts:

NOTETO READERS:

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FINAL END-OF-SEASON BETTING RESULTS:

I’ll talk straight and simple here.

This was a tough season. Very tough.

I struggled along the way, hoovering around the break-even mark for several weeks during the midseason. Some things I uncovered worked. Others failed. Fortunately, I also closed the season strongly, ending up at +25 games above the .500 mark and a +7.93 percent profit margin. 

Are those results great – no. But for free content (thanks to BetCoin.ag for providing a free public platform), I think it’s pretty good. I’ll also be glad to end another season on a winning note and plus-money record. For those keeping score, that’s 10 winning seasons and 3 losing seasons since 2012, and all those results are verifiable (see: nolandalla.com).

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2024-25 SEASON NFL BETTING RECORD:

WINS — 161

LOSSES — 136

PUSH — 4

NET WIN/LOSS —  + $793

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-2-0 (+ $708)

STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.

CURRENT BANKROLL; $10,793.

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FINAL WEEK’S RESULTS (WEEK 22):  READ WRITE-UPS HERE

PHI QB Jalen Hurts to win Super Bowl MVP (+360)…W

Player Prop — PHI QB Hurts to score a touchdown-anytime (-120)…W

Player Prop — PHI QB Hurts OVER 37.5 rushing yards (-115)…W

Team Prop — Philadelphia to have longest drive (game clock time) (-114)…W

Player Prop — KC RB Hunt OVER 6.5 receiving yards (-112)…L

Game Prop — Largest Lead of the Game UNDER 14.5 points (-140)…L

Game Prop — KC TE Kelce to have more receiving yardage than PHI TE Goedert (-170)…W

Player Prop — KC QB Mahomes to throw most interceptions (if equal, it’s a push) (-125) …W

Team Prop — Philadelphia team total in second-half OVER 12.5 points (-121)…W

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