Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 11, 2025 in Blog |
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:
TO SEE THE FULL ARTICLE, WITH COMMENTARY ON PRE-GAME, ANNOUNCERS, HALFTIME SHOW, AND MORE — PLEASE CLICK HERE.
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.Â
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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ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
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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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 5, 2025 in Blog |
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE….
WHAT THE HELL DO WE DO NOW?
“I may not have remarkable victories, but I can amaze you with the defeats I have survived.”
— Chekhov
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Like me, many of you are confused right now. You’re angry. You’re exhausted. You have no idea what to do next — that is, if anything can be done at all.
Oh, and we’re only on Day 16 of presumably 1,461 — and whatever apocalyptical abyss lies beyond.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 1, 2025 in Blog |
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2024 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 154
LOSSES — 134
PUSH — 4
NET WIN/LOSS — + $85
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-0-0 (+ $700) + 2 futures wagers graded
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.
CURRENT BANKROLL; $10,085.
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ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 30, 2025 in Blog |
TRUMP’S GHASTLY BLAME GAME
After watching a despicable rambler slinging countless lies and heaping unsubstantiated blame onto all of his political opponents while dead bodies are still being pulled out of the Potomac River, I cannot come up with the proper sentiment to express the ghastly horror of what we all just saw and heard from such a little man so consumed by pettiness and brimming with revenge. What crass stupidity. What inhumanity. What deliberate cruelty.
Am I surprised? No. Am I shocked? No. This is precisely what was expected, and there’s going to be lots more of it yet to endure.
Here, I’ll quote from someone else who says it best:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 23, 2025 in Blog |
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2024 NFL BETTING RECORD:
WINS — 145
LOSSES — 134
PUSH — 4
NET WIN/LOSS — – $1,030.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS — 7-7-0 (- $75)
STARTING BANKROLL: $10,000.
CURRENT BANKROLL; $8,970.
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ALL WAGERS ARE FOR $100 EACH AND ARE PRICED AT THE STANDARD 110/100 VIG, (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE)
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 19, 2025 in Blog |
GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
JUSTICE / LEGAL / CRIME
Grading the chief executive’s record on crime is largely superfluous. That’s because most crime-fighting and the mechanics of criminal justice take place at the local level. Personnel, prioritization of enforcement, allocation of resources, courts, jails, and even many prisons are strictly matters for state and local governments. The executive branch impacts crime across the country relatively little, by comparison. In fact, the federal judiciary is far more impactful on local crime than any policies originating within the White House.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 18, 2025 in Blog |
GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
FOREIGN POLICY
This topic deserves multiple subcategories. However, in the interest of time and space, I must make generalizations, Admittedly, what I’m about to write will be woefully incomplete.
Different grades should be given to various global regions and distinctive periods on the four-year Biden Administration timeline.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 16, 2025 in Blog |
GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
THE ENVIRONMENT
President Biden and his staff have a remarkable record of environmental success.
They navigated an obstructive and often hostile political landscape dominated by extremists and overcame a gauntlet of disinformation by opponents. Much of the work done behind the scenes didn’t make headlines, but demonstrated compromise and leadership.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 16, 2025 in Blog |
GRADING THE BIDEN PRESIDENCY:
DOMESTIC AGENDA
The previous Trump Administration falsely promised to produce an “infrastructure bill” for four years and ended up with a record of broken promises, Desperately needed leadership never materialized, so let’s credit the Biden Administration for finally getting something done. And this “something” was/is big. And, it’s good for everyone.
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