Gary “The Gut” Goombah – Week 7, 2024
Week 6 Recap
Gary’s Week 6 Selections were:
NCAA Selections
- Friday Night Special: Oregon Ducks (-24.5) over Michigan St. Spartans – Oregon won easily, but not by enough. Final Score: Oregon won 31-10, only 21 points. Result: Lost
- Indiana Hoosiers (-13.5) over Northwestern Wildcats – Indiana won by 17 points, 41-24. Result: WON!
- SMU Mustangs (+6.5) over Louisville Cardinals – SMU won straight up by seven points, 34-27. Result: WON!
- Nebraska Cornhuskers (-6.5) over Rutgers Scarlet Knights – Nebraska hung on by seven points in a solid B1G game, winning 14-7. Result: WON!
- Ohio State Buckeyes (-19.5) over Iowa Hawkeyes – The Buckeyes dominated, 35-7. Result: WON!
- Michigan Wolverines (+2.5) over Washington Huskies – Michigan was upset in the Championship rematch, losing 27-17. Result: Lost
Gary’s “Pick 6” NFL Selections
- New York Jets (+2.5) over Minnesota Vikings in London – Final Score: Vikings won 23-17. Result: Lost
- Chicago Bears (-4) over Carolina Panthers –Chicago dominated by a score of 36-10. Result: WON!
- Jacksonville Jaguars (-3) over Indianapolis Colts – The Jaguars won by exactly three points, 37-34. Result: PUSH
- Buffalo Bills (-1) over Houston Texans – Buffalo had another rough outing, coming back from a 17 point deficit (20-3), but they still lost 23-20. Result: Lost
- Cleveland Browns (+3.5) over Washington Commanders – Gary might have been wrong about both the Browns AND the Commanders. Washington won big, 34-13. Result: Lost
- Denver Broncos (-3) over Las Vegas Raiders – The Broncos indeed won 34-18. Result: WON!
Week 6 Results: 6-5-1 (55%) Overall; (4-2 NCAA, 2-3-1 NFL)
Season Results: 34-29-1 (54%) Overall; ((19-15 (56%) NCAA, 15-14-1 (52%) NFL))
Gary’s Week 7 Selections
NCAA Selections
Friday Night Special: Maryland Terrapins (-10.5) over Northwestern Wildcats – Have you guys noticed how Gary picks against Northwestern virtually EVERY SINGLE WEEK? What’s that all about? PICK: Maryland
USC Trojans (+4.5) over Penn St. Nittany Lions – Penn State travels to the West Coast for an old Rose Bowl type matchup at ‘SC. PICK: USC
Cal Bears (+3.5) over Pitt Panthers – Cal absolutely blew it last week against Miami. Now they travel East to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gary thinks Cal will rebound as a road ‘dog. PICK: Cal
Alabama Crimson Tide (-21.5) over South Carolina Gamecocks – After getting upset at Vanderbilt, the Crimsom Tide likely had an intense week of practice. We expect them to come out and dominate the ‘Cocks. PICK: Alabama
Red River Shootout: Oklahoma Sooners (+14.5) over Texas Longhorns – More than two touchdowns is quite a bit for a Red River Battle. Gary likes OU in this one. FIRE your guns! PICK: Oklahoma
Game of the Week: Ohio State (-3.5) at Oregon – This is a battle of B1G behemoths. So much emotion in this one. It’s a Rose Bowl type of game. It might be a prelude to a rematch in the CFP Playoffs, or actually, in the Big Ten Championship Game. Are we still doing Conference Championship games? Anyway, this game is so special it’s going to be on TV at 6:30pm central time…. on NBC. NBC? Oh brother. These guys do the worst job broadcasting games so far this year. Anybody else. I mean, I might even enjoy CBS Sports Network over NBC. I’m not talking about CBS. I’m talking about that extra CBS channel, you know, the one that puts on Navy vs Tulane or one of those lower level games. As for this game, Gary thinks the Ducks will smell victory in this one. We’re looking forward to it…. except for the broadcast crew. PICK: Oregon
Gary’s “Pick 6” NFL Selections
Chicago Bears (-2.5) over Jacksonville Jaguars in London – This game is overseas, starting at 8:30am central time. Jax is used to playing in London, as they’ve done it maybe 13 years in a row. Chicago is a better team and on a roll at 3-2 with an improving offense and a defense that has held opponents to 20 points or less for a league leading 11 games in a row. PICK: Chicago
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-2.5) over New Orleans Saints – This week Gary is taking some advice from the famous gambler Marc Lawrence. In Marc Lawrence’s Playbook preseason magazine, he picked his “best bets” for each team out of their 17 game schedules. For Tampa Bay, Marc picked this one AGAINST New Orleans. Gary agrees. Therefore… PICK: Tampa Bay
Philadelphia Eagles (-9.5) over Cleveland Browns – Nine and a half points is quite a bit, but Philly just had a bye week (HC Nick Sirianni is 3-0 after byes), and they’re getting injured players back including Devonta Smith, A.J. Brown, and Lane Johnson. Plus, Cleveland is really bad (1-4). I saw a weird moment last week in which QB Deshaun Watson refused to play on a 4th and goal. He basically walked off the field despite his head coach wanting him to stay in to go for the touchdown. Instead, they had to call timeout and kick a field goal. What??? PICK: Philadelphia
Denver Broncos (+3) over Los Angeles Chargers – Likewise, Marc Lawrence picked Denver this week over the L.A. Chargers. Gary likes it. Therefore…. PICK: Denver
Dallas Cowboys (+3) over Detroit Lions
Cincinnati Bengals (-3.5) over New York Giants
A special “thank you” goes to Marc Lawrence this week for his gambling advice. We love the “Playbook”, despite the lousy cover photo of the beautiful zoomed-in, up-close photo of a boogery Andy Reid. That’s it for Week 7. Good luck!
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