Gary “The Gut” Goombah – Week 8, 2025

Gary “The Gut” Goombah – Week 8, 2025

As you read in our Week 7 post, we didn’t have the time to recap Week 6, so now we’ll recap both Week 6 and Week 7.

Week 6 Recap

Michigan Wolverines (-16.5) over Wisconsin Badgers – Final Score: Michigan won by 14 points, 24-10. Result: Lost

Florida St. Seminoles (+4.5) over Miami Hurricanes – Final Score: Miami hung on to beat FSU by six points, 28-22. Result: Lost

Texas Longhorns (-6.5) over Florida Gators – Final Score: The Gators upset the ‘Horns 29-21. Result: Lost

Texas A&M Aggies (-14.5) over Mississippi St. Bulldogs – Final Score: Texas A&M won by 22 points, 31-9. Result: WON!

Virginia Cavaliers (+6.5) over Louisville Cardinals – Final Score: Virginia upset Louisville, 30-27 in OT. Result: WON!

Penn St. Nittany Lions (-24.5) over UCLA Bruins – UCLA stunned PSU 42-37. Result: Lost

Arizona Wildcats (-20.5) over Oklahoma St. Cowboys – Final Score: Arizona won by 28 points, 41-13. Result: WON!

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NFL “Lucky Seven” Selections (all odds from Friday’s Chicago Sun-Times)

Baltimore Ravens (+1.5) over Houston Texans – Final Score: The Ravens were whupped at home by the Texans, 44-10. Result: Lost

Miami Dolphins (-1.5) over Carolina Panthers – Final Score: Carolina won 27-24. Result: Lost

Tennessee Titans (+8.5) over Arizona Cardinals – Final Score: Tennessee upset the Cards, 22-21. Result: WON!

Buffalo Bills (-8.5) over New England Patriots – Final Score: New England upset Buffalo 23-20. Result: Lost

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+3) over Seattle Seahawks – Final Score: Tampa Bay won on the road, 38-35. Result: WON!

Denver Broncos (+4.5) over Philadelphia Eagles – Final score: Denver won by four points, 21-17. Result: WON!

Los Angeles Chargers (-2.5) over Washington Redskins/Football Team/Commanders – Final Score: Washington upset the Chargers 27-10. Result: Lost

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Week 6 Results: 6-8 (42.9%) Overall; (3-4 NCAA, 3-4 NFL)
Season Results: 35-41 (46.1%) Overall; (18-25 NCAA, 17-16 NFL)

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Week 7 Recap

Penn State Nittany Lions (-22.5) over Northwestern Wildcats – Final Score: Northwestern upset PSU in Happy Valley 22-21, thus ending the Nittany Lions’ season. HC James Franklin was fired as they are just 3-3 this year. Does this Nittany Lions’ lost season symbolize a lost season for Dutch Lion also? Not really, remember these are Gary “The Gut’s” picks, not Dutch’s. Result: Lost

Georgia Bulldogs (-3.5) over Auburn Tigers – Final Score: Georgia won by ten points, 20-10. Result: WON!

Tennessee Volunteers (-12.5) over Arkansas Razorbacks – Final Score: Tennessee only won by three points, 34-31. Result: Lost

LSU Tigers (-8.5) over South Carolina Gamecocks – Final Score: LSU covered, winning by ten points, 20-10. Result: WON!

Arizona Wildcats (+1.5) over BYU Cougars – Final Score: BYU won by six points in Overtime, 33-27. You know, this brings up one of my (Dutch Lion’s) main complaints about gambling. Think about what happened here…. the 1.5 point underdog Wildcats did indeed play better than the experts thought, getting the game to OT. This means they actually played regulation to a tie, which means they actually should have won this bet. Just because Overtime allows the game score to continue, it isn’t fair to penalize an underdog team that extended the game by “winning the ATS in regulation”. In other words, if they lost in regulation by one point, they would have won the ATS, but instead, they tied it (which is indeed better) so they got penalized and lost the ATS. DUMB! Result: Lost

Clemson Tigers (-14.5) over Boston College Eagles – Final Score: Clemson destroyed BC 41-10. Result: WON!

Nebraska Cornhuskers (-6.5) over Maryland Terrapins – Final Score: Nebraska came back to win S/U 34-31, but lost ATS. Result: Lost

BONUS PICK! Take Western Michigan to cover the 9.5 points over Ball State in some MACtion. (PS Gary does NOT approve of this Selection.) – Final Score: Western Michigan clobbered Ball State 42-0! Dutch Lion and his family all had a swell time, enjoyed Waldo Stadium, and loved the pregame tailgating with our daughter and her WMU friends! Result: WON!

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Gary’s Lucky Seven NFL Selections

New Orleans Saints (+3.5) over New England Patriots – Final Score: New England won by six points, 25-19. Result: Lost

Dallas Cowboys (-3) over Carolina Panthers – Final Score: Panthers won by three points, 30-27. Result: Lost

Pittsburgh Steelers (-5.5) over Cleveland Browns – Final Score: Pittsburgh won by 14 points, 23-9. Result: WON!

Jacksonville Jaguars (-1.5) over Seattle Seahawks – Final Score: Seattle upset Jax by eight points, 20-12. Result: Lost

Los Angeles Chargers (-4.5) over Miami Dolphins – Final Score: L.A. won the game, but only by two points, 29-27. No cover. Result: Lost

Detroit Lions (+2.5) over Kansas City Chiefs – Final Score: Kansas City dominated once again, 30-27. Looks like they’re back to their winning ways. Result: Lost

Chicago Bears (+4.5) over Washington Redskins/Football Team/Commanders – Final Score: Bears won an awesome game at the buzzer, 25-24. Result: WON!

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Week 7 Results: 6-9 (40%) Overall; (4-4 NCAA, 2-5 NFL)
Season Results: 41-50 (45.1%) Overall; (22-29 NCAA, 19-21 NFL)

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Gary “The Gut” Goombah’s Week 8 Selections

NCAA Selections

Tennessee Volunteers (+8.5) over Alabama Crimson Tide

Michigan Wolverines (-5.5) over Washington Huskies – We think we remember picking UW over the Wolverines last year, when the game was at Washington. The Huskies won 27-17. This time it’s at Michigan. They’re only favored by 5.5 points? Gary expects the Wolverines to cover that smallish spread. PICK: Michigan

Oklahoma Sooners (-5.5) over South Carolina Gamecocks – OU should have a healthier John Mateer back under center. The ‘Cocks have LaNorris Sellers, who seems vastly overrated. PICK: OU

Texas A&M Aggies (-7.5) over Arkansas Razorbacks – A&M is really good. Arkansas is really bad. PICK: Texas A&M

BYU Cougars (+3.5) over Utah Utes – “The Holy War” is surprising us with the home team underdog status for Brigham Young. BYU is undefeated, at 6-0! They’re at home, and getting points? Utah is 5-1, but something seems fishy here. Gary is strongly in favor of BYU in this one. PICK: BYU

Oregon Ducks (-17.5) over Rutgers Scarlet Knights – “The Gut” expects the Ducks to come out fired up after last week’s surprising loss at home to Indiana. PICK: Oregon

Texas Tech Red Raiders (-7.5) over Arizona State Sun Devils – It sounds like ASU starting QB Sam Leavitt might not play. PICK: Texas Tech

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Gary’s “Lucky Seven” NFL Selections

Chicago Bears (-5.5) over New Orleans Saints – The Bears are hot, winning three in a row. The Saints are terrible, maybe the worst team in the NFL this year. PICK: Chicago

Las Vegas Raiders (+11.5) over Kansas City Chiefs – Gary picked Vegas mainly because of the high spread. Eleven and a half points is a lot to cover, and the Chiefs just had an emotional win over Detroit on SNF. PICK: Las Vegas to cover

Dallas Cowboys (+1.5) over Washington Commanders – Washington is very up-n-down. Dallas seems really good at home (1-0-1). They’ve only played twice at home so far, and four games on the road. The Cowboys have scored 40 points in both home games. PICK: Dallas

Minnesota Vikings (+2.5) over Philadelphia Eagles – Notice how Gary keeps picking home ‘dogs this week? Can the Vikes help Gary out? PICK: Minnesota

Arizona Cardinals (+6.5) over Green Bay Packers – Another home ‘dog for “The Gut”. PICK: Arizona

Jacksonville Jaguars (+3) over Los Angeles Rams – Another home underdog. PICK: Jacksonville

Denver Broncos (-7) over New York Giants – Lots of hype over New York (2-4) lately, but the Broncos (4-2) are a better team. Denver is at home. PICK: Denver

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That’s it for Week 8. We hope to get back on the winning track, or else Gary “The Gut” might be forced into early retirement. And then he’ll need to sell all his assets to pay the nursing home bill. Ugh! Not the mention the life insurance premiums for degenerate gamblers. So please God, let’s “put it on the board!”

“Whether rich or poor, thou shalt gamble more” – Gary “The Gut” Goombah’s mantra