Once upon a time, a long time ago, in the land of Las Vegas, far far away, when Pregame was just a fantasy in RJ's head (when you are surrounded by show girls all day, you fantasize about sports websites), there was something called the PLUS10 Club. Rumor has it the Plus10 still exists. Check it out. Way back then I was given a free $50 account as a promotion by an offshore sports book. I was giving a free pick everyday... Read more

It's a Chistmahanukah freebie from the Crowne Club. They call this game the Hawaii Bowl, and one of the teams is Hawaii, which may, if you are clever, tell you a little something about the home edge in the game. My proprietary information sources tell me that very, very few students will be jumping in their cars and driving from South Bend to the Aloha Stadium (Don't you wish you had great informatioin sources like me... Read more

The early bowls are best known for their "surprise" results. In many cases, however, the often aberrational results of the minor bowls are easily predictable by picking losers instead of winners. Some of you are no doubt saying, "I have no problem picking losers. It's winners that are the problem." The secret to picking the minor bowl winners, however, lies in picking the losers; and there are some secrets to doping out... Read more

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" I always say because I love over-used gibberish. So, I've decided to become Irish just like those winners O'Bama, O'Shea, O'Luck. and O'Marco (certain people only need a first name). Here it is, my very first O'Crowne selection of my life. You can call it the GAME OF MY LIFE, but my life is pretty ordinary, so we'll hold the hype down to ordinary levels.. WASHINGTON REDSKINS +2 over Dallas... Read more

That leprachaun laddie, Barry O'Bama, gave his first press conference today, just 3 days after he won the election. That's not bad considering President Wimpy didn't hold his first press conference for 3 YEARS after he was elected, and then it was to tell us all about how he, Georgie Porgie, would single-handedly bring Osama Bin Laden, of the Bush business partner Bin Laden's, to justice. Oh, well. It was an auspicious... Read more

Once upon a time, Cockey Hockey was walking past the ice rink, when all of sudden . . . a puck smacked him right in the puss. Immediately, Cockey Hockey ran to Goosey Loosey's house and proclaimed, "Goosey Loosey you must come quick! The pucks are flying, the pucks are flying." Then Goosey Loosey and Cockey Hockey ran to Ducky Lucky house. "Ducky Lucky! Ducky Lucky! The pucks are flying, the pucks are flying!" cried Cockey... Read more

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities I t was the best of bets, it was the worst of bets -- Rob Crowne, A Tale of Two Bets The Crowne Club lived through a shizophrenic weekend. After winning in the Breeders' Cup 14 out of 16 years, picking up one of the biggest payouts in Breeders' Cup history two years ago, and winning 71% of their races bet last year, the Wall... Read more

Tampa Bay -170 over Philadelphia (Shields over Myers) Last night I gave you a win with Philadelphia as pick. The professional sports handicapper has no team loyalty. My loyalty is to whichever team handicaps to win the game I'm handicapping. Tonight that's Tampa Bay as a -170 favorite. I don't have time to be funny or run through every statistic tonight. We have the first day of Breeders' Cup action coming up tomorrow... Read more

We had some terrible luck. If you bought my package for the Monday game, you know I picked Denver, and most of the analysis was based on Jay Cutler vs. Matt Cassel at QB and the comparative strengths of the offensive line. We were completely correct about the weakness of New England's offensive line, as indicated by the huge six sacks of Matt Cassel. The second part of our reasoning for the pick was Jay Cutler. Cutler... Read more

Here are the best props for the Monday, October 24 game between Denver and New England. As I said last week, proposition bets are the most profitable bets available for the small bettor. Unfortunately, you can't bet them big, but you can win an unusually high percentage. TEAM TOTAL: Take N.E. under 26. With Matt Cassel at QB expecting 27+ points is wishful thinking. N.E. has scored more than 26 points in only one game... Read more