Nurse Roberta and college football

[Tunes]

I admit it, I'm one of the idiots that subscribed to our favorite medical graduate this year on a friend's advice. I subscribed to both his NFL and college picks. I understand bad luck, the unfortunate bounce of the ball, etc. But this guy's picks haven't even been close for the entire year and I suspect he's banging them out at roughly 35-40% for the year.

In the last 2 weeks, I have put the USA Today's lines in front of my 12-year old son and have asked him to just pick teams....not to look at lines, just to pick teams. He's hit at 50% for the last 2 weeks and didn't charge me a fee for signing up to his service.

Next year I will be going back to my old methods, which netted me 53% over the previous 5 years. At least at that number, I don't lose.

[zootiehead]

Vegas certainly got the last laugh with him.

[jon13009]

Looks like Roberta got slaughtered in the NCAA this week (her first losing week in the past 5 weeks - but 1-7 is a meltdown):
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Nurse Roberta NCAA week 13 (3-9) 25%
Best Bets (1-7) 13%
Strong Opinions (2-2) 50%

3* (0-6)
Arizona St +3.5 - L
LSU –13 – L
PITTSBURGH (+10) - L
Miami Ohio (+2) - L
NORTH CAROLINA (-14.0) - L
Alabama (+6) - L

2* (1-1)
STANFORD (-3.5) – L
WEST VIRGINIA (-17.5) - W

Strong Opinions (2-2)
Mid Tenn State (+14) - L
Miami Fla (+14.5) - W
FLORIDA (-13.5) - W
Clemson (-2.5) - L
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Roberta RN NFL Week 12 (4-3) 57%
Best Bets (1-3) 25%
Strong Opinions (3-0) 100%

3* (0-1)
Buffalo (+8) - L

2* (1-2)
DETROIT (+3.5) – L
Oakland (+5.5) - W
Baltimore (+9) - L

Strong Opinions (3-0)
Minnesota (+7) - W
San Francisco (+10.5) - W
Under (41) - PITTSBURGH / Miami - W
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However your numbers for the past few weeks are a bit off because I had Roberta at 75% two weeks ago in the NCAA. Don't bother to pay for Roberta's service (or any tout for that matter) because you can find their information out there for nada anyway. Besides, as you said, it is better to do your own handicapping and use Roberta and other touts as a general reference. The SBR poster who typically posts Roberta's plays has been told to stop (?), but you can still find Roberta out there on other gambling forums (you just have to look a little harder).

Also, let's be clear on how Roberta has done in the past 4 weeks (I have been tracking the past 4 weeks only) because if you followed her best bet plays for the NFL and NCAA for past 4 weeks - you would have made a profit. However, you are correct, Roberta did get off to a horrendous start this year.

Here are Roberta RN's numbers for the past 4 weeks: Best Bets NCAA and NFL (19-13-1) 59%
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NCAA Week 12 (5-6) 45%

Best Bets (2-2) 50%
Strong Opinions (3-4) 43%

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NCAA Week 11 (7-2) 77%

Best Bets (3-1) 75% - Not too bad this week.
Strong Opinons (4-1) 80%

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NCAA Week 10 (4-3-1) 57% with 1 push

Best Bets (2-0-1) 100%
Strong Opinions (2-3-0) - 40%

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NCAA Week 9: (6-5) 55%

Best Bets (4-3) 57%
Strong Opinions (2-2) 50%

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NFL Week 11 (4-3) 57%

Best Bets (2-1) 67%
Strong Opinions (2-2) 50%

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NFL Week 10: (4-2) 67%

Best Bets : (4-1) 80% - Roberta was hot this week.
Strong Opinion: (0-1) 0%

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NFL week 9 (4-2) 67%

Best Bets(2-2) 50%
Strong Opinions (2-0) 100%

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NFL Week 8: (1-5) 17% - Her last disaster of a week
All picks were free on her web site for that week.

Best Bets (0-3) 0%
Strong Opinions (1-2) 33%

[Tunes]

For the year the guy's under 50%. He has been better the last 4 weeks but as you said this weekend has been a bloodbath. And his first 6-7 weeks were terrible.

I'm sure I could get a complete record for him this year in the NCAA and the NFL, but I know already that he's been a total loser.

[hhsilver]

make that 0-6 on 3* with the ALA loss. It was close, though. 1 pt away from a push.

[BuddyBear]

well, in any event, he made money tonight regardless of how his picks did.

[louisvillekid]

well, in any event, he made money tonight regardless of how his picks did.

too funny.

[rjt721]

well, in any event, he made money tonight regardless of how his picks did.

Exactly, which makes him a genius in my book, regardless of what % he's hitting for the year. Anyone else making millions from hitting around 40%? Didn't think so.

[BuddyBear]

His house sure looked nice in that feature on ESPN....

On the other hand, the gambler guy who was looking at SBRlines looked like his living situation was not as comfortable....

Finally, Hank Weber's living situation does not look very good either....

[BuddyBear]

By the way, Tunes, he's not a medical graduate at all.

In fact, he is a college dropout who had an interest statistics. That's all....

[Tunes]

By the way, Tunes, he's not a medical graduate at all.

In fact, he is a college dropout who had an interest statistics. That's all....

Oh, I'm sure Bear. I had no illusion that he would be an actual med school student. But he's smarter than I am, because he got me to donate. I lived....and I learned.

[durito]

No one wins every year

[Tunes]

There's a difference between not winning every year and hitting 30% for the year. Whatever math model the guy devised may have worked for 2-3-4 years, but it's not working anymore.