Yeah i think usually the first half of the season lots of dogs cover but favs come back down the stretch especially in December when the top seeds are locking up positions. I used to have a theory that the bookies don't mind the public teams covering a lot at that point because by that point most of the public is too broke to bet from all the dogs covering in weeks 1-13!
I am actually just tired of watching football in general it's been so long it's so repetitive and when the game is actually crazy like the Buffalo Minnesota game today, if you are worried about a bet you can't even enjoy the excitement.
Even when I win I don't really enjoy it now. I just think 'Oh, well that makes up for that bad beat from the last game ' and then you bet the next game and get a bad beat on that one usually lol.
Also I'm in my 40s now and I realize that whatever about the money, you can always get more cash, but you cannot replace time. Time is finite and way more precious. How much more of that precious time do I want to spend worrying about whether a guy got his foot inbounds or not or whatever stupid thing is gonna decide if I win or lose my hard earned.
If you can be selective and only bet sporadically then that's a good way to do it but for most of us we will bet way too many games, at least one in each slate and probably id say most guys bet at least 4 games on Sunday-Monday and probably same on Saturday. And then during the week a game or two. Plus all the time you spend doing 'research'. It takes up a ton of headspace for most people I'd say.
I spent a weekend in jail once and didn't even miss any action. I got picked up on some old warrant for a missed court date and as it was Thanksgiving I got stuck there from Thursday to Tuesday. I had already put in a bunch of bets on my online bookie.
There was a big screen TV on the floor of the lower tier that the guards watched, and we could watch it from our cells. My cell had a perfect view. I watched the Thanksgiving games NFL, Black friday college games, Saturday College games, and Sunday NFL. I remember it clearly. I went 4-2 over the 4 days. Dallas beat Washington on Thanksgiving, Notre Dame beat USC, and the Eagles beat the Giants on Sunday. Those were the ones that I was able to see on the TV.
The Eagles game was the best.
This was in Philly and everyone was watching it, banging on their cell doors and hollering loud as hell every time they made a good play. It was almost as good an atmosphere as being at the game lol. Tbh that's the most fun I had watching a football game since I was at the game where Terrell Owens did the Ray Lewis dance. What I remember about that game was the Linc was fairly new and there was a loose piece of metal panel at the front of our seats on the upper level. And of course there these guys banging on it to make noise every 3rd down.
Eventually it fell off and dropped down, probably on somebody's head and I imagine there was a lawsuit. The dudes who were banging on it got kicked out but then they let them back in.