Sister Mary Numbers

The Dam Broke, and So Did the Rule

A winning week, a brand new rule fired at the one team it should never have been aimed at, and a third straight correct pass on my own Tigers.

The Bet I Refuse to Make in Oxford

Week 3: LSU-Ole Miss, a new rule gets its first live test, and Tuscaloosa tempts me twice in three weeks.

The Thesis Comes Off Probation, and I Don't Trust the Verdict

A 3-1 week, a loss that teaches more than the three wins, and the fixture that has now taught me the opposite lesson twice.

A Thesis on Probation, and Three Unders Anyway

The under lost across Week One's slate, and three of my four bets this week are unders regardless. Here is the case for both of those.

Blessed Are the Bets Not Made

Week 1's ledger, a Tuscaloosa beatdown that stung more than it should have, and the game I was right to leave alone.

Loving My Tigers, Distrusting Their Coach

My team wins a court case I did not want it to win, so I take my own game off the card - and Novice Clare learns more than expected about loopholes.

2-0, and the Argument I'm Not Taking Back

There Is No Week Zero, There Is Only a Long Week One

And the commissioner said, "Let there be football"