Kevin recaps Cowboys-Saints and discusses where the NFC East race stands after last night. Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga joined the show to talk Redskins, Reuben Foster, Terps hoops, and more. Scott Van Pelt after that with his thoughts on Skins, Foster, Terps, and College Football Championship weekend. Kevin finishes up with the Smell Test….he’s 24-6 against the number over the last two and a half weeks.
Kevin and Thom continue to talk about the Reuben Foster situation, and how the Redskins handled everything on Wednesday. They talk about Maryland’s loss to Virginia, and was it actually an encouraging loss? They discuss the Wizards and everything going on around Dwight Howard. Why isn’t that getting more coverage locally? Plus, NFL Buy or Sell and a look at Thursday night’s game.
Kevin addresses the Redskins move to claim Reuben Foster off waivers. Joe Theismann joins the show with his thoughts on the Foster decision and a lot more including Colt McCoy and the Skins’ chances at a playoff run. Chris Knoche is a guest on the show to preview tonight’s Maryland-Virginia game in College Park. Kevin does some “NFL Buy And Sell” with an interesting AFC playoff pick.
Thom had an uncomfortable Thanksgiving. The Caps are on a roll; Wizards too. Should the Wizards trade Beal? Thom on Colt McCoy’s game in Dallas and a discussion about whether or not McCoy can save Gruden’s job over the final five games.
Kevin recaps the NFL games yesterday including the Vikings win over the Packers and the Eagles win over the Giants in detail. Clinton Portis joined the show and talked Redskins, NFL playoff picture, and some College Football. Kevin then went through the weekend of college football games, Tiger vs Phil, and some Wizards and Terps too.
WHAT’S THE FRIDAY FOOTBALL SMELL TEST?
It’s a contrarian handicapping philosophy. I look for the games where the public is convinced they are right about a point spread and I go the other way. There’s more to it than that including unique access to information about where certain sharp action is but for the most part, it’s the realization over many years that the house wins more than it loses and the house advantage comes from much more than just the built-in vig/fee advantage.
The lines used are from covers.com as they appeared Friday during the show. Lines change. Typically, if a line is worse for me than it was on Friday, the contrarian handicapper in me regards that as a good thing. It usually means later sharp money is with me.
To hear all of the Smell Test picks as they were discussed on Friday’s podcast, go to the 1:30:50 mark below.
https://thekevinsheehanshow.com/2018/11/23/better-team-won-redskins-cowboys-recap/
THIS YEAR
Last Week: 7-1
Overall: 66-59-3
SMELL TEST PICKS FOR WEEKEND OF 11-23-18
Friday, November 23:
Washington +1.5
Saturday, November 24:
UNC +7.5
Boston College -7
Miami -4.5
TCU +5
Louisville +17
Middle Tennessee State +3
Tulsa +3
Arizona +2
UNLV +14
USC +10.5
Boise State -3
Sunday, November 25:
Browns +3
49ers +3
Jets +10
Broncos +3
Vikings -3
Monday, November 26:
Titans +6
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