Syndicate 2010

Indianapolis Colts	February 7, 2010	New Orleans Saints

Syndicate loses $19.74 per share

As always, there was lots of woulda, coulda, shoulda. But as grim as things were at halftime, we made a nice recovery to get to the final total. And we were one play away from collecting on a $3,000 ticket, and one second away from another $1,200 ticket. Here's the rundown.

All but one of our parlays were dead by halftime. But even so, we ended up two out of three on four parlays. The one that stung the most was Parlay 2 where we needed the Colts to get that score at the end of the game to put their score on an even number. That would have added $3,000 to our account. It was basically a $30 per share difference.

On Parlay 3, we needed there to be one second left on the clock when the Saints kicked a field goal at the end of the first half. That would meant a kickoff to the Colts and they would have had the last possession of the first half to give us that $1,200 parlay.

On Parlay 4, we missed badly on Joseph Addai's receptions. He caught a total of four passes in the Colts' first two playoff games. In addition, we figured the Colts would be more successful throwing the ball to their receivers downfield. Addai had three catches by halftime and finished with seven.

And on Parlay 6, the field goals hit right on the over under of 3. Again, we expected both teams to get more touchdowns and fewer field goals.

And then there was the NBA/Super Bowl bet where we had total points by LeBron James and Kobe Bryant against total points in the Super Bowl. LeBron scored 47 in his game. There were 48 points in the Super Bowl. But Kobe didn't play because of a bum ankle, so there was no action on that game. We'll get back the $220 we wagered on that one.

We started the game by losing the coin toss when we took tails. Our research showed us that heads had won the last three games, so we figured the odds were in favor of tails.

And we still haven't hit the first touchdown of the game. On the Colts' side, we debated between Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon, eventually taking Collie because the odds on him were 12-to-1 and Garcon was 10-to-1. Garcon got the score.

On the upside, we pulled one proposition out on the Colts' last drive when Peyton Manning hit Collie on a 41-yard pass. We had a bet that Manning would have a pass over 39½ yards. That was good for $420. And we got Drew Brees' over/under on passing yards by two yards. He needed 285½  and got 288.

It's already been suggested that we do more propositions and fewer parlays next year. We'll be sure to consider that.

We will collect $2,950, which is $30.26 per share. If you had a good time with this and want to be in on it again next year, you can leave your money on account and add $20 next year to get to a full share. If you want to collect your money, send us an e-mail at jaygonzales@comcast.net and we'll mail you a check. Be sure to include your address.

We hope you had fun.

Syndicate 2010

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