We touched on this yesterday, but The Big Lead takes things a step further with one of their weekly "features" that just hit my RSS reader.
Yesterday, we pointed out that no one cares which teams a writer for a sports blog is picking to win in the upcoming weekend's football games. The sites we complained about are sports blogs, not gambling blogs. There are hundreds of Web sites that are far more (and less) qualified to help out the degenerate gambler, so there really is no need for them to pollute their blogs with their lame picks. And really, Mr. sports blog writer, if someone is actually taking your advice, are you doing them a service or a disservice? If you are so good at picking games, why are you writing for a blog and not rolling with the sharks in Vegas? And if you are not so good, what's the point in publishing your picks? Narcissism?
Which leads me back to The Big Lead. As they usually do each week, The Big Lead posts their personal selections for various college football games for the weekend upcoming. The funny thing is that the post is always titled, "College Football Picks You Need Not Pay Attention To."
So, my question is, if we actually need not pay attention to them, why the Hell are you posting them?
Thursday, October 11, 2007
if you know it's stupid, why do you do it?
handed down by palmer woodrow at 3:33 PM
about gambling, sports blog, the big lead
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I post football picks against the spread every week on my blog, even though it is not necessarily sports focused. The reason I do so is because it's challenging -- one of the most challenging things I do as a blogger -- to come up with fresh and humorous (I hope) one or two liners for 14 to 16 games a week. From the feedback I get, my modest audience really enjoys the feature.
It's not about gambling advice -- at least I hope no one is taking my advice. It's about trying to be entertaining on the page, and maybe giving my readers something to think or laugh about when they watch the game on Sunday. Is it original? No. Simmons and Norman Chad have been doing it forever, others longer. But there is a reason the format survives.
If you want to check out JSB's famous football pick, I'm sure you can find them through the link on my comment!
Jeremy
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