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The Betbot was de-commissioned in 1990 after San Francisco destroyed Denver in the Super Bowl. The 45 point spread simply fried a number of the Betbot's wires and he retired. The Betbot was discovered by Fantasysharks.com and retooled to give fantasy advice. He lives now to give his own unique, well cultured take on the NFL.The Sin City Betbot 6000 Presents is transcribed by Joe Petrizzi and Tom Walls because "typing.. .BZZT... is a dame's job".
A couple weeks ago I wrote about how all teams were still inthe race for the playoffs, based purely on record. That is no longer true.
This is the time of year when fans in certain cities shouldtruly despair that their teams have no hope. No hope for this year anyway.
There's a story the media is pushing this year, which has acute misnomer ‘Suck for Luck'. As you know the idea is that poor teams arelosing, and their management isn't all that upset, since they will be able todraft the most hyped QB to come out of college since Peyton Manning; Andrew Luck.In a strange, completely unfair twist, the Colts are the leaders in theclubhouse with a record of 0-6, and a very sloppy 0-6 at that.
The other teams in the derby based purely on record are:
Miami(0-5)
Denver(1-4)
Minnesota(1-5)
Carolina(1-5)
St. Louis(0-5)
Minnesota, Carolinaand St. Louisall have young QBs drafted recently in the first round. Would St. Louis orMinnesota actually take Luck when they already have Sam Bradford and ChristianPonder? I don't know what Ponderbrings to the NFL game, but if I were St. Louis, I would take Luck based on Bradford's performance and issues with staying healthy.
If there is some karmic force in the Universe which gives adamn about sports (I'm Catholic, and believe in God -- but to me, he doesn'tgive an angels cold sore about the outcome of sports games) then Indianapolisdoesn't end up with Andrew Luck. Sorry Indy, you shouldn't get Manning thenLuck in succession. If Indy got Luck, it would be almost as unfair as when theSan Antonio Spurs had David Robinson then drafted Tim Duncan. Coincidentallyenough, the Spurs were bad for one year...