By Hook or By Crook

The first seven hours of this season's MLLC action looked about like the first three minutes of CM Punk's MMA career.  The noon kickoffs were a slaughter.  UMass seemed to have the spread in hand before letting it slip away late.  Clemson eeked out a tight win, falling about 34 points short of a cover.  Somehow Central Florida managed to give up almost 60 points in a monsoon.  And Purdue, well, looked a lot like Purdue.

The real heartbreak came with the afternoon tilts.  The Hurrying Hoosiers seemed to have everything under control at 30-3 in the 3rd qaurter before completely falling apart.  Had there been a fifth quarter, they would have lost.  Bang Bang Duke Gang lost at home to perennial powerhouse Wake Forest.  But the biggest flop of the week was by far the Alabama Crimson Tide fumbling away a sure cover late in the game.  I'm sure Captain, Gator, Lights Out and Bam Bam were living vicariously through the Old Red Ass as he was ripping Lane Kiffin a new one.  Damn that hook!

It wasn't all bad news.  Str8 Cash Homie saw the ballsiest call of his MLLC career pay off when the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame managed to cover the spread by 1 point against Nevada.  His 11 unit play means he has a commanding lead after one game.  OH-IO State also came through for Meehoe and the Uncles.  Finally, it is worth noting that the largest cover of the day went to Golf Coach.  It was great to be a Florida Gator as they covered their spread by 21.5 points, making GC the early leader for the Largest College Cover of the season.  Not bad for a guy that finished with a record worst -43 units last year.  IT'S A NEW DAY!

On the whole, the league fared much better with the evening contests.  The Ragin' Cajuns kept it under the 46.5 they were spotted to give a win to last year's runner-up, The TOMizzle.  The U came through for newcomers Easy Money and Roy Betterman.  Finally, Ryan Leaf's alma mater pulled off the come from behind cover for T-$.  After watching a shit show of a UFC event, I couldn't bring myself to stay up past 1 and the start of the fourth quarter of this game.  When I shut it down, WSU has trailing 28-7, so I went ahead and put myself down for -4.  To my surprise, the Cougars came roaring back to only lose by 3 and "COVER THAT SPREAD" by 8.5.  YEAH BOY!

The biggest low light of the day happened to JBrowns Mom.  While the Utes did manage to pull out the Big Love Bowl victory, they missed covering the spread by 2.5 points.  JBM fell to last place on the strength of his 10 unit Vapor Lock.

So after 24 hours, we are 9-14 for a total of -16 units.  Here's a look at today's action:

1 o'clock games
Vikings -2 (Uncle Money) vs Tennessee (The TOMizzle, The King)
Philadelphia -4 vs Cleveland (Dirty D, Meehoe, Roy Betterman)
Baltimore -3 (Golf Coach) vs Buffalo
Kansas City -6.5 (Edge, Easy Money) vs San Diego
New Orleans -1 (Reaper, Bam Bam) vs Oakland (KOLY)
Green Bay -5.5 (JBrowns Mom, Cheesesteak, Gator, Whole F'n Show) vs Jacksonville

4 o'clock games
Seattle -10.5 (T-$) vs Miami
NY Giants -1 (Achilles, 5 Strong Football) vs Dallas (Str8 Cash Homie, Uncle PJ, Lights Out)
Colts -3.5 (Captain) vs Detroit