Doctor Segunda

The addition of Dr Tsouts' Segunda División Draw System to the "Sacred Manuscript" produced immediate dividends with four qualifiers and two winners this weekend for a welcome profit of 2.72 units. We await the good Dr's next observation with great anticipation.

The more established Bundeslayga System was also profitable gaining 1.27 units, but no luck in the EPL where the two Draw selections both lost out because of North London clubs winning the games by one goal. There were no Draws anywhere in the EPL this weekend, but one game to come tonight of course. 

From the feedback I've received, not too many people follow the College Football system, but one subscriber did comment in a postscript to an email related to a different topic (the NHL season, which started on Friday) that he was:

"getting killed on the NCAAF plays so far this season. Hopefully it turns".

Not what I want to be reading, but right on cue, it turns, with a 7-2 Week 6, which sounds great but actually only puts us back to level (minus the vig) at 14-14 on the season, but a much healthier position than was the case a week ago.

In the NFL's Week 5 matches, I mentioned previously that the week got off to a winning start on Thursday, but after that not the best of weeks. 

Only about 3% of games see a shutout and unfortunately one of our selections was in this category, losing by 29 straight points. In other words, not even close, but the Detroit Lions did manage to gain 330 yards without scoring a point, something that's only happened six times since 1989. 

Two of those other five times were also by the Lions, including Week 5 in 2001, a season when they repeated the rare feat in Week 17. Make a note for New Years Day when Detroit play the Chicago Bears!

The Sunday Night game was the final qualifier of the weekend, and the Cincinnati Bengals covered at the Baltimore Ravens making it another profitable weekend for the Small Road 'Dogs System and 11-9-1 for the season. This was also a winner for the Divisional System, but this is at a losing 4-7 so far for the year. 

In baseball, the Wild Card was extended this season but the supposed reward of Home Advantage to the higher placed qualifiers didn't work out because with the four Wild Card Series all now decided, three away teams ended up winning the series, including my wife's San Diego Padres who unfortunately now have to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series this week.

The St Louis Cardinals, NL Central Division winners, were eliminated in two games by the Philadelphia Phillies, who finished third in their Division, 14 wins behind the New York Mets, who lost to the Padres. It's baseball, and strange things happen in the short run. 

The good news is that the Padres have beaten LA 5 times already this season. The bad news is that they've played them 19 times in total...  but it's a short (best of five) series, so anything can happen.