There’s a new rule in Scumbag Land — a place where I assume Michelob Ultra flows freely, the bad beat jackpots are incredible and the idea of a Connecticut casino with a rooftop helipad is real life and not just a Safdie brothers fantasy. Whenever the Rhode Island Scumbag and I agree on a lock, you need to fade it with extreme prejudice.
For the third straight week, our resident prognosticator and I saw eye to eye one what we thought was one of the best bets of the week. And for the third straight week, it crashed and burned. In this case it was the Minnesota Vikings, who rallied back from a 33-0 deficit to win … but not cover the spread oddsmakers had set for them in a 39-36 overtime classic.
