Last Week (3-3) Overall (29-23-2)

BurgerBets is back early this week so you can win some money while you are stuffing your face with turkey (burgers?) all day tomorrow!!!! While feasting, don’t be embarassed if you suddenly find yourself tearing through the refridgerator drawers in search of some ground beef. It is OK. We all do it. Don’t be ashamed, just calm down and settle for the turkey out of respect to your families. In honor of Thanksgiving, I will be taking sidebets on what you think LobsterClaw is having for Thanksgiving dinner because we all know they don’t have turkey in Dallas (Mexico):

Coyote 20 to 1

Tacos 10 to 1

Rattlesnake 50 to 1

Armadillo 2 to 1

NCAA Picks:

Temple (-3) @ OHIO. VEGAS! WHAT DID I TELL YOU LAST WEEK!!!!!!! I said give the Owl some respect OR ELSE! You set the line at 10.5 last week and Temple won by 34 points despite losing their best player!!!!!!!!!! Now Bernard Pierce isn’t playing on Friday, but luckily, TU is loaded with a stable of future pros in the backfield (reference Matt Brown 18 for 156 and 2 TDs last week). If you people don’t know these names you better learn them because all they do is make you money every week!!!!!!!!!!! TU MOTHA _______!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. This game is on ESPNU at 11AM Friday so gives you something to do!!!

FLORIDA (-24.5) vs Florida St. OK say what you want about Tim Tebow. Virgin? Check. Complete square? Check. But the dude is like a mix of Mother Theresa and Clark Kent. Is there anyone on Earth you’d rather run into a burning building to try to save you? And it is SENIOR DAY at Florida. Betting against Tim Tebow on Senior Day is like betting against the BurgerBoy on National Cheeseburger Day. Take the Gators and the over on “Times Tebow Cries”. If ya ain’t Gator, ya Gator bait!

STANFORD (-10) vs Notre Dame. OK sorry Burgerboy I learned my lesson, I won’t pick against UConn again on your turf. Anyway, after losing to UConn, Notre Dame is going to get their doors blown in at Stanford. Charlie Weis is a lame duck, and normally his players would maybe “win one for the gipper”… but unfortunately that rule only applies to coaches who aren’t incredibly fat and ugly. In a positive note, Weis probably kills it at burger joints.

NFL Picks:

DENVER (+7) vs New York Giants. Calm down BurgerBoy, I am not hating on your Giants too much here. It is just that what the heck have the G-Men done of late to warrant laying 7 POINTS on the road to ANYONE? I think this will be a tight game and think the winner is a toss up, but this is WAY too many points for the Giants to lay. Sit back and enjoy this game Thursday night on a full stomach.

ST LOUIS (+3) vs Seattle. To be honest, I have been sitting here waiting for this for weeks. Steve Spagnuolo’s Rams have taken on the attitude of their coach and become a little fiesty. I have liked them for several weeks now but they just haven’t been in the right spot. This is it. They are going to WIN THIS GAME for big win number two. Take the three points if you are a complete you know what, then realize how many burgers that difference in payout would have bought you and go drive off the nearest cliff.

Carolina (+3) @ NYJ. Anyone know why the Jets are favored here? Anyone? Anyone? Mark Sanchez is absurd, dude throws 100 picks a game. They have no back up. Plus the dude was eating a hot dog on the sideline a few weeks ago. HELLO!!!!!!!!! WHERE THE HELL WAS THE BURGER YOU IDIOT? Someone (Burgerboy?) needs to get on the horn and tell this dude whats up. If he would have gone burger and not dog, the Jets may still be in the hunt. Do I have to think of everything?

***SPANGLISH ALERT***

Happy Thanksgiving!

-BurgerBets

Bet with me and your burgers are free!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey there burger fans, you probably know me as LobstersClaw the genius who heckles BurgerBets with all his football picks.  Well luckily for you, I know a little something about NBA hoops and I’m here to make you some $$$ in a sport you probably don’t gamble on yet.  Don’t worry though it’s great and soon you’ll be moving from McD’s burgers to plush luxurious burger joints that impress your date.  I’m not vain, I don’t expect to take any credit for your suddenly skyrocketing bank accounts – if anything maybe you’ll impress them with your new knowledge of NBA basketball.
 
Toronto @ Charlotte – UNDER 194.5 ; Here is why.  The Bobcats are the 2nd worse offensive team in the league averaging 85 ppg, and the Raptors are the 4th best averaging 107 ppg.  The Bobcats are also the second best defensive team in the league giving up only 89 ppg and the Raptors are the second worst giving up nearly 108.  This should even out to about the vegas o/u.  BUUUTTTTT the raptors are playing a back to back and they’re travelling!!!! playing against the pitiful Bobcats offense, I see Toronto playing down to the competition, tired from a 123 point extravaganza against Indiana last night and a game in the mid to high 80s!!!!!!
 
Philadelphia @ Boston (-13) – Take the Celtics here.  They win by an average of 9 ppg and philly loses by an average of 4.5 ppg which is obviously where Vegas got the line.  BUUTTTT philly is on a back to back! (notice a trend here?)  Boston is fresh and will absolutely work the 6ers tonight.  They simply cannot hang with the celtics and this should be a blowout.
 
Golden State (+13.5) @ San Antonio – OK well last night the Warriors were the first team since 1953 to win a game in the NBA by playing only 6 or less players.  They beat my Mavericks and i was livid.  They are on a back to back, playing in San Antonio…your first thought should be to take the Spurs possibly at -30.  I think the Spurs have this game in hand by the 3rd quarter, maybe up by 20+, but the Warriors are ridiculous and shoot 3s (and make them) like its going out of style.  They’ll be playing the same 6 guys, 3 of which played all 48 last night (although maggette might be playing tonight which can only help GS).  Those players will no doubt be tired, but HAVE to play and they’re all ridiculously athletic. I think the Spurs put in their scrubs and the Warriors never make a game of it, but in the end get it to a single digit loss.  They have nothing to lose.
 
New Jersey @ Portland (-12.5) – The Nets haven’t won a game!!! Last night they literally gave up!!! Portland is good, they’re 11-5!!!  Lawrence Frank couldn’t motivate me to get out of bed if there was a bomb about to explode underneath it.  Ohhh and the Nets are on a back to back and Portland isn’t!!!!  Double your bets on this one.
 
That’s all for this week.

-Lobstler Claw

If you don’t like my calls, I’ll make burgers out of your balls.

LOSANGLELES.GRUBSTREET.com- The New York Times supplement T Style ran a story about Miami in its recent winter travel issue that included a mention of 8 Oz. Burger Bar. NYTPIcker noticed that the author of the piece, Suzy Buckley, was once the girlfriend of Joshua Woodward, the 8 oz. partner accused of murdering his unborn child. It is unclear whether Buckley, who The Miami Herald calls “the only girlfriend most people associated Woodward with,” is the woman at the center of the murder case, The Times‘ ethics policy is very clear that “No journalist may report for us about any travel service or product offered by a family member or close friend.”

Set in the heart of the Meatpacking dristrict on Little West 12th and 10th is the three story funhouse, Brass Monkey.  Two floors of tables and booths, numerous bars and a roof top deck with veiws of the Hudson and Highline.  Watch your Knicks or Nets, Giants and Jets and enjoy some lunch washed down by a giant menu of cold ones.  At night the Monkey starts hopping with young co-eds and all the single ladies.  Whether day or night they’ve got big screen TV’s, cold frothy beers and of course a Burger…duh, who doesn’t?  The Brass Monkey burger is pretty weak…why? The meat is overdone and dry, the onion was too thick (I might as well have eaten an onion like an apple) and was poorly seasoned lacking flavor.  The Gruyere cheese was melted well enough oozing over the edges and was the only thing that helped this little dud from striking out.  Maybe I cought them on a bad day or maybe it always tastes like Br-ass??- BB

55 Little West  Twelfth (Between Washington & 10 Ave)

HUFFINGTONPOST.com-

By Samantha Critchell, AP:

NEW YORK — Heidi Klum and her post-baby body led the parade at the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show, which returned to New York with some fresh faces after four years on the road.

The lingerie retailer inducted five more women into its “Angel” ranks – a designation reserved for top models – in front of a packed house Thursday night at the Lexington Avenue Armory. They are Emanuela de Paula, Chanel Iman, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Lindsay Ellingson and Candice Swanepoel.

REALLY???- BB

STYLEITONLINE.com- The Victoria’s Secret fashion show doesn’t offer up anything radically different year to year – gorgeous women in frilly lingerie that never actually hits the sales floor, which makes it pretty much like every other runway show.  With all that being said, it’s always exciting to dream big, dream sexy, and hope that someday someone will magically put a pair of sky-high stilettos and angel wings on you for your stomp down the runway.  The official show airs December 3 at 10pm est on CBS.

UMMMMMMM………- BB

FASHINSING.com- Generating a level of interest and excitement that no other fashion catwalk (or fashion week) can possibly compete with, the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was the lingerie house at their best. Some of the world’s most beautiful women and lingerie that ranged from the demure to the daring was all packed into one show, and Fashionising.com has the pictures:

HOLY BUNS!- BB

NYMAG.com-The chef at the Standard is Dan Silverman (formerly of the defunct Lever House restaurant, uptown), and he has cannily constructed his one-page “American Bistro” menu to suit a range of currently trendy tastes. To help promote the sale of profitable pre-dinner wines and chic retro cocktails (the Speakeasy and Randy Gibson), there are artisanal saucissons and hams “From the Counter” (try the jamón Ibérico), and three elegantly sturdy housemade pâtés, the best of which is a slab of coarsely cut pork pâté, sweetened with sherry. There are oysters piled on ice for the hoary bistro set (Malpeques from Long Island, Fanny Bays from Washington State), steaks and burgers for the meatheads (two steaks, plus an excellent Ranch burger made with a brisket-laden LaFrieda blend), and a series of carefully sourced small salads (baby romaine from Satur Farms, snow peas and radishes with cider vinaigrette, haricots verts tossed with yogurt and crispy onions) designed to be nibbled by Gisele Bündchen and her fashionably thin friends.
This burger is a great looking burger.  A fresh brioche (soft inner bun and crisp flakey crust) with juicy beef, choice of cheese, two strips of bacon and a fried egg.  Get some!  Enjoy the bar area, grab a table outside along the cobblestone street or post up at the beer garden.  If you go at the right time you might be able to witness some standard and casual sex in the windows of the Hotel above.  Exhibitionists have been spotted frequently making boom boom in the large windows.  The hotel seems to encourage the love making by placing the beds against the windows for couple to make whoopie.  I witnessed it myself and boy was it entertaining!- BB

WASHINGTON STREET (BETWEEN 13th & LITTLE W 12th)

Last Week (4-2) Overall (26-20-2)

As usual, when BurgerBets makes a guarantee, he delivers.  I said 4-2 last week anddddddddddd I went 4-2.  This week I am feeling good again and will most likely kill it.  See below my picks for a new feature on Burger Bowl, the “Reader’s Pick”, where I will post a Reader’s pick for the week that they sent to freemoney@theburgerboy.com. As always, HOME TEAM in CAPS:

NCAA Picks:

TEMPLE (-10.5) vs Kent. Dear Vegas, I will continue to bet the Temple Owls until you give them the respect they deserve.  All they do is win and win big every single week and most importantly COVER.  I don’t know much about Kent, but I do know that Al Golden has the Owl’s rolling and they have just been a cash cow for me so if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!  TU MUTHA ______!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ohio St (-12) @ MICHIGAN. Ohio State is already going to the Rose Bowl.  Normally this would have down week written all over it after their huge win against Iowa.  But this is Ohio St-Michigan people, the Buckeyes will be ready to play.  These teams have been going in opposite directions and it will continue this week.  Buckeyes 34 Wolverines 17.

NOTRE DAME (-6) vs UConn. I hate Notre Dame and I hate Jimmy Clausen.  But this is a good spot for the Irish.  They put up a fight against Pitt last week and Charlie Weis is probably going to get canned so he is playing with house money at this point.  P.S.  Sorry BurgerBoy, I know it is borderline illegal for an employee to pick against your Huskies (white dogs?) on your website, but I just LOVE this game too much to not do it.

NFL Picks:

BALTIMORE (+1.5) vs Indy. I know, I know.  “BurgerBets, what the burger are you thinking here!?!?!?”  Listen, I think the Colts are going to win too.  But this line is completely ludicrous!  This is the classic game where EVERYONE will bet the Colts bc the lines looks absurd and then afterwards everyone is like “God damn Vegas”.  Well, you are all welcome that you have me to read the writing on the wall for you.

NEW ENGLAND (-10.5) vs New York Jets. Its paybackkkkkkkkkkkk timeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I would take this spread if it were 20, I am dead serious.  If you think Bill Belichek is not running up the score this week you are NUTS.  The Pats O looks like it did in 2008 and they are coming off that headache of a L against the Colts that we all heard about all week.  The Jets beat them earlier this year and have talked smack all year…. I smell a blow out.  Pats 41 Jets 17.

HOUSTON (-4.5) vs Tennessee. And yes, the BurgerBets-Texans love affair continues.  I like how Tennessee is playing, and I expect Chris Johnson to blow up as usual, but this Texans team is well rested coming off the bye week.  I expect a ton of points in this game and for Houston to win by a TD.  Go Texans!

Reader’s Pick: 
“TEXAS (-27.5) vs Kansas. What dat dare is da greatest darn state in dees United States?  Texas!  Whose dat President of dem United States?  Troy Aikman!  Whats da best dang way to get to da bar?  Horse!  What does this feller use for a Christmas tree every December?  Tumbleweed!  What pet is da damned bestest for killin’ varmin?  Coyote!  Now whos gunna cover the score of dis damn game!?  TEXAS!”  -LobstersClaw

Ummmmmm thanks LobstersClaw… I think?  As always, Bet with me and your Burgers are free!!!!!!!  (note, the Texas pick is NOT mine)