Gambler's Scorecard for the 2005 Football Season

Some background on my bad habit.

Another college football season has come to a close and I can revel in the spoils. I ended up netting $91 in profit from the entire season. I deposited a total of $250 into my account all of which earned a 20% bonus (a total of $50 in bonus money) and oddly enough, accounts for the majority of my profit.

Here is a breakdown of my wagers this season:

Date	Risk	To Win	Result	Description
8/30/05	$100	$80	Win	VT(-3) over NCSU
9/4/05	$50	$46	Push	VT(-4) over NCSU
9/5/05	$5.00	$2.94	Lost	UM over FSU
9/7/05	$25.00	$21.74	Won	VT(-20.5) over Duke
9/9/05	$10.00	$3.57	Lost	UM over ND
9/9/05	$5.00	$4.55	Won	LSU over ASU
9/16/05	$10.00	$9.10	Won	VT(-34) over Ohio
9/17/05	$10.00	$6.90	Won	Pitt (+10) over Neb
9/17/05	$25.00	$10.04	Won	UF over Tenn
9/22/05	$10.00	$7.69	Won	VT(-10) over GT
9/24/05	$5.00	$4.35	Won	UT(+7) over LSU
9/26/05	$5.00	$5.00	Lost	Tol(+14) over FSU
9/28/05	$10.00	$8.33	Won	VT(-10) over GT
9/29/05	$20.00	$19.76	Lost	Clem(-7) over WFU
10/1/05	$5.00	$4.76	Won	Navy(-7) over Duke
10/1/05	$10.05	$8.38	Lost	UM(-20.5) over SF
10/5/05	$40.00	$34.78	Lost	OSU(-3) over PSU
10/14/05	$39.06	$33.98	Lost	FSU(-7) over UVA
10/22/05	$5.00	$4.35	Win	UNC
10/27/05	$5.00	$4.35	Win	VT(-13.5)
10/29/05	$5.14	$4.90	Win	UNC(+21)
11/5/05	$15.02	$14.37	Lost	VT(-6.5) over UM
11/12/05	$5.00	$3.33	Won	LSU over Alabama
11/12/05	$5.00	$5.75	Lost	UNC(-3)
11/19/05	$5.00	$1.67	Won	VT
11/26/05	$5.00	$4.76	Won	NCSU(-3)
12/3/05	$5.00	$4.37	Won	FSU(+14.5)
12/31/05	$5.00	$3.03	Won	NCSU over USF
1/2/06	$5.00	$4.55	Won	UF over Iowa
1/2/06	$10.05	$8.38	Won	VT(-7) vs Louisville
1/2/06	$5.00	$5.00	Lost	UGA vs WVU

Not necessarily pretty, but I won more times than I lost and had a lot of fun going through the highs and lows of the season.

Here is a weekly breakdown of my results:

Week	Won/Loss
Week 1	$ 80.00
Week 2	$ 19.78
Week 3	$ 11.29
Week 4	$ 12.04
Week 5	$ 3.33
Week 6	$ (25.29)
Week 7	$ (40.00)
Week 8	$ (39.06)
Week 9	$ 4.35
Week 10	$ 9.25
Week 11	$ (15.02)
Week 12	$ (1.67)
Week 13	$ 1.67
Week 14	$ 4.76
Week 15	$ 4.37
Bowls	$ 10.96

This weekly trend will be useful for next season. My typical season usually goes something like this - start off the season well, get too confident and start losing, I then try to recover and lose more, I then stop for a while to let the dust settle and then improve towards the end of the season but never make it up to the level I was at in the beginning of the season.

Well it turns out this season is no different. I started off well in weeks 1-4. In Week 5 I start losing, then make large wagers to try and recover and continue to loose in weeks 6, 7, and 8. I finally realized I need to settle down and start making better picks and slowing begin to improve to finish out the season.

Now that I have tracked all my picks this season, I have an idea next season when I should try and time a break in my picks. I think my strategy for next season should be to take a break from Weeks 5-8 and just pick on paper. I want to see if this helps avoid my typical mid-season slump and net better results for the season.


End Result: $250 Investment, Netted $341.00 = $91 profit, 36% ROI

I will consider this profit "free money" and add it to account that tracks the "free money" have received.

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