Sunday Recap - Pepper Goes 2-5 for the Weekend...Back in the Doghouse!

Okay, I'm struggling for the second day in a row.  When my first victory came with the WildCats, I just knew it was going to be a looooooong weekend.  I also knew that Indiana beating Illinois was a long shot.  Just goes to show, the favorites don't always win.  In addition, I suffered my first NHL loss as the Devils beat the Sharks in a very exciting 6-5 game.  The Flyers are my lone win for the day.  Overall for the weekend, 2 wins and 5 losses, which includes Mark Martin's loss in the Daytona 500.  Can't win them all. 

Coming this week - - the Oscars!  In addition, I will be picking more NBA, NHL and NCAA basketball games later this week. 

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PICK: Daytona 500

Let me start off by saying this wasn't easy. After weeks of testing ways to do picks where there is more then one choice, we came with the idea of putting a single treat on top of these "beanie" cars. Seemed funny. Anyway, the problem is that I eat so fast there isn't a real clear view to see the final pick but just trust me on who I pick.

Methodology:

Part 1: We took the Top 25 "Odds on Favorite" cars based on who is likely win because of ownership group and experience. It would be too much and too random to do all 43 starters in the field and also to do an "overall field" vs the says the Hendrick Group (Cars #5,24,48,88) is not a good option on a restrictor plate track where the racing is too wide open and one crash can take out 1/2 the field. I'll do that with the Master between the field vs Tiger Woods and the Coke 600 and the Brickyard 400.

Part 2: From the Top 25, 5 car numbers were picked at random from a hat. Each of these cars will compete in a Heat - I pick one winner in each of the 5 "heats", who will move to the Final Choice Winner Pick. Just the like in the Olympics.

Part 3: Each of the 5 "Heat" Winner are used for the Final Pick. And the Overall Winner will be #5 Car driven by Mark Martin. Pure Science!!

I know this isn't one of the best video but remember this is a work in progress. By the time we do the Master, we'll go back to using 5 small dishes so the winner is much clearer to see.

Enjoy,

Pepper

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Upcoming Picks Schedule

Videos will be filmed tonight on the following games:

NCAA Men's Basketball:
Kentucky vs. Arkansas
Florida vs. Georgia
UCLA vs. Arizona
Illinois vs. Indiana

NHL:
Rangers vs Flyers
Sharks vs. Devils

Daytona 500:
Video will be live this evening (not one of my best but this is a work in progress)

NBA is playing their All-Star Game - no pick for All-Star games since its an exhibition. One subscribe pointed out that most Vegas bets (at least for the NFL Pro Bowl) are on the Over/Under. I will still take the pass.

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