As the NASDAQ closed Monday evening, shares of Hi-Plains Sports Wagering Brain Trust (HPBT) had dropped $4. They are now available at the ultra-low price of $.62/share. Buy low, sell high, we'll be back.
It was certainly a desultory day at the book on Saturday. South Carolina, failing to heed the Drive-by Truckers advice, pissed off the boys from Alabam and got rolled at home. (That's what you get for wearing white after Labor Day, a noticeable and disturbing trend for home teams during week two of the NFL.) Cal fell behind two scores early, unacceptable when favored by three TDs, and failed to cover. But most bitterly, Vandy won and moved to 3-0. We did get Florida St. over BC, and they were up 14 points before the Superfans showed up, but the Eagles showed some resilience and dominated the rest of the first half, forcing me to sweat this game big time having already put in a Corey Patterson like day, going 0-3. This was however, my Master Lock game of the week, so smart investors should take note.
In the games I convinced myself not to take we fared a bit better, going 2-1. Miami needed 3 overtimes to outlast a Clemson team that I will continue to ignore, while Air Force had Wyoming down, before giving in to the Pokes. And then there was Nebraska, which would have been the Master Lock pick if not for the rooting intereset corollary.
But first, a tangent. My former college roommate, The Specimen, was in the Bean this week. After the A's-Sox on Thursday and Cooperstown on Friday, we decided to make the walk to the Heights and make our presence known at College Gameday. We did some location scouting, brought in some extras to do the blocking, and positioned ourselves squarely in front of camera one. With every cut to Corso or Herbstreit, we hoisted the Blackshirts flag and there it flew, in the middle of more inventive maroon and gold signs (Bowden Likes Coldplay!), like the Jolly Roger above a just-plundered cutter.
And it's a good thing we had a Blackshirts flag and not a generic Nebraska one, because you can say what you want about the sad state of the Huskers, but you can't knock the performance of the defense. No TDs in the last nine quarters, 16 points allowed on the year versus 28 scored and a game winning blocked field goal to boot. But of course, you can't cover a 10 points spread when you only score 7, which is exactly what HPBT predicted.
As president and CEO of HPBT I would like to offer up a vote of confidence in this open letter to investors. We are learning from our mistakes. Watching Monday Night Football tonight, which takes great delight in featuring the taped player self-introductions, you know where they say "Mark Boerigter...Hastings College," made me realize something that would have helped us a week ago.
All the Ohio State alumni, when announcing their college, say "THE Ohio State University." Yes, bold, italics and all caps and that's only because I can't knife the word into your computer screen like a KISS logo on a junior high desk. Is there really a need for clarification here, or is it pure ego stroke? Just so you and I know, Dayton, Akron, Kent State, Toledo, Ohio U., Miami (Ohio), Cincinnati, Youngstown State, not even Division III powerhouse Mount Union are THE state university of Ohio. It's not the Flyers, the Zips, the Golden Flashes, the Rockets, the Bobcats, the Redhawks, the Bearcats, the Penguins or the Purple Raiders. It's the Buckeyes. What makes this particularly annoying is the fact that seemingly every NFL team has at least two starters on both sides of the ball, which leads me to wonder, why do you only have one national title in the past 37 years?
What does all this mean? It means I'm never picking the Buckeyes again. At the opening bell tomorrow, expect to see HPBT stock surge, bolstered by a sudden influx of money from Michigan. Tressel likes Cowboy Troy!
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