Hometown: Vancouver, B.C
Position: Left Side
Current Location: Friedrichshafen , Germany
My mom ALWAYS told me to go with my gut. I should have listened. Being from the Pacific Northwest pre-disposed me to route for the ‘local’ teams. Before the Grizzlies, that meant the Sonics, Mariners, Canucks, Lions, and Seahawks. Of the four major sports, I know the least about football but I’m learning fast. Football is something you get hooked on and once you know what is going on and know the players you start to really enjoy the chess match. It becomes less like fat men barreling into each other, and more like uber-athletic, fearless warriors literally risking their mental health for a pay cheque. Freakin’ awesome. That brings me to the Seahawks last Saturday. I had NO reason to bet against them other than that’s what the public wanted. I had no strong allegiance to New Orleans other than a few sympathy tears because of Katrina. They have recovered from that beautifully so that’s out the window. I guess the one thing I had was doubt. There’s no way the Seahawks, at 7-9 on the season, double digit underdogs, could take out the defending super bowl champions….could there? Everything told me to bet for the Saints, except for my gut. My gut told me to bet for those hawks.
Marshawn Lynch takes it to the houseGut check.
Best believe I’m riding those Hawks next week. Maybe I don’t think they can win, but at least it will be a nice payday if they do right? And I’m not going to second guess my gut again. Gut is king.
I had a ‘gut’ feeling we were going to win our game in Romania. Turned out I was right. One player on the opposing team thought their 3-0 defeat was so noteworthy that he decided to propose to his girlfriend after the handshakes. He probably could have done better but then again I don’t know him.
My gut feeling for our game against SCC Berlin was that the money line odds were off. They were paying out 4-1 for a win and we were sitting at 1.15. It didn’t seem right, after all, they had beaten the team we lost to already and were in first place. I guess it really is hard to play here in Friedrichshafen as we cruised to a 3-0 win. We got a couple of their starters subbed out and it was hard for them to recover. It was by far, one of our best performances of the year, and my tiny friend Michael Scutt got to watch.
Our next match is Wednesday against Trentino. Trentino is playing for pride, as they have nothing to play for. They are guaranteed a spot in the next round. We are playing for a spot and need to win but need some help from some other teams as well. We’ll see what happens. The game will be streamed live on http://www.laola1.tv/.
Ciao for now
Fred Winters
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