Posts by Sal Iacono
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Cousin Sal’s Week 8 Prop Bets
Back in the early 1990s, when I was in college, I had a friend we called “Cow.” Like me, Cow had a terrible gambling problem and an even worse gambling theory. Cow swore that every NFL night game was fixed. “Don’t bet it, it’s a good fix.” We would laugh at him — mostly because […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 7 Prop Bets
I’m still reeling from Thursday night’s gambling fiasco. For those of you who were lucky enough not to have watched, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh (who I now wish had been punched hard in the face by Lions coach Jim Schwartz during Shakegate) declined a penalty that would have given his team a nine-point lead with […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 6 Prop Bets
Rough one last week. My wretched prop bets cost me a gargantuan 49,700 jermajesties.* These days the gambling gods and I are getting along about as well as Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. I’d like to know — do those gambling gods think I’m playing? I’ll tell you right now I’m not sitting here for […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 5 NFL Prop Bets!
Here we are. A good four days later, and I’m still sick to my bloated stomach over the latest Cowboys meltdown. I’ve tried to conjure up a non-football analogy to describe what I’m feeling, and the best I can come up with is that it’s similar to when an average-at-best Bears squad embarrasses your disgustingly […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 4 NFL Prop Bets!
I may be the only degenerate football fan in the country who is going to miss the replacement refs. Not because I thought they were competent or belonged anywhere near an NFL stadium, but because during the short time they were employed, I enjoyed three straight winning weeks with my prop bets. Not sure that […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 3 NFL Prop Bets!
Big ups to Vernon “Small Ups” Davis — I went up 23,500 jermajesties* in Week 2. That takes the season-long profits to 57,000 jermajesties. Normally, my mission is to confuse you into thinking I’m good by burying you in jermajesty talk — but this year I’m actually good. And not just with prop bets. I’m […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 2 NFL Prop Bets!
We’re off to a great start. Probably my best ever. If you took my prop bets last week you’d have ended up 33,500 jermajesties* in the black. (Trust me, first-timers — that’s good.) Not to mention, I was 4-1 against the spread in the Hilton contest. And 17-1 in the Econolodge Contest. (Totally made that […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 1 NFL Prop Bets!
“Are you ready to lose your 401KKKK??!!” I may hire Hank Williams Jr. to work on that one a little. We can all breathe a little easier. Football is back. And I figured it went so well last year (just play along) I would again offer up my keen insights as to which weekly NFL […]
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Cousin Sal’s NFL Season Prop Bets!
We are so close, degenerates. Just a few short days from now, pro football and — more important — pro football wagering will be back for a glorious 21 weeks. Actually, I’m not sure what I’m so excited about as my Cowboys open up the Wednesday-night game against the Giants. Almost certainly a loss. (I’ll […]
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All Right … Enough … Everybody Out of the Pool!
The other day I had an appointment with a new doctor. I fasted the night before, thinking he would draw some blood because my cholesterol levels were going to be checked. Note to other fat people planning on fasting before seeing a doctor: Do NOT schedule the appointment for 4 p.m. Way too late in […]