As kids, we would watch the city garbage truck noisily make its way through our neighborhood every week (not much on TV back then).
And while workers scurried back and forth, emptying and returning the dented metal pails, we asked ourselves the same question: how can they do it?
How can they fi ght past a wall of stench that would drive away an ordinary human? Ticket holders for today’s ‘game’ may be faced with a similar choice – risk asphyxiation at the stadium or just stay home and watch from afar.
From a handicapping point of view, garbageversus-garbage games this time of the year generally find the home team holding an ATS advantage (59-44 ATS since 1981 when each team is .333 or less).
Unfortunately for us, the home team today is Jacksonville, about as toothless a favorite as you’ll fi nd, going 3-11 ATS as home chalk the last four years, including 2-7 ATS versus sub .500 opposition. The bumbling Bucs are no bargains, either, as they’re currently stuck in a 1-5 SU and ATS slump.
However, the ATS archives suggest they may break out here: Tampa is 6-1 ATS in road revengers after allowing 35 or more points and pirate captain Raheem Morris owns a swashbuckling 7-1- 1 ATS mark as a visitor in the season’s final four games.
Yes, the Bucs have the numbers but the truth of the matter is the only money you’ll find us playing with in this game is found in a Monopoly box. Pass.
Sportsbooks currently have the Buccaneers listed as 2½-point favorites versus the Jaguars, while the game's total is sitting at 40.
