NFL Playoff Power Rankings –

1. New England (13 – 3) (2 – 0) + l – + p – – w + l l – w + w l  (+ - )

2. NY Giants (9 – 7) (3 – 0 ) w + + + w p w + w – w l + – + l  (l  l  l  )

Utilizing Lefty Rosenthal’s Plus/Minus (+/-) Scale bettors may, in a glance, notice trends, patterns, failures, successes and, perhaps, avoid setups and pitfalls.

Lefty Rosenthal was the first to utilize Power Rankings as a bettor, a bookie and later, for The Stardust, as the nation’s premier linesmaker.

“Without rankings,” Lefty said, “how would you know who everybody’s going to bet?”

TCH Power Rankings ™ reflect a combination of record and perception.

Plus (+): bet on & won
Minus (-) : bet on & lost
w (w): bet against & won
l (l): bet against & lost

p (p): push

Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, heal’d by the same means,
warm’d and cool’d by the same winter and summer
as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us,
do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility?
Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his
sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge.
The villainy you teach me, I will execute,
and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

NFL Playoff Power Rankings –

1. San Francisco (13 – 3)  (1 – 0) l p w l l l + + + + w + – + + -  (l )

2. New England (13 – 3) (1 – 0) + l – + p – – w + l l – w + w l  (+ )

3. Baltimore (12 – 4)  (1 – 0) + – + + l – w + – p + + – w – l  (w )

4. NY Giants (9 – 7) (2 – 0 ) w + + + w p w + w – w l + – + l  (l l )

Utilizing Lefty Rosenthal’s Plus/Minus (+/-) Scale bettors may, in a glance, notice trends, patterns, failures, successes and, perhaps, avoid setups and pitfalls.

Lefty Rosenthal was the first to utilize Power Rankings as a bettor, a bookie and later, for The Stardust, as the nation’s premier linesmaker.

“Without rankings,” Lefty said, “how would you know who everybody’s going to bet?”

TCH Power Rankings ™ reflect a combination of record and perception.

Plus (+): bet on & won
Minus (-) : bet on & lost
w (w): bet against & won
l (l): bet against & lost

p (p): push

October 30, 1974 – Kinshasa, Zaire

George Foreman wasn’t the lovable, grill-selling machine you see on the QVC.

He was the fiercest man on the planet.

He was The Champ.

Muhammad Ali, stripped of his title and boxing license, had lost a title bout against Joe Frazier.

Foreman destroyed Frazier, knocking him out in two rounds.

A 10 -1 underdog, in 1974, Ali was considered old.

He told his trainor, Angelo Dundee, he had a secret plan for Foreman.

For five rounds Foreman pounded away while Ali covered up and leaned against the ropes.

Cosell wondered if the fight should be stopped.

According to Foreman, after hitting Ali with a body blow, Ali whispered, “Is that all you got, George?” To which Foreman thought “Yep…that’s about it.”

In the 8th round, Foreman was counted out after stumbling to the canvass in the center of the ring.

Ali coined the technique “the rope-a-dope.”

NFL Playoff Power Rankings –

1. Green Bay (15 – 1) l – + + l l – + l w + – l – + l

2. San Francisco (13 – 3) l p w l l l + + + + w + – + + -

3. New Orleans (13 – 3) (1 – 0 ) – + + + – – l w + l + + l l + l (l )

4. New England (13 – 3) + l – + p – – w + l l – w + w l

5. Baltimore (12 – 4) + – + + l – w + – p + + – w – l

6. Houston (10 – 6) (1 – 0 ) l + w + – – + w l l p l + – – l l (+ )

7. NY Giants (9 – 7) (1 – 0 ) w + + + w p w + w – w l + – + l (l )

8. Denver (8 – 8 ) (1 – 0 ) w – l w w l w l l l l l w w – – (l )

Utilizing Lefty Rosenthal’s Plus/Minus (+/-) Scale bettors may, in a glance, notice trends, patterns, failures, successes and, perhaps, avoid setups and pitfalls.

Lefty Rosenthal was the first to utilize Power Rankings as a bettor, a bookie and later, for The Stardust, as the nation’s premier linesmaker.

“Without rankings,” Lefty said, “how would you know who everybody’s going to bet?”

TCH Power Rankings ™ reflect a combination of record and perception.

Plus (+): bet on & won
Minus (-) : bet on & lost
w (w): bet against & won
l (l): bet against & lost

p (p): push

LAS VEGAS, NV – Feb. 1991

Sports Illustrated’s Leigh Montville was in town doing a story on linesmaking & sports betting.

Max resisted numerous interview requests until Montville stalked him in Caesars’ sportsbook. While other handicappers pretended not to notice, Max made his picks. It was 11:30 am and he was done for the day. The lines moved immediately.

“Max? Leigh Montville, Sports Illustrated, can I have a minute?”

Oh Jesus. Max was tired. He had been up all night doing blow and spanking strippers.

Before he was able to respond, the pasty Montville descended on him like a toothless crack whore.

NFL Playoff Power Rankings & Vegas Odds to Win Super Bowl XLVI

1. Green Bay (15 – 1) l – + + l l – + l w + – l – + l  (9/5)

2. San Francisco (13 – 3) l p w l l l + + + + w + – + + -  (8/1)

3. New Orleans (13 – 3) – + + + – - l w + l + + l l + l   (9/2)

4. New England (13 – 3) + l – + p – – w + l l – w + w l   (4/1)

5. Baltimore (12 – 4) + – + + l – w + – p + + – w – l   (8/1)

6. Pittsburgh (12 – 4) w l w w + w + l w l w + w w l w   (8/1)

7. Atlanta (10 – 6) w + – - – + + + – p p – + + w +   (35/1)

8. Houston (10 – 6) l + w + – – + w l l p l + – - l l  (40/1)

9. Detroit (10 – 6) l l w + + – w + – + w w – w + -   (40/1)

10. NY Giants (9 – 7) w + + + w p w + w – w l + – + l   (20/1) 

11. Cincinatti (9 – 7) l l w l + + + + – p – w w + + -   (65/1)

12. Denver (8 – 8 ) w – l w w l w l l l l l w w – -  (50/1)

Utilizing Lefty Rosenthal’s Plus/Minus (+/-) Scale bettors may, in a glance, notice trends, patterns, failures, successes and, perhaps, avoid setups and pitfalls.

Lefty Rosenthal was the first to utilize Power Rankings as a bettor, a bookie and later, for The Stardust, as the nation’s premier linesmaker.

“Without rankings,” Lefty said, “how would you know who everybody’s going to bet?”

TCH Power Rankings ™ reflect a combination of record and perception.

Plus (+): bet on & won
Minus (-) : bet on & lost
w (w): bet against & won
l (l): bet against & lost

p (p): push

Jeremiah 19:6-9

So beware, for the time is coming, says the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For I will upset the battle plans of Judah and Jerusalem and let invading armies slaughter them. The enemy will leave the dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals. I will wipe Jerusalem from the face of the earth, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be appalled and will gasp at the destruction they see there. I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will have to eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.

1976 -  Happy Bicentennial Birthday

Power is a fickle bedfellow, inexact as a Molotov cocktail.

Jimmy smiled all the way to The White House.

Max smiled all the way to Las Vegas.

One a peanut farmer. The other a peanut allergy.

One reached the height of power. The other reached the height of depravity.

Both shared a distaste for Teddy.

One for his privileged background and Chappaquiddick sins, the other for his lack of courage to reveal the truth behind his brothers assassinations.

Pontius Pilate washed his hands.

Et tu, Teddy?

NFL Power Rankings Week 17 –

1. Green Bay (14 – 1) l – + + l l – + l w + – l – +

2. San Francisco (12 – 3) l p w l l l + + + + w + – + +

3. New Orleans (12 – 3) – + + + – - l w + l + + l l +

4. New England (12 – 3) + l – + p – – w + l l – w + w

5. Baltimore (11 – 4) + – + + l – w + – p + + – w  -

6. Pittsburgh (11 – 4) w l w w + w + l w l w + w w l

7. Houston (10 – 5) l + w + – – + w l l p l + – -

8. Detroit (10 – 5) l l w + + – w + – + w w – w +

9. Cincinatti (9 – 6) l l w l + + + + – p – w w + +

10. Atlanta (9 – 6) w + – - – + + + – p p – + + w

11. NY Giants (8 – 7) w + + + w p w + w – w l + – +

12. Tennessee (8 – 7) w l – + w + + w l p l l – -  -

13. Oakland (8 – 7) + + l w l + – – l l + w – + +

14. Dallas (8 – 7) w p w w l l – w + w w – w l w 

15. Denver (8 – 7) w – l w w l w l l l l l w w -

16. NY Jets (8 – 7) – l – w p + l l w – w + l w w

17. Philadelphia (7 – 8 )  + w w -  – + l w w l – w l + +

18. Seattle (7 – 8 ) – – + l + p w + l l – + + + w

19. San Diego (7 – 8 ) w – w + + – – w – – – + + + w

20. Chicago (7 – 8 ) + w w – - l + + l l w – + w w

21. Arizona (7 – 8 ) + + w w w w + + + w p l l w w

22. Buffalo (6 – 9) l l l – l p l – w – + – w – l

23. Carolina (6 – 9 ) w l + l l w + – – w + l w l l

24. Kansas City (6 – 9) – – + l + l l – – – + l – l w

25. Miami (5 – 10 ) w w + w w – + l + l + + – l +

26. Washington (5 – 10 ) + w + + w w – w w + l w + l w

27. Cleveland (4 – 11 ) – l w w w p w – – + l w + + l

28. Jacksonville (4 – 11 ) + – w w w + l + + w p w l w l

29. Tampa Bay (4 – 11 ) – + l – l l w w – + – – – -  -

30. Minnesota (3 – 12) + w + – + – l l – – p – l – +

31. Indianapolis (2 – 13) – – + l w w – w w w w l l l l

32. St. Louis (2 – 13 ) w w w w – – + w l – p w w w -

Utilizing Lefty Rosenthal’s Plus/Minus (+/-) Scale bettors may, in a glance, notice trends, patterns, failures, successes and, perhaps, avoid setups and pitfalls.

Lefty Rosenthal was the first to utilize Power Rankings as a bettor, a bookie and later, for The Stardust, as the nation’s premier linesmaker.

“Without rankings,” Lefty said, “how would you know who everybody’s going to bet?”

TCH Power Rankings ™ reflect a combination of record and perception.

Plus (+): bet on & won
Minus (-) : bet on & lost
w (w): bet against & won
l (l): bet against & lost

p (p): push