The heater is over. For the first time since Super Bowl 56, our Rhode Island Scumbag had a bad week.
Granted, that only dropped his NFL record down to 6-3-1 on the season, but the man is feeling the frustration of having an epic run snapped, in large part, by Joe Flacco, Jimmy Garoppolo and Davis Mills. How can I tell? Well, he began this week’s betting tips/series of lectures comprised mostly of insults at my expense with a quote from our high school’s athletic director.
“In the words of the legendary Rhode Island High School Football Coach Dom Marcone: ‘If it were easy, everyone would do it.'”
OH WE’RE *STARTING* HERE???
I have issues with at least 85 percent of that opening line. Ol’ Dom, a man who won roughly 25 percent of his games as a high school football coach in the talent-rich plains of Warwick, Rhode Island was in no way “legendary.” That quote is most notably attributed the hit Tom Hanks-Geena Davis vehicle A League of Their Own (and roughly a thousand other sources) rather than the administrator who prioritized his golf game over his students. Plus, I’m 80 percent certain Marcone wasn’t even the head coach by the time the RIS was playing varsity football.
So, we’re off to a great start. Our Scumbag friend is still destroying my bets this year. Let’s see what he’s got to say.
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