Season 13 Week 6 Picks

Greetings, high rollers!
Duke told me I was a little verbose (look it up, Duke) [Editor’s Note: I know what verbose means… read: wordy as f*ck. And I still haven’t read last weeks write-up. Way too long!] with last week’s write-up. I thought a longer write-up was warranted at the halfway point of skeeson 13, but I’ll try and cut it back a little this week (you’re welcome)`[Editor’s Note:thank god]. Instead of a full recap and preview of each match, I’ll do a little of each to change it up.
As Everett noted on Facebook over the weekend, there were a lot of pins handed out last week – ten 40 Streaks, eight 40/50 Combos, and three 50 Streaks. All I can say is….it’s about time! All of a sudden we have a race for both 40 and 50 Streaks with three weeks to go…both trophies are still up for grabs.
I also found it interesting on FB last week that Tom Siemaszko was trying to guess the identity of yours truly. The irony is that he suggested I might be Scottie “Not Hottie” Sinclair, but the only thing that has been “not hot” for poor Tom, a former chalice winner, is his rolling this skeeson [Editor’s Note: shots fired!]. It was nice to see him finally break 300 last week, but his average is still lower than that of his former skeemate, John “Choke” Polischuck. Keep the guesses coming, Tom!
Speaking of Polischoke, if you review my forecast of the matches from last week I predicted that I Got Roofskeed would roll a 1080 with Chris (460), Courtney (360), and John rolling his average to that point (260). So what happened? Chris rolled 466, Courtney rolled 359, and Polischoke rolled….326?!? Roofskeed went for an 1151, the highest team score thus far in skeeson 13. If Choke indeed figured something out, this means trouble for the rest of the league [Editor’s Note: don’t be stupid… that was an anomaly] as Roofskeed will be tough to beat the rest of the way.
And speaking of teams rolling well, one-third of the league rolled season high team totals last week (11 teams). Teams are picking up their game as the skeeson progresses, from an average team score of 891 in week 1 to an average of 934 last week! If you’re saying to yourself that the average individual score must follow suit you’d be correct! From an average of 303 in week 1, the average SkeeBOSTON roller has improved more than 10 points to 317 last week.
Lots of DNRs still to be filled, and two of the current top four teams in the league standings (No Mike in the Plumbers Shed, Ain’t Easy Being Skeezy) are on BYE this week. Among those that still have DNRs include Thirtskee Thursdays, Snakes on a Lane, and Who’s Your Daddy. The team race is far from over at this point.
Duke clearly showed the effects of being in London last week as I went 10-3 against the spread, which is unheard of. Let’s see if he made it a little tougher this week. [Editor’s Note: lucky]
6:30 Matches
I Got Roofskeed (-250) vs. Skeetastics – A big spread out of the gate. If last week wasn’t a fluke for Polischoke, I’m taking Roofskeed.
Smooth vs. The Big Leballskee (-150) – Like teams in the NFL, I like Leballskee to cover coming off the bye.
Magically Skeelicious (-40) vs. I Skee Drunk People – Line here seems low, which makes me wonder if Duke knows something I don’t. I’ll take Skeelicious as Ryan and Jan seem to have found their forty last week. [Editor’s Note:got you thinking didn’t I?!]
7:30 Matches
Brewskees vs. Hundos for Marnskee (-10) – Team scores for Brewskees trending in the wrong direction, but I like them to turn it around here.
Can’t Believe it’s Not Gutter vs. Boccskee (-150) – Gutter seems like they’ve been rolling below potential. Give me Gutter and the points.
Can’t Skee Straight vs. Fettskee Wap (-40) – Fettskee Wap is en fuego last two weeks, Can’t Skee coming off two DNRs. I’ll ride the hot hand and Fettskee in this one.
8:30 Matches
Live Skee or Die (-160) vs. Skeejects – Skeejects and Live Skee both coming of skeeson high totals. If the Rollers Digest proves true, “Not Hottie” should have a night on lane 1. Live Skee giving the points here. [Editor’s Note: I don’t think Scott breaks 400 and I think the rookskees live and die by the hundo.]
Scrubskees vs. Thirtskee Thursdays (-250) – That’s a big number for Thursdays to cover against the ladies. I rode them last week and they came through, I’m going to let it ride this week. [Editor’s Note: anyone but TT.]
Clearly We’re Not Golfers vs. Skeeing is Believing (-300) – Biggest number of the night. I mentioned it last week, but SIB seems to be on a mission with three 1100+ scores this skeeson. I see some regression to the mean, so I’ll go Golfers and the points.
9:30 Matches
Why So Skeerious (-130) vs. Skeese Pizza – Both teams have been a little inconsistent here, but I’ll take the higher floor of Skeerious in a close one.
Run DMSkee (-20) vs. All the Single Ladieskees – This line seems criminally low to me, but it’s a matter of which Ladieskees team shows up – the 886 from week 2 or the 1007 from week 1? I’ll take Run DMSkee here. [Editor’s Note: Steph loves lane 2. If the hundos fall they run away with it.]
Trickskee Little Hobbits (-100) vs. Beer! – I swear Duke is just taunting me with some of these lines. He is a sick individual. Hobbits (Alan) love lane 3…give me Trickskee. [Editor’s Note: ;)]
10:30 Matches
Skeecows vs. The Night is Dark and Full of Skeeballs (-200) – Staying off the Skeecows bandwagon, expecting The Night is Dark to pull through here.
Snakes on a Lane (-150) vs. Eskeemo Brothers – Apparently Snakes needed a week off to think about the 873 from week 4. I like them to bounce back and cover here.
Skeezy Like Sunday Morning vs. Who’s Your Daddy (-180) – Maybe the most balanced line of the night to close it out for week 6. I’ll take Skeezy getting the points here.
22 days to Super Saturday XIII and counting….Week 5: 10-3
Skeeson 13 Overall: 35-28