Rise & Grind: Monday, February 2nd
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. Start your day off right here, as we run over yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the upcoming DFS day.
In Case You Missed It
There was a big game last night – It was of the football variety, and due to legal reasons I can’t tell you the name of the game, but it was a “Bowl” of some sorts, and it was referred to by some as “Super”. Here at the Rise and Grind, we refrain from putting labels on things, but we’ll go ahead and let you know that the game was less than “super” by all accounts, and the commercials were even less so. The general consensus was that people don’t like commercials about dead kids, puppies are always a good bet for a good commercial and that the halftime show featured more costume changes than the Oregon Ducks. “The More You Know”.
Since we didn’t have much DFS goodness to look forward to yesterday, several people took to making prop bets on any and everything they could find. I took the time to go find the results of some of the most popular bets. I know I barely lost the office pool because of Lynch and his lack of crotch grabbing.
- The Patriots covered the spread
- The point total was set at 47.5 – the Over won.
- Tom Brady was the MVP – 8/5 odds
- Brady mentioned his teammates first – those are 3/2 odds
- The National Anthem was a slight over (2:00) and Idina Menzel finished at 2:04
- Belichick got Blue Gatorade
- Lynch scored but did NOT grab his crotch
- And finally: Tails Never Fails
While the superbowl Big Game was boring, the other kind of football had some great performances yesterday, as Arsenal absolutely thrashed Aston Villa 5-0. But, the best move of the day by far was Mesut Ozil’s pass that led to Arsenal’s first goal. I know what some of you are thinking: “Hambazaza, I thought you were a Chelsea fan, why are you awing over a Gunners goal?”. To those people I say: it’s okay, Arsenal has no chance of catching Chelsea at the top of the table, so I’ll give them a shoutout here when they do something interesting.
Big Winners – We know Seattle won the game after Lynch pounded the ball in from the one-yard line on second down the Patriots held on and won the Big Game, but in the DFS world, there were other Big Winners. You should check out our daily tournament links from this weekend though. There are too many winners out there to name them all in this space today, but to each and every one of them: well done!
On The Grinders Menu
Plenty of NBA on tap today, so let’s get geared up. Notorious already has his First Look posted for you to check out, and later he’ll be bringing you the Grind Down. We’ll also have the Starting Five and an Experts Picks preview. There are eight NBA games on tap today, so make sure to get your research done the right way!
For the NHL lovers out there, we didn’t forget about you. There are three games on tap today and Pepsi7 has your Daily Plays ready to go to get you started on your research for tonight’s hockey GPPs.
GrindersLive
Here at RotoGrinders, we not only provide written content. Our media offerings are second to none in the DFS industry, so check out our full Monday slate of DFS video/audio goodness:
RotoGrinders Daily Fantasy Fix Podcast – CrazyGabey comes in today with a breakdown of the NBA slate as well as advice on how to break into the DFS world from the analyst side of things. You can listen to it here.
The Afternoon Grind – Brit and DC get us started with the first of three hours of Grinders Live to get you ready for tonight’s NBA slate. I’m sure Brit will have some great insight into how to best take DC’s money.
The Daily Fantasy Happy Hour – RadThad and CrazyGabey come in with an update on all February bearding events. This show is sponsored by Fantasy Aces, and Gabey and Thad are sure to give you the top plays on that site as well as others.
NBA Grinders Live – The flagship show, sponsored by DraftKings and hosted by Dean and Hoop and a bunch of numbers. You won’t want to miss this, as two of the top NBA minds meet at center stage to tell us who we should spend that precious bankroll on.
Sirius XM – Dan and Al want you to join them on your drive home from work and listen in as they give any late breaking news/insight into the NBA slate. They will be with you right until lineup lock, so make sure to call in and ask them any last minute questions you may get.
Well, that’s it fellas. Good luck on your games tonight. See you tomorrow!