☠️ Cowboys wipe out 42% of Circa Survivor. Now What?
We knew the Buccaneers would be costly Thursday night.
We underestimate how expensive it is.
A shocking one 2,554 Circa Survivor entries — 42.8% of the field — chose Dallas to beat Tampa Bay.
They are all gone.
Add three entries that failed to submit a pick, and 2,557 entries were removed before the games even started on Sunday.
That will go away 3,415 entries chasing the $25 million prize.
The damage extended to Circa Grandissimo, where nine of the 24 surviving $100,000 entries chose Dallas. Only 15 remain in the hunt for $7.7 million.
And here comes the next twist.
The most popular remaining Survivor picks are the 0-4 Houston Texans.
that’s right. 1,228 entries — more than a third of the remaining field — are hoping for a winless team to keep their $25 million dreams alive.
The good news? Houston plays the 0-4 Tennessee Titans.
What could possibly go wrong?
Now let’s get to your NFL Week 5 betting card.
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🏈 Everything is in Pittsburgh
How much do participants want the Steelers -2.5 against the Colts?
Consider this:
- Circa Million: Pittsburgh is the No. 1 Week 5 selection, appearing on 1,892 cards.
- Circa Friday Football Invitational: All seven handicappers who picked the game picked the Steelers.
- Average Joe: A huge one 91% of the spread selections — 875 of 958 — were in Pittsburgh.
That’s an impressive amount of agreement in three different tournaments.
And Average Joes has another overwhelming opinion: 97% scored Over 54.5 in Lions–Cardinals. Only 11 contestants went Under.
>> See All Average Joe Week 5 Consensus Picks
>> Circa Contest Selections and Status
>> Friday Football Invitational Picks and Standings
💰 Lost Survivor?
The Cowboys’ dismay has dramatically reduced the number of live entries. But there is still a way to enter the contest.
Survivor Sweat, Circa Sports’ official contest entry marketplace, allows buyers to bid on all or part of an entry that is still alive.
>> Browse Live Survivor Entries Still Chasing $25 Million
⚾ Guardians step forward. Pitching Showdown opens the NLCS.
Cleveland is headed to the ALCS after an impressive comeback.
The Guardians shut out the White Sox 2-0 in the decisive Game 5 on Saturdaycompleting a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit.
Gavin Williams struck out 12, while José Ramírez’s two-run homer supplied all the offense Cleveland needed. The Guardians open the ALCS against the Rays in Tampa Bay on Monday.
Meanwhile, the The Dodgers and Brewers open the NLCS tonight at 8 pm ETwith Tarik Skubal facing Jacob Misiorowski.
Skubal is in the unusual position of being an underdog. But Adam Burke thinks there’s a more important question than which ace is better.
Which team needs to turn to its middle relievers first?
>> Adam’s NLCS Game 1 Best Pick
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>> Dave Tuley’s League Championship Best Bets
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🏁 Rain Boosts NASCAR Projection
Rain wiped out practice and qualifying for Sunday’s Bank of America 400 at Charlotte, forcing officials to set the lineup by formula — and shaking up Steve Makinen’s race simulation.
Kyle Larson moved to the top of Steve’s final projectionswhile Ty Gibbs dropped from first in the first simulation to eighth.
Steve’s expected top five: Larson, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Ryan Blaney and Gibbs.
>> Steve’s NASCAR Simulation and Betting Angles
>> NASCAR Race Previews From Steve and Adam Burke
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