Pepper McSausage Picks

A pick a day until my mom comes back to life.

GGs y’all! I had a good run, but imma have to say my goodbye to alcohol (at least for now). I have a strict two “seeing god” policy when it comes to vices. I had to quit edibles in 2020 after my second wild, I’m definitely-dying-tonight experience. It always takes two. Like the first time I pump fake god outta his shoes and drive baseline just to get rejected at the rim. A real deus ex machina situation. I had to quit weed in general in 2021 after a tough moment during a Hunger Games marathon. These were all real humbling moments for me. I’m just not good at going 1v1 against myself in my mind with weed as the special guest referee anymore apparently. Perhaps a natural progression to getting older.

Now, I’m disappointed to say I lost against another vice. Though instead of my mind tipping me off, it was my gut. No pun intended. Ever since my mom passed I’ve been on a bit of a bender, for my standards. And it is tearing apart my stomach. My first “seeing god” moment was relatively tame, but I had to go to the ER for stomach problems nevertheless. This time however, I was up all night mentally exhausted, but physically uncomfortable. To the point I couldn’t physically actually lie down. It hurt far too much. Which is not a phenomena I could ever imagine. Like all my experience in life has led me to believe that when in doubt, lie the f*** down lol. So I was up all night, in pain, not ready to drop another several hundreds of dollars on an ER trip and having to reassess everything in my life that has lead me to this moment. After a few convos with god and countless hours of scrolling Twitter, I can confidentially say that Bryce Young needs to flame out faster so he can get the hell out of Charlotte and go be a backup in Los Angeles and succeed Matt Stafford in a year or two.

Today’s pick: DALLAS MAVERICKS +2.5 (v MIL)

After losing a coin flip between Ladd McConkey and Keenan Allen’s anytime TD prop, I feel like I gotta take a quick breather from player props today. And what better way to deal with disappointment than to hop on the Dallas Mavericks bandwagon at this juncture. Nearly 90% of the bets are on Milwaukee, and I don’t totally know why. They choked the game away yesterday against the Rockets and have been generally mediocre on the road this season. Granted, the Mavs have contextualized mediocre this season, but they might get Anthony Davis back tonight. As I’m sounding this out, there’s really no case to be made FOR the Mavs. So this is more of a bet AGAINST the Bucks and wanted to steer clear of the crowd converging on them tonight on a random Monday in November.

Good luck everyone, and as always, I’ll see you on the other side!

Pick record: 5-7 (thank you Kelly, but no thank you Keenan…)