Process Over Reaction — The January 2 Card

BrownBagBets · January 2, 2026
January doesn’t reward emotion.
It exposes it.

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Yesterday didn’t go quietly. An 0–6 card never does.

That kind of night pulls at instincts — to react, to chase, to convince yourself something suddenly broke.

This is where BrownBagBets separates itself.

We don’t treat losses as verdicts. We treat them as data. Logged cleanly. Reviewed honestly. Carried forward without distortion.

January is when markets tighten and patience gets tested. It’s also when discipline compounds — quietly — for those willing to let the board speak before they do.

Today isn’t about correction. It’s about continuation.

2026 Performance Dashboard

Early January · Live Reconciliation View
Bankroll
86%
Start: 100% · Drawdown Managed
Record
0–6
Opening sequence
ROI
–14%
Volatility front-loaded
Risk Profile
Contained
No escalation response

By Sport

NCAA Football 0–3
NCAA Basketball 0–1
NHL 0–2

By Market

Spread 0–2
Moneyline 0–3
Totals 0–1

By Stake Tier

4% Plays 0–2
3% Plays 0–2
2% Plays 0–2
This dashboard is not predictive — it is diagnostic. Early January compresses liquidity, sharpens closing efficiency, and exaggerates variance. The objective here is not recovery. It is preservation, signal capture, and patience while the market reveals itself.

Today’s Plays

January 2, 2026 · Final Card · NOON ET
NCAA Football · Bowl Season
Navy vs Cincinnati
Liberty Bowl · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · Memphis, TN
Navy -7 (-110)
4% Wager
Wake Forest at Mississippi State
Duke’s Mayo Bowl · Bank of America Stadium · Charlotte, NC
Wake Forest +3.5
5% Wager
Arizona vs SMU
Holiday Bowl · Snapdragon Stadium · San Diego, CA
Arizona +1.5 (-115)
4% Wager
NHL
New York Rangers at Florida Panthers
Panthers ML (-140)
2% Wager
Seattle Kraken at Vancouver Canucks
Kraken ML (+140)
2% Wager
Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks
Wild ML (-120)
2% Wager
NCAA Basketball
Mount St. Mary’s at Merrimack
Merrimack ML (-180)
3% Wager
Marist at St. Peter’s
Marist -2.5 (-108)
5% Wager
#16 Louisville at Stanford
Stanford +9.5 (-102)
2% Wager
NBA
Charlotte Hornets at Milwaukee Bucks
Kon Knueppel over 3.5 threes (+127)
2% Wager
San Antonio Spurs at Indiana Pacers
De’Aaron Fox over 24.5 points (-120)
2% Wager

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