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 Inside the Boxscores - Week 6 Part 1Matt Fargo - 10/7/2008 3:40 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Tue... |
| Rocketman Sports Top 25 CFB Rankings 10-7-08 Rocketman Sports - 10/7/2008 2:02 PM Rocketman Sports Top 25 CFB Rankings 10-7-08 Here is a breakdown of the Rocketman Sports Top 25 College Football Power Ratings and we’ll make some comparisons with the actual polls at the bottom. 1. Southern Cal 102.342. Oklahoma 97.983. Texas 95.44. Florida 93.55. Missouri 92.446. BYU 90.827. Alabama... |
| College Football National Championship Futures Doc's Sports - 10/7/2008 1:21 PM by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/06/2008 One weekend is all it took to have the college football national championship futures odds fluctuating as much as the stock market. Top 10 teams USC, Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin all fell two weeks ago--as did South Florida this past week--and all these teams saw their odds to take home the biggest prize in college football skyrocket. The biggest winners of th... |
| Rocketman Sports Top 5 Drivers to win Talladega 10-5-08 Rocketman Sports - 10/5/2008 8:12 AM The Sprint Cup boys move to Talladega this Sunday for the 30th race of the season. Talladega Superspeedway is a 2.66 mile Restrictor Plate Track located in Talladega, Alabama. In my opinion, the most exciting track on the circuit!! Here are my Top 5 drivers to win in Talladega this weekend. We still have to wait for Qualifying and Happy Hour before finalizing our Head to He... |
| The Golden Goose Egg Tom Stryker - 10/3/2008 12:00 PM Let's face it. Anytime a team can post a shutout in college football it's a noteworthy event. Out of curiosity, I turned to my database to see how often a shutout occurred. Amazingly, since 1980, there have been 1,260 goose eggs posted! That's an average of around 45 a season! Of course, you know the technical lover in me had to dig a little deeper to see if posting a s... |
| Inside the Boxscores - Week 5 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 10/1/2008 10:37 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Thu... |
| Option Teams Paying Off For Backers Doc's Sports - 9/30/2008 11:12 AM by Robert Ferringo - 09/29/2008 The Option Offense in football is one of the most venerable and classic nuances of America's New National Pastime. The Wishbone. The Wing T. The Single Wing. The very thought of The Option brings one back to Yesteryear, Better Days and Days of Yore. Those were simpler times - The Option reflects that - and a Golden Time when speakeasies, jazz, hard work and racis... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 4 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/24/2008 1:30 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Sat... |
| NFL Notes Big Al McMordie - 9/24/2008 8:54 AM Everyone talks about the great parts of football teams. The Broncos' new-look passing attack, QBs Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and Donovan McNabb, or coaches like Andy Reid, Mike Shanahan and Tom Coughlin. But sports bettors can also find winning ATS opportunities by going AGAINST certain things. The Arizona Cardinals, for instance, have been a lousy team on the road the last few years. With that... |
| This Week in Betting, A to Z Doc's Sports - 9/23/2008 2:47 PM by T.O. Whenham - 09/22/2008 A - Anderson, Derek - A year ago the Cleveland Browns' QB and his team were one of the best stories in the league. Now it seems almost certain that his days as a starter, at least for now, are nearing an end. Anderson has been, in a word, brutal. He reached a new low this week against Baltimore, completing just 38 percent of his passes, with three picks and just one... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 4 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/23/2008 1:44 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. W... |
| Tom's College Football System Play of the Week! Tom Stryker - 9/19/2008 1:46 PM Tom's College Football System Play of the Week! The Third Time is a CharmLet me set the stage for this week's awesome college system.Here it is game three of the regular season. The fast start you had hoped for didn't happen. In your first two battles, you lost them both straight up and against the spread. Your fans hate you and the sports investors that backed you early are only looking to "play... |
| Rocketman Sports Nascar Dover Top 5 Drivers Sunday! Rocketman Sports - 9/18/2008 3:32 PM The Sprint Cup boys move to Dover this Sunday for the 28th race of the season. Dover International Speedway is a 1 mile Oval Track located in Dover, Delaware. Here are my Top 5 drivers to win in Dover this weekend. We still have to wait for Qualifying and Happy Hour before finalizing our Head to Head matchups. Dover is normally a very good money track for us!! N... |
| 4th Down and Inches Doc's Sports - 9/18/2008 1:56 PM By Doc Even though it’s still early in the college football season, a few teams have already packed it in. One of those teams is Syracuse. We used them as a selection two weeks ago at the dome against Akron and I felt that was a make-or-break game for them. The latter turned out to be the case, as they lost by double digits and they were pounded by Penn State last week, 55-13. I wanted to use P... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 3 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/17/2008 12:20 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Sat... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 3 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/16/2008 2:16 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Thu... |
| Rocketman Sports Top 5 Drivers to win New Hampshire! Rocketman Sports - 9/12/2008 11:10 AM The Sprint Cup boys move to New Hampshire this Sunday for the 27th race of the season. New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058 mile Oval flat Track located in Loudon, New Hampshire. Here are my Top 5 drivers to win in New Hampshire this weekend. We still have to wait for Qualifying and Happy Hour before finalizing our Head to Head matchups. New Hampshire is normally a very... |
| Early Week Line Movements Doc's Sports - 9/10/2008 5:18 PM by Robert Ferringo - 09/09/2008 Last year we tracked the opening steam movements of lines in both college football and the NFL. The idea was to see if the "sharp" money was really that, or if the idea of trailing these severe early line movements was merely a myth. Well, I'm glad to say that we are back at it this season and ready to build on last year's research. Here is the basic methodolo... |
| NFL Inside the Boxscores Week 1 Matt Fargo - 9/10/2008 10:52 AM The NFL is pretty true to form most of the time when looking at final scores and how they came about. However, it never hurts to look further and a lot of times, you can get some great information by taking a look at the boxscores. Matt Fargo is now not only providing this information for college football but for the NFL as well. Fargo takes you inside the action. Thursday, September 4, 2008 ... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 2 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/9/2008 7:50 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Sat... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 2 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/8/2008 2:59 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Thu... |
| Rocketman Sports Top 5 Drivers To win in Richmond! Rocketman Sports - 9/6/2008 7:40 PM The Sprint Cup boys move to Richmond this Sunday for the 26th race of the season. Richmond International Raceway is a .75 mile Oval Track located in Richmond, Virginia. Here are my Top 5 drivers to win in Richmond this weekend. We still have to wait for Qualifying and Happy Hour before finalizing our... |
| This Week in Betting, A to Z Doc's Sports - 9/3/2008 4:21 PM by T.O. Whenham A - Appalachian State. A former Michigan man took it upon himself to avenge the crushing embarrassment dished out to the Wolverines by App State last season. Les Miles and his LSU Tigers emphatically popped the Mountaineers' balloon with a thoroughly overwhelming 41-13 victory. We didn't learn a lot about LSU's offense in the game, but we did see that the defense is going to be... |
| 4th Down and Inches Doc's Sports - 9/3/2008 4:21 PM By Doc Once again it’s that time of year, as this is the kickoff issue for our annual Fourth Down and Inches. What was most gratifying about the past weekend was that our top selection, Temple, completely destroyed Army, 35-7. I spotted that game early in the summer and, believe me, it would have been a rough Saturday had that game gone down Friday night. This is a much-improved Owls team, as t... |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tom Stryker - 9/3/2008 11:11 AM There’s nothing worse than getting embarrassed in your season opener. After putting in all the blood, sweat and tears in August, laying an egg in the first game of the season really hurts.Maybe it was a lack of preparation. Or, like Clemson last week, one team was simply outcoached. Regardless of the situation, the fact remains that you are resting at 0-1 SU and know that a... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 1 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/3/2008 10:32 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Sa... |
| Inside the Boxscores – Week 1 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/2/2008 2:50 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as one of the best summations in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. Thu... |
| 2008 NCAA FB Surprise ATS Teams Big Al McMordie - 8/28/2008 1:52 AM 2008 NCAA FB Surprise ATS Teams, By Big Al McMordie College football season kicks off this weekend. While all the attention is focused on teams like Florida, USC and defending champion LSU, sports bettors are more interested in teams that are going to cover the weekly number. Every year there are teams that rise and fall based on expectations. A year ago in this column I had Georgia as... |
| This Week in Betting, A to Z Doc's Sports - 8/26/2008 3:00 PM by T.O. Whenham - 08/25/2008 A - Arizona Cardinals. The Cards beat the Raiders, 24-0, this week, but it wasn't nearly as promising as it might sound. Matt Leinart is supposed to be emerging as a star by now, but he was truly terrible in his half of play - four completed passes and three interceptions. Kurt Warner was much better in the second half. So much better, in fact, that the ageless form... |
| NCAA Preview: #77 Houston Cougars Matt Fargo - 8/23/2008 2:47 PM The College Football season is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 77 Houston Cougars 2007 Record ~ 8-5 SU ~ 4-8 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (4) Defense (7) Coach Art Briles took his spread offense to Baylor but don’t expect the... |
| Rocketman Sports Nascar Bristol Top 5 Drivers To Win! Rocketman Sports - 8/22/2008 5:41 PM The Sprint Cup boys move to Bristol this Saturday night for the 24th race of the season. Bristol Motor Speedway is a .533 mile Short Track located in Bristol, Tennessee. Here are my Top 5 drivers to win in Bristol this weekend. We still have to wait for Qualifying and Happy Hour before finalizing our Head to Head matchups. Bristol is normally a very good money track for us!... |
| NCAA Preview: #78 Central Florida Knights Matt Fargo - 8/22/2008 12:18 PM The College Football season is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 78 Central Florida Knights 2007 Record ~ 10-4 SU ~ 8-6 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (5) Defense () The Knights are no longer Golden and not only because they took... |
| NCAA Preview: #79 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Matt Fargo - 8/22/2008 10:40 AM The College Football season is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 79 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles 2007 Record ~ 7-6 SU ~ 6-6 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (6) Defense (4) It is rare to see Southern Mississippi ranked this l... |
| NCAA Preview: #80 Bowling Green Falcons Matt Fargo - 8/22/2008 9:58 AM The College Football season is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 80 Bowling Green Falcons 2007 Record ~ 8-5 SU ~ 7-5 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (8) Defense (9) After two down years, Bowling Green got back to its winning ways... |
| NCAA Preview: #81 Nevada Wolf Pack Matt Fargo - 8/21/2008 8:21 PM The College Football season is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 81 Nevada Wolf Pack 2007 Record ~ 6-7 SU ~ 5-7 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (8) Defense (4) Nevada made it three straight bowl games after making it to the New Me... |
| NCAA Preview: #82 Florida Atlantic Owls Matt Fargo - 8/21/2008 2:49 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 82 Florida Atlantic Owls 2007 Record ~ 8-5 SU ~ 8-5 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (9) Defense (8) It only took seven years, including four in 1-A, for Florida Atlantic to... |
| NCAA Preview: #83 Miami Ohio RedHawks Matt Fargo - 8/21/2008 1:55 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 83 Miami Ohio RedHawks 2007 Record ~ 6-7 SU ~ 6-6-1 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (7) Defense (9) Miami bounced back after a 2-10 season in 2006 but the RedHawks failed t... |
| The Dogs Are Out Big Al McMordie - 8/21/2008 2:17 AM It’s not your imagination: The Dogs have been barking loudly this NFL preseason. In Week 1 the dogs were 9-5-2 against the number, which is not unusual with the first look at all the teams. But Week 2 was even more extreme, with the underdogs going 11-4 ATS (with one game lined at PK'em). Two of the biggest surprises were the Raiders and Dolphins covering (though not to me, as I had Miami as... |
| NCAA Preview: #84 Navy Midshipmen Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 4:11 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 84 Navy Midshipmen 2007 Record ~ 8-5 SU ~ 5-7 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (4) Defense (8) Coach Paul Johnson, who led Navy to five consecutive bowl games, has departed... |
| NCAA Preview: #85 Hawaii Warriors Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 3:13 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 85 Hawaii Warriors 2007 Record ~ 12-1 SU ~ 4-7 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (3) Defense (4) It was a magical season in Hawaii last year as the Warriors went the entire r... |
| NCAA Preview: #86 Wyoming Cowboys Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 2:37 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 86 Wyoming Cowboys 2007 Record ~ 5-7 SU ~ 2-9-1 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (8) Defense (6) A promising 2004 season and a bowl win over BCS team UCLA was thought to hav... |
| NCAA Preview: #87 Western Michigan Broncos Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 1:28 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 87 Western Michigan Broncos 2007 Record ~ 5-7 SU ~ 3-7-1 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (7) Defense (10) After a 1-10 season in 2004, the Broncos hired Bill Cubit to take... |
| NCAA Preview: #88 UTEP Miners Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 12:06 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 88 UTEP Miners 2007 Record ~ 4-8 SU ~ 7-4 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (5) Defense (7) It was a second straight losing season in El Paso last season but head coach Mike... |
| NCAA Preview: #89 Air Force Falcons Matt Fargo - 8/20/2008 10:20 AM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 89 Air Force Falcons 2007 Record ~ 9-4 SU ~ 9-3 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (3) Defense (5) Air Force is coming off a season with the most wins it has compiled since 20... |
| NCAA Preview: #90 Memphis Tigers Matt Fargo - 8/19/2008 3:42 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 90 Memphis Tigers 2007 Record ~ 7-6 SU ~ 7-5 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (7) Defense (9) Three straight bowl games from 2003-2005 had the Tigers moving in the right dir... |
| NCAA Preview: #91 Marshall Thundering Herd Matt Fargo - 8/19/2008 3:05 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 91 Marshall Thundering Herd 2007 Record ~ 3-9 SU ~ 4-6-1 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (8) Defense (9) The glory days of Marshall football are long gone. After going 28-6... |
| NFL Player Salaries for 2008 Doc's Sports - 8/19/2008 2:34 PM by Nicholas Tolomeo - 08/18/2008 Having a legitimate salary cap in the NFL makes competency, not money, the most important asset a GM can have. The average salary of the eight Pro Bowl quarterbacks last year was $6.6 million. The Chicago Bears dished out over $8 million for the revolving quarterback circus of Brain Griese, Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton-that's not exactly getting your moneys worth... |
| NCAA Preview: #92 Troy Trojans Matt Fargo - 8/19/2008 2:25 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 92 Troy Trojans 2007 Record ~ 8-4 SU ~ 8-3 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (7) Defense (7) Troy has finished at 6-1 in each of the last two seasons in the SBC but failed to... |
| NCAA Preview: #93 Buffalo Bulls Matt Fargo - 8/19/2008 1:31 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 93 Buffalo Bulls 2007 Record ~ 5-7 SU ~ 7-5 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (10) Defense (8) Like Temple, there is a lot of optimism surrounding the normally uninspiring fo... |
| NCAA Preview: #94 Temple Owls Matt Fargo - 8/19/2008 12:49 PM The College Football is right around the corner and Matt Fargo is deep in study and will once again provide his take on each and every NCAA team. We continue the countdown so keep checking in for more previews! No. 94 Temple Owls 2007 Record ~ 4-8 SU ~ 7-5 ATS Starters Returning ~ Offense (10) Defense (11) It is not very often that there is enthusiasm surrounding the Temple football pr... |
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