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 NCAA Hoops – Too Much To Handle?Matt Fargo - 11/6/2006 1:07 PM With College hoops kicking off this week, it’s time to once again examine what goes into handicapping this sometimes overwhelming sport. College basketball is considered by many to be one of the toughest sports to handicap while at the same time, it is also considered to be one of the most profitable. With 225 Division I lined teams, there are usually in upwards of 80-90 games to de... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 10 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 11/6/2006 12:42 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. S-M-U... |
| Second Half Football Wagering Mike Neri - 11/3/2006 9:20 PM Second Half Football Wagering by Mike Neri Creative prop and halftime wagering is becoming more and more popular. Just as important, it can offer excellent wagering value. For instance, there were prop wagers offered on QB Tom Brady to throw over or under 1.5 TD passes Monday night against the Vikings. This was a good spot for the over, because even though New England has b... |
| Run It Up College Coaches Big Al McMordie - 10/31/2006 4:10 PM 'Run It Up' College Coaches By Al McMordie Stats, trends and betting angles all factor into handicapping analysis. Another factor to consider is coaching. There are coaches in both pro and college football that cover the spread on a consistent basis. For the most part, coaches don’t consider the point spread each game, and certainly rarely talk about it. Former Washington... |
| Triple Threat Sports NBA Preview!!! Triple Threat Sports - 10/30/2006 3:25 PM By John Therpan, With the NBA starting soon, I know there are plenty of division and conference previews available for your reading pleasure. I wanted to do something a little different, as while the regular season is great from a handicapping perspective; the "real" season for NBA players comes in the playoffs. As such, I wanted to preview what I think the playoff seeds will be in each conferenc... |
| "Weather" or Not - November Football Players Advantage - 10/30/2006 3:15 PM “WEATHER” OR NOT – NOVEMBER FOOTBALLAs we head into the last full month of the college football season it's the perfect time to talk about the impact of weather on the gridirons. Mother Nature should certainly have a bearing on your decision making when it comes to whether to play on or against a team as the weather can definitely be an issue across much of the country in November. Here is a look... |
| Football Adjustments Big Al McMordie - 10/30/2006 1:07 PM Football Adjustments, By Al McMordie It was a wild football weekend, the biggest surprise was Michigan State engineering the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history. Down 38-3 in the third quarter at Northwestern, the Spartans rose from the dead with an improbable 41-38 comeback win. The Wildcats started in the first half converting on six of their first seven scoring d... |
| College Football Mismatches and Ground Attacks! Mike Neri - 10/29/2006 10:01 PM College Football Mismatches and Ground Attacks! by Mike Neri Successful sports handicappers digest stats each week, of course, but what’s more important in the world of 11-to-10 is HOW to use those stats. The easiest moneymakers against the spread are mismatches and the astute handicapper has to learn to apply accordingly. Mismatches occur in some aspect of a game betw... |
| OUT OF GAS Tom Stryker - 10/27/2006 12:36 PM TOM STRYKER’S COLLEGE SYSTEM of the WEEK Out of Gas My powerful college football database never ceases to amaze me. Every time I think a situation will go one way, my database proves me wrong. This week’s College System of the Week is a case in point. Here it is game nine of the season (or later) and you’re resting at home off back-to-back straight up road losse... |
| TWO WINNING ANGLES Tom Scott - 10/27/2006 12:33 PM TWO WINNING ANGLES from Tom Scott As you know, I am more of a technical handicapper than anything else and I spend a great deal of my time during the week looking for situations that have, not only come up in the past, but have led to successful wagers. My extensive database stretches back to 1980 and allows me to find scenarios that have occurred regularly for the past... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 8 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 10/24/2006 12:03 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. ARIZO... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 8 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 10/23/2006 11:38 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. UL La... |
| Bulls are looking Bullish for 06-07 Players Advantage - 10/23/2006 10:38 AM The Basketball season starts in about a week. That means we get even more opportunities to cash a profit on a nightly basis as the Hoops can be a great money maker. Similar to the stock market you can make money by fading teams that will be "bears" and jumping on teams that will be "bulls". Coincidentally enough it is the Bulls that we are "bullish" on heading into the 2006-07 season. A free futur... |
| BCS Rankings Raise Questions Players Advantage - 10/16/2006 10:43 PM The first BCS Standings are out and it’s no surprise to anyone the Buckeyes of Ohio State are ranked number 1. They have played very good football and their schedule has included two tough games so far, at Texas and at Iowa. The Buckeyes certainly deserve to be ranked number one right now. As we all know the BCS rankings are not perfect and here is a look at a few question marks in the Top 10 and... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 7 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 10/16/2006 12:41 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. COLOR... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 7 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 10/15/2006 2:45 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. (12)... |
| College Top 5 Review Trey Johnson - 10/13/2006 11:22 AM The race for a BCS bid heats up this week as two top ten teams fall from grace. SEC powerhouses Auburn and Georgia both lost creating the biggest rankings shake up since the start of the season. Who’s in and who’s out? Let’s take a look at this weeks AP top five and see if we can determine who will be next to fall from BCS grace. 1. Ohio State Are the... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 6 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 10/10/2006 2:08 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. ... |
| October Baseball...and the Winner is... Players Advantage - 10/9/2006 7:18 PM Baseball’s second season is in full swing now that the divisional series have been completed. This is now the perfect time to take a look at a few things to keep in mind as the Championship Series round of the playoff gets going. Before you know it the World Series will be here and it will be time to crown a World Series Champion. Below we give you some thoughts and things to look for as the most... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 6 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 10/9/2006 3:17 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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... |
| Stats versus Wins Trey Johnson - 10/7/2006 10:21 AM Individual statistics are great achievements does putting up big numbers translate into wins for the team? With four weeks in the books let’s take a look at the NFL statistical leaders and see if their performances translate into team wins. After four weeks of play the top three rushers in the league are Willis McGahee, Steven Jackson and Warrick Dunn. McGahee has rushed for 389 yards wit... |
| TOM STRYKERS COLLEGE SYSTEM of the WEEK Tom Stryker - 10/5/2006 12:42 PM TOM STRYKER'S COLLEGE SYSTEM of the WEEK It's Time To Put Up Or Shut Up We've reached the half-way point of the college football season and for some teams it's time to put up or shut up. I'm not talking about any of those powerhouses ranked in the Top 25. This article takes a look at those teams that got out of the gate slowly and need to make a run. Let me set the stage for this week's... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 5 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 10/3/2006 11:52 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. Rice... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 5 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 10/2/2006 1:44 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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... |
| Fight for Your Right! Trey Johnson - 9/27/2006 1:50 PM It seems our United States representatives don’t believe the people they are elected to represent are intelligent enough to responsibly manage their own lives. Despite the wishes of a large majority of people in this country our elected officials are determined to pass bill HR-4411 the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement act. The House of Representatives passed HR-4411 earlier t... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 4 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/26/2006 11:24 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. N... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 4 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/25/2006 2:45 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. (24)... |
| Getting "Over" Seperation Saturday Not So Easy Players Advantage - 9/24/2006 9:06 PM The weekend of September 16th in college football was billed by the media as Separation Saturday with many match-ups pitting top teams against one another. The effect of those games was felt in the polls last Monday as teams moved up, down and in Miami’s case way out. Usually the real effects of a big game weekend are felt the following week in what Bobby Knight likes to term – the game after the... |
| College Football Spread Notes Big Al McMordie - 9/23/2006 11:14 PM College Football Spread Notes By Al McMordie The anticipation was worth the wait. College football is in full swing and, as always, there have already been surprises, upsets, blowouts and thrillers. None was more thrilling than Oregon on Saturday, coming back from the dead in the last minute and a half to stun Oklahoma, 34-33. Several teams have even played consecutive overt... |
| A Look at the AP Top Ten After Separation Saturday! Trey Johnson - 9/21/2006 2:56 PM It was hyped as Separation Saturday, a day when most ranked teams faced ranked opponents. However, when the dust settled things looked surprisingly similar atop the leader board. The most noticeable changes were Notre Dame and Florida State dropping out after losses and the additions of Louisville and Michigan off impressive wins. As the season progresses this list will most definitely continue to... |
| Home Dogs That Crash and Burn Tom Stryker - 9/20/2006 3:29 PM Home Dogs That Crash and Burn by Tom Stryker Emotion plays a big part in college football. It seems that when a team has that specific edge they have a tendency to play so much better. Michigan proved this theory last Saturday when they calmly strolled into South Bend and whipped the pants off Notre Dame. This week's College System of the Week doesn’t have anything to do with the Wolverines or... |
| Gridiron Profits "Turned Over" by Turnovers Players Advantage - 9/19/2006 9:42 PM No matter what a coach’s overall philosophy is there is one constant you can be sure of and that is that every coach preaches the importance of not turning the ball over. To limit the giveaways is to give your team a much better chance to get into the win column week in and week out. After two weeks in the NFL, there are a few teams we think you might not want to “give away” your money on and a co... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 3 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/19/2006 11:20 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. (11)... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 3 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/18/2006 10:48 AM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. ... |
| Game One New NFL Head Coaches Report Card Trey Johnson - 9/16/2006 8:45 AM When the 2006 football season kicked off seven teams were under the direction of first time head coaches. In this article I will take a quick look at each of those seven coaches and grade them on their new teams week one performances. One game does not make a season so these grades will definitely change as the year progresses. Brad Childress (Minnesota Vikings) – Grade AWhat does Brad Childress d... |
| Good, Bad, Ugly Report - Week 1 NFL Recap Players Advantage - 9/12/2006 3:19 PM Good, Bad, Ugly Report - Week 1 NFL RecapThe first week of the NFL is in the books and below we offer up some tidbits of the good, bad, and ugly. These facts and figures will help in the coming weeks as we put our knowledge to work for us in handicapping the upcoming NFL schedule.Teams That May Make a Run at the Over Each Week:There are no heads turning to say that Cincinnati, Arizona and San Dieg... |
| NFL Week 1 Review Big Al McMordie - 9/12/2006 2:43 PM NFL Week 1 Review By Al McMordie The first week of the NFL season is in the books and what stood out was line movement. In short, the line movement went in the right direction, meaning the public and the sharpies were correct most of the time. This didn’t appear to be the case with the first game of the season, as the Steelers went from a 6 point favorite down to minus... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 2 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/12/2006 12:05 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. (9) F... |
| 2006 Bowl Projections!!! Brian Graves - 9/11/2006 5:56 PM I am going to start at the top at and after the Ohio St. win at Texas I think this is the year the Buckeyes play for the National Championship and it's too bad that the Rose Bowl doesn't have the title game this year. That's because I expect there opponent to be USC. Here is a list of my bowl projections starting with that title game and moving backwards to the opening Poinsetta Bowl. Jan. 8th&n... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 2 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/11/2006 1:52 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. ... |
| 2006 Pac 10 College Football Preview!!! Brian Graves - 9/7/2006 2:28 AM Nothing has really changed in this conference the Trojans are still the best team in the Pac 10 and for those people like Lee Corso it was going to be very difficult for Cal to ever play in LA and win this year. I certainly didn't expect Cal to perform as poorly as they did on Saturday at Tennessee, but I was on the Vols so I expected them to lose. I still think Cal... |
| 2006 Big 12 College Football Preview!! Brian Graves - 9/7/2006 12:40 AM The Big 12 is basically Texas and the idiots! There is no team that has the Longhorns talent, but one is close and that is Oklahoma. Nebraska will be better but they won't challenge the Longhorns to win this conference, but they do have an excellent shot of playing them in the Big 12 Championship. As I was watching the ABC College Football shows I heard John Saunders... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 1 Part 2 Matt Fargo - 9/6/2006 1:20 PM Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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. NAVY... |
| 2206 Big 10 College Football Preview!! Brian Graves - 9/6/2006 1:43 AM The Big 10 is one of the more interesting and difficult conferences to get a solid read, but here is what I see happening. When you have several teams with above average to great talent it comes down to coaching. That means Michigan won't finish at the top of the conference. Lloyd Carr couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag and here is his legacy. He isn't as horr... |
| 2006 Big East College Football Preview! Brian Graves - 9/6/2006 1:17 AM This is one conference where you don't need to spend a lot of time. There are 2 teams here and they will play on 11/2 at Louisville. That gives the Cardinals my number 1 spot in the Big East and the automatic BCS bid. Even if West Virginia loses that game on 11/2 at Louisville they still have a shot at an at-large BCS spot because they will likely finish 11-1. Both t... |
| Inside the Boxscores Week 1 Part 1 Matt Fargo - 9/5/2006 2:12 PM Inside the Boxscores Week 1 Part 1 Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation 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 take... |
| 2006 ACC College Football Preview!!! Brian Graves - 9/5/2006 12:25 AM I'm writing this after Miami has already lost to Florida St and that means 2 things. One, there is a very good chance that these two teams could meet again in the ACC Championship Game and secondly, the Seminoles are now a legitimate threat to play for the BCS Championship. There are 3 teams that in my opinion have a chance to win this conference and they are Florida St, M... |
| CFB Dominating Favorites? Trey Johnson - 9/2/2006 9:45 AM Last week we determined that playing CFB home teams is a 50 percent proposition. This week let’s take a look at college favorites. If we can’t gain an edge playing home teams maybe there is some money to be made playing favorites. Since 1980 favorites are 9839-3201-160 SU for 75 percent! Right off the bat this looks promising! If the favorite is winning the game three fourths of the time... |
| CFB Home Field Advantage? Trey Johnson - 9/2/2006 9:44 AM Last week we looked at NFL home field advantage and we determined it was a 50-50 proposition. This week we will take a look at college home field advantage. With the crowd, the students, the pep rallies, the hype, there has to be a huge advantage to playing on your own turf, right? Let’s find out. Since 1980 the home team is 9959-6232-188 SU for a 62 percent mark. Not to shabby! I would hav... |
| College Football Preview 2006!!! A Season Wide Open!! Brian Graves - 9/2/2006 1:04 AM Every year in College Football is like Christmas all over again for me, because there is nothing I love more than the rush of 40 Plus games a weekend and trying to find the winners that can make us all money. This year I have a great feeling about the College Football season and one thing I know for sure is that there are about 10 tea... |
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