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 Tourney Matchup TipsJim Feist - 3/20/2011 11:30 PM By Jim Feist It's the final stretch of a long college basketball season. There are better teams, tougher matchups, and defensive intensity. It's a good time of the season to look backward -- to look back, that is, to conference regular season tourney play and early season matches against different conferences. That's because it can be tougher to analyze matchups during the Big Dance, with tea... |
| March Hoops: Beware of the No-Name Teams Jim Feist - 3/13/2011 4:47 PM by Jim Feist It's that time of year again: Basketball games night and day, day and night and after a few hours of sleep, we wake up the next day and go through it all over again. College tournament play is one of the most enjoyable times of the year for sports fans and bettors, with a seemingly endless stream of action and excitement. Big name schools often end up playing for... |
| March Madness Big Al McMordie - 3/13/2011 1:59 PM Well, the Conference Tourneys are over. Now college basketball steps into its most exciting season, the race for the overall championship game. Many times during the season, and even in some conference tournament games, you can find college teams that are less likely interested in wanting to play hard. That is, they know they're going to get hammered, or they've slumped so badly down the stretch t... |
| The Value of Senior Leadership Jim Feist - 3/6/2011 9:48 PM by Jim Feist It's time! Time for college basketball teams to begin conference tourney play, also known as separating the contenders from the pretenders. It's important to understand and closely examine the schedule of college hoop teams. Some teams start off the season playing a bunch of cream puffs, while others face a mixture of good and bad teams. What has taken shape the last few... |
| NBA Notes: Angry Knicks and Heat Mike Neri - 3/5/2011 11:01 PM NBA Notes: Angry Knicks and Heatby Mike NeriDespite the fact that we just saw the NBA All-Star break, the playoffs are really just around the corner, so it's time for teams to get healthy and put rotations in order. That's why this week so several teams crushed by tough losses. The worst occurred in Miami. The Heat is looking at a grueling stretch in March, a lot of tough games. They are No. 2 in... |
| College Hoops: Best Pac 10 Teams Jim Feist - 2/21/2011 10:47 AM by Jim Feist There's the Big 4 in Pac 10 in basketball with a string of teams battling for the top spot. Here's a look at the strengths and weaknesses of some of college basketball's best teams in the Pacific 10. Arizona: A year ago the Wildcats were young, but now they have taken a step forward as the team to beat in the conference. The centerpiece of the team is 6-8 sophomore Der... |
| College Hoops: Injuries and Motivation Big Al McMordie - 2/21/2011 2:30 AM Football season is behind us, along with the NBA All-Star break, and we find ourselves smack in the middle of both the college and pro basketball seasons. Fortunately for bettors, there are dozens of games each day to look for soft sides, totals, and winning opportunities. One thing to keep in mind as we come down the home stretch in college and pro basketball is that we are approaching the poin... |
| NBA TNT Preview- San Antonio Spurs versus Chicago Bulls Jorge Gonzalez - 2/17/2011 11:25 AM Thursday night's game features two of the most dynamic, high-powered offenses in the league. The betting line opened up at -2 and has remained the same with the over under opening at -110 and remaining the same. The league best San Antonio Spurs look to end their nine-game road trip with a seventh victory against the Bulls who are also looking promising before the All-Star break wit... |
| College Hoops: Best of the SEC Jim Feist - 2/14/2011 11:14 AM by Jim Feist The SEC has a bunch of teams that are loaded with talent, depth and athleticism. Kentucky won the national championship in 1998, Florida knocked on the door in 2000 getting to the title game against Michigan State, the won it all with back-to-back titles. Here's a look at some of college basketball's best teams in the SEC. Florida: Coach Bill Donovan has been the king of the... |
| College Hoops Takes Center Stage Jim Feist - 2/7/2011 12:21 PM by Jim Feist With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror, the next big event on the sports stage is college basketball's season-ending tournaments. Since 1997, college basketball's national champion has come from several different conferences: the Pac 10 (Arizona), SEC (Kentucky and Florida), Big 10 (Michigan State), the ACC (Duke, Maryland, North Carolina), Nig 12 (Kansas) and the Big East (U... |
| The Big East is a Beast Rocketman Sports - 2/4/2011 1:26 PM THE BIG EAST IS A BEAST The Big East Conference is a BEAST this year in College Basketball. How many teams with this conference get into the Big Dance? They should get a plenty and trust me it’s well deserved. The Big East could get at least 10 teams in the tournament, possibly 11... |
| Super Bowl Showdown: Packers/Steelers Mike Neri - 2/3/2011 4:45 PM Super Bowl Showdown: Packers/Steelers by Mike NeriA pair of flashy offenses met in the Super Bowl a year ago when the Colts and Saints battled it out, but this postseason has seen the return of defenses. The Steelers and Packers are two of the Top 10 defenses in the NFL, and ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in points allowed. So much for all those rule changes that favored offense the last few years! The Pa... |
| Super Bowl XLV Preview Big Al McMordie - 1/31/2011 9:02 PM Super Bowl Preview,By Big Al McMordieEveryone's looking at the matchups on the field for the Super Bowl as the Packers battle the underdog Steelers, but let's start with the key guys carrying the clipboards on the sidelines. Pittsburgh Coach Mike Tomlin has been here before, just two years ago guiding the Steelers to a victory over Arizona, 27-23. So has his starting quarterback, with Ben Roethlis... |
| College Basketball Top-25 Attacked by a Pack of Rabid Dogs! Jorge Gonzalez - 1/31/2011 12:53 PM The Top -25 in Basketball will have a new look after eight of the top 10 and 20 of the top 25 teams took a tumble in just a week’s worth of action. Ohio State is still on top of the polls and Texas will be moving up the top-10 after knocking off Oklahoma State and Missouri. The Buckeyes are still perfect on the season but had a serious scare at Northwestern before pulling out 58-57 victory over th... |
| Super Sunday! Jim Feist - 1/30/2011 10:46 PM by Jim Feist The Steelers are looking for their third Super Bowl title in six seasons while the Packers make their first trip to the big game since 1998. Back in August the Steelers and Packers were both 10-to-1 to win the Super Bowl, trailing four other teams. Though they are the dog this game, we are in a golden age for the AFC. It's almost as if the pendulum has swung. During the 19... |
| Super Bowl Shuffle Mike Neri - 1/29/2011 8:16 AM Super Bowl Shuffle by Mike Neri The Super Bowl may be in Texas, but someone will be a new champion in Titletown! Green Bay will be trying to win its 13th NFL championship and its fourth Super Bowl, while the Steelers will be going for their 7th title and third over the last six years. The Packers (13-6 SU/12-7 ATS) have a dynamite passing offense behind 26-year old QB Aaron Rodg... |
| College Basketball Top 25 Matchups - 1/29 Matt Fargo - 1/28/2011 2:28 PM Matt will be taking a look at the weekend top 25 matchups in college hoops every Saturday. This week has four games featuring a matchup of teams from the AP Top 25. Georgetown Hoyas (20) at Villanova Wildcats (7) 12:00 PM ET After three straight losses, Georgetown has won its last three games albeit against Big East teams not ranked. Still, it is a much needed roll for the Hoyas which come i... |
| Super Bowl Countdown! Jim Feist - 1/24/2011 12:40 PM by Jim Feist In the world of eleven to ten, there's nothing quite like Super Bowl week. In this case, it's two weeks, as the Steelers and Packers have two weeks to prepare for the Big Game. It's also one of the most creative weeks of the sports betting season. While there's only one game left on the football calendar, there are still ample opportunities for betting with hundreds of creative props... |
| NFL Conference Championships Big Al McMordie - 1/21/2011 9:36 AM We are down to the Final Four in the NFL: The Steelers and Jets are back again, joined by the Bears and Packers out of the Black and Blue Division. Now you understand why the Packers dumped aging Brett Favre for Aaron Rodgers? Rodgers completed 31 of 36 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns Saturday against the Falcons in Atlanta, a 48-21 blowout win as an underdog. That makes Green Bay 2-0... |
| NFL Playoffs Round 3: The Intangibles of Experience Mike Neri - 1/16/2011 1:37 PM NFL Playoffs Round 3: The Intangibles of Experience by Mike Neri So how much does experience help in big playoff games? There are not many bigger than the Conference Championship games this weekend. Well, how much did it help in Round 2? The Steelers and the Ravens got it on in another divisional dogfight on Saturday. The Steelers have an impressive postseason resume, not only over the... |
| NFL Playoffs: Conference Champions at Stake! Jim Feist - 1/16/2011 10:42 AM by Jim Feist This is it, the final weekend of games before the Super Bowl. The last month we've been hearing about playoff seedings, bye weeks and home field advantage. Are all those things really important? Historically it has been during the second round of the playoffs. Teams with the bye have home field advantage and two weeks to prepare, both of which are usually important edges this tim... |
| ACC Power Ratings and a Look to the Weekend! Rocketman Sports - 1/13/2011 1:51 PM ACC Power Ratings and a Look to the Weekend The ACC is a conference I follow closely in College Basketball as one of my favorite teams is the North Carolina Tar Heels in CBB. I remember way back when Phil Ford was running the four corners for Dean Smith. That’s when I started liking this team although I’ve lived in South Carolina all my life and I am a true Gamecock fan. ... |
| NFL Playoffs: Round 2 Turnovers Mike Neri - 1/12/2011 4:42 PM NFL Playoffs: Round 2 Turnovers by Mike Neri Grabbing that No. 1 or No. 2 seed is so important in the NFL playoffs. Having a bye week is a big plus. Not only do the top two teams have home field for their first game, they are rested and have had two weeks to put together a game plan while their opponents had to play a Wild Card game. The AFC has a contrast in styles of th... |
| FREE National Title Game Preview from Triple Threat Sports! Triple Threat Sports - 1/10/2011 5:05 AM We dropped a heartbreaker yesterday with our Bowl Play of the Year on Nevada, our first loss on our Bowl Play of the Year in five seasons. Big plays are not supposed to be close, and we fully realize that, but the way BC got their final, covering, points was painful to watch, and for all the clients that joined us yesterday we are truly sorry for the loss. Since we lost that play, we decided to po... |
| NFL Playoff Time! Jim Feist - 1/9/2011 10:29 PM As the playoffs begin, those who earned the top two seeds in each conference have a key edge, as they get a bye the first week while watching the others duke it out. Sitting at home this past weekend were the Steelers, Patriots, Falcons and Bears. A year ago the favorites to win the 2011 Super Bowl were the Colts at 4-to-1, the Patriots at 8-to-1, the Chargers at 8-to-1 and the Saints at 8-to-1. O... |
| AFC Wild Card Round Preview Jorge Gonzalez - 1/8/2011 7:44 PM The AFC Wild Card Round has two evenly matched games going over the first weekend. The New York Jets will travel to Indianapolis looking for revenge after the Colts eliminated them last season in the AFC Championship game. The experienced Ravens once again are back on the road and will travel to Kansas City to take on the young but extremely talented Kansas City Chiefs. Regardless of the Winners t... |
| NFC Wild Card Round Preview Jorge Gonzalez - 1/7/2011 3:02 PM NFC Wild Card Round Preview The Wild card round of the NFC is here and the games played in the first round have teams matched up that have plenty of weaknesses to exploit. Unfortunately, the Oddsmakers are on right on the money and the point spreads will be tough numbers to go against. All eight teams have keys that they will need to execute to be able to advance to the division al round of... |
| Rocketman Sports TOP 25 CBB Rankings Monday 1-3-11 Rocketman Sports - 1/3/2011 11:33 AM Rocketman Sports CBB TOP 25 Rankings 1-3-11 Back with our TOP 25 CBB Rankings for Monday 1-3-11. We’ll compare my rankings with the actual Polls and give you some advanced plays for the week. I am documented as the #1 College Basketball Handicapper the past 3 years combined hitting 61% at The Sports Monitor of Oklahoma City, OK! The 2nd half of the season has been the be... |
| NFL Playoffs Big Al McMordie - 1/3/2011 9:21 AM It wasn't much of an NFL season for defense, was it? Here are the Top 10 defenses in the NFL in terms of yards allowed: Chargers, Steelers, Dolphins, Jets, Saints, Giants, Vikings, Ravens, Packers and Bears. Not the elite of the NFL we normally expect as the postseason starts. Where are the 14-2 Patriots? 27th. The Falcons? 17th. Perhaps the Super Bowl participants will surprise us and come from... |
| BCS Hysteria: No. 1 vs. No. 2! Jim Feist - 1/2/2011 4:50 PM Happy New Year! After recovering from the weekend's New Year festivities, we glide through the end of the bowl season. A few more bowls are appetizers for the tune-up that is the January 10 Auburn/Oregon showdown for all the marbles. Sugar Bowl (Tues., Jan. 4): The SEC and Big Ten met just once this past season, with Alabama trouncing Penn State 24-3 in September at home. Arkansas (10-2 SU, 8-... |
| Busting the Bowls Mike Neri - 1/1/2011 8:55 PM Busting the Bowls by Mike Neri You can't look solely at season stats during the bowl season, as that can be extremely deceptive. Season stats and matchups are worth examining, of course, to give a sense of where a betting number should be and what might happen. But the bowl season is so much about emotion and interest. Who wants to be here? Who wants to play? So... |
| Bowl Bonanza! Jim Feist - 12/26/2010 2:40 AM As 2010 draws to a close, we find ourselves smack in the middle of the bowls. You shouldn't be bowled-out, either, as they build to the crescendo that is the Oregon/Auburn showdown for the national title. Eagle Bank Bowl (Wed., Dec. 29): This game is outdoors in Washington, DC, and Ralph Friedgen was fired as Maryland's football coach, effective after this Bowl. East Carolina (6-6 SU/ATS)... |
| Late December: The Best Time for Bowling! Jim Feist - 12/19/2010 2:26 PM As 2010 draws to a close, we find ourselves smack in the middle of the bowls. You shouldn't be bowled-out, either, as the bowls slowly build to the crescendo that is the Oregon/Auburn showdown. Las Vegas Bowl (Wed., Dec. 22): Utah (10-2 SU, 7-4-1 ATS) has a strong team, but is on a 2-2 SU/1-3 ATS run. The offense (35.6 ppg) is loaded and returns two QBs in senior Terrrance Cain (6 TDs, 2 INTs... |
| Rocketman Sports TOP 25 CBB Rankings Monday 12-13-10 Rocketman Sports - 12/13/2010 1:00 PM ROCKETMAN SPORTS CBB TOP 25 MONDAY 12-13-10 I use 6 different sets of power ratings to come up with my premium plays for College Basketball. I have one main overall power rating that I use and that’s the one we’ll take a look at today in finding the Top 25 teams in the nation through Monday 12... |
| NFL Juggernauts and Fading Has Beens Jim Feist - 12/12/2010 9:23 PM Looking at NFL in 2010, it's clear that after a brief hiatus, parity has returned. Look at teams that were recent doormats who are playing well: Jaguars, Chiefs, Rams, Bucs. Even the Browns and Raiders have been competitive, with shots at respectable seasons after bad starts. The season is also littered with flops. The Cowboys and Vikings were expected to be Super Bowl contenders but were out... |
| NFL Week Wrap Up Jorge Gonzalez - 12/6/2010 7:00 AM The league schedule is loaded with division games at the end of the season to add some excitement. At this point of the season, it looks like a great strategy. The Pittsburgh Steelers went into Baltimore and won the game 13-10 to take first place in the AFC North. Jacksonville took out the Tennessee Titans 17-6 to now lead the AFC South. The Raiders were a double digit underdog to the San Di... |
| NBA Early Season Surprises Jim Feist - 12/5/2010 10:44 AM By Jim Feist Preseason prognosticators and handicapping analysis focuses in on what they expect to happen, based on the draft and offseason moves, but there are always surprises at the start of each season. Here's a look at some of the early NBA surprises, good, bad and ugly. Hawks: Didn't we see this athletic young team taking Boston to seven games in the playoffs? That was three year... |
| NFL Thursday Night Preview - Eagles vs Texans! Triple Threat Sports - 12/2/2010 3:53 AM Houston at Philadelphia -- At first blush it is hard not to take the Texans as a big underdog, as this is a team that thrives on the close game, although in the past they have found more ways to lose SU than to win outright. Stiil, for ATS purposes this penchant for close games is good, and it is not an accident that the Texans are 6-0 ATS since 2008 when an underdog of six or more points, while... |
| The Overlooked Edge: Football Depth Jim Feist - 11/29/2010 11:17 AM Depth is such an essential element of success in pro and college football, and one that is easily overlooked. Big college programs have this as a huge advantage over smaller programs. Northwestern is going to a bowl, led by QB Dan Persa, a dynamic player who does it all. Unfortunately, he had a serious injury after throwing the winning TD pass late against Iowa two weeks ago. Freshman Even Watkins... |
| Turkeys, Turnovers and Upsets! Jim Feist - 11/22/2010 11:46 AM by Jim Feist It's Thanksgiving week, which means the middle of the NFL campaign while winding down the college football regular season. Late season college football means heated races for conference titles and bowl berths, plus rivalries that span decades. These games can have far more importance for players than September/October clashes. Oklahoma/Ok-State, USC/UCLA, Florida/Florida State, G... |
| Turkeys, Turnovers and Upsets! Jim Feist - 11/22/2010 11:44 AM by Jim Feist It's Thanksgiving week, which means the middle of the NFL campaign while winding down the college football regular season. Late season college football means heated races for conference titles and bowl berths, plus rivalries that span decades. These games can have far more importance for players than September/October clashes. Oklahoma/Ok-State, USC/UCLA, Florida/Florida State, G... |
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| Strykers Big 10 Preveiw - Sat. Nov. 20th Tom Stryker - 11/19/2010 10:55 AM And now there are three. Northwestern’s late rally and upset of Iowa last Saturday leaves only a three-way tie atop the league standings. Wisconsin, Ohio State and Michigan State all are 9-1 and 5-1 in Big Ten play with only two weeks of action remaining.Wisconsin still is the highest rated of the three and carries the highest BCS standing (7th), but the Badgers have new detractors after the... |
| Not All Games Are Created Equal Big Al McMordie - 11/15/2010 1:44 PM Not All Games Are Created Equal, By Big Al McMordie November means college football rivalries! Many rivalry games can mean far more in importance than other games during the season. Some teams having mediocre seasons can make all the disappointment go away in three hours on a Saturday afternoon by sticking it to a state or conference rival. Michigan State and Michigan ha... |
| Pro Parity and 20-Point Blowouts Jim Feist - 11/15/2010 11:35 AM by Jim Feist For years, pro football has been the sports leader when it comes to parity. Pete Rozelle was credited with, "On any given Sunday any team can beat another." The last few years it seemed as though parity had disappeared from the NFL, with the Patriots going 16-0 in 2007 and last year the Saints and Colts starting a combined 16-0 SU/11-5 ATS. Even then, four wins by the Colts were... |
| Tom Strykers Big 10 Preview - Sat. Nov. 13th Tom Stryker - 11/12/2010 4:57 PM The Big Ten football chase continues to be a tale of the Big Four – Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State and Wisconsin. And all four are expected to continue their winning ways this season. If that happens it sets an exciting stage for the final two regular weeks of the season.All four have one league loss, and none of the leaders play each other this Saturday. All four are ranked in the n... |
| Scheduling Awareness Big Al McMordie - 11/11/2010 3:28 PM Scheduling Awareness, By Big Al McMordie Look out! Or I should say, "Look ahead." While analyzing what game a team is playing each week, it's also important to look at what game it played last week and what's on tap the following week. Pro and college teams have bye weeks, for example, that allow coaching staffs extra time to prepare and players to spend two weeks... |
| College Football Letdown Spots Big Al McMordie - 11/11/2010 3:26 PM College Football Letdown Spots, By Big Al McMordie College football is littered with weeks where teams are soaring high off big wins, only to fall flat on their face the next week. This is the classic example of emotion taking too much out of a club that they are out of gas the following game. South Carolina got things rolling with the big upset of No. 1 Alabama, 35-21, ... |
| Weathering the Storm Big Al McMordie - 11/11/2010 3:22 PM Weathering the Storm,By Big Al McMordie As we near the end of the college football season and the NFL dances around the halfway mark, it's time to think about important adjustments taking place. Not just on the gridiron or on the coaching sidelines, but other dynamics that can influence a football side or total. In case you haven't noticed, the weather has begun to change. For sports bettors, this... |
| Football Totals and Coaching Philosophies Jim Feist - 11/8/2010 11:12 AM There are many factors to examine when studying football totals. Defensive and offensive statistics need to be examined, of course. Some of the questions a good handicapper asks: Is there speed in the defensive secondary? Does a club have a one-dimensional offense? Do they prefer a powerful running game or wide-open passing attacks? What kind of weather conditions will there be? Another a... |
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