Season Finale Spread Beater
Tom Stryker Nov 21, 2008
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Over the past few weeks, I've turned you on to a couple of last home game and last road game sets that have been profitable. This week, I'm going to continue on with my late-season assault and rip apart a last game scenario that has been money-in-the-bank over the years. This college footbal ...
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Lay the Lumber
Tom Stryker Oct 31, 2008
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As we approach the end of the regular season in college football, it's important to note that there are an abundance of technical situations that flat out make money. Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing a couple of these beauties with you and we will turn a nice profit.
This College System of ...
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A Puppy with No Bite
Tom Stryker Oct 24, 2008
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Upsets are a part of college football. They happen on a weekly basis. Emotionally, any team can rise to an occasion and knock off an opponent they weren’t supposed to defeat.
This week’s College System of the Week prey’s upon a team that just beat a conference foe at home in an underdog s ...
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College Football Blowout Angle
Tom Stryker Oct 17, 2008
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Sometimes sports investors think too much. I can’t tell you the number of times I didn’t wager on a certain team because I “felt” the situation wasn’t right. Karma has a lot to do in the mindset of a gambler. I’m guilty. I admit it.
Thankfully, I have my college football database to kee ...
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50 is the Magic Number!
Tom Stryker Oct 10, 2008
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Over the years, I’ve come across a ton of scoring angles. Some are good, some aren’t. The one I’m about to break down for you is one of my best.
It’s simplistic in approach. All I wanted to see was how well a reasonably priced home favorite did after a solid offensive performance on fore ...
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The Golden Goose Egg
Tom Stryker Oct 3, 2008
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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, ...
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Game Five and Going North
Tom Stryker Sep 25, 2008
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There are so many pivotal games during the course of a college football season - the opener, the first conference test, a major revenge war and even the final battle to name a few. Teams hit these milestones and, depending on whether they are able to pick up the "W" or post an "L", it can make or b ...
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The Third Time is a Charm
Tom Stryker Sep 19, 2008
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Let 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 bac ...
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Game Three Chalk That Doesn't Walk
Tom Stryker Sep 12, 2008
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Here it is game three of the regular season and you got out of the gate like gangbusters. In your first two battles, you couldn’t have played any better en route to a pair of straight up wins and covers priced as a favorite. Team confidence is high, the investors that backed you are fat and things ...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tom Stryker Sep 3, 2008
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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. Rega ...
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Road Opening Revenge System
Tom Stryker Aug 28, 2008
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Handicapping the first few weeks of the college football season can be tricky. Unlike the Pros, the NCAA doesn’t allow exhibition games. When a college team tees it up for the first time, surprises can be in store. Depending on the amount of returning starters, both in the trenches and at the skill ...
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Tom Stryker's MAC Preview
Tom Stryker Aug 21, 2008
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MAC EAST PREVIEW
The Mid-American Conference is getting ready for its 62nd season. Although the league is mature, last fall’s teams in both divisions played with a host of young players.
As we take a look at this year’s East Division of the MAC, a lot of those players have grow ...
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Tom Stryker's Big 10 Preview
Tom Stryker Aug 14, 2008
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TOM STRYKER'S BIG 10 PREVIEW
After a somewhat disappointing season for a big name conference, there is only one major question staring at Big Ten football teams as they begin to prepare for the 2008 campaign. Can anyone stop Ohio State? That is the major question as the Buckeyes look f ...
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Hall of Fame Honey
Tom Stryker Aug 6, 2008
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The Hall of Fame Game is usually one of the first battles played each NFLX season.
There is so much excitement that surrounds this contest. For football investors, it's the first crack we get at building our bankroll for the upcoming gridiron season. The fans involved enjoy a tremendous ...
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2008 Chicago Bears Preview
Tom Stryker Jul 8, 2008
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Chicago Bears fans are biting their fingernails.
Looking ahead to August, those fans don’t have a good feeling about whether the 2008 version of Chicago’s storied NFL franchise will resemble the 2006 Super Bowl team or the ramshackle 2007 version that lost nine games.
And there are ...
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Can My Beloved Cubbies Get the Job Done?
Tom Stryker Jun 24, 2008
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Later this week Major League Baseball will reach the halfway mark of the 2008 season. And many eyes continue to focus on the surprising Chicago Cubs, who, at 46-28, own the best record in the Majors.
Stop laughing. Can this be the year? Can the Cubs finally break the 100-year drought since the ...
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NBA Playoff Round 1 Important Information
Tom Stryker Apr 21, 2008
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At press time, Detroit and Boston were the only higher seeds remaining that didn't hold a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven series. To say that the first game of the first round went true-to-form would be an understatement! Now things will get a little bit tougher.
In the Eastern Conference ...
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Tom Stryker's Conference Tournament Money-Maker
Tom Stryker Mar 12, 2008
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On Wednesday, March 12th, college basketball's major conferences will tip off their annual post season tournaments. This is the perfect appetizer to the Big Dance and this five-day hardwood run can provide all of us with excellent wagering opportunities.
Thanks to my powerful hoops databas ...
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No Payback Payday - An Inside Look At Last Home Game Sets
Tom Stryker Mar 1, 2008
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College basketball teams refer to this contest as "senior night." It is the final home game of the regular season where athletes get one last chance to walk off their homecourt a winner. This is an emotional evening for both players and coaches. There are times when this event leads to a lacklust ...
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NBA Late Season Money-Maker
Tom Stryker Feb 22, 2008
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The NBA season is a grind. Over the course of a six month period, professional athletes are required to play 82 games. It doesn't matter that these men are fine tuned machines. The wear and tear on the body has to take its toll at some point. With that thinking in mind, I turned to my NBA databa ...
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