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THE REAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (PART II)
Speculating Sports Aug 29, 2010
Most bettors get excited for the start of each football season. Football is the most popular sport in the United States both to watch and bet on. At the start of the season, people think that this is the year they will finally do well, so they proceed to read every article they can and try to accumulate as much knowledge as possible. However, I am a strong believer in being efficient and workin ...  read more

An Important Key to Successful NFL Handicapping
Speculating Sports Aug 9, 2010
One of the tools that most bettors don’t use to prepare for the NFL regular season is the season over/under win totals for each NFL team. However, these “rankings” let the betting public know what the oddsmakers think about each team in relation to the rest of the league. It’s essentially an inside glimpse into the best ranking available to the public without doing the work yourself. These “po ...  read more

THE REAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (PART I)
Speculating Sports Aug 1, 2010
Most bettors get excited for the start of each football season. Football is the most popular sport in the United States both to watch and bet on. At the start of the season, people think that this is the year they will finally do well, so they proceed to read every article they can and try to accumulate as much knowledge as possible. However, I am a strong believer in being efficient and workin ...  read more

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT SPORTS HANDICAPPING KEYS
Speculating Sports May 6, 2010
First and foremost before I continue with this article, note that the title says the two most important sports handicapping keys, not sports betting keys. Sports betting and sports handicapping are two different topics. A person can be a very good sports bettor without being a good sports handicapper and vice versa. With that being said, if you follow and understand these two keys, then you wil ...  read more

WINNING BASEBALL HANDICAPPING STRATEGIES
Speculating Sports Apr 30, 2010
For the last few years baseball has been a sport that has been the most difficult for me to handicap. I have been able to make a profit almost every season in both pro and college football and basketball, but baseball has caused me to toss the remote at the television more than I usually. However, there is a reason why you should read this article. I have learned from my mistakes over the last ...  read more

Thursday's MLB Thoughts and Leans - FREE MLB PLAYS
Speculating Sports Apr 22, 2010
Here are my MLB thoughts and leans for Thursday April 22nd. In the Detroit/Anaheim game, I really have no lean on the side. I think the game will be close and will come down to which starting pitcher plays better or which bullpen comes through. Verlander and Saunders are both quality pitchers who are in about the same current form. Both line-ups are hitting about the same as well. I could s ...  read more

Friday's MLB Thoughts and Leans - Free Plays
Speculating Sports Apr 16, 2010
I really wanted to find an excuse to take Texas +192 at the NY Yankees today, but I just couldn't bet against Sabathia. C.C. pitched great in his last game and almost threw a no-hitter. Texas doesn't have much experience against him, and they don't hit lefties as well. Plus they are a little banged up. However, the Yanks haven't faced young lefty C.J. Wilson, who looked great in his first star ...  read more

COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUICK HITTERS - September 3rd
Speculating Sports Sep 3, 2009
Knowing several of the small stories is critical to having success in the first week of college football. Also, these keys may prevent potential pitfalls that a bettor otherwise may not know about. Let’s take a look at some of the recent news stories that may have an impact on a team you are looking to back/fade in the next few weeks.

DUKE BLUE DEVILS – The Blue Devils have had to deal wit ...  read more


THE SQUARE SHARP THEORY
Speculating Sports Sep 1, 2009
A few weeks ago I had a chance to sit in on a meeting of some of the sharpest sports bettors/handicappers in the world. I’m not afraid to admit when someone is a better bettor than me, so I’ll admit that these guys knew more than I did when it comes to actually betting on sports. However, there is a difference between betting and handicapping, and I felt like I wasn’t too far behind these guys w ...  read more

NFL QUICK HITTERS - AUGUST 23RD
Speculating Sports Aug 23, 2009
The average football fan and bettor doesn’t pay attention to the preseason, as they feel that these so-called meaningless games have no bearing on the outcome of regular season games. However, they are dead wrong, as there are things to be taken from most preseason games. Here are some quick pieces of information that I have noticed up through Saturday August 22nd. DALLAS COWBOYS – Their f ...  read more

A UNIQUE AND WINNING APPROACH TO NFL PRESEASON HANDICAPPING
Speculating Sports Aug 16, 2009
The internet is flooded with articles about why you should bet on the NFL preseason and how to do it successfully. Most of them state the same generic stuff like look at the quarterback rotations of each team, bet on first year head coaches, and take the under in the first week of the preseason. However, blindly following all of those ideas last year would have left you with a winning percentag ...  read more

ARE THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES GOING TO BE THE LAST TEAM LAUGHING?
Speculating Sports Jun 26, 2009
The biggest sports radio topic this morning was the Minnesota Timberwolves drafting three point guards in the 1st round. Minnesota’s general manager, David Kahn, got dragged through the mud by various sports media outlets, specifically for taking Spain’s Ricky Rubio and Syracuse’s Johnny Flynn with back-to-back picks, as they traded away Ty Lawson, the 18th pick, to Denver. However, does Kahn a ...  read more

NBA Finals Game 1 and Series Preview
Speculating Sports Jun 1, 2009
This series is a very interesting match-up between two teams that have brought questionable efforts at times in the playoffs. They played each other twice this season, once in December and once in January. Orlando won both games, one at Los Angeles, and one at home. However, Jameer Nelson was a very key contributor in both games, so his absence could hurt the Magic’s chances. There are rumors ...  read more

HOW THE NBA PLAYOFFS REPRESENT THE REST OF SOCIETY
Speculating Sports May 13, 2009
First and foremost, this article should be read for entertainment purposes and shouldn’t be used to determine which teams to make for your 10 billion star, game of the year bets. As I pondered which teams will cover the spread, I started to notice that several of these teams resemble people in society. Let’s take a look at which teams represent people that you and me run into every day. LOS AN ...  read more

HANDICAPPING EARLY SEASON BASEBALL BY EVAN ALTEMUS
Speculating Sports Apr 10, 2009
Handicapping early season baseball requires a slightly different approach from the rest of the season, as well as a unique approach from any other sport. Baseball also has a vast amount of information available, much more than any of the other three major sports. In fact, successful baseball wagering requires bettors to know pitching match-ups, streaks/trends, line-up changes, travel situations ...  read more

The Long and Winding Road to the Final Four
Speculating Sports Apr 2, 2009
After over four months of basketball, the Final Four is finally here. Villanova, North Carolina, Michigan State, and Connecticut all experienced ups and downs throughout the season on their way to Detroit. Let’s take a look at their past performances to see if there is anything that may help in handicapping these final games. North Carolina started the season as the #1 team in the country, bu ...  read more

Contrarian View on the NCAA Tournament 1st Round
Speculating Sports Mar 16, 2009
I’m a big believer in looking at the past in order to predict the future, so I decided to take a look at last year’s 1st round games. One surprising trend was that favorites went 21-10 against the spread and #1 and #2 seeds were 5-3 against the spread as well. One game had a spread with a pick ‘em spread, which is why there are only 31 games being looked at here. My theory is that the betting ...  read more

WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ACTION
Speculating Sports Mar 12, 2009
Thursday was the first day for conference tournament action from the biggest conferences in the NCAA. There were some interesting results from those games, but they were not as surprising as you might think. Let’s take a look at how we can use these outcomes to help predict what will happen in the NCAA tournament, when it matters the most. First and foremost, several bubble teams struggled ov ...  read more

MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BUSTERS
Speculating Sports Feb 27, 2009
Every season so-called college basketball experts make their predictions of which lesser known teams will shock the public and make a deep tournament run. However, there are some key components that these teams must have. Let’s take a look at which smaller schools have the potential to wreck tournament brackets. First and foremost, Cinderella teams must have excellent guard play, specifical ...  read more

THE REAL MARCH MADNESS BUBBLE TEAMS
Speculating Sports Feb 22, 2009
With the year round college basketball analysis on television, the speculation about which teams are on the bubble starts even before conference play kicks off. Numerous experts have lists of teams which need to finish strong in order to get into the big dance. Let’s take a look at the real bubble teams. The following teams will arguably be battling for about 15 at-large spots after the stron ...  read more


 
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