There is certainly enough articles and opinions on the affects that a week of rest has on a team. Most of these are written on professional football as it appears that most believe that the "youngsters" in College Football don't really respond either positively or negatively to a week of rest. ...  read more

It's that time of the year when the run for a BCS takes shape and the rank of the unbeatens starts to dwindle. Some hopes of participating in a BCS Bowl has vanished while others still consider themselves in the hunt. Without argument, teams that are in the Top 10 and are still unbeaten certain ...  read more

Well here is another edition of Craig's Power Rankings. Of course this is one of Craig's main tools he uses to pick winners in sports handicapping. Every week Craig creates power rankings for each sport and in turn makes most of his picks with this as 50% of weight going back to these rankings. ...  read more

There are many different ways to handicap College Football Picks. Although there are some "experts" out there that want you to believe that they have the secret formula there are really only three primary forms of handicapping. They are fundamental, statistical and technical. Your best handicap ...  read more

'House rules' apply; run line, totals refunded

LAS VEGAS JOURNAL Despite what appeared to happen Monday night in Philadelphia, the Tampa Bay Rays lost Game 5 of the World Series. At least in the view of Nevada sports books, the Phillies won 2-1. < ...  read more

The NFL season is quickly approaching the half way point and it has certainly been an interesting. Not only have we had some surprises but there have already been three head coaches fired for their teams lack of performance. The most recent in San Francisco as Singletary takes over for Nolan. ...  read more

In College Football Picks many twists and turns happen during the season based on the emotions of any particular team. In fact, it can be argued that in college football emotions can carry a team to levels that even the experts can't figure out. However, as we approach week #8 of the season you ...  read more

Love this time of year basically half way thru college and pro football. Yesterday the BCS standings were released which I think are usually not always a good power rankings or top 10. They do take several factors into account so they are close but sometimes they are just wrong. Craig uses his ...  read more

Although you can point to any season in which injuries have just about spoiled the season of a team this year it seems that more than a fair share of teams have been affected. Much has been written about the Patriots and Brady but there are other teams that have struggled with the injury bug as ...  read more

In handicapping sporting events there are certainly enough opinions to support whatever team you feel will win in any given week of College Football Picks. However, the astute handicapper understands which ones are of value and which ones have no bearing on making a correct selection. One that ...  read more

The NFL season is quickly approaching the mid point and just like in years past there are pretenders as well as contenders imerging from the confusion. So, how do you separate the "BS" from the "Facts" to come up with come profitable NFL Picks? It's all in the numbers as they say, and one appro ...  read more

Early in the season and preseason everyone was touting this team as the best team in football! What has happened since the loss to Washington in week #4 that has created a doubt in everyones mind??

They have been grounded the last two weeks and there offense has not had the explosive ...  read more

Many people rank there NFL teams every week. This is the basis for picking games each week I will give you my top 10. Use this when trying to see the close games which team you want to chooose.

1. San Diego (Best 2-2 team I have ever seen in NFL)

2. Dallas (Looking past Washingto ...  read more

Who would have thought that two of the best QB's in football over the past 4 years would be struggling (Palmer and Hasselback). Both there teams are 0-2 and looking at a very bad season with tough schedules ahead. Palmer might not make it out o ...  read more