The NBA season is long and certainly teams go through their ups and downs as it progresses. Hot and cold streaks are the norm and it's important to keep an eye on injuries as well since they could have a profound impact on any given game. It is also important to factor into your handicapping historical matchups and results in addition to the above mentioned situations. This season has been a ...  read more

The College Basketball Picks season is winding down with the start of today's Braket Buster matchups and Conference Championships and March Madness just around the corner. It has been an interesting season where, up until at least tonight, only one ranked team remains unbeaten. Certainly you could argue the point that Memphis remains unbeaten because of a weak C-USA schedule, but none the les ...  read more

The NBA show cases their talent this weekend as they enter the All Start break. With the NBA season on hiatis, it leaves some great opportunities to cash in on some College Basketball Picks. As with most sports trends and angles play an important part in ones handicapping arsenal. Although one should not just blindly follow that method without taking into considering other factors such as in ...  read more

With the NFL season now over, with the exception of this weekends Pro Bowl, it is time to focus our attention to Basketball. The NBA is in full swing and with some surprises this season looks to be full of some great betting opportunities. The NBA season is long and as a result teams enter into both hot and cold streak througout the year. In addition, fatigue plays a factor as well since tea ...  read more

In the final game of the NFL season the New York Giants take on the New England in the Super Bowl. The Giants earned their way to the big game by virtue of an overtime victory in the NFC Championship Game over the Green Bay Packers. Once again, QB Eli Manning came through connecting on 21 of 40 passes for 246 yards and no interceptions and continually put them in a position to win the game. ...  read more

By now, every conceivable angle and opinion as been voiced in one form or another creating as many thoughts of a New England Patriots win and cover as a New York Giants cover. In addition, by now everyone on the planet knows of the Patriots struggles during the second half of the season. After blowing through the first eight games of the season a perfect 8-0 SU and ATS they are not a woeful 2 ...  read more

The NBA is in full swing and once again it appears that the Western Conference is head and shoulders above their Eastern Rivals with six teams winning more than 60% of their games thus far. Although the East sports the team with the best reacord with Boston only Detroit and Orlando are the only other teams who have won over that same 60% of their games. That isn't to say however that there ar ...  read more

The College Basketball season with action just about everyday of the week presents us with a large amount of betting opportunities. Because of the large amount of games there are a number of games throughout the season where lines are missed by the books leaving us some great games at which to profit. But, even with these "mistakes" in the lines, it still boils down to studying the trends and ...  read more

Now that the football season is down to it's final two and there is a couple of weeks until the final game of the season I decided that it was time that we took a look at College Hoops and what opportunities are out there before the Super Bowl. College Basketball is a sport that historically feeds off of high emotions leaving teams who on paper were a lock to win susceptable to losing on any g ...  read more

The Green Bay Packers will look to exploit one of the NFL Picks best home field advantages when they host the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game. Legend Brett Favre is hoping to lead the Packers into their fifth Super Bowl with a win over the Giants this Sunday. This will only be the second time that Favre will play an NFC title game at Lambeau Field. The last time that occurred th ...  read more

The San Diego Chargers attempt to become and NFL Picks in the AFC Championship Game this weekend and spoil the New England Patriots drive for an unbeaten season and a 4th Super Bowl title. Outside of the Patriots the Chargers come in as the hottest team in the NFL having won their last eight in a row. Much of the success can be attributed to the much improved performance of their defense as t ...  read more

In a rematch of NFC East rivals the Dallas Cowboys play host to the New York Giants. This will be the third time that these two teams have met this season with the Cowboys taking the first two earlier in the year. The Cowboys were cruising along at 11-1 after beating Green Bay and were expected by most to be a lock for a Super Bowl birth. However, over the last month of the season they stumb ...  read more

In the Divisional round of NFL Picks Playoff action the Jacksonville Jaguars hit the road for the second week in a row when they travel to take on the unbeaten New England Patriots. Last week the Jaguars went into Pittsburgh and became the first opponent to win twice in the steel city in the same season in the Steelers' 75 year history. However, it didn’t seem that way initially as the Jaguar ...  read more

This years College Football season comes to a close tonight with the Ohio State Buckeyes take on the LSU Tigers in the BCS Championship Game. This season was one of the most unpredictable in memory and tonight's participants certainly aren't without thoughts of whether or not they should be playing in this Top Game. But, as the old saying goes, "it is what it is" and neither you nor I can cha ...  read more

After a disastrous season last year the Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned it completely around this year and look to beat the New York Giants today in a Wild Card matchup. Much of their turn around this year can be attributed to the play of QB Jeff Garcia who posted a 94.6 quarterback rating which was seventh in the league while throwing for 2,440 yards, 13 touchdowns with only four interceptions. ...  read more

The AFC Wild Card Playoff start today with the Jacksonville Jaguars who hope to become an NFL Playoff Picks team when they travel North to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jacksonville comes into this one winning six of seven before losing a meaningless game last week and has no fear as they were the only team this season to beat the Steelers at home and outgained them 421-217 yards. The Jagu ...  read more

In an interesting NFL Playoff Picks matchup of NFC teams today the Washington Redskins travel to the great Northwest to take on the Seattle Seahawks. Just a few short weeks ago the Redskins were nowhere in the discussions of post season play as they sat at just 5-7 and were in the midst of dealing with the tragic death of safety Sean Taylor. Whether it was divine intervention or not Washingto ...  read more

Over the last week there has been a number of Bowl games but New Years Eve marks the first big day of action. Just prior to the New Year we are treated to six bowl games to watch and hopefully profit on. To make sure that we are in the best position to profit from these opportunities I have disected today's top trends to consider in each of the Bowl Games. So, without much more banter below ...  read more

In an unusual turn of events in Week 17 the Tennessee Titans need only an NFL Picks win against the Indianapolis Colts to clinch the final AFC Wild Card slot. The Tennessee Titans control their destiny and they will be playing a Colts team that has already locked up a first-round bye. The Titans currently share the AFC's sixth seed with the Cleveland Browns at 9-6 SU. Just last year Tennessee ...  read more

The New England Patriots take the best regular season on the road as they travel to the Meadowlands to take on the New York Giants. The Patriots can set a bunch of records in this one as they need only six points to break Minnesota's single-season record of 556 set in 1998. In addition, Brady is one shy of Peyton Manning's NFL record of 49 touchdown passes set in 2004 and tied with Dan Marino ...  read more

It's been an unpredicable season in College Football and it appears to be comtinueing into the Bowl Games as past trends seem to have fallen by the wayside. Even with the inconsistencies historical trends still need to be factored into your handicapping of games as the old saying "history tends to repeat itself" certainly has some merit. Last nights winner with Texas certainly put the profits ...  read more

The Minnesota Vikings have the inside track on the final NFC playoff spot as in Week 16 they take on the Washington Redskins. The Minnesota Vikings have been red hot and will be looking for their sixth consecutive win. Minnesota currently is one game in front of the Redskins and New Orleans for the final Wild Card slot. It wasn’t easy for the Vikings last week as they had to rally to beat th ...  read more

The College Bowl season has it's first multiple game day today as bettors are treated to three seperate Bowl Games. In the first two games if you were to take the favorites you'd be going into today with a 1-1 ATS mark for a small loss. Since most of the general public loves to bet the favorites in general I decided to take a look at if that would be a profitable thing to do during Bowl seaso ...  read more

The Bowl season kicked off last night as Utah sqeezed by Navy. This kicks off 32 games of College Football action. Most of the early games durin the Bowl season can certainly be trying as they tend to be some of your bigger mismatches. But as it showed last night, although the line might consider the game a mismatch, the dogs do sometimes bite. In looking at the numerous Bowl Games I scoure ...  read more

The College Bowl season is upon us with tonight's Navy/Utah matchup in the Poinsettia Bowl. Although it might not be one of the marguee games within the 32 Bowl games it does start us looking at what matchups could poetntially offer us the best opportunity for profits. Although teams go riding into the Post Seaon on relative highs due to the fact of being able to play beyond the regular seaso ...  read more

The New York Giants look to continue their winning ways as they host the Washington Redskins. The Giants who for the most part have been forgotten due to the seasons that both Dallas and Green Bay are having come into this game at 9-4 winning nine of 11 since opening the season with consecutive losses to the Cowboys and Packers. In fact, New York needs only to win once in its final three game ...  read more

In one of the great times of the year, next week marks the start of 32 different College Bowl Games all culminating with Ohio State and LSU battle for the National Championship. Certainly there has been much discussions and disappointments about who should or should not have made the Bowl lineup but frankly it makes no difference at this point. What does matter is taking a look at ll of athe ...  read more

Following victories last week, the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans look to keep their slim NFL Picks playoff hopes alive when they meet Thursday night in Week 14 action. Denver comes into this game 6-7 SU and are two games behind AFC West-leading San Diego with three to go. A loss this week and a Chargers win would eliminate Denver from the division race. Denver is coming off a huge 41-7 wi ...  read more

The NBA season is long and grueling and as such lends itself to teams going on both hot and cold streaks. In addition, teams are at one time or another required to play multiple games in one week with some falling on consecutive days. As is no surprose some teams playing without any rest in back to back games do better than other squads. There are a number of reasons why this is the case inc ...  read more

As the NFL regular season winds down people seem to come out of the wood work professing who will and won't make the playoffs. Other than New England, Dallas, and Green Bay, that picture is still a bit fuzzy. However, with teams playing in do or die situations the next four weeks bettors all over will be focusing on those games that have possible playoff implications. It is then when it beco ...  read more

Year after year you hear about the "experts" warning against betting with the general public since most bettors lose in the long term. This is certainly a startling opinion since you would think that everyone can't be wrong in any given situation. After all, what about the old saying that "two heads are better than one"? Shouldn't that apply to a bunch of people feeling that any particular t ...  read more

It's that time of the year again when the NFL enters it's final month of the season. While some teams are already out of the playoff picture there are others in the thick of things. Although that one angle to consider in your handicapping arsenal it's one that I'll pass on for now. Instead, today I'm going to look at the NFL coaches to see if there are some that we can exploit to profits. T ...  read more

Will the real Cincinnati Bengal team please stand up in Week 13 against the Pittsburgh Steelers? The Bengals who have yet to show anything close to their playoff form of years past came to life last week crushing the Tennessee Titans 35-6. In his previous game QB Carson Palmer three a career high four interceptions but came back in big fashion against the Titans completing a highly efficient ...  read more

Obviously much of today's attention will be turned to the Conference Championship contests, especially the much anticipated Missouri/Oklahoma matchup. As I have written so many times previously, the high profile games tend to garner huge public action which translates into sharp numbers from the odds makers. That doesn't mean that there are not some good opportunities to profit from today's C ...  read more

A lot has been written over the years concerning teams playing each other their second and even third time in a single season. Some even go so far as saying that rematches always side with the team who lost previously, especially if it's game three after losing the first two. Certainly there is historical information that will either confirm or deny that issue but the more important concern i ...  read more

Week 13 of the NFL gives us a dandy of a game early this week as the Green Bay Packers visit the Dallas Cowboys in a Thursday Night contest that could go a long way to identifying who will have home field advantage throughout the NFC Playoffs. Last week the Green Bay beat up on the Detroit Lions 37-26 improving their season mark to 10-1 SU and matched their best 11-game record since 1929. The ...  read more

Sure the Miami Dolphins haven't won a game this season and are only 3-6-2 ATS up to this point, so why would one even consider bettting them? Well, before we write them off totally let's examine their overall performamce this season.

Even though Miami is 0-11 SU 6 of those 11 losses have come by a field goal, including this past Monday's loss to the Steelers. So, if that is the case ...  read more

The art of sports handicapping can take many forms. These forms can range anywhere from one owns sports knowledge, the use of trends and systems, to outright guessing. Using only one (other than guessing) can give you positive results but long term success lies in the use of every angle at your disposal.

Although an arguement can been made that this season is as unpredictable as any ...  read more

As the season winds down in most major sports there are teams who are in the hunt for post season appearances and there are teams who just wish that the season would come to an end. While fans of these teams hope that they will continue to play until the final whistle blows the more than likely scenerio is that their team will just be waiting for the season to end. However, before we discount ...  read more

The hapless New York Jets visit the Dallas Cowboys in Week 12 and would be a surprise to be an NFL Pick this week as they sit just 2-8 SU overall on the season. However, last week the Jets’ pulled off a surprising win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime 19-16. The win snapped a six game losing streak and was their first since their win over Miami way back in week 3. One big reason for t ...  read more

The general public has a propensity to focus on big games during the College Football season when trying to figure out where to plop their hard earned money. Certainly that approach creates excitement for the bettor but for the most part doesn't help their bank account since those are the games where the odds makers focus. I am not saying that there aren't times when there is still value with ...  read more

A lot can be said both pro and con with NFL Picks about the New England Patriots quest for a perfect season when they travel in Week 11 to take on the Buffalo Bills sitting atop the AFC east at 9-0 SU and 8-1 ATS. After their come from behind over the then unbeaten Indianapolis Colts the Patriots have had two weeks off to prepare. The Patriots are the top scoring offense in the league and QB ...  read more

I would be foolish to think that predicting another top ranked team to lose and/or not cover on Saturday was a revelation that only I would be so bold to predict. Heck, that has been the norm, not the exception this season. Just look at the #2 ranked Ducks, or should I say the previously #2 ranked Ducks! However, before I went out on a limb to boldly predict yet another top team to struggle I ...  read more

Will the real Top Ranked Team please stand up! Once again, it proved to be deadly to be a BCS ranked #1 or #2 team as the mighty Oregon Ducks fell to Arizona last night! It goes without saying that this season has been a challenge for not only the teams but the uninformed prognosticators. The one constant that you can count on is that sticking to a formula can and will produce profits during ...  read more

Whether it be in College Football or life in general, everyone loves a winner. As the betting public mulls over this weeks action the lines makers will be looking for these winners and will adjust the lines accordingly knowing that the public just can't resist jumping on board the winning train. It's that angle that I took a look at this week so that we might adjust our selection processes ac ...  read more

Winning on the road can be a daunting task in any sport. But how about teams who actually have gone on the road and was listed as a dog but won outright? One would have to think that those successes are few and far between. But, as I have mentioned in numerous articles this season, this is anything but a normal season. In fact, in Week 10 of the NFL last week, 5 out of 8 road underdogs won ...  read more

After dropping their first game of the season last week to the Patriots the Indianapolis find themselves in a dog fight for first place in the AFC South. By virtue of their loss and Tennessee’s win the Colts hold only a one game lead at 7-1 SU. Indianapolis needs to be careful in this one as they know firsthand how dangerous the Chargers can be. Back in 2005 the Colts were riding a 13-0 mark ...  read more

Now that the perceived Pre-Super Bowl has been completed between the Patriots and Colts it gives us an opportunity to refocus our betting efforts and strategies on the rest of the NFL. Last weeks game created a diversion and profit opportunities for the books as most of the betting public focused on that one game while plopping down their hard earned money on other games that made no sense. I ...  read more

Yesterday in these pages I outlined teams during the month of November who have produced some bankroll draining numbers during the final month of the regular season in College football. I am sure that people reading the article snickered, saying that there was no great revelation as teams shown have been losers anyway. Certainly an argument can be made to that effect but none the less it's i ...  read more