American football: NFL, NCAAF, CFL and Arena Football
Much like the New Orleans Saints, I didn’t have the start to Week 13 that I wanted. And, frankly, just like the Saints, I can blame the Saints — for being very un-Saints like. As usual for Thursday Night Football games, I tossed out my pick on Facebook and Twitter. In my gut, I really […] More
College Football Injury Report: Week 14 BOLD = Starter Italics = Key Reserve * = Gone for the season Related: College Football Betting Guide Akron Zips LB DeMarcus Lloyd* TE Darryl Long* Alabama Crimson Tide DE Isaiah Buggs (Probable) S Jared Mayden (Will miss first half) DB Trevon Diggs (Out) LB Christopher Allen (Out) TE […] More
After hitting last week’s teaser so easily, I received a reprieve and was allowed to put in one more college football teaser pick with the aim of finishing in the black on the year. I have gone 7-6 on my teaser plays over the course of the season, but most of those were teasers at -130 […] More
Week 12 took a barbed-wire covered baseball bat to the NFL Against the Spread Power Rankings. A nutty Sunday of action set the league ablaze, awakening a handful of teams’ playoff chances, while wrapping up others for good. As always, we have your NFL Against the Spread Power Rankings here to help sort it all […] More
I suffered an agonizingly tough loss on my college football parlay last week. I went for broke in the last week of the regular season, and it came so close to paying off. The ships were burned as I put together a six-team parlay, and of course, five of the six legs came in. The […] More
Before the season started, the general consensus was that the James Madison Dukes were the team with the best chance to knock off the North Dakota State Bison. North Dakota State has won six of the last seven FCS national championships, with James Madison breaking that streak in 2016. The Dukes went into the Fargodome […] More
Week 12 tore through the NFL over the weekend, and did a number on half the league’s playoff chances. Some teams, like the Seattle Seahawks, were brought back from the dead, while other, like the Cincinnati Bengals, watched their season get completely flushed away. The Indianapolis Colts continued their meteoric rise through the ranks after […] More
The Buffalo Bills have now won two straight games to improve to 4-7 and get themselves back in the playoff race. In most seasons, they would have probably have been eliminated by now, but the fact that the No. 6 seed in the AFC is 6-5 means that the Bills are just two wins off […] More
It’s championship weekend in college football. We’ll set the stage for you with this week’s NCAA Power Rankings. NCAA Power Rankings Alabama (12-0, 8-4 ATS, last week: 1) Auburn threw a couple of haymakers early, but Alabama withstood the pressure and then landed about six in a row, sending the Tigers (+24) home with a 52-21 […] More
With only six weeks left on the schedule, the countdown is on as teams fight for playoff positions. The good news for sports betting fans is that we now have a pretty good idea of what to expect from both the contenders and the pretenders the rest of the way, which presents an excellent opportunity […] More
The NFL calendar has flipped to December, which means more games are framed less in terms of playoff positioning and more in terms of outright playoff survival. Teams will be desperate, but desperation isn’t the only thing a team can count on – it has to be able to perform well, no matter how urgent […] More
One of the biggest mistakes that sports bettors can make from week to week is overreacting to what just happened. The sportsbooks do an excellent job of making sure that they consider the outlook of the betting public before releasing their lines. However, if you are keen enough and you pay attention to the numbers […] More
