NFL: Looking for Quitters! (David Chan | Nov 21/09)
It’s time to start looking for NFL teams who have quit and are just playing out the string. That way we can bet against them. Looking for good teams is important; looking for teams mailing...
NCAA Blitz Report (Saturday, Nov. 21) (Steve Merril | Nov 21/09)
By Matty Baiungo for Steve Merril Sports
SEC Blitz
There’s an interesting dynamic to the Kentucky – Georgia game on Saturday. Both teams are already bowl eligible with 6 wins, but the...
Key injuries strike Big Ten teams (The Prez | Nov 20/09)
The Purdue Boilermakers are the epitome of a team in college basketball. They certainly have less NBA talent than any of their fellow Top-10 ranked clubs but they do well because the five...
Verities & Balderdash - NFL Week #10 (David Malinsky | Nov 20/09)
VERITIES & BALDERDASH – NFL Week #10
Once again we are going to borrow one of our all-time favorite album titles, from the late great Harry Chapin, as we weekly delve into some of the...
Saturday Feature Game Kansas at Texas (Nick Parsons | Nov 20/09)
Kansas Jayhawks (5-5 2-7 ATS) at #2 Texas Longhorns (10-0 4-5-1 ATS)
ABC Regional 8PM EST
by Nick Parsons' intern Myles Valentin
Football's Sweet 16
No matter how much...
NFL Prop Shop: Week 11 (Sean Murphy | Nov 20/09)
I’m heating up at the right time, delivering back-to-back 3-1 weeks in the Prop Shop.
After focusing solely on the Pats/Colts epic battle last week, it’s back to business with four picks...
College Ball Preview (Nick Parsons | Nov 19/09)
by Nick Parsons' intern Myles Valentin
In 2006 a point guard with NBA pedigree ended up at little known Davidson. The three star recruit suprised everyone by leading his team to a...
Friday Night Lights - Boise State @ (Lee Kostroski | Nov 19/09)
Boise State Broncos (-23, 61.5) vs. Utah State Aggies
Line Movements
Boise opened as a 24.5 point favorite but that line made a steady drop throughout the week and now sits at 23...
College Football Cheat Sheet (Marc Lawrence | Nov 19/09)
College Football Cheat Sheet
By Marc Lawrence
Six 10-0 undefeated college football teams dot the card as the race to the BCS title game continues. In addition a pair of one-loss teams...
Smart's Showdowns to Watch in NFL (Alex Smart | Nov 19/09)
Week 9 of the 2009-10 NFL betting season has come and gone; the following is a breakdown of some of the more intriguing match-ups football fans across the world will be taking in throughout...
Smart's Showdowns of the CFB (Alex Smart | Nov 18/09)
The college football betting season continues with just a few weeks to play, and there are a number of games that you can find on TV this week that are juicy. Check out what games I'll...
Verities & Balderdash - NCAA Week #11 (David Malinsky | Nov 18/09)
VERITIES & BALDERDASH – NCAA Week #11
Once again we are going to borrow one of our all-time favorite album titles, from the late great Harry Chapin, as we weekly delve into some of the...
College Football Notes & Quotes (Ted Sevransky | Nov 18/09)
The coaching carousel has already begun, with a handful of firings and resignations over the last week. In this week’s ‘Notes & Quotes’ column, I’ll take a look at these coaching changes,...
Game of the Day: Miami at Carolina (Matt Fargo | Nov 18/09)
Line Movement
Carolina opened as a 3.5-point favorite and it has dropped to a field goal but with extra juice added on, as high as -130 in some places. Action was equal in the beginning...
NFL = NOT FINDING LOVE? USE CHAN'S (David Chan | Nov 18/09)
Forget those online sites that will PAIR you up with another person. We want to match you up with 53 at once. Here’s a look at some of our dates available for you this week. They’ve all...
NFL Survivor Pool - Week #11 (David Malinsky | Nov 18/09)
SURVIVAL POOL – N.F.L. WEEK #11
We stayed alive last week but we did not get any help – a paucity of upsets did not thin the herd in most pools. But at this time of the season any time...
Look Out Below (Marc Lawrence | Nov 17/09)
LOOK OUT BELOW
By Marc Lawrence
When teams on a win streak reach the final game of the regular season, it’s frequently with a sigh of satisfaction. Contentment, though, often turns to...
What We Learned: NFL Week 10 (Alex Smart | Nov 17/09)
Now that the tenth week of the NFL betting season is a mere memory, there are plenty of lessons that have been learned that we, football bettors can take with us into Week 11... Here's...
Beyond the BCS: Trap games on tap (Ben Burns | Nov 17/09)
Each week, Covers Expert Ben Burns and columnist David Payne scour the non-BCS conferences looking for hidden gems that may go unnoticed.
This week, they take a look at a few possible...
Heisman Watch (Nov 16) (Larry Ness | Nov 16/09)
The 2008 Heisman was won by Oklahoma's Sam Bradford with Colt McCoy (Texas ) of Texas finishing second and Florida's Tim Tebow (the 2007 winner) finishing third, despite garnering...
What We Learned this Week in College (Alex Smart | Nov 16/09)
College football season only has a few weeks left to play, but there are still a bunch of lessons that we've learned from the week that was on the CFB gridiron. Here's what caught my...
This Week in Betting, A-Z (Doc's Sports | Nov 16/09)
by T.O. Whenham
A - Atlanta. The Falcons' woes continued on Sunday. After losing by nine at Carolina they have now lost three of their last four, and four of their five road games....
Bad beats: Don’t blame Belichick (Ben Burns | Nov 16/09)
Don’t bash Bill Belichick for being Bill Belichick.
The Patriots’ coach, whose fourth-and-two gamble from his own 28 backfired in Sunday’s loss to the Colts, is getting hammered for...
Smart's Monday Morning NFL Sound (Alex Smart | Nov 16/09)
The tenth Sunday of the NFL season has come and gone, and there are plenty of teams, situations, and players that have my feathers ruffled. Check out who I'm sounding off on that cost...
Teddy's Tidbits: AFC Week 10 (Ted Sevransky | Nov 16/09)
Teddy spends every Sunday typing furiously at his laptop as he watches the games, giving you the key info that the box scores and game recaps simply don’t have. This week: AFC tidbits from...
Smart's Sunday Morning CFB Sound (Alex Smart | Nov 15/09)
Another college football Saturday has wrapped up, and there are plenty of teams, players, coaches, and situations that I'm ranting about from the week that was. Here's who's in...
PATS @ COLTS: WHAT TO WATCH CLOSELY (David Chan | Nov 14/09)
The whole continent is going to watch this game. The most important thing to take away from that is that this game is going to affect betting lines going forward. Next week the Colts are off...
NCAA Blitz Report (Saturday, Nov. 14) (Steve Merril | Nov 14/09)
By Matty Baiungo for Steve Merril Sports
SEC Coaching Blitz
The Tennessee/Mississippi game has become a very interesting storyline over the past couple of days. The game itself was...
Verities & Balderdash - NFL Week #9 (David Malinsky | Nov 13/09)
VERITIES & BALDERDASH – NFL Week #9
Once again we are going to borrow one of our all-time favorite album titles, from the late great Harry Chapin, as we weekly delve into some of the...
Party Crashers (Nick Parsons | Nov 13/09)
by Nick Parsons' Intern Myles Valentin
Any aspirations of becoming the first mid major team to play in the national title game will have to be put on hold this weekend for the...
NFL Prop Shop: Patriots vs. Colts (Sean Murphy | Nov 12/09)
The Prop Shop is open for business again following a 3-1 Week 9 card.
This week I’m going to be focusing on the biggest game of the board. It’s the Patriots vs. Colts in a Sunday night...
Friday Night Lights - Doubleheader (Lee Kostroski | Nov 12/09)
West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Cincinnati Bearcats
Line Movements
The line opened with Cincinnati as 9.5 point home favorites and rose quickly rose to 10 on before dipping to 8.5 on...
Under-The-Radar ATS Gems (Doc's Sports | Nov 12/09)
by T.O. Whenham
When it comes to college football most bettors focus on the big name teams playing the high-profile games. That only makes sense given the coverage that those games get in...
SUNDAY'S NFL PLAYS: A CONTROVERSY (David Chan | Nov 12/09)
Last weekend’s NFL selections generated a little controversy. Three subscribers got in touch with the Covers Experts office because I released both the Eagles -2.5 as a straight play and...
College Football Cheat Sheet (Marc Lawrence | Nov 11/09)
College Football Cheat Sheet
By Marc Lawrence
And then there were six. Undefeated college football teams that is, all of who are in action this week. And as you might expect, all...
Beyond the BCS: Is TCU the best (Ben Burns | Nov 11/09)
Beyond the BCS: TCU, the best non-BCS conference team ever.
Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, only four teams from non-BCS conferences have earned a chance against the big...
Saturday’s potential NCAA trap games: (The Prez | Nov 11/09)
It was a 2-2 Week 10 in our trap game predictions, as we hit on Vanderbilt +35 at Florida and Central Florida +36.5 at Texas. Seriously, we may pick against the Gators from here on out, as...
Colorado Avalanche One Of Biggest (Doc's Sports | Nov 11/09)
by T.O. Whenham
In my profession I end up making a lot of predictions, pronouncements and guesses. Some of them I am particularly proud of down the road, and others seem perfectly...
College Football Notes & Quotes (Ted Sevransky | Nov 11/09)
Prepping Panthers:
Pitt is 5-0 in the Big East and 8-1 overall right now, but they’ve yet to face a single top notch foe. The Panthers have beaten Youngstown State, Buffalo, Navy,...
Verities & Balderdash - NCAA Week #10 (David Malinsky | Nov 11/09)
VERITIES & BALDERDASH – NCAA Week #10
Once again we are going to borrow one of our all-time favorite album titles, from the late great Harry Chapin, as we weekly delve into some of the...
NFL Survivor Pool - Week #10 (David Malinsky | Nov 11/09)
SURVIVAL POOL – N.F.L. WEEK #10
First let’s apologize up front for any inconvenience that was caused last week, with our switching from Indianapolis to Jacksonville as practice reports...
Game of the Day: South Florida at (Matt Fargo | Nov 11/09)
Line Movement
This game opened anywhere from even to -1.5 in favor of South Florida and it has not done much anywhere. We may see the line creep up a little bit based on two-thirds of the...
Wed-Game of the Night (Nick Parsons | Nov 11/09)
by Nick Parsons' intern Myles Valentin
The MAC doesn't get a lot of attention, but when the Toledo Rockets (4-5 4-5 ATS) visit the Central Michigan Chippewas (7-2 6-2 ATS) the...
What We Learned: NFL Week 9 (Alex Smart | Nov 10/09)
Now that the ninth week of the NFL betting season is a mere memory, there are plenty of lessons that have been learned that we, football bettors can take with us into Week 10... Here's...
Heisman Watch (11/9) (Larry Ness | Nov 09/09)
TCU is No. 4 in the latest BCS standings, the highest-ever ranking for a non-BCS school but likely has no chance at making the BCS title game, even if it were to stay unbeaten. In fact, the...
This Week in Betting, A-Z (Doc's Sports | Nov 09/09)
by T.O. Whenham
A - AI. I have been a big fan of Allen Iverson for his whole career, and I have defended him a lot as a result. I'm not sure I'll bother now, though. After just...
What We Learned this Week in College (Alex Smart | Nov 09/09)
College football season only has a few weeks left to play, but there are still a bunch of lessons that we've learned from the week that was on the CFB gridiron. Here's what caught my...
Bad Beats: Where have all the ‘Pick (Ben Burns | Nov 09/09)
Bad Beats: Where have all the ‘Pick ‘em’s’ gone?
The old oddmakers’ joke goes like this: ‘You can’t make a game a Pick because the squares won’t know who to bet.’
It’s referring to...
College Hoops 2009-10: Early Season (Scott Rickenbach | Nov 09/09)
College Hoops 2009-10: Early Season Point Spread Value (Part 1)
With the College Hoops Season now getting underway it’s time to take a quick look at some teams that could offer some solid...
Teddy's Tidbits: NFC Week 9 (Ted Sevransky | Nov 08/09)
Teddy spends every Sunday typing furiously at his laptop as he watches the games, giving you the key info that the box scores and game recaps simply don’t have. This week: NFC tidbits from...