NFL Week 1 Moneylines
It’s time for another season of picking NFL games against the moneyline, where you pick straight-up with odds rather than against the spread. What follows are the NFL Week 1 moneylines, my picks and some brief comments.
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Big Ten Bowl Projections: 9 Reflections On The Season's First Week
The Big Ten wasn’t embarrassed in non-conference play the way they have been in recent early season test games or in bowl season. But nor did the league stand up and make a statement. Here’s nine general thoughts on the conference from last Saturday and looking ahead to this week, followed by our current Big Ten bowl projections…
Predictions On NFL Win Futures
When you look at these numbers, you realize that the adage of how the oddsmakers know what they’re doing is really true…
Labor Day Sports Predictions You Can Bet Against
It’s the start of Labor Day weekend, and I’m kicking back watching Gameday, thinking about college football, the start of the NFL season in five days and the stretch drive of major league baseball. Here’s some general sports predictions covering all three.
9 Keys That Will Settle The NL Central Race
…the stakes are high for the NL Central’s power trio. The Notebook Nine will focus on the Brewers, Cards and Pirates, with three pertinent thoughts for each team as we head into the homestretch…
The 9 Top Games Of College Football Week 1 Saturday
College football Saturdays are back, and without further adieu, here’s the Notebook Nine, the nine best games of the day for the Saturday of college football Week 1. Games are listed in order of kickoff time so you can plan your Saturday accordingly… Penn State-Central Florida (8:30 AM, ESPN2): A top ‘o the morning to […]
9 Predictions To Start The 2014 NFL Season
The 2014 NFL season is nine days from kickoff next Thursday night, when the Seattle Seahawks hoist their Super Bowl banner for the NBC audience against the Green Bay Packers. It’s time then, for the Notebook Nine, the nine key predictions I’m taking into the season. In the NFL’s case, they make doing nine easy—just one pick for each of the eight divisions, and then an overarching Super Bowl pick. Here we go…
9 Thoughts On The American League Wild-Card Race
The American League wild-card race has five teams vying for the final spot in the playoffs. Assuming that the runner-up in the Oakland A’s/LA Angels race for the AL West title will be in the wild-card game, that leaves five more teams within five games of each other for the last spot. Those teams are, in order of the current standings, the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians. Here’s nine thoughts on that race as it heads into the homestretch…
9 Keynote Thoughts To Start The 2014 College Football Season
The betting favorites for the four playoff spots center around five teams. Florida State and Alabama are considered virtual locks. Oregon, Auburn and Oklahoma are all priced reasonably comparably for the final two spots before the dropoff in the odds begins.
Redskin Rumblings: Why The Redskins-Browns Preseason Game Left Me Annoyed
I suppose I should be happy with the Washington Redskins getting another August victory, beating the Cleveland Browns 24-23 last night at FedEx Field. But in the first half, obviously the most significant in preseason play, I just found too much to get aggravated over.
9 Thoughts On RG3, Johnny Football, Luck & Kaepernick
We’re a few hours from kickoff of a preseason NFL Monday Night Game between the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins, which means Johnny Manziel and Robert Griffin III get an early stage. It seemed like an ideal opportunity to go over some early thoughts on both of these quarterbacks, along with other high-profile young signal-callers.
9 College Football Midmajors To Watch In 2014
When we heard the phrase “Group of Five” in conjunction with college football, that natural tendency is to think of the five power conferences. But there’s another Group of Five at the reverse end of the college football spectrum. Conference USA, the American, the MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt all represent the college football midmajors. We’re going to target the nine teams from these leagues mostly likely to have national impact.