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NFL Draft Predictions: Late-Round Sleeper Projections
by T.O. Whenham - 3/21/2012
This week we have seen Matt Flynn become a reasonably rich man after signing with the Seahawks. He was only a seventh-round draft pick, and is the latest to prove that good things can come from the later rounds of the draft. Every time the Patriots are on TV we are reminded a dozen times by the commentators that the best quarterback in football was a sixth-round pick. Brady is a unique case, but every year there are several guys drafted well after the spotlights have been turned off that go on to be very valuable members of their teams.
2012 NFL Draft: Top Defensive Players on the Board
by T.O. Whenham - 3/20/2012
Today’s task is simple — let’s look at my ranking of the top five defensive players in the upcoming NFL Draft. Before I get to the five players that are on this list, though, I want to talk about three who aren’t. On many boards they would be, but all make me nervous. Melvin Ingram has had durability issues, he’s slightly undersized, and I’m not convinced he’s as fast as can be.
2012 NFL Draft Predictions: Players Who Will Surprise
by T.O. Whenham - 3/7/2012
The first-round guys in the NFL Draft are the ones that get the bulk of the attention. They were the stars in college, they are freakish physical specimens, and their talent and big contracts mean that they will get every chance to contribute right away. Often times, though, there are guys who go off the board on the second or third day of the draft that end up being every bit as valuable and impressive as the best of the first-rounders.
2012 NFL Draft Analysis: Players with Character Issues
by T.O. Whenham - 3/7/2012
Every year in the NFL Draft there are players who have been branded as having the dreaded ‘character issues’. When those players are talented and otherwise worthy of a first-round selection teams are faced with a real challenge. Is the player worthy of a gamble, or are their issues too much for them to overcome? With the overwhelming success of Cam Newton last year despite all the baggage he carried it’s going to be hard for teams to give up on a player even if he has some real issues.
2012 NFL Draft Projections: Potential First-Round Disappointments
by T.O. Whenham - 3/2/2012
Teams invest their hopes and dreams, and a whole lot of money, in their first-round draft picks every year. Some guys are stars right away. Some guys grow into that role. Each year, though, there are a lot of guys that just don’t wind up contributing at the level expected of a first rounder.
2012 NFL Draft Prospects: Immediate Contributors
by T.O. Whenham - 3/2/2012
NFL teams would love to pick a player in the NFL Draft that changes their team for years to come. That kind of player is incredibly rare, though — there isn’t necessarily even one in every draft class. Most teams, then, would settle for players who can contribute at a high level immediately.
NCAA Tournament Field Projections and Predictions, Feb. 27
by Robert Ferringo - 2/27/2012
We are on the verge. We are on the verge of the month-long free-for-all that is March Madness. This month is an orgy of college basketball betting, buzzer beaters, and broken dreams. It is, in my opinion, the single-greatest event on the sports betting calendar and it is a five-week endurance trial that will test the nerve and daring of gamblers throughout the country.
NCAA Tournament Field Projections and Predictions, Feb. 14
by Robert Ferringo - 2/14/2012
If you had told me a month ago that Notre Dame would be looking like a sure thing to make the NCAA Tournament and Connecticut would be fighting to keep its head above water and out of the NIT I would have laughed in your face. Ah, college basketball.
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Title Future Odds and Predictions
by David Schwab - 2/9/2012
The 54th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 26 marks the start of not only another NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season but the start of a 36-race quest for this year’s Sprint Cup title. Tony Stewart’s late-season heroics last year with an amazing five victories in the ‘Chase’, which is NASCAR’s 10-race playoff, secured his third career title. It also snapped Jimmie Johnson’s incredible five-year rein as champion.
NCAA Tournament Field Projections and Predictions, Jan. 27
by Robert Ferringo - 1/27/2012
This week I decided to do something a little different. In past NCAA Tournament field projections and predictions articles I was making blanket predictions about how many teams from each league would find their way into the field. But now that we are approaching February and we are two-thirds through the season I feel comfortable starting to actually project the field.
NCAA Tournament Field Predictions and Projections, Jan. 13
by Robert Ferringo - 1/13/2012
The nonconference portion of the college basketball season is getting further and further away with each passing day. What teams did and how they were playing back in late November and early December is starting to matter less and less, both in terms of making NCAA Tournament field projections and in terms of teams playing well enough to build their resumes now that we are full-bore into league play.
Looking Ahead: 2012 Sports Betting Highlights
by T.O. Whenham - 1/3/2012
The New Year is a chance for a fresh start for sports handicappers. If last year wasn’t a great one for your bankroll then this year can only be better. If it was a great year then this year can be even better. To get you excited for what is to come here’s a listing of some of the most exciting highlights on the calendar this year — one for each month of 2012.
NCAA Tournament Field Predictions and Projections, December 30
by Robert Ferringo - 12/30/2011
Don’t forget. The nonconference portion of the college basketball season has essentially come to a close. Sure, there are some marquee interleague games still on the college basketball schedule. And Bracket Buster Saturday in late February is still a critical event when it comes to predicting the NCAA Tournament field. But for all intents and purposes, the national battles have come to a dйtente and it is now time for teams to retreat into their own backyards to wager bi-weekly knife fights with their hated rivals in conference play.
NFL Week 17 Player Props and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/29/2011
It has been a pretty successful regular season in terms of betting Bovada NFL props, although several will be resolved this week as many weekly free NFL predictions were yearly totals. One I will be heavily rooting for this week, for example: Tom Brady to throw four touchdown passes against Buffalo to reach 40 (I recommended he would reach that number). There are numerous others.
NFL Totals Betting: Week 17 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/28/2011
Points were a bit harder to come by in Week 16 of the regular season NFL schedule with nine games staying ‘under’ the total, six games going ‘over,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. The Christmas NFL free picks were no gift with a 0-2-1 record on our top plays. This downturn brought our year-to-date record for our best bets on the total line to 27-19-2.
NFL Picks: Cowboys at Giants Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/27/2011
There is only one game on the Week 17 NFL schedule that features a win-and-you-are-in or lose-and-you-stay-home playoff scenario for both teams and that’s the Dallas Cowboys (8-7) at the New York Giants (8-7), which was thus flexed to the prime-time Sunday night game (all games Sunday this week; Fox was decidedly displeased to lose this game, which should be a ratings bonanza).
NFL Totals Betting: Week 16 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/22/2011
For the second week in a row the total line slightly favored the ‘over,’ with nine games going ‘over’ the total, six games staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’ in Week 15 of the NFL season. Christmas came early with a perfect 3-0 record on last week’s top free sports picks, bringing our year-to-date record for our best bets on the total line to 27-17-1.
NFL Picks: San Diego Chargers at Detroit Lions Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/20/2011
This is a huge game in terms of playoff implications on Saturday at Ford Field between surging San Diego and the host Lions at 4:05 p.m. EST on CBS. Let’s start with Detroit (9-5). If the Lions beat or tie San Diego, they clinch their first playoff spot since 1999. The Lions could also clinch a playoff spot with a loss AND if the four teams trailing them in the wild-card standings -- the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals -- all lose.
NFL Week 15 Player Props and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/15/2011
I didn’t address any Week 15-specific props in last week’s column, so nothing to recap there. I do hope, however, that you did bet on the Bodog props on whether New England’s Tom Brady and New Orleans’ Drew Brees would throw at least 40 touchdown passes this season (‘yes’ on both was the recommendation). Brady added three last week and is up to 33 with three games to go, while Brees added two and is at 32.
NFL Totals Betting: Week 15 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/14/2011
The total line slightly favored the ‘over’ in Week 14, with nine games going ‘over’ the total, six games staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. After enduring a couple of down weeks, we evened things out with a 1-1-1 record on our top plays. Our year-to-date record through 14 weeks of the NFL schedule now stands at 24-17-1.
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