2021 AL West Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 4/1/2021

Two years ago, the Houston Astros were -800 to win the American League West. Playing the regular season was a mere formality, and Houston ended up taking the division title with 107 wins and a 10-game margin over second-place Oakland. Last year Oakland won the West in the truncated 60-game season.

2021 NL West Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 4/1/2021

The Los Angeles Dodgers were finally able to shake off several recent heartbreaks, specifically losing in the World Series in 2017 and 2018 to the cheating-their-asses Astros and Red Sox, respectively, and claim L.A.’s first world championship in over 30 years. The Dodgers were able to take that next crucial step and become champions. Now they want to take another step and become a dynasty.

2021 NL East Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 4/1/2021

The National League East is by far the best division in baseball. It is the only division with four teams boasting season win totals of 81.5 or higher, and this group could produce one of the best pennant races of the decade. Atlanta has won three straight division titles and is the favorite to do it again. But the Mets loaded up with one of the biggest offseasons in baseball, Washington still has the starting staff intact from their 2019 World Series championship team, and Philadelphia might be the most underrated team in all of baseball right now.

2021 NL Central Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 4/1/2021

For my money, the National League Central is the most competitive division in baseball. It is definitely not the best division in the Major Leagues. It isn’t even the second-best division. But with four legitimate contenders for the N.L. Central crown, this division could provide us with one of the best races of the season.

2021 AL Central Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 4/1/2021

This division is still pathetic. I’ve read all kinds of missives about Minnesota’s potential as a World Series sleeper and Chicago’s priming for a return to relevance. It’s all nonsense. The American League Central is by far the most pathetic division in baseball. And winning the worst division in the sport doesn’t make a team a true competitor for the American League crown.

2021 AL East Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 3/31/2021

If betting value is what you crave, then I must direct you away from the American League East this MLB betting season. The East is one of the most highly publicized divisions in baseball. New York and Boston are two of the sport’s biggest draws, and Tampa Bay is the defending American League champion. Toronto is also an exciting team full of young, up-and-coming stars and has enjoyed its share of headlines.

2021 March Madness Bracket Predictions: South Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/18/2021

The South Region is full of fatally flawed teams. Baylor (no momentum), Ohio State (injuries), Arkansas (general weirdness), Purdue (youth), Villanova (injuries) and Texas Tech (inability to close games) all enter the NCAA Tournament with major question marks. That sets up the South Region as a bracket that could either be a dull bore, with the Bears and Buckeyes eventually duking it out for a slot in the Final Four, or a bracket that could go hilariously wrong, with all of the top seeds having their weaknesses exposed in the opening weekend.

2021 March Madness Bracket Predictions: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/17/2021

Welcome to the Group of Death. The Midwest Region is by far, bar none, the most difficult bracket in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Seven of the 16 teams in this region have spent time in the Top 11 – THE TOP 11! – at some point this year. And that doesn’t even count dangerous conference champions like Georgia Tech (ACC), Oregon State (Pac-12), San Diego State (MWC) and Loyola-Chicago (MVC).

2021 March Madness Bracket Predictions: West Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/16/2021

The 2020-21 college basketball season has been historic for a lot of the wrong reasons. Now Gonzaga is trying to make this campaign historic for the right one. Gonzaga is attempting to become the first undefeated college basketball team in 45 years. Not since Indiana’s 32-0 championship season in 1976 has any team run the table. But the top-seeded Bulldogs (26-0) have a legitimate chance to match those Hoosiers and lay their claim as one of the best college hoops teams of all time if they can win six straight games and a title.

2021 March Madness Bracket Predictions: East Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/16/2021

Despite the NCAA Tournament selection committee’s best efforts, every year there is one Region of Death and another region that looks a bit softer than the rest. This year’s weakest region: the East. And it’s really not even close. On the surface, this bracket looks pretty solid. The SEC (Alabama) and Big 12 (Texas) champions reside in this region, along with the ACC (FSU), Pac-12 (Colorado) and the WCC (BYU) runners up. Throw in Michigan, the Big Ten’s regular season champion, and the numbers support this as a well-rounded, difficult region.

2021 Big Ten Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/10/2021

All season long we’ve listened to members of the bobblehead media fawn over the Big Ten as the Best Conference In College Basketball. That claim is tough to dispute. The Big Ten is loaded this year, as it was last year. And this Sunday as many as nine teams could hear their name called for the NCAA Tournament.

2021 AAC Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/10/2021

The American Athletic Conference hit a high-water mark in 2019. It sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament and nearly had a signature moment for the league when Central Florida almost pulled a colossal upset over Duke. Things have been a lot choppier since then. Connecticut skipped out and returned to the Big East. Wichita State fired its coach under a cloud of controversy. Cincinnati and Temple bid adieu to successful long-time coaches and have joined Central Florida and Tulsa in rebuilding efforts.

2021 Mountain West Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/10/2021

On the one hand, it has been a down year for the Mountain West. Just one team, San Diego State, is currently in the Top 25 and no one has cracked the Top 15. The league is ranked a pathetic 11th this season – behind the Atlantic 10, WCC and Missouri Valley – and they may end up as a one-bid league in the NCAA Tournament.

2021 SEC Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2021

Kentucky has missed the NCAA Tournament just two times in the last 30 years. Make it three times in 31 years. The Wildcats are just 9-15 and have been one of the biggest busts in the country. The fact that they are an afterthought heading into the SEC Tournament goes to show just how bizarre of a season it has been in Southeast basketball.

2021 Pac-12 Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2021

It continues to be a sorry state of affairs for West Coast basketball, with the Pac-12 scuffling along on the fringes of big-time college basketball. They have sent just three teams to each of the last two NCAA Tournaments. And unless someone can get hot and pull some upsets in Vegas, the league may not end up with more than a trio of reps in this year’s Big Dance.

2021 Big 12 Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2021

The Big Ten has been the deepest and most top-heavy league in the country, enjoying all the plaudits that come with the title of “Best Conference in College Basketball”. Yet while the Big 12 may not be able to match the Big Ten in terms of sheer numbers, the Big 12 may be the best pound-for-pound league in college hoops.

2021 ACC Tournament Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2021

It has been an ugly season of basketball in the ACC this season. The league, one of the true powerhouses in college basketball over the past 40 years, is currently ranked as the No. 4 conference in the sport. And I think that’s generous. This has been a sloppy, disjointed season, and the ACC has seemingly endured one embarrassment after another dating back to the start of nonconference play.

Weekend College Basketball Primer
by Robert Ferringo - 2/25/2021

March is just days away. And that means that March Madness is here! The coronavirus pandemic robbed us of the conclusion of conference tournaments, the NCAA Tournament, and all the weirdo, second-tier tournaments last year. So now I feel the pent of gambling energy of two years built up inside of me. And I am ready to unleash the fury during one of the greatest sports betting months on the calendar.

2021 NCAA Tournament Projections and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 2/23/2021

What a mess. The college basketball season has been a disjointed, uneven roller coaster ride through the heart of one of the worst public health crises in the history of our country. But hey, we’ve made it this far. And now the hope is that everything will fall into place so that we can enjoy the conference tournaments and NCAA Tournament that we were robbed of last March.

2021 Super Bowl Handicapping
by Robert Ferringo - 2/4/2021

I am usually the Super Bowl Grinch. Every year just about everyone I know shoots me a text or an e-mail in the two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl with the same question: “Who is going to win?” With rare exception, my answer is usually the same: “How the hell should I know? I’m not a fortuneteller! You shouldn’t be betting big on the Super Bowl anyway!”