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Date added: 10.05.08
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Weekly Look at NCAAF Title Chasers
The last 2 weeks has now seen 11 teams vanish from the ranks of the unbeaten. Georgia, USC, Florida, and Ohio St, thought to be the top 4 coming into this season have now dropped from the ranks of the unbeaten. Their were 3 more causalties this week, as S. Florida, Uconn, and Kentucky suffered their first defeats. There are now only 15 teams left ... read more
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Date added: 09.28.08
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Weekly Look at NCAAF Championship Chasers
We have now completed five weeks of play in NCAA Football, and the perfect teams are down from 26 a week ago to 18 this week. The National Championship game which was supposed to go through Florida, USC, Georgia, or Ohio St., now looks like it will be determined elsewhere, as all 4 have suffered a loss. There are now just 13 BCS schools left unblemished, ... read more
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Date added: 09.23.08
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Mr. East's Weekly Look Inside NCAAF Title Chasers
Well the season is now 4 weeks old, and the undefeated teams went from 33 a week ago, down to 26 this week. The Non-BCS Conference teams are still carrying 6 Cinderella hopefuls, while the BCS Conferences have 20 teams holding onto the goose-egg in the loss column.This week has just 2 guaranteed departures from the list of 26, as the YCU vs Oklahoma ... read more
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Date added: 09.22.08
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What You Should Know Aboout MLB Playoffs
I have had a great deal of success in major league baseball, as I'm about to cap off my 7th straight winning season, and look forward to the post-season, where the success has been equal. It would be a bit disconcerting not faring well in baseball, since I played professionally, and certainly have a vast knowledge of what transpires, emotional, mentally, ... read more
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Date added: 09.18.08
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WHY THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE UNFAIR
The NBA made a decision 22 years ago to change the format of its 7 game series playoff rounds from 2-2-1-1-1, to 2-3-2. It has made the playoff games totally unfair. The decision was made purely for the economics of travel. By creating a 2-3-2 format it ensured that the travel was limited to 2 trips during the course of the series if it was extended ... read more
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Date added: 09.14.08
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WORLD SERIES OR FORMALITY?
Unless you have been in a coma, there is no doubt your aware of the edge the American League has had on the National League. Is this the year that the NL finally gets redemption? If you look at interleague play, the All-Star game, and prior years, one would be hard pressed to reach that conclusion. The AL once again stormed through interleague ... read more
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Date added: 09.09.08
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PLAY OR FADE AFTER THE MONDAY NIGHT BLOWOUT?
Anyone that has followed me, realizes I am big on situational handicapping, as well as fundamental handicapping. I am always on the alert to situations pertaining to a game that are meaningful, show an elongated history of performing well, and areas where an otherwise efficient market goes inefficient. So let's get into a little conversation about ... read more
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Date added: 09.01.08
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NFL: The Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs
I mentioned in many of my articles, that if you want to win in the efficient market of sports wagering, you have to continuosly search out inefficiencies within the marketplace. It is something I pride myself on, it is tedious work of countless hours, but the return is substantial. Here is one more gem that is in my arsenol, and although it yields ... read more
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Date added: 08.31.08
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NFL: When The Worst becomes The Best!
The NFL has many surprises, and I'm going to reveal a big one in this article. The mindset of the sports gambler is one of favorites, teams that score a bunch of points, and overs, when a good offense is on display, or better yet, when 2 offenses take the field. There is a certain comfort zone putting money on a team that performed at a high level ... read more
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Date added: 08.30.08
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What makes a professional handicapper good?
There are many who read this that always wonder what makes a professional handicapper different from anyone else trying to pick games in what is considered an efficient sports market. There are many reasons, but only one good one. I'll begin by identifying the marketplace for sports wagering as one that is very highly efficient. This is what I mean ... read more
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Date added: 08.29.08
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DID YOU EVER WONDER ABOUT A GOOD OR BAD PRESEASON?
Many have coined the NFL Preseason, as a bunch of meaningless games, that generate little interest, and is just a stage for borderline players to make a case to secure an NFL roster spot. While that may be the truth, the overall performance of teams, may very well merit some consideration of these results, because there are some longterm trends, that ... read more
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Date added: 08.28.08
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NFL TOTALS RESEARCH AND SYSTEM
While it is very infrequent you can sift through 20 years of data and come up with something that shows a very consistent high frequency of winning, and is based on logic, not coincidence. I'd like to share my thoughts on one such discovery, and it has proven it's validity over time. I guess the best place to start is with the mindset of both the oddsmakers, ... read more
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Date added: 08.28.08
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BACKFITTING DATA
For those of you that have never heard the term backfitting, let me give you a descriptive idea as to what is meant by backfitting. Backfitting data takes place when added conditions are placed upon a data set to improve overall performance. As an example, let's say a data set consists of one premise: The Green Bay Packers are 74-63 ATS at home since ... read more
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Date added: 08.28.08
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COACHES AND THE NFL-X WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
The NFL-X is a place where many bettors shy away from, but there are also opportunities here, just like there is in any sport. When a line is posted it is meant to consider a lot of things, and one of those things is the fact that these games are exhibition games, and what you see for lines in these games, are often in the 2,3, and 4 range, very seldom ... read more
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Date added: 08.28.08
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NFL PRESEASON SYSTEM
Many shy away from the NFL-X for the simple reason that since the games don't count they are too unpredictable. I have to admit, I'm not one that subscribes to that philosophy, if there is a pointspread issued, then certain things will always show value along the way. I've decided to share some very hard and fast systems and thoeries, that have been ... read more
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Date added: 08.28.08
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RUNLINE SYSTEMS
One of the most overlooked areas of wagering in baseball, is playing a team to win or lose on the runline as opposed to the moneyline. It is mostly because gamblers are pretty headstrong in their understanding and beliefs, and it becomes hard for them to measure just how much value there is in a runline wager vs a more conventional moneyline wager. ... read more
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Date added: 08.14.08
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CASHING IN ON THE NFL-X
Many think their is no value playing meaningless games in the NFL Preseason, or wonder how can you base anything on teams that are experimenting with new systems, evaluating players, etc. There is some truth to the facts, but no truth to the fact there is no value in playing these games, If you look toward the right situations, the right opportunity ... read more
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