Football Handicapping: Ugly Dogs Have Plenty of Bite

Some folks don’t even like LOOKING at ugly underdogs, never mind finding the courage to take the points. But don’t hold your nose and pass on every ugly looking team on the board, because that’s why the point spread was invented. Too many bettors play favorites. I recall one bettor telling me his rule was to NEVER play a bad team. With all due respect, this is the wrong way to look at handicapping. Dogs offer just as much value as favorites. A successful handicapper knows how to... 

Week 4 College Football Predictions

Every week world champion handicapper Michael Blake will offer his college football analysis on 10-20 games.  This is a great opportunity for everyone to look at specific games that he has targeted for you.  These games can be considered ‘free picks’ if you like.  All you have to do is look at spread at the time analysis is released and projected score of the game to draw your conclusion of the game.  Sometimes, these plays eventually make the grade as star-rated plays that go to his... 

College Football Handicapping: Sandwiches and Scheduling

College and pro football offer a variety of great match-ups every weekend. A good handicapper, though, doesn’t just look at individual and team match-ups. There are other factors surrounding a game that can be equally important to identifying a winning spread cover, such as scheduling and road travel. For instance, both Iowa and Iowa State opened the season against smaller schools and both failed to cover. Iowa State barely beat Northern Iowa as 10-point chalk while Iowa rested the starters... 

Oklahoma at Florida. St Preview: A Tussle in Tallahassee

On Saturday September 17th in week 3 of the College football we have our second biggest game of the season going as Florida St. From the ACC is taking on the Big 12 Oklahoma Sooners . These two prolific teams met last year in Oklahoma and the result was a humiliating one for the Seminoles. They were pasted pretty good by the Sooners 47-17. The Sooners won the stats battle with 487 yards to 345 for the Seminoles. Oklahoma did most of their damage through the air in that one. The Seminoles get Oklahoma... 

College Football Handicapping Exploiting Weaknesses

Strategically, football has similarities to war. Commanding officers use photographs of rival positions in an attempt to identify weaknesses in the enemy lines, then plot their offensive strategies accordingly. A smart commander doesn’t have his men go head on at the enemies’ strongest defensive positions – you exploit the weak spots. Football coaches devise Xs and Os in their game plans and watch endless hours of film. Any soft spots will help them exploit weaknesses in an attempt to find... 

College Football Analysis – Week 2

Every week world champion handicapper Michael Blake will offer his college football analysis on 10-20 games.  This is a great opportunity for everyone to look at specific games that he has targeted for you.  These games can be considered ‘free picks’ if you like.  All you have to do is look at spread at the time analysis is released and projected score of the game to draw your conclusion of the game.  Sometimes, these plays eventually make the grade as star-rated plays that go to his... 

The Three E’s of College Football

College football has kicked off, the best time of the year for sports bettors. There are extra elements that you don’t find in pro football. Such things as homecoming games, or annual rivalry battles (Oklahoma/Nebraska, Florida/Florida State, USC/UCLA) on the schedule. All of this can be summed up in the Three E’s of college football, something to keep in mind when analyzing and handicapping games. Emotion: Unlike pro football, college football players have varying degrees of energy when... 

College Football Free Analysis – Week 1

College Football Week 1 Every week world champion handicapper Michael Blake will offer his college football analysis on 10-20 games.  This is a great opportunity for everyone to look at specific games that he has targeted for you.  These games can be considered ‘free picks’ if you like.  All you have to do is look at spread at the time analysis is released and projected score of the game to draw your conclusion of the game.  Sometimes, these plays eventually make the grade as star-rated... 

Jim Feist’s 2011 College Football Top 1-20

20. Southern Miss: The Golden Eagles (8-5 SU/6-6 ATS in 2010) have an uptempo attack under Coach Larry Fedora, with a strong offense (36.8 ppg) and a below average defense (29.5 ppg allowed). They return senior QB Austin Davis (20 TDs, 6 INTs, 3,103 yards), plus speedy senior WR Kelvin Bolden (722 yards) and sophomore RB Kendrick Hardy (903 yards, 6.5 ypc). This offense averaged 200.8 yards rushing and 252.5 passing, one of the best in the country. Southern Miss usually plays a tough schedule, but... 

College Football Difference Maker: Depth!

The college football season gets underway in two weeks. An area of college football dynamics that’s important to understand early in the season is depth. This doesn’t refer to how many star players a team has, but whether a team is stocked or thin with above-average players at a lot of positions. Large schools with a long tradition of winning football are usually heavy with depth. These would include Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Nebraska and defending national champion Auburn. For the most... 

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