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College Football Teams Exceeding Expectations in September
College football’s final weekend of September is ahead, and we’re seeing some early season surprises and teams exceeding expectations. Along with early season success comes adjustments in power ratings and betting lines at the sportsbooks, and the key to handicapping and evaluating teams early season success is to dig deeper into the stats, schedules and performance and not focus on won/loss records and media hype. We’ve been ...
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NFL Players, Fans and Bettors Going Ballistic and Competition Committee is More Concerned
Four more roughing the passer penalties during the Buccaneers and Steelers game Monday night brought the total to 34 through 3 weeks. That displeasure and chaos created by some of those controversial roughing the passer calls has the NFL competition committee scheduled to speak on a conference call next week to review.
More penalties has resulted in more points through 3 weeks of NFL action, as scoring ...
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Handicapping and Analyzing Stats – NFL Inside the Numbers Week 3
Throughout the NFL season, I go inside the numbers and review weekly box scores, stats, game recaps and more after watching many of the NFL games. For over a decade, I have kept a proprietary database of statistical information and utilized relevant rushing numbers, statistical guidelines and situations to better assist me in sports investing and providing point spread winners.
You can read my weekly Fairway’s ...
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Fairway’s Football Forecast – NFL Week 3 Parlays, Picks and Predictions
Throughout the NFL season, we'll post pro football plays and parlays with a focus on underdogs. Like our weekly college football parlay for profits underdog picks and plays, we'll take a similar approach in the NFL. However, with fewer games each week, finding four underdogs to join Fairway's Foursome is far more challenging. Still, we'll Chip-in our thoughts and analysis, and perhaps modify our course management ...
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The Week 4 college football pick series continues, where we are looking for value plays and underdogs in NCAA football. Fairway's Football Forecast examines four games looking for a maximum payout and adds additional handicapping and betting insight, along with recent results, performances, perceptions and adjustments in power ratings and price.
Identifying College Football Underdogs and Parlays for Profit
A strong Week 3 on these pages showed a 3-1 result isolating ...
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BYU (+23.5) over No. 6 Wisconsin Headlines Week 3 Upsets in College Football and a Big Week for Fairway's Followers
Here's the Week 3 upset report I provide at BetAmerica.
"Well, that was fun," said Cougars coach Kalani Sitake after BYU shocked Wisconsin, 24-21. BYU was rewarded in the rankings, cracking the coaches poll at No. 24.
Byu's 24-21 win at Wisconsin as a 23.5-point underdog wasn't the only shocker Saturday. Akron (+21) embarrassed another Big Ten opponent in a 39-34 win at ...
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Fairway's Football Forecast - NFL Week 2 Parlays, Picks and Predictions
Throughout the NFL season, we'll post pro football plays and parlays with a focus on underdogs. Like our weekly college football parlay for profits underdog picks and plays, we'll take a similar approach in the NFL. However, with fewer games each week, finding four underdogs to join Fairway's Foursome is far more challenging. Still, we'll Chip-in our thoughts and analysis, and perhaps modify our course management along ...
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Identifying College Football Underdogs and Parlays for Profit
Losing week 2 and a tough pick-6 in the closing minutes last week turned our No. Illinois +10.5 pick from an easy winner into a late loser, 17-6. Utah had the ball inside their own 20 yard line leading 10-6 with less than 3 minutes to go, but couldn’t get a first down to run out the clock. A punt and 40-yard pick-6 turned the tide. Line shopping at the sportsbooks is always important, as most still won with the line moving to ...
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