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2019 NFL Week 9: Detroit Lions @ Oakland Raiders
We think Matt Stafford and the Lions receiving corp are the key to a Detroit cover on the road SUnday afternoon, and we are taking the field
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Nov 3, 20191 min read


2019 NFL Week 8: New York Giants @ Detroit Lions
Our power rankings framework favors the Lions by 8.5-10 points versus the Giants at Ford Field Sunday. As such, we are comfortable laying th
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Oct 27, 20192 min read


2019 NFL Week 6 Monday Night Football: Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers
We are selling a traveling Lions team off a week's rest, as our power rankings work highlights considerable value with the home team, an
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Oct 9, 20192 min read


2019 NFL Week 2: The Ideal Spot to Fade the Public
It has been observed that fading the public, or taking the opposite side of a wager as the vast majority of bettors, has been a profitable a
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Sep 14, 20193 min read

2019 NFL Sunday, Week 1: Favorites Look Overvalued
Our power rankings framework highlights the a whopping eight plays for the inaugural Sunday of the 2019 NFL season. We describe below macro-
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Sep 8, 20192 min read


2018 NFL Week 10: Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears
Our power rankings composite gives the Bears somewhere between a 2-6 point edge when they host the Lions this morning. Further, we cite seve
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Nov 11, 20182 min read


2018 NFL Sunday Week 4: Trends and Picks
Heading into week 4, the output of our power rankings composite model inspires plenty of action. We have whittled down the focus games thoug
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Sep 29, 20184 min read


NFL Week 6: Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Our power rankings factors agree on nine Sunday games. The following graphic illustrates each of our wagers, the actual vigs we incurred, th
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Oct 14, 20174 min read


NFL Week 5: Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Our power rankings factors agree on six ATS picks for Sunday, and our computer simulation work highlights other three games. The following g
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Oct 8, 20174 min read


NFL Week 4: Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Last week we noted that road teams were favored in 11 of week 3's 16 match-ups. Heading into week 4, that trend has reversed and squads
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Sep 29, 20175 min read


NFL Week 3: Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Our power ranking work has generated 11 ATS picks for the third NFL Sunday of the season. We are backing five away teams and five squads at
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Sep 24, 20174 min read


NFL Week 2 Monday Night Football: Detroit Lions @ New York Giants
Detroit Lions +3 -105 @ New York Giants
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
September 18, 2017, 5:30PM Pacific
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Sep 18, 20172 min read


NFL Week 14 Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Last week started off white-hot. We correctly backed the Vikings +3 Thursday Night, and then the Chiefs, Bears, Bengals and Broncos all...
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Dec 11, 20163 min read


NFL Week 12 Turkey Day Action: Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings +3.0 (-130) @ Detroit Lions Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan November 24, 2016, 9:30AM PST We like the Vikings to extend...
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Nov 24, 20161 min read


NFL Week 9 Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Our 5-3 week 8 performance improves our record picking ATS winners to 38-31, for a just better than a 55% win rate. The Bills and Cards...
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Nov 5, 20161 min read


NFL Week 8 Sunday AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Through the first seven weeks of the season, our published against the spread picks are 33-28, for better than a 54% win rate. While this...
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Oct 29, 20162 min read


NFL Week 4: Sunday's AGAINST THE SPREAD Betting Guide
Our nine ATS picks for week 4 NFL Sunday appear below. The line is not listed yet for Buffalo at New England, but if our approach...
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Oct 1, 20162 min read


NFL Week 2: Sunday's TOTALS Betting Guide
The OVER surprised last week with an uncharacteristically strong start to the NFL season -- 9-7, per VegasInsider.com data (we discussed...
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Sep 18, 20161 min read


Feb 6 NCAAB Action: Still Riding Our UNDER Bias
After Thursday's 29-31-4 showing, the UNDER extended its advantage with a 5-3-1 performance on Friday's light college basketball...
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Feb 6, 20161 min read


Jan 29 NCAAB Action: Two 'Good' Misses Thursday Imbue Optimism
Our picks finished a disappointing 1-2-1 yesterday, but we are not particularly disheartened. In fact, we regard two foregone paydays as...
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Jan 29, 20161 min read
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