It’s time for our Weekly NFL Free Pick at Wannamakeabet.com. For my money, the NFL Divisional Round playoff weekend is the best two days of football each year. Just four games. The top seeds coming off of a bye week and are (in theory) well rested. Winners to the conference championship games for a chance …
2020 NFL Wildcard Weekend Predictions
Happy New Year and we hope you are all getting ready for the 2020 NFL Wildcard Weekend Predictions. The NFL postseason kicks off on Saturday with the third and fourth-seeded divisional winners hosting the sixth and fifth-placed wildcard sides respectively. In theory, Wildcard Weekend should feature superior teams hosting lesser sides, but what might happen …
NFL Wildcard Weekend Betting: Strength Of Schedule is Everything
Here’s a tip for NFL Wildcard Weekend betting. Strength of schedule matters. The theory is actually quite simple; since 2002, teams with a higher Strength of Schedule (using Sagarin’s Ratings) went a remarkable 44-24 straight up and 45-21-2 against the spread (68% winners) regardless of point spread and location. Even more amazing is that teams …
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NBA Betting Predictions for Christmas Day
The NBA has made Christmas Day its own in recent seasons, and NBA bettors will be treated to a five-game marathon again this year. Let’s take a look at a few of these marquee matchups and what we might expect. Boston Celtics at Toronto Raptors The Christmas Day card opens at the home of the defending champion Toronto Raptors, who …
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NFL Week 17 Betting Scenarios
NFL Week 17 is always a fascinating handicap with playoff spots up for grabs, teams jockeying for seeding and home field advantage. While others playing for no other reason other than they are required to. Below we give an early NFL week 17 primer on every game and its implications. Tennessee at Houston – Even with …
College Basketball Betting – Saturday Features
On Saturday afternoon, college basketball betting will be treated to an intriguing pair of non-conference matchups. At noon, the no. 2 Kansas Jayhawks visit no. 18 Villanova in Philadelphia. Following that game, no. 5 Ohio State faces off against no. 6 Kentucky in Las Vegas. Let’s take a look at these two huge encounters, and what we might expect from …
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Free NFL Pick – Houston at Tampa Bay
In all of my years following the NFL, I can never remember a single position on the same team suffering from the exact same injury with three different players in a matter of days. Incredibly, this is what has happened with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiving core. Our free NFL pick for this week …
Understanding ‘Strokes Gained’ in Golf Betting
With the Presidents Cup behind us and the PGA Tour season just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time for an educational overview about golf betting. “Strokes Gained” has gone from a relative unknown statistic to a common part of golf terminology amongst fans, media and especially bettors. But what is …
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College Football Betting – Strength of Schedule Matters
When it comes to College Football Betting – Strength of schedule matters and has long been a go-to college football bowl game handicapping tool. For a number of years, if you simply played on the team with the tougher SOS, you often came out ahead. But nowadays, betting into a simplistic angle like that blindly …
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