Miscellaneous Articles

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/30/2009

Last weekend was another rare, rare down week for the F-15. It’s been pretty stunning actually; as for the first time in Ferringo 15 history the teams in this space had back-to-back collective losing weekends. For the season that is now just a 22-25-1 mark. However, I still feel like it’s a long season and that the value will increase as the season tracks on.

This Week in Betting, A-Z
by T.O. Whenham - 9/28/2009

. The Texans can look brilliant - as they did in Week 2. They can look terrible - like they did in week one. Or they can look like a perfectly bland, underwhelming team like they did in this loss. Matt Schaub was solid, but he floundered down the stretch when it mattered most. The biggest concern for Houston, though, has to be the run defense - it is the wost in the league, and it was torched for the third straight week.

NFL Sunday Predictions - Week 3
by Josh Nagel - 9/25/2009

Two big games on the NFL schedule this weekend and I think we’ve found two strong situations to cash in on. One of them is a “hot” team coming off a big upset against a surprising 0-2 disappointment. The other is a divisional rivalry game that involves revenge and the world champions. Should be a big weekend and here are two game previews and predictions:

NASCAR: 2009 AAA 400 Odds and Predictions
by Christopher G. Shepard - 9/25/2009

This will be the second of NASCAR’s ten-race playoff format known as the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Gamblers should keep in mind that seven different drivers have won at Dover in the last seven races so the trend has leaned toward prior performance has little influence over repeat results.

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/23/2009

Although Washington pulled one of the biggest upsets we’re likely to see this year and Clemson came through with a Game of the Year winner for us, overall it was a terrible weekend for the F-15. Our clubs went just 4-9-1 last weekend and in most cases were rocked by their opponents. After two straight winning weeks for the F-15 that is a rare loser. On the season our squads are just 17-17-1 heading into Week 4 so it’s time to shake some things up and make some drastic changes. With that in mind, here is this week’s Ferringo 15:

College Football Handicapping: Ole Miss Opens SEC At USC
by Matt Severance - 9/22/2009

Ole Miss is shining on defense despite not getting much from star defensive end Greg Hardy, who sprained his ankle in the opener and sat out last week. But Hardy, a potential first-round NFL pick and one of the best pass-rushers in the country, is being called probable to play Thursday night against South Carolina. The host Gamecocks are 3-point dogs on BetUS.

NASCAR: 2009 Sylvania 300 Odds and Predictions
by Christopher G. Shepard - 9/18/2009

Despite not leading the NASCAR standings during the regular season Mark Martin, thanks to four regular season wins, moved up 10 spots to first place with 5,040 points as the 10-race playoff known as the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins this Sunday at 1 p.m. at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Sylvania 300.

NFL Sunday Predictions – Week 2
by Josh Nagel - 9/17/2009

Delhomme’s days as the starting signal-caller in Carolina might be numbered as well. While it’s rarely appropriate to point the blame on one player for a loss, it’s fair to say Delhomme single-handedly took Carolina out of the game against the Eagles. He had a fumble returned for a touchdown and gave the Eagles a short field on many other occasions.

College Football Weekly Predictions - Week 3
by Alan Matthews - 9/17/2009

That’s more like it! We evened our season record at 3-3 on the sides last week thanks to Kansas covering the -12.5 against UTEP and West Virginia covering the 6.5 it was giving East Carolina in a 35-20 win. The loss was North Carolina, which beat Connecticut but fell a few points off a cover.

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/16/2009

The Ferringo 15 is my Profit-Power Rankings, a ladder or hierarchy based on which teams are the most profitable on the field. I’m not trying to give you some other nonsensical, random, speculative power rankings based on my own biases and conjecture. So instead of Ohio State moving up or down the polls on the basis of how badly they blew out Northwestern the previous Saturday, I’m going to rank each team based on past, present, and projected future achievement against the spread.

2009 WNBA Playoffs Predictions
by Vegas Sports Informer - 9/16/2009

Tonight the 2009 WNBA Playoffs start. I know football season is here and the baseball playoffs are coming, but don’t forget about the women on the hardwood. This Wednesday the ladies take the court and eight teams make their stride for the WNBA trophy. Last year’s champs, the Detroit Shock, had trouble just making the playoffs this year so we could see them exting early.

College Football Weekly Predictions - Week 2
by Alan Matthews - 9/11/2009

OK, it’s Week 2 of college football season, and Week 1 wasn’t exactly a huge success. I didn’t realize that Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen has now morphed in Joe Montana, and the Irish bombed Nevada, which seemed a lock getting more than two touchdowns. As for the other loss … well, it sure looked like a win until Memphis (+17) folded in the fourth quarter last Sunday at home against Ole Miss.

NASCAR: 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Odds and Predictions
by Christopher G. Shepard - 9/11/2009

Kyle Busch has “One Last Race to Make the Chase” and the make up the 37 points that separates Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 car from the 12th and final spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup as NSCS visits “America’s Premier Short-Track” at Richmond International Speedway Saturday night at 7 p.m.

NFL Sunday Predictions – Week 1
by Josh Nagel - 9/10/2009

Patience might be the central theme of this Week 1 contest. One club, the Houston Texans, is running out of it, while the other, the New York Jets, might have to exercise some as a rebuilding team. Although the Texans have improved under the watch of coach Gary Kubiak, he has failed to bring them a playoff berth, let alone a winning season, in his three years at the helm.

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/9/2009

The Ferringo 15 is my Profit-Power Rankings, a ladder or hierarchy based on which teams are the most profitable on the field. I’m not trying to give you some other nonsensical, random, speculative power rankings based on my own biases and conjecture. So instead of Ohio State moving up or down the polls on the basis of how badly they blew out Northwestern the previous Saturday, I’m going to rank each team based on past, present, and projected future achievement against the spread.

College Football Weekly Predictions: Week 1
by Alan Matthews - 9/3/2009

This is the first of a weekly predictions article here on Doc’s (look for it normally on Tuesday or Wednesday), where I will give you a few NCAA football games a week with free picks on sides and/or the totals. I’m also going to try and give you an idea of what way the general public is leaning and why.

College Football Power Rankings - The Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 9/3/2009

Polls. Our culture is permeated by swarm of focus-group happy vagrants who value style over substance. And in the sports world there is no area where this plague is more rampant than college football. My former sports editor back in New York used to say that college football is nothing more than a glorified beauty pageant.

2009-10 Purdue Boilermakers Football Predictions
by Doc - 9/2/2009

Longtime Coach Joe Tiller has retired and Purdue’s era of explosive offense and strong quarterbacks has ended as well. Danny Hope takes over and the cupboard is bare. There’s NO question Coach Tiller changed the landscape of the Big Ten and made it much more enjoyable conference to watch, but his recruiting lately was questionable and it appears he got out at the right moment.

2009-10 Mountain West Conference Football Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/1/2009

The Mountain West, long the thorn in the side of the BCS conferences since forming after a split from the WAC in 1999, continues to maintain the firepower at the top of the conference as some of the major BCS leagues out there. Notably, teams like Utah, TCU and BYU have proven themselves in non-conference games, bowl games and even in conference games, staging some must see TV on Thursday night football.

2009-10 WAC Football Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 9/1/2009

Simply put, the Western Athletic Conference is relevant and has remained relevant because of Boise State. Not including the Mountain West, no other team in college football outside of the BCS conferences and Notre Dame generates any attention at all. Hawaii had their moment in the sun two years ago but that blew up in their face in the George Dome.