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NFL Week 17 Player Props and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/29/2011

It has been a pretty successful regular season in terms of betting Bovada NFL props, although several will be resolved this week as many weekly free NFL predictions were yearly totals. One I will be heavily rooting for this week, for example: Tom Brady to throw four touchdown passes against Buffalo to reach 40 (I recommended he would reach that number). There are numerous others.

NFL Totals Betting: Week 17 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/28/2011

Points were a bit harder to come by in Week 16 of the regular season NFL schedule with nine games staying ‘under’ the total, six games going ‘over,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. The Christmas NFL free picks were no gift with a 0-2-1 record on our top plays. This downturn brought our year-to-date record for our best bets on the total line to 27-19-2.

NFL Picks: Cowboys at Giants Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/27/2011

There is only one game on the Week 17 NFL schedule that features a win-and-you-are-in or lose-and-you-stay-home playoff scenario for both teams and that’s the Dallas Cowboys (8-7) at the New York Giants (8-7), which was thus flexed to the prime-time Sunday night game (all games Sunday this week; Fox was decidedly displeased to lose this game, which should be a ratings bonanza).

NFL Totals Betting: Week 16 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/22/2011

For the second week in a row the total line slightly favored the ‘over,’ with nine games going ‘over’ the total, six games staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’ in Week 15 of the NFL season. Christmas came early with a perfect 3-0 record on last week’s top free sports picks, bringing our year-to-date record for our best bets on the total line to 27-17-1.

NFL Picks: San Diego Chargers at Detroit Lions Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/20/2011

This is a huge game in terms of playoff implications on Saturday at Ford Field between surging San Diego and the host Lions at 4:05 p.m. EST on CBS. Let’s start with Detroit (9-5). If the Lions beat or tie San Diego, they clinch their first playoff spot since 1999. The Lions could also clinch a playoff spot with a loss AND if the four teams trailing them in the wild-card standings -- the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals -- all lose.

NFL Week 15 Player Props and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/15/2011

I didn’t address any Week 15-specific props in last week’s column, so nothing to recap there. I do hope, however, that you did bet on the Bodog props on whether New England’s Tom Brady and New Orleans’ Drew Brees would throw at least 40 touchdown passes this season (‘yes’ on both was the recommendation). Brady added three last week and is up to 33 with three games to go, while Brees added two and is at 32.

NFL Totals Betting: Week 15 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/14/2011

The total line slightly favored the ‘over’ in Week 14, with nine games going ‘over’ the total, six games staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. After enduring a couple of down weeks, we evened things out with a 1-1-1 record on our top plays. Our year-to-date record through 14 weeks of the NFL schedule now stands at 24-17-1.

Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Bucs Predictions and NFL Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/14/2011

It’s our first Saturday night NFL game of the season – and then nearly all of the Week 16 games are on Saturday (since Sunday is Christmas), followed only by Sunday games in Week 17 – this week, and the Dallas at Tampa Bay matchup features two coaches who appear to have tenuous futures with their clubs.

NFL Picks: Patriots at Broncos Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/14/2011

It’s our second straight week of Tebowmania here at Doc’s, but how in good conscience could I not preview Sunday’s New England-Denver matchup between the NFL’s golden boy quarterback entering the season, reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady, and the guy who seems to have taken Brady’s place as the apple of the media’s eye: Tim Tebow? And the two couldn’t possibly be more different in style of play.

NFL Week 14 Player Props and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/8/2011

It was a so-so Week 13 in the NFL in terms of my player prop recommendations. Let’s start with Tim Tebow, and I swear this is the final time I address him this season (well, unless the Broncos keep winning and then I’ll have to preview another Denver game, as I did this week’s Bears-Broncos matchup).

NFL Predictions: Bears at Broncos Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/7/2011

As much as I tried to avoid it, it is clearly time to address the Tim Tebow phenomenon in the NFL, so the Sunday preview this week is Tebow’s surging Broncos hosting the sliding Chicago Bears in a game that could set back passing in the league for years.

NFL Totals Betting: Week 14 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 12/7/2011

The total line has now balanced itself out for three straight weeks in the NFL, with eight games going ‘over’ the total last week, seven staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. Unfortunately, our current downturn continued for a third-straight week as well with a 1-2 record on our top plays. Our year-to-date record through 13 weeks of the NFL regular season now stands at 23-16 for these free NFL picks.

NFL Predictions: Packers at Giants Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 12/1/2011

Those 1972 Miami Dolphins players who are waiting to break out the champagne as they always do when a team gets deep into an NFL season unbeaten but finally suffers a loss may have their last, best chance to sip the bubbly this Sunday when the desperate New York Giants host the unbeaten Green Bay Packers in realistically the Pack’s biggest test remaining on the regular-season NFL schedule.

NFL Week 13 Player Props and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/1/2011

I took last week off in the props story department due to Thanksgiving, but I am back this week and there should be no more interruptions for the rest of the NFL’s regular season. And, dang it, I’m going back on a promise I made to myself: I will address some Tim Tebow props that Bodog has listed for this week – Broncos are at Vikings on Sunday. Here are the three:

NFL Totals Betting: Week 13 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 11/30/2011

For the second week in a row the oddsmakers struck a perfect balance on the total line with eight games going ‘over’ the total and eight games staying ‘under’. Unfortunately, we endured a second-straight sub-par performance with a 1-2 record on our top plays. Our year-to-date record for these free NFL picks still remains well over .500 at 22-14.

College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 14
by David Schwab - 11/30/2011

This is the final week of games in college football before this year's bowl season gets under way in mid-December. It is also one more opportunity to capitalize on the tremendous value that can be found in the college football point spreads if you know where to look.

SEC Championship Game Predictions: LSU vs. Georgia Odds and Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 11/29/2011

Considering how strong the SEC has been this year and how significant it promises to be in the BCS Championship game, it is really surprising how anticlimactic this championship game is. Most people are very confident that the Tigers will roll through this game. If they do that they will play for the National Championship.

Pac-12 Championship Game Predictions: UCLA at Oregon Betting Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 11/29/2011

If ever there was an argument against dividing conferences into divisions this is it. Instead of a Stanford vs. Oregon rematch that would be at least a little interesting we are left with unquestionably the worst conference championship game ever played because USC was not eligible for the postseason and the rest of the Pac 12 South was too bad for words.

College Football Picks: West Virginia at South Florida Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/28/2011

It’s the final Thursday night ESPN game of the regular season this week and while West Virginia-South Florida doesn’t look like much on paper, it does have Orange Bowl implications – although you can bet the Orange Bowl would love to get out of its ties with the lousy Big East because it’s going to get another mediocre team.

NFL Totals Betting: Week 12 Over and Under Predictions
by David Schwab - 11/25/2011

Before last week’s games, 28 of the previous 43 NFL games stayed ‘under’ the total. Week 11 finally brought a bit of normalcy to the total line with six games going ‘over,’ seven games staying ‘under,’ and one game ending in a ‘push’. Another trend that fell last week was our 10-week winning streak on the total line with a 1-2 record on our top plays. Our year-to-date record still remains healthy at 21-12.