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Week 13 NFL Teasers Advice: Best Three for Basic Strategy Teases
by George J Monroy - 11/29/2012

Welcome back to Doc’s Sports for another round of basic strategy teaser analysis. Last week basic strategy teasers went 4-1. They are 51-8 on the season and have been winning at 86 percent rate. The teasers are also producing a 50 cent profit for every dollar bet on the proposition and have been excellent value wagers over the course of the season. Here is a look at the best three basic strategy teaser plays for Week 13.

NFL Totals Betting: Week 13 Over and Under Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 11/28/2012

For the second straight week in the NFL, the “under” play had a slight advantage at 8-7-1. However, over the course of the last six weeks the oddsmakers have continually nailed these lines with with 41 games going “over,” 41 games staying under and three games ending as a “push”. I came up short last week with my top three picks at 1-2 to fall to 14-11-1 over the past nine weeks. This means it is back to work digging deep into this week’s matchups to try and unearth the value in the total line.

Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 13 vs. Cowboys
by Dave Schwab - 11/28/2012

The Philadelphia Eagles will play their second straight prime time game this Sunday night when they face off against the NFC East Division rival Dallas Cowboys under the bright lights of Cowboys Stadium. The game is slated to get underway at 8:20 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on NBC.

MAC Championship Predictions: Kent State vs. Northern Illinois Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 11/27/2012

There have been some good Mid-American Conference Championship Games in recent years, but Friday’s matchup at Detroit’s Ford field between East champ Kent State (11-1, 8-0) and West champ Northern Illinois (11-1, 8-0) is easily the biggest title game in the MAC’s history. In fact, this is just the second time in the 67 years of the MAC that it has had two 11-win teams in the same season. The last was in 2003 when Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green did it – those teams were both ranked when they met in the MAC title game and Miami routed BGSU behind a quarterback named Ben Roethlisberger.

College Football Picks: Louisville at Rutgers Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/27/2012

Thank God the automatic bowl berth given to the Big East Champion will go away once college football shifts to a four-team playoff the season after next. While the ACC/Notre Dame, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC all have tie-ins to the major bowls, the Big East doesn’t. Instead, the highest-rated qualifier (as chosen by a committee) from a “Group of Five” non-AQ conferences will get one spot in the major bowls.

College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 14
by Dave Schwab - 11/27/2012

The regular season in college football has given way to all the conference championship matchups that are on this week’s slate. While the betting public will be fixated on the major conferences such as the SEC, Big Ten and Pac-12, I will continue to focus my attention on the top teams in the mid-majors. Even these championship games tend to stay well “under the radar,” which can add a tremendous amount of value to the current line if you know where and how to look.

NFL Week 12 Player Props, Leaders Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/23/2012

After the Thanksgiving Day results, you can probably rule out the New York Jets and Detroit Lions from the playoffs – I wonder about the futures of coaches Rex Ryan and Jim Schwartz (with his boneheaded challenge, although it is an incredibly stupid rule). Thus, I would say the only teams to officially forget about the postseason are the two mentioned above, the Eagles, Panthers, Rams, Browns, Jaguars, Raiders and Chiefs. With that said, let’s look at some Sportsbook.ag props on potential playoff chances for a few teams.

College Football Predictions: Notre Dame at USC Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/22/2012

Let’s see, the nation’s premier Catholic university and most popular and polarizing football team in the country is No. 1 in the BCS standings for the first time ever and can play for its first National Championship since Lou Holtz’s 1988 squad. Do you think ABC executives are a tad giddy about Notre Dame’s prime-time matchup with Southern Cal on Saturday night? If it’s not the highest-rated regular-season game of the year I will be stunned, and it should draw immense betting interest as well as the Irish will play in the BCS National Championship Game with a win over the preseason title favorite Trojans.

College Football Picks: Florida at Florida State Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/22/2012

It’s really too bad that Florida State had such a sad nonconference schedule, or the No. 10 Noles might be where the No. 4 Florida Gators are in the BCS standings. Here is FSU’s nonconference schedule so far this year: Murray State, Savannah State and a vastly disappointing South Florida team. Do you realize that FSU played outside the state of Florida just three times all year? You can’t totally blame the schedule on Florida State as it was supposed to play West Virginia in Week 2 but the Mountaineers bought their way out and FSU had to fill in with FCS Savannah State.

NFL Predictions: Packers at Giants Betting Odds and Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 11/21/2012

At the base, this game is a showdown between the team that won the NFC last year and the team that should have won it. It’s also a chance for the Packers to avenge the ugly loss that cost them their shot at the Super Bowl that virtually everyone thought that they would win. More significantly for now and beyond, it’s a contest between two teams very capable of winning the NFC this year, and it will therefore be a good measuring stick of where both teams are at and what we might expect in the last five weeks of the season.

Weekly CFB Mid-Major Betting Report: Ohio Bobcats Week 13
by Aaron Smith - 11/21/2012

The Ohio Bobcats had very lofty goals for this season. After a 7-0 start they were on track to reach those expectations. However, the Bobcats have lost three of their last four games. After last week’s loss to Ball State, Ohio knows they won’t be playing for a MAC Championship this season. The Bobcats play another tough conference foe this Friday on the road at Kent State.

Weekly Philadelphia Eagles Betting Picks: Week 12 vs. Panthers
by Dave Schwab - 11/21/2012

In a battle between two teams desperately looking for a win, the Carolina Panthers and the Philadelphia Eagles are set to clash this Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. Kickoff for this NFC Conference matchup is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

College Football Picks: TCU at Texas Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/20/2012

When Texas A&M announced it was bolting the Big 12 for the SEC, the University of Texas told the Aggies that their heated rivalry would be over. And UT has stuck to its word. So Thanksgiving Night will look a bit different this year as TCU steps in for A&M in the only college game of the day. But the Frogs will not be the annual Thanksgiving opponent for UT (which wants to keep that game because of its national prominence).

College Football Power Rankings: Ferringo 15
by Robert Ferringo - 11/20/2012

The Ferringo 15 strikes again! Our teams went 8-4 against the spread last week, with three clubs either on a bye week or having played a mid-week game. That 8-4 ATS mark was good enough to turn a profit, and that is now seven of eight winning weeks for the teams listed in the Ferringo 15.

College Football Picks: Mid-Major Game Day Predictions Week 13
by Dave Schwab - 11/20/2012

We have reached the final full week of the college football regular season. And while the majority of the betting public continues to focus its energy on the top matchups on each week’s slate, I continue to focus my attention on the mid-majors. These games tend to stay well “under the radar,” which can add a tremendous amount of value to the spread if you know where and how to look.

CFL Picks: Grey Cup Odds and Betting Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 11/20/2012

I preview a lot of games every year, but this one is more special than most. I can see the home field of the Calgary Stampeders, McMahon Stadium, from my office window. It is close enough that I can stumble home with ease no matter how many strong Canadian beers I have had during the game — something I have proven more than once. These are my hometown boys.

NFL Week 11 Player Props, Leaders Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/16/2012

If you are in a fantasy football league and own both Cincinnati Bengals receiver A.J. Green and Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, you no doubt are in first place. Green and Foster have two pretty incredible touchdown streaks going right now: Green has caught a touchdown pass in an NFL-high eight straight games while Foster has scored any sort of touchdown (rushing and receiving) in a league-high 11 straight games.

College Football Picks: Stanford at Oregon Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 11/15/2012

It’s very simple for the human No. 1 and BCS No. 2 Oregon Ducks on Saturday: Beat Stanford and the Ducks will play in the Pac-12 Championship Game for the second year in a row. They would host Saturday’s USC-UCLA winner on Friday, Nov. 30.

NFL Odds: Ravens at Steelers Betting Predictions and Pro Football Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 11/15/2012

There are a lot of good rivalries in the NFL. Over the last five or six years, though, the list of rivalries that have matched the wars that the Ravens and Steelers have played is very short. These teams really don’t like each other, and they have had a stranglehold on the AFC North. As is so often the case when these teams meet, this game will have a big say in which team ultimately wins the division.

College Football Predictions: BYU at San Jose State Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/15/2012

While San Jose State is calling this week’s game one of its biggest in years and a chance to get some national attention ahead of next week’s showdown with Louisiana Tech, I’m not sure really how interested BYU will be against the Spartans in the final college football kickoff on Saturday night.