2011 ACC Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/8/2011

Where have all the quarterbacks gone in the ACC? Last season the likes of Christian Ponder, Ty Taylor and Russell Wilson led a group of ACC signal callers that rivaled any conference in the country. But thanks to graduation and defection the ACC is now staring one of the most inexperienced crops of quarterbacks in the nation.

2011 Big East Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/3/2011

The Big East is the best conference in college football. And not only is it the best, but it has been the best over the course of the last decade. Granted, they are also the nation’s smallest conference. This year, once again, they don’t have any true 2011 national title contenders. They don’t even come close to the championship bling of the SEC. They can’t match the reverential hype of the Big Ten.

2011 Big 12 Football Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 8/2/2011

Victims of the Great College Football Realignment of 2010, the Big 12 will begin this season looking like a college student making a Walk of Shame across the quad after a Friday night of debauchery. The conference was ravaged by the Pac-10 (now the Pac-12) and will play without Nebraska and Colorado. And as a result the entire makeup of the Big 12 has changed.

2011 Texas Longhorns Football Predictions and Big 12 Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

“What the hell just happened?” That had to about sum up the feeling around the 2010 Texas Longhorns. I’m sure that is exactly the phrase that was uttered when they were beaten by 22 at home – as 15-point favorites – to a terrible UCLA team last September. And when they lost by a touchdown at home – as 20-point favorites – to Iowa State.

2011 Syracuse Orange Football Predictions and Big East Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

It wasn’t long ago that eight wins and a bowl win over a BCS school were the standard fare for Syracuse fans. But after four long, cold years at the depths of the college football outhouse, last year’s 8-5 mark and Pinstripe Bowl win over Kansas State felt like order was being restored for one of the proudest, most accomplished college programs in the Northeast.

2011 Oklahoma Sooners Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/29/2011

You’ve heard it a million times: “offense gets headlines, but defense wins championships.” The 2011 Oklahoma Sooners are once again going to try to defy that tried-and-true logic as they hope to ride one of the most prolific attacks in college football to another shot at the BCS Championship.

College Football Season Win Totals Predictions: West Coast Teams
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2011

We already broke down some college football season win totals odds and predictions from the Las Vegas Hilton. That was my “East Coast” breakdown, and today we’re going to take a look at some of the top schools out West and what their long-term prospects are for this season against what the oddsmakers and Joe Public expect.

College Football Season Win Totals Odds and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/26/2011

Every year someone has to be the sportsbook that unveils the first betable, beatable numbers of the football betting season. Routinely, that is the Las Vegas Hilton, which prides itself in putting out the first numbers of the year for the sharps, sharks and big-action syndicates on The Strip to take advantage of. This season was no exception, as Sunday night the Hilton produced the first college football season win totals of the year for 35 of the top programs in the country.

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Predictions and BCS Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/19/2011

Everything…but. Everything…but; that’s the best way to describe the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide. Right now they have everything they need to win the national championship, their second title in three years. That is they have everything…but a quarterback.

2011 Georgia Bulldogs Football Predictions and SEC Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/19/2011

The Georgia Bulldogs have an eight-day season. Not eight games: eight days. Because in the eight days between Sept. 3 and Sept. 10 we’re going to find out just about everything we need to know about how the Georgia season is going to go.

The Week in Baseball Betting By the Numbers
by Robert Ferringo - 7/19/2011

I’m going to do something a little different this week for MLB By The Numbers. I’ve been having some conversations with people lately about whether or not it’s good baseball betting strategy to blindly fade certain pitchers, regardless of circumstance (moneyline, matchup, etc.). And the primary issue is whether or not this method can yield a profit in the long term.

2011 Ohio State Buckeyes Predictions and College Football Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/18/2011

From Willie Lyles to Dana Holgorsen to Jim Donnan, it has been a banner year for college football’s scumbags. Top programs from across the country – USC, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Auburn, and West Virginia, among others – had to brace themselves amidst accusations, sensationalism, investigations, NCAA sabre rattling, and worse. But Tressel and the mess at Ohio State set the tone and was by far the biggest story of the college football offseason.

2011 Wisconsin Badgers Football Predictions and Big Ten Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 7/14/2011

College football teams don’t usually improve themselves in the offseason via free agency. However, the Wisconsin Badgers have solidified their position as Team To Beat in the new-look Big Ten over the summer because of the unlikely addition of one of the nation’s top quarterbacks, Russell Wilson.

Robert Ferringo MLB Mid-Season Awards
by Robert Ferringo - 7/12/2011

The all-star break is a collective breather for the baseball betting world and a rare respite for the gambling world. Let’s take a quick look at the first half of the Major League Baseball season and dish out some mid-season awards:

MLB All-Star Game Odds and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 7/12/2011

Much of the news about the 2011 Major League All-Star game has involved the musical chairs of who is playing and who is not. In all, 16 players selected for the All-Star Game won’t suit up, and over the past four days there has been a dizzy number of players who have been voted in, scratched, replaced, and named late.

2011 NFL Schedule: Top 10 Divisional Games
by Robert Ferringo - 7/8/2011

To this point, the 2011 NFL schedule is still intact. And if the rumors coming out of the current labor talks are true then the odds of an abbreviated schedule this season are pretty slim. That is great news for fans and NFL bettors alike and it means that we can start to turn our attention from salary floors and wage scales to rivalry games and divisional clashes.

MLB Handicapping: Tips and Advice on Betting Doubleheaders
by Robert Ferringo - 7/8/2011

It is not a stretch to say that no one in baseball likes doubleheaders. The players dislike putting forth that much effort in one day. Managers cringe at the thought of having to burn their bullpens. Umpires loathe having to sit out there for a double-dip, especially the guys that have to work the plate in one game and the field in another. The vendors and ballpark employees essentially pull a double-shift with little to nothing to show for it.

The Week in Baseball Betting By the Numbers
by Robert Ferringo - 6/27/2011

The game of baseball is an allegory of pre-industrial America and is the elemental sport in our national consciousness. However, it is also a very sophisticated mathematical construct, a symphony of statistics and a physical interpretation of integers that create the foundation of the sport. Baseball is a perfect dichotomy and every action within its natural framework - from pitch selections to hitting matchups to player positioning – is dictated by the digits.

2011 NBA Draft Grades
by Robert Ferringo - 6/24/2011

A shot of rail vodka, with a warm, six-month-old beer chaser. That’s pretty much what the 2011 NBA Draft was like. In a draft class that was shockingly short on talent, NBA teams were forced to man up and chug a disgusting combination of limited potential and “he has absolutely no chance of making an NBA roster”.

2011 NBA Mock Draft
by Robert Ferringo - 6/23/2011

Worst. Draft. Ever. Last year’s college basketball season was a complete and utter shit show. I mean, we had a Final Four that included Butler and VCU, along with a Connecticut team that probably would have finished seventh in the Big East back in 2006. The reason for such an unpredictable year: the lack of high-end star talent.