2016 South Florida Bulls Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2016

South Florida was a big-time surprise in the AAC last season, doubling Las Vegas' projected season win total while closing the regular season with seven wins in their final eight games. Willie Taggart, formerly of Western Kentucky, seems to have found his footing in Tampa and will be looking to increase his team's win total for the fourth time in four seasons at the helm.

2016 Temple Owls Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2016

Temple was yet another team that experienced unprecedented success in 2015. Fielding one of the most experienced teams in the country, a squad that went 2-10 just two seasons prior exploded for 10 wins and became a staple of the Top 25 in October and November. Temple's season also included a marquee win over Penn State to open the year.

2016 Memphis Tigers Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2016

Memphis is hoping that the loss of quarterback Paxton Lynch and coach Justin Fuente doesn't signal the swift and sudden return of the Tigers program to national irrelevance. Memphis is just a year removed from a banner season in which the Tigers beat Mississippi and had a four-week cup of coffee in the Top 25. But they now face the tall order of maintaining momentum under a new regime.

2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2016

The Golden Hurricane were a pleasant surprise in Philip Montgomery's first season in Tulsa. The former Baylor offensive coordinator was able to build on what has been a proud, successful program by getting Tulsa back to a bowl game following a two-year absence. Last year's six wins topped the meager five that they put up in 2013 and 2014, and now Montgomery is looking to continue the ascent.

2016 SMU Mustangs Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/28/2016

Call me crazy, but I'm bullish on this team despite the fact that SMU has gone just 3-21 straight up over the past two seasons. I bet on SMU often last year, and I can tell you that, despite a couple disappointments among some big scores, this team is a lot more competitive than it seems.

2016 Houston Cougars Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/27/2016

Tom Herman's Houston Cougars were a revelation in 2015, with the ex-Ohio State offensive coordinator and rookie head coach leading UH to a 13-1 record. Houston won American Athletic Conference regular-season and conference titles and wrapped the season up with a blowout win over Florida State in the Peach Bowl. Houston finished the year ranked No. 8 in the country.

2016 Navy Midshipmen Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/27/2016

The 2015 campaign was as good as it gets for the Midshipmen. Navy won 11 games and finished in the Top 25, was a major factor in the program's first-ever season in a conference, slammed Pittsburgh in a bowl game, swept the other service academies (including a 14th straight win over Army) and watched quarterback Keenan Reynolds become college football's all-time rushing leader.

2016 Tulane Green Wave Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/27/2016

Man, Willie Fritz has a lot of work to do. Fritz was able to field an exceedingly competitive team at Georgia Southern the past two seasons while helping usher the Eagles program into the FCS. But Fritz was building on what Jeff Monken had built at Georgia Southern, with both coaches utilizing the triple-option offense.

2016 Cincinnati Bearcats Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/26/2016

Tommy Tuberville looks to continue his destruction of one of the most underrated and undervalued football programs in the country. Cincinnati is a team that, prior to Tuberville's hiring in 2013, had gone 65-26 over a seven-year stretch while serving as a springboard for Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones.

2016 Connecticut Huskies Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/26/2016

I cannot fathom how a college football team can average less than 18 points per game for an entire season. Not in the way the sport is presently constituted, where teams seemingly fall out of bed and score 35 points and 51-45 shootouts are the rule rather than the exception.

2016 Central Florida Golden Knights Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2016

Here is, without a doubt, a 100 percent guaranteed prediction for this upcoming college football season: Central Florida is going to have a much better season in 2016 than they did in 2015. That prediction is without question a certainty mainly because things can't possibly go much worse than last year for the Golden Knights. Central Florida, which just two years ago was beating Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl to wrap up a 12-1 season, went 0-12 last year.

2016 East Carolina Pirates Football Predictions and Season Win Total Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 7/25/2016

Look, I've had a fun time laughing at Riffin McNeill over the last several years as one of the most clueless head coaches in college football. Seriously; most of the time the guy looked like he was asleep in the passenger seat on his way home from Ruby Tuesday's. But even I was surprised that East Carolina pulled the trigger and fired him this offseason. I can't say that I think it was a poor move by ECU brass. But even I, a staunch detractor, has to admit that the Pirates have been a pretty feisty team the last four seasons under McNeill's guidance.

2016 Euro Cup Soccer Preview: Several Doc's Sports Handicappers Offering Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 6/3/2016

The biggest event of the summer sports schedule won't even be played in the United State. The UEFA Euro 2016 Soccer Championship is one of the most prestigious international soccer tournaments in the world. This year's Euro 2016 will take place from June 10 to July 10 in France and features teams from 16 of the most futbol-crazed countries on the planet.

2016 Copa America Preview: Several Doc's Sports Handicappers Offering Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 6/3/2016

I don't know if any other sport engages our feeling of national pride like soccer. I know that USA basketball is a source of pride for the United States. But that's different. That's our sport. We are supposed to dominate international basketball and we do. And decades of unencumbered success have created a sense of inevitability with basketball.

Raiders Proposed Move to Las Vegas a Sham Perpetuated by NFL Owners
by Robert Ferringo - 5/20/2016

Spoiler alert: the Raiders aren't moving to Las Vegas. Look, we're in football purgatory right now. Mini-camp action just doesn't get the blood pumping and training camp is still a couple months away. And every year there are one or two garbage stories that dominate the mindless, awkwardness-breaking football small talk circuit that permeates summer barbeque season. This year the Raiders' "potential" move to Las Vegas is one of those stories, and in recent weeks we've been inundated with articles, think pieces, and even odds on whether or not the move will actually happen.

2016 Preakness Stakes Post Positions and Expert Betting Advice
by Robert Ferringo - 5/19/2016

I know this is going to sound like a gross oversimplification, but the fastest horse is generally the horse that wins the Preakness Stakes. Earth-shattering analysis - I know. But the fact is that the Preakness is the shortest of the three Triple Crown races. The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes rely on a combination of running style, in-race strategy, and post positioning. But the Preakness is an all-out sprint and a total free-for-all that rewards raw, intense speed.

MLB Handicapping and Betting Advice: Fading Older Pitchers
by Robert Ferringo - 5/10/2016

Baseball is a game of inertia. It is habit and routine, followed by more habit and routine, as players grind against a relentless 162-game schedule that is equal to playing two full, back-to-back NBA or NHL seasons. The same can be said for baseball bettors, who careful and methodically try to whittle away some profit from the sportsbooks through the amazing amount of baseball games played in a given year.

MLB Handicapping: Expert Baseball Handicapper Explains Quality Start Pitching Stat
by Robert Ferringo - 4/22/2016

Quality means different things to different people. Some people think you can get a quality steak at Applebees. Yet for others, anything less than the bone-in rib eye at American Cut is dog food. Quality, like most human experience, is subjective.

MLB Handicapping: White Sox Off To A Surprise Start
by Robert Ferringo - 4/18/2016

But the "other" team in Second City, the White Sox, have quietly gotten off to a strong start of their own. The White Sox are 8-4 and currently tied for first place in the American League Central. Granted, it is early; way too early to jump to any solid conclusions over what this season will hold. But the more I look at this White Sox team the more I think that Chicago could be the epicenter of the baseball world this summer.

Sports Betting Advice for Visiting Las Vegas, Nevada
by Robert Ferringo - 4/6/2016

Heading to Las Vegas for a live sports gambling weekend is something that every bettor needs to attempt at one point in their lifetime. Beyond the simple fun of Sin City, a weekend in the desert is an endurance trial; a test of wit and wills against the heat, the night, the clock, and your own body's natural limits. And this battle takes place in a maze that is set up for and populated by people whose sole aim in life is to separate you from your money.