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Big Five Bets

OK, so I went 2-3 last weekend and I have to admit I was a bit nuts by going with 5 favors and so much chalk. I should have known better and this

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Week 2 Daily Fantasy Picks

QB Stafford - Looked good in game 1 and will continue that trend Sunday. Eli Manning - puts up huge numbers at home and has a great matchup. Saints will be one of

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Sportsmanac

NFL Power Rankings - Week 2

The Seahawks barely beat a supposedly inferior team in Miami yet they still are the top team according to the GE model I devised. However, the delta between their GE number and the

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College

Stanford - USC Analysis

To me, the Stanford upset in USC in 2007 symbolized a changing of the guard for the college football landscape on the West Coast. The mighty USC Trojans fell at home for the

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StartSit

Yay or Nay Week 2

Yay or Nay Week 2: Last week was a new experience; I’ve never written a column like this so I wasn’t too hard on myself for some of my picks that

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Monday

Monday Night Football Wrap Up

Here are some key takeaways from the two games last night starting with the late game. The 49ers pretty much played mistake free. This is a sign of very good coaching so kudos

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NFL

Best NFL Bets Today & Tomorrow

Call me crazy but the five games I love most today are all favors. Yes, it is tough to expect so many favors to cover but Week 1 of last year saw favors

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DraftKings

Who To Play in DraftKings/FanDuel Today

If you read some of my earlier posts, the GE number was explained. It essentially provides a good measure of how effective a team's offense and defense is. The stats used right now

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DraftKings

Daily Fantasy Advice for Week 1 (Sunday Games Only)

QBs Derek Carr - It should be a high scoring game in New Orleans this week and Carr should put up great fantasy stats. Matt Stafford - I love starting quarterbacks in games

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Picks

Week 1 Picks Straight Up

I am going to post my picks every Thursday: I will only be picking the winner, not the scores. Panthers vs Broncos : Broncos Buccaneers vs Falcons: Buccaneers Bills vs Ravens: Bills Bears vs

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Fantasy

Yay or Nay Week 1

Yay/Nay Week 1: This article is not really reinforced by normal stats, mostly by the eye test and good/bad feelings QB’s I say Yay to Week 1: Russel Wilson, Seattle

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Carolina

Prediction for Thursday Night Football

Expect tonight's game to be low scoring. Both Carolina and Denver sport solid defenses and the game is being played in the thin air at Mile High. My linear regression model has Carolina

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NFL

Pre-Week 1 NFL Rankings (total team performance)

The rankings shown in this post display the total GE number for each team. The GE number is calculated by looking at each team's offense and defense separately. For offense three key football

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NFL

Pre-Week 1 NFL Defense Rankings

For example, a GE number of +1 means that a team's defense, for the most part, is above average compared to the rest of the league and is worthy of top 5 or

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NFL

Pre-Week 1 NFL Offense Rankings

For example, a GE number of +1 means that a team's offense, for the most part, is above average compared to the rest of the league and is worthy of top 5 or

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Welcome to Sportsmanac!

Later this week, we will publish predictions for this week's games (straight up and against the spread) and a ranking of all teams before the first regular season game kicks off in Denver!

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