How’s it going everyone? I hope you all are having a fantastic summer. Let’s get right to it for some football talk.
Some pre-season things to note before you start betting in the regular season:
NFL
1. Coaching, see which team got new coaches, offensive coordinators, and defensive coordinators. All this matter because they will dictate how the team perform. So just because Team A (that has a fancy big brand name) with crappy coordinators, may not perform like years in the past, and vice-versa.
2. Free-agent signings & trades. It’s good to note how a team has decrease or increase it’s value by the pieces it added in the off season. For example, 49ers added Nick Bosa, Dee Ford, Jason Vernett, and Kwon Alexander. 49ers were like bottom 5 in defense last year, and they added pieces all OVER the field. That’s a huge bump up, so don’t expect them to suck this year. An example for a team like Patriots, will be without Gordon, Edelman, and Gronk, so they decrease a bit in offense, but they ARE still the Patriots and they find a way but it may not be as productive.
3. Intangibles. So what is this? Well things that aren’t physically measurable. Take Hype, for example, the Cleveland Browns is like LOADED with hype. They had a great end to their season last year, added some big names, and got some big hype going for them, but with hype comes inflation, so their spreads won’t be as attractive this year. The opposite of hype is overlooked underrated teams. Some example of this is the Raiders who looked extremely terrible last year (they are on hard knocks HBO) and Tampa Bay Bucs who got shredded on defense. These teams should be improved by better coaching and talent.
CFB
For College Football, remember we are betting on a bunch of kids to win us money. So in order to succeed in this field, we need to invest on vastly superior coaching and talent of the kids.
Coaches to consider:
Clemson
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
Michigan
Notre Dame
Texas
Nebraska
Northwestern
Coaches to beware:
Auburn (Notorious for stinking)
Ohio State (No more Urban Meyers, will it be the same?)
Schools with high upside:
Kansas was stinking the last decade or so in college football, but they won a few games last year and just recruited Les Miles as their head coach. Big things to come perhaps. Watching a few games of Kansas last year, they got some talent in that team, just need someone to put it all together and make the kids better.
As you all know, I will be joining the Westgate super contest this year. I have been wanting to join this for a long time now and finally have the opportunity to. If you want to learn more about it, search up westgate super contest or go to their website. I also have details on my IG post. It’s a $1500 buyin which is a good chunk, but if you’re a good capper and able to make the top 100, you’ll get cash out. Would love to make it into the top 10. Thanks to everyone that has bought some equity. This will be a fun ride and I hope to flip that investment for you.
I leave you all with this great quote to live by for the season.
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