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Source As we approach the 2025/26 playoffs, the 2025 NFL futures market is already running hot. Bettors and analysts are drawing lines in the turf, trying to forecast which franchises have that mix of roster balance, health, and hunger Continue reading NFL Futures 2025: Analyzing Which Teams Are Gaining Odds Momentum
I went to the racetrack with some friends last week for opening day. 100th season for the Tampa Bay Downs. It was quite the spectacle, hundreds of us dolled up, celebrating horsey season, cashing winners or crumpling tickets, all of Continue reading Week 13 College/NFL Picks: The Storms, they are a Risin’
Before getting to this week’s edition of fruitlessly picking games against the spread, I thought I’d kick things off with a little history lesson. According to the internet, the origins of the phrase “back to the drawing board” can be Continue reading Week 12 College and NFL Pick ‘Em: Darrell Hardens our Hearts
We’re at the point of the NFL season where we ask ourselves, “Can you believe it’s already Week 11?” If you haven’t asked a friend that lately, you’re clearly not as obsessed as you should be about football and should Continue reading Week 11 College/NFL Pick ‘Em: D Gets Heavy
Bloodbath. That bad Vin Diesel superhero movie. Oh no, wait, that’s Bloodshot. Bloodbath, that super cheesy ‘80s action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Wrong again, that’s Bloodsport. Bloodbath, that Sylvester Stallone movie where he’s a forest-dwelling Vietnam veteran who just Continue reading Week 10 College/NFL Pick ‘Em: Swoops Sweeps In
“Does Chauncey Billups know about this poker game?” I asked jokingly as I walked into the clubhouse. The old men sitting around the table looked up at me, briefly, not all of them, as if they couldn’t be bothered. Every Continue reading Conversations from the Course: Chauncey Billups, Florida Coaches and Going All In
Let’s discuss “the hook” for a moment, shall we? It’s generally annoying to hear an amateur gambler use this expression, offering up verbiage like “seven-and-the-hook” or “I lost by the hook,” so what does it mean when they say that? Continue reading Week 8 College/NFL Picks: The Wife and the Hook
My entire batch of college buddies are wholeheartedly, unabashedly and unashamedly delirious, and not solely because of all the partying we engaged in during our undergrad years and beyond. No, my fellow fan base, without a single exception other than Continue reading Lose, Rinse and Repeat: Entitled Gator Football Program Set to Stuck on Suck
I’ve had a few requests for updated standings so here we go. So far, our celebrity guests are holding their own, while Kevin is scrounging up spare change to pay off his bookies before they send Moose and Rocco. This Continue reading Week Seven College NFL Picks: Long Lost Lisa Lays the Lumber
“Every time he goes to a different team, it seems like he learns more about the league and more about himself” – Nate Burleson on Baker Mayfield When I think about Baker Mayfield, I inevitably think of Colin Cowherd. Those Continue reading MVP Candidate Baker Mayfield Still Putting People in Their Place
