• NCAA Tournament: North Carolina, 16-1

• NCAA Tournament: Auburn, 25-1 (loss)

• NCAA Tournament Final 4: Auburn, +550 (loss)

• NCAA Mtn West Conf Champ: Nevada, 5-1 (loss)

• NCAA Baseball Champ: Clemson, 28-1..

• .Stanley Cup: Colorado, 10-1

• NHL East Conf: Boston, +450

• NHL Presidents Cup: Toronto, 8-1.

• MLB: Texas under 89 1/2 wins.

• MLB: Minnesota over 86 1/2.

• MLB: St. Louis over 84 1/2 wins.

• MLB: San Francisco over 83 1.2.

• MLB Most Home Runs: V. Guerrero, 22-1.

• MLB NL Cy Young: E. Perez, 40-1.

• MLB AL Cy Young: C. Ragans, 20-1.

• MLB Most Strikeouts: C. Ragans, 25-1.

• NFL Offense POY: S. Barkley, 30-1

• NCAA Football Champ: Ole Miss, 15-1.

• 4 Team Champs Parlay: Celtics, Avs, Phillies, 49ers, 3368-1

Using History as a Criteria:

• Avoid teams with pre-season odds greater than 22-1, they've won only 7 off 47 times (15%) from 1977-2024 and only 5 of 41 (12%) from 1983-2023.

• A great sweet spot is teams from 10-1 to 16-1, they've won 15 of 47 times (32%) from 1977 to 2023..

• Another sweet spot is teams between 10-1 and 22-1, winning 19 0f 47 times (40%) from 1977 to 2023.

• 30 of 34 teams (88%) that won had preseason projected wins of 9.5 or over (based on a 17-game season).

Our Best Bets:

• Baltimore +950

• Buffalo 10-1

• Detroit 12-1

• Cincinnati 13-1

• Green Bay 19-1

• Philadelphia 20-1

• Won 11 of last 21 games outright 52%

• Covered the spread in 13 of the last 17 and 17 of the last 23

• Avoid teams with pre-season odds greater than 22-1, they've won only 7 off 47 times (15%) from 1977-2024 and only 5 of 41 (12%) from 1983-2023.

• A great sweet spot is teams from 10-1 to 16-1, they've won 15 of 47 times (32%) from 1977 to 2023..

• Another sweet spot is teams between 10-1 and 22-1, winning 19 0f 47 times (40%) from 1977 to 2023.

• 30 of 34 teams (88%) that won had preseason projected wins of 9.5 or over (based on a 17-game season).

Super Bowl point spread favorites win 66% of the time but fail recently versus the spread:

• Win-loss record all-time: 38-20

• Versus the spread all-time: 29-27-2

• Since 2000 versus spread: 6-17, 26%

Super Bowl underdogs by 10 points or more have won a remarkable 36% of games.

•  Win-Loss record: 5-9

•  Versus the spread: 6-7-1​

Spring 2024 Best Bets

Senior Analysts

Pete - Ravens, 9-1

Nate -

"Showtime" - Ravens, 9-1

Reed - 

Kevin - Texans, 16-1

Evan - 

"Shark" - 

Special Situations Analysts

"Hammer" - Packers, 19-1

Chris P. - 

Tyler - 

Super Bowl champs record of repeating the following year as champs:

• Teams repeated 9 times all-time in 57 tries or only 16%, twice in 24 times since 2000 or only 8%.

• No team has won 3 in a row.

• Losing Super Bowl teams returned the following year only 7 times in 57 or 12%.