August 13, 2004
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August 13, 2004
Issue #6
Weekly Publication
Tabel of Contents:
Quote of the Day
NFL Preseason - Week 1
View from the Nose Bleed Section
Free Pick Section
Quote of the Week:
"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket."
- Kin Hubbard
NFL PRESEASON - WEEK 1
Some trends to look at for the first week of preseason:
Dallas is 3-16 and New England is 5-0 in the first week of preseason.
New England has played under 11 of the last 13 while Tampa Bay has played under 10 of the last 13 during week one.
Teams that have had played one game are only 28-26-1 against teams that have not played a game yet over the past 10 years. Many bettors jump on the team that has played one game versus the team playing their first game. Be careful which team you want to jump on. You have two choices this week, but no solid trend just a myth that the team that has played one game is a lock.
Games in the first week are not a lock to go under like many people think. The over has hit 54% of the time the past nine years in week 1. Percentage just went up slightly with Denver and Washington going over.
From The Nose Bleed Section:
Thanks Matt Mauck for making Taylor look good and making us look bad.
Why the hell would you go for a tie coach? Kick the damn extra point and we would have gotten the cover. Glad we didn’t take the under too.
It is so true that the backups make or break handicapping in the preseason. One major reasons that we only offer our free picks, not our guaranteed picks during this time.
It will be Revenge versus Revenge when the Vikings take on the Cardinals this weekend. The Vikings where kicked out of the playoffs by the miracle 4th down play by the Cardinals last year while Coach Green gets his first game back under the belt against his former team. If it was a regular season we would suggest that you should take the over.
Free Picks:
Tampa Bay -4
Jacksonville +2.5
New Orleans OVER 37
Results for our Free Picks last week: Denver +2 - Loser
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