The question that I am asked the most at this time of the year is "Hey Greg how many Bowl Picks are you going to have?" My answer is always the same. "I don't know, the card will determine that." Games/Picks find me, I don't find them. How confusing is that? The fact is I have all the data I need with a very strong database, I have all the support from the 2 guys that work with me, I know generally how lines are going to move, but these Bowl Games very often have many twists along the way that often can't be predicted upon until we know for certain that everything is "OK."
Player suspensions, players doing stupid things, coaches that are Lame Ducking, and some that are not Lame but Limping. Yes, there is sometimes the "Let's Win it for the Gipper" situations. But often exiting coaches or coaching staffs have bigger and better things on their mind, like their next job.
Teams/Coaches also have different views on how important Bowl Games are, how much to prepare, how much to just enjoy. It is our job as handicappers to discover these things and in doing so the word "Patience" comes to mind. I/We actually do that during the regular season as well and that makes our volume low. The Bottom Line is that we will only play CLEAR EDGE Games this Bowl Season. That's what we did during the regular season, but the process will be more involved and different, but the same.
Our Approach most likely will produce 14 to 15 (That's a Guess) Clear Edge Plays. This whole season saw 53 and we won 34 of them and in fact are 39-19 on the last 58 Regular Season Plays. Bowl Season should be good for us, but I can't promise that.
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