First thing to do is align yourself with an advisor who shares the same philosophies.
For instance.....
Seems to me that the sabermetrics handicappers are excellent in baseball. The nature of the baseball season lends itself to primarily data based handicapping so during baseball I tend to follow guys like Gill Alexander.
Football, especially the NFL, seems to be much more in the present, much more prone to swings of momentum and a study in emotion as well as hard data. Guys like Marco understand this very well and therefore I'll follow Marco during the football season.
Good topic.
Carpe Diem -
Joe D