CFB
RETURNING STARTER ANGLE WEEK 3 (2011)
Many years ago I received a newsletter
from Mike Lee, a sports handicapper who just recently passed away in the past
few years. I’m not sure if he came up with this Returning starter angle or if
he was just passing it along but it has really been a nice addition to my own
personal handicapping arsenal. He had said in his newsletter that the previous
year the angle had hit above 70%. I was skeptical but I started following the
angle and the next two years it achieved the 70%+ mark again. In recent years
the angle has not been as strong but still profitable.
The Returning Starter angle is as
follows: Play On: Any team returning five or more net starters against their
opponent. I use Marc Lawrence’s Playbook Yearbook for returning starter
information. Go down the list and compare each team’s returning starters. An
example from the 1st week would be Mississippi State vs Memphis.
Mississippi State has 15 starters returning for Head Coach Dan Mullen while
Memphis returns only 9 starters for Head Coach Larry Porter. That’s a
difference a 6 returning starters in favor of Mississippi State. Mississippi
State won the game easily by a score of 59-14 in the Thursday night opener.
Let’s take a look at this week’s
returning starter angle and see if it can produce us another winning week. Keep
in mind several other factors should go into your handicapping methods, so be
sure to use this as an addition to your overall handicapping formula. We’ll put
returning starters in parenthesis.
Week 1 Results only 2-6 ATS and Week 2
were 6-5 ATS. We’ll keep a running total
for the season.
Auburn (6) vs Clemson (13) Play On:
Clemson
Mississippi (14) vs Vanderbilt (19)
Play On: Vanderbilt
Northwestern (16) vs Army (11) Play On:
Northwestern
Washington State (17) vs San Diego
State (12) Play On: Washington State
Idaho (13) vs Texas A&M (18) Play
On: Texas A&M
UTEP (12) vs New Mexico State (17) Play
On: New Mexico State
Utah (12) vs BYU (19) Play On: BYU
Louisiana Monroe (19) vs TCU (11) Play On: Louisiana Monroe
Hope this helps you find some extra
winners this week! Keep in mind the Rocketman has won 13 of 15 years overall in
football in his history and 14 out of 15 years in all sports combined in his
history as a Sports Analyst! Be sure to get on board this week with us! I have 7 College Football plays going on
Saturday!!
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