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.   Last week the angle only went  5-5 overall for the week in College Football, 7-6 2 weeks ago but three weeks ago the angle went a very nice 8-1 89% ATS. 

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 a couple weeks ago would be Nebraska vs Kansas State.  Nebraska has 17 starters returning for Head Coach Bo Pelini while Kansas State returns only 12 starters for Head Coach Bill Snyder.  That’s a difference a 5 returning starters in favor of Nebraska.  Nebraska won the game easily by a score of 48-13 last Thursday night. 

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.

UCLA (12) vs Oregon (17)  Play On:  Oregon

North Carolina (19) vs Miami Florida (14)   Play On: North Carolina

Marshall (14) vs East Carolina (7)  Play On:  Marshall

Mississippi (9) vs Arkansas (16)  Play On:  Arkansas

Kent State (16) vs Bowling Green (7)  Play On:  Kent State

Nebraska (17) vs Oklahoma State (10)  Play On:  Nebraska

LSU (10) vs Auburn (15)  Play On:  Auburn

Hawaii (12) vs Utah State (17)  Play On:  Utah State

Ball State (17) vs Toledo (12)  Play On:  Ball State

Air Force (10) vs TCU (16)  Play On:  TCU

San Diego State (17) vs New Mexico (11)  Play On:  San Diego State

Western Kentucky (18) vs Louisiana Lafayette (13)  Play On:  Western Kentucky

Florida Atlantic (12) vs Arkansas State (19)  Play On:  Arkansas State

                Hope this helps you find some extra winners this week!  Keep in mind the Rocketman has won 13 of 14 years overall in football in his history!  Be sure to get on board this  week with us!  Rocky has a TOP RATED 5* CFB play for Friday night, two TOP RATED 5* CFB plays for Saturday and a Top 4* CFB BEST BET for Saturday.  Rocky has also hit 80% in the NFL the past 3 weeks.  Rocky will have at least one NFL play for Sunday.