You can CRUSH a 3-4 with two Tight Ends This is a quick Blog to my Pregame buddies. I want you to take this Blog and apply it to every game that resembles this formula. The hard work is in the secondary and tertiary capping, but the opening screening method goes as follows: Formula :Two Tight End Sets Occupy 3-4 Defenses to the point of neutrality. I told you guys to take the Chicago Bears Team Total OVER... Read more

Just A Little Heads Up. At the end of the 2007 season 25 out of the top 30 individual leaders in TOTAL TACKLES were linebackers . Five of the top 30 were defensive backs ( including #4 Will Dunbar of UAB ). UAB was #114 in Total Defense. The other 4 Defensive backs in the Top 30 in total tackles? *Jordan Lake of Baylor (# 110 in Total Team Defense) *C.J. Spillman of Marshall (# 107 in Total Team Defense... Read more

The defensive line is the lynchpin of every defense. A strong defensive line will force a weaker offense to utilize their tight ends for blocking assignments. A weak defensive line will allow the TE to run his seam routes. When the TE runs free, then the middle linebacker has to chase him, and this opens up the vulnerable heart of the standard 4-3 defensive allignments. A strong defensive line forces a fullback... Read more

High departure rates within the ranks of NCAA football teams creates an expensive problem for the casual bettor. The preseason information mills are inefficient and unreliable.The general media-darlings guess their way through closed camps and various regional pundits do their best to rate conferences that lie far beyond their comfort zone. The result is a Preseason Top 25 that is absolutely incorrect . As an example... Read more

I am not a fan of Jose or the Sox, but there are times when the construction of a strike zone perfectly suits a questionable pitcher . Jose has contrived a 1.27 WHIP over his last three starts and he also threw a 1 hitter over 8 innings against Detroit in his last game . Give or take a few lefties, Detroit pushes a lot of power from the right side of the plate (Just like Milwaukee). Jose is a Righty, and Milly is... Read more

THE GRAND SALAMI REPORT FOR HUMP DAY This report is just a "forecast" of potential outcomes, based on a few simple indicators. It might save you a few minutes of research if I post some of this for you. We have 15 games today and 6 of those games have some of the meanest OVER Umpires calling the shots. Angel Hernandez is "influencing" the Nationals game tonight . He's the guy that screwed up the Tampa/Cleveland... Read more

Note: I just posted the pick alert over my old Blog so that I wouldn't take up space in the Forum: I'd like to apologize for not posting plays, but it wasn't out of some innate need to screw anyone. I've been privately running a 45% win rate (which is not marketable, and not what I'm accustomed to), and it's taken me two weeks to get back on track. Two weeks ago I realized that a sizeable chunk of my system... Read more

Please be careful with Perkins of Minnesota! Perkins is a rare Left Hander who can't pitch to Left Handed batters. His average for the season on the Left is .368 and a quick double-check on his splits from last year indicate that he was almost as bad in 2008 (. 352 BA ) But what about the Leftists for Balto? Roberts, Huff, and Markakis are 11 for 13 as far as reaching the bags with Perkins going 8-13 on... Read more

Vulnerable Teams for Monday Toronto Tallet imploded against KC in his last outing, and the key here is that he has not gotten past the 6th inning against anyone this year. Word on the street is that teams are dialing in on him, and that doesn't bode well for a guy that tends to exhaust 93 pitches by the 5th. Fourteen of 26 Royal batters reached base, THAT'S A SIGN THAT YOU MUST NOT TAKE THE JAYS. But we can... Read more

Embrace an Indian if you can! Laffey Should be able to hold Detroit down Backing Cleveland is never a happy experience, but sometimes you have to go with the facts and let it ride. The Backside? Yeah Cleveland has one of the worst bullpens in recent memory, but I'm almost certain that Perez will be replaced by a little known lefty named Tony Sipp (3 innings 6K's and 1 Walk), and I think we might luck out,... Read more