gambling Stories - Barking Carnival
The League - Bets I've Made, Season and Week 1
First and foremost, all those with a wagering bent should immediately stop reading this and head over to gameanalysts.com and check out the stellar work of VegasKyle and the gang over there. It’s all CFB-focused at this moment, but VK is an elite college handicapper who gets his picks locked in as...
Vegas Always Wins: How Loss Of Betting Slip Sinks Hopes Of Pro Gambling Career
I’m sitting in a crowded sports book with Vegas Kyle and Kevin taking in the NCAA Tournament. He really is called Vegas Kyle. Mostly because he’s a professional gambler, his name is Kyle, he lives in Las Vegas, and I can’t be bothered to learn his last name. More on him another day. ...
Bracket Breakdown Gambling Tips
So I'm listening to Bill Simmons' podcast and he has on Chad Millman, Vegas Insider. Basically, Chad's job is to interact with the guys who set the line, professional gamblers, sharps, and wise guys. He had some interesting comments about the tournament: By the end of the year, markets are fairly...
Bowl Preview 29: The Fiesta Bowl
Where: Glendale, AZ When: January 4th, 7:00 Central on ESPN Line History: Opened at 7 and has bounced between 7 and 7.5 since the open. Total is 54.5. Trips Rights' Blind Line: I made TCU a 10 point favorite. The Computer’s Pick: The computer is torn between the ypp model and power ratings...
Bowl Preview 11: Advocare V100 Independence Bowl
Where: Shreveport, LA When: December 28, 4:00 Central on ESPN Line History: Opened at 7 but you can find 6.5's. Total is 67. Trips Rights' Blind Line: I made Georgia an 8 point fave. The Computer’s Pick: I think the 87 standard deviations caused it to blow up.. Conference Strength:...
Bowl Preview 9: The Emerald Bowl
When a collection of unmotivated fast twitch muscles takes on a motivated cellular mass made up of mitochondria, grit, and want-to, who wins? I'd be interested from answers from anyone but Jimmy the Greek and Al Campanis. But that aside, we'll get to see a pretty good case study tonight in San...
Bowl Preview 8: Meineke Car Care Bowl
From Trips Rights' latest bowl game preview: The 2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl, for one year anyway, should be renamed Former Dallas Cowboy Defensive Coordinator sponsored by Baby Dolls Bowl. The only thing that would give this game less imagination and innovation would be if Dave Campo and Chan...
Preliminary Look at Bowl Lines
I do this every year right after the bowl lines come out. It's as ritualistic as Scipio's use of bukkake tags in his team previews. Well, almost. I consider it the first step in my handicapping process and it serves the purpose of identifying my own gut feeling about line value. Call it the eyeball...
Weekly Update - College and High School
Quick post to provide links to the weekly updates. College Football Ratings and Adjusted Stats Homepage College Football EWP Ratings College Football Power Ratings Texas High School Football EWP Ratings Texas High School Football Power Ratings Also, if you're as big a degenerate as Trips right, the...
Barking Bets: Week 8
The weekly Barking Bets post has moved to its new home at Fading Las Vegas. This week's picks can be found here.
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