general thoughts on handicapping as...

season progresses....this is the time of the year when i do worse, teams are changing..giving up emotionally..or finding second wind after a rough start..any thoughts on teams to look for improvement/ falling off cliff???tia..gl

Easy advice is bet almost nothing but favorites in colleges except in the traditional rivalry games and side with the favorites more in the NFL. Depth is what makes the game change and the favorites, especially in college, cover because their second string is stronger and they can cover for injuries a lot better. Further they have more motivation to win on average and their opponents are just waiting for their rivalry games. In the NFL the injuries are important in that teams rotate in players to keep them fresh and often they have minor injuries or second stringers that may not get noticed, but their lack of fresh players in this day of specialization can hurt them in ways you don't think about. One thing to notice though is that in the NFL you really aren't out of it until about week 13 unless you are horrible so don't play that angle for awhile.

key ideas...did you note last week that nebraska,florida,oklahoma all covered large numbers and miami missed 42 by 4 with 38 pts whitewash...nfl really tricked me last week ...angles went to hell...of course you can always find another angle that woulda won...gl