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Oct 18 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
Some notes, numbers and thoughts on this week in CFB. #BearBytes
Home teams have won eight of the last nine regular season Top 5 matchups with the lone loss being Ohio State’s loss to Michigan in 2022...
Oct 3 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
Some notes and numbers on this weekend of College Football. #BearBytes
Only two teams have played at least three games against P4 competition and won them all - BYU and Notre Dame...
Sep 5 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Some notes and numbers as we lookahead to Week 2 #BearBytes
Iowa State has scored more than 17 points once in the last eight meetings. This game has gone under in five straight, ten of eleven and 16 of 18 meetings, including the last two years when the totals were 35 and 39 points...
Dec 15, 2022 • 27 tweets • 3 min read
Some notes and numbers related to bowl season. Enjoy!...
If you are going to play underdogs in bowl season, make sure you play them on the money line for a portion of your play. Since 2008, 36% of bowls - 182 of 509 - were won outright by the dog...
Nov 5, 2022 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
Well, we had a nice winner in 1st BC race and then got beat by horses I stood against, but most of my prices ran well, so I guess thats a silver lining. Here are some thoughts on Saturday to consider. Is it a chalky day or a day that looks chalky that prices will win?...
Fm Sprint
4 Ce Ce won this race last year off a similar prep and identical Beyer. But she’s going to have to beat more than four horses like last year at DMR. I cant fault anyone that likes her, but I think she’s simply one of many win possibilities...
Nov 3, 2022 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
As promised on the pod, here are some thoughts on Friday's Breeders' Cup races...
Juv Turf Sprint
Im guessing 2 Love Reigns will be even shorter than the 4-1 ML. Ward seems to win everything on this turf course with 2 YO, so it doesn’t worry me that its a filly vs the boys here. I think there are two other upset possibilities...
Nov 3, 2022 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Some notes and numbers on CFB this weekend...
The Tennessee-Georgia game is the second regular season meeting between Top 10 teams 8-0 or better in the CFP era. The other one came in 2019 when No. 1 - and underdog - LSU went to Alabama and won 46-41 en route to winning the national championship...
Aug 30, 2022 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
Back for another season... some notes and numbers on this weekend's slate. Enjoy the games everyone!
Under Jeff Brohm, Purdue is 19-8 ATS as a dog with 12 outright wins. Narrow it down to the 12 instances as a home dog and the Boilermakers covered eight of them. In its last game as a home dog, Purdue beat previously undefeated Michigan State 40-29 as a 2.5-point dog last year..
Mar 16, 2022 • 39 tweets • 6 min read
NCAA Tournament Data Dump thread. Some of the more interesting spread and bracket busting info I've come across. Good luck with your bracket and picks over the next three weeks...
8 of Texas’ last 11 NCAA Tourney games - spans 2 coaches - have been decided by 5 points or fewer (2-6 in those 8 games) and 10 of the 11 have been decided by 8 points or fewer (2-8 in those games). Chris Beard’s three 1st rd games at Texas Tech were all double-digit wins...
Dec 2, 2021 • 19 tweets • 2 min read
Notes and Numbers on Championship Weekend...
Since 2017, two of four Pac-12 Championship Games resulted in an underdog winning outright. In the other four Power 5 leagues, none of the 16 games resulted in an underdog winning outright...
Sep 30, 2021 • 38 tweets • 5 min read
This week's edition of notes and numbers on the CFB weekend...
Miami has failed to cover five of its last six games as a favorite vs FBS teams. The six games have resulted in two losses by at least 21 points, a 48-point win and wins by 2, 3 and 5 points...
Sep 16, 2021 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Some notes and numbers for this weekend...
In Miami’s last 25 games as a favorite, the Canes are 14-11 on the field and 10-15 ATS...
Dec 29, 2020 • 29 tweets • 4 min read
Data drop! Some numbers, nuggets and trends for bowl season which I find interesting...
Miami has lost 9 of its last 10 bowl games and is 2-10 ATS in its last 12 bowl games. Oklahoma State has covered each of its last four bowl games, three coming as an underdog.
Nov 26, 2020 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
A few notes, numbers and trends for this weekend of CFB. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and weekend!
North Carolina is seeking its first win over an AP Top 2 team vs Notre Dame. The Tar Heels are 0-18 all-time vs Top 2 teams. In fact the highest ranked team UNC has beaten is No. 4.
Nov 6, 2020 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Interesting CFB notes, streaks and trends entering the weekend...
There are four ranked matchups this weekend. This season, favorites are 13-2-1 ATS in ranked matchups...
