Hot off the presses, this week's edition of #BearBytes. Have a great weekend everyone! Since joining the Big 12, BYU is 16-1 straight up as a favorite. The one loss came at home against Kansas last year as a 2.5-point favorite. That game featured a 9-0 BYU team vs a 3-6 Kansas team...

Couple of nuggets on this weekends games. #BearBytes Notre Dame has won 47 straight games away from home as a double-digit favorite dating back to a 1997 loss at Purdue.The Irish are 7-0 under Marcus Freeman in this role with all but one game decided by fewer than 15 points...

Flight delay streak intact - but was able to get on an earlier flight which was also delayed so I wouldn't miss my connection. Anyway, back with a few #BearBytes on this weekend's games... Since 1978 there have been just three regular season games between Power Conference teams that saw a team 8-0 or better enter the game as a double-digit underdog...

Your unofficial CFP CHAOS thread for today, along with maybe a few contrarian bet opportunities… not saying these are likely or a certainty, but they are certainly possible - some more than most… Houston at around 20-1 to win the Big 12? Why cant the Cougars win out and find themselves in the title game (with a little bit of help, of course)...

Notes, Numbers and Nuggets for your perusal... This week's #BearBytes are here... Only two teams in the last 30 years have been shut out in three straight games - 2000 Baylor and 2006 Utah State. Wisconsin could join them Saturday...

Some notes, numbers and nuggets on this weekend in college football... #BearBytes Last weekend two ranked teams on the road against unranked teams lost outright, two won in OT and two needed late scores to win in regulation. This week there are six such games...

Here we go again. Another season, another edition of #BearBytes - nuggets, tidbits and numbers to get you ready for the weekend. Enjoy! ... This would be the first time since 2019 AP No. 1 is an underdog in a regular season game, ending a run of 63 straight regular season games in which they were favored. That year, LSU was a five-point dog at No. 2 Alabama and beat the Tide 46-41...

Kentucky Derby horse-by-horse thoughts. Long thread... 1. Citizen Bull 20-1 (Bob Baffert/Martin Garcia)
The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion appears to be an outsider here. Stuck on the rail, he’s destined to be part of what is expected to be a fast pace and that doesn’t bode well for his chances here...

Because I haven't had enough hoops over the last 96 hours, here are some Sweet 16 nuggets for everyone... Since 2018, Favorites in the Sweet 16 are 26-21 straight-up and 20-27 ATS...

Saturday @BreedersCup thoughts. This is a long thread. Buckle up! I dont think there are any secrets in the Filly and Mare Sprint. (9) Ways and Means is likely the best horse at the 7 furlong distance, but there are concerns about the quality of fields she’s beaten...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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..

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...

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...

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...