by Mario Mergola | Oct 30, 2019
Every week is a new opportunity when it comes to picking games against the spread. Last week, there were so many inflated spreads due to lopsided matchups that we only needed competitive efforts from a handful of teams in order to benefit. Unfortunately, they missed....
by Mario Mergola | Oct 23, 2019
I almost always write the same introduction around the fourth week of the season. That is, I find myself shocked that one-quarter of the year has already passed. This year, I didn’t. Now, I’m shocked. By the end of this week, most of the teams will have...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 16, 2019
Maybe my own words came back to haunt me. Last week, I touched on the likelihood of a major shift coming, and how it would wipe out those not prepared. As “prepared” as we were, we still weren’t immune. But, as always, these weeks are inherent with...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 9, 2019
Get ready. Last week, I wrote about how important it is to tread water when things get rough. We did so, again. But, “rough” waters aren’t made from results. They’re made from the shifts in trends. Subtle at first. Then violent. There’s a...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 2, 2019
What a week. I can’t tell if it should be considered ‘eerie’ or a self-fulfilling prophecy. Either way, it was critical. And it’s more critical that everyone understands why it’s so critical. Last week’s introduction focused wholly...
