by Mario Mergola | Nov 12, 2025
That was a good week. If we compare it to what we had experienced over the prior two weeks, then it was probably a bit of a disappointment. The reality is that the prior two weeks were both extraordinary and unsustainable. If anything, they were unsustainable because...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 5, 2025
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I made a slight change to my schedule this year and made a conscious effort to trim down how much I am writing for a given pick. Halfway through the year, the results have been quite good. But, let me be clear. As...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 29, 2025
That was nice. Even though I wrote that we should not expect a better week because of how much more ‘normal’ it seemed, we had one of our best in the history of this website. That, in itself, is abnormal. As I often write after weeks with an outstanding...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 22, 2025
I won’t bother writing about how it was another strange week of the season because it’s starting to get old, but I do find this trend noteworthy to tell part of the story: every favorite covered the spread on Sunday until the late games began at which time...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 15, 2025
I now find myself, on a weekly basis, shaking my head with muted surprise. Nothing we have seen is shocking in the sense that we cannot accept it. But nothing is defined, either. We are six full weeks into the year already and it feels like nothing has actually begun....
by Mario Mergola | Oct 8, 2025
It seems like I have walked away from each week of this season with the same feeling. That is, it’s been fine overall, but it hasn’t established a direction or trend. There are some teams that are still struggling to do the same, but we normally have an...
