by Mario Mergola | Oct 18, 2017
If there is one singular trend that I follow on a weekly basis, it is the collective overreaction to games that went in our favor, but against the general expectations from a previous week. It makes sense. There was a certain level of faith placed in a group of picks,...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 11, 2017
As we have come to learn over recent weeks, there is still a fair amount of ‘reactionary spreads,’ in which the number is chasing a team that it consistently has missed. Of course, as the season progresses, the spreads will balance out. We aim to identify...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 4, 2017
Isn’t it amazing? I was prepared to write about how quickly the first quarter of the season has gone, already. How a new year of football brought a new year of opportunities. How everything started balancing out. How the ‘rebound’ is unfolding. How...
by Mario Mergola | Sep 27, 2017
It’s happening. It’s as if the chips we have pocketed are finally getting turned in, and results are improving steadily. It’s exciting. It’s rewarding. It’s also extremely dangerous. We have now turned in back-to-back-to-back winning...
by Mario Mergola | Sep 20, 2017
It should have ended in Week 2. It didn’t. Let’s be thankful. There is nothing more important in determining picks against-the-spread than perception, and overreactions are the typical driving force. Normally, they fizzle out after a second game. Not this...
by Mario Mergola | Sep 13, 2017
Let’s not be fooled. Week 1 is always one of my favorites. There is literally an entire offseason to prepare for it, and most of the picks are made for me by the time I sit down to type out the explanations – they are directly related to the season-long...
