by Mario Mergola | Nov 30, 2016
Now, it gets tricky. Despite our best statistical week against the spread of the season – based on differing websites, this ranged anywhere from 10-5-1 to 12-4 – Week 12 surprisingly did little to establish a trend or direction. Indeed, the Patriots and...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 23, 2016
This is just impossible. There are bad weeks. There are bad months. But it is maddening to see that an entire season just refuses to play by the rules. This is nothing new, as we have basically written this same introduction a number of times over the past few months,...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 16, 2016
There it is. In one fell swoop, the rug was pulled from under the feet of the entire football-watching world. Only, unlike previous weeks, there were more feet standing on the rug. More feet to be tripped. Coincidence? Of course not. For the entire season, we have...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 9, 2016
We are reaching the point of no return. It is make-or-break time. Entering Week 9, the Falcons, Cowboys, Saints, and Chargers were arguably the easiest teams to target for potential wins – given their matchups and recent history. All four teams won and covered...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 3, 2016
Believe it or not, it began as expected. The tide slowly – and subtly – began to shift. As noted in last week’s introduction, the 2016 season has been incredibly odd, but not because of wild swings of action or random bouts of luck – although...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 27, 2016
We are about to reach a tipping point. It may not happen this week, precisely, but it’s coming. Nearly halfway into the season, we have repeatedly looked back on trends that have produced winners in the past and find that they are flat-out under-performing....
