by Mario Mergola | Dec 4, 2024
Every year, I write about how much I love the start of a season because we can rely on outdated perceptions allowing us to target the reality of a team’s potential. As the calendar turns, however, we lose that edge. Sometimes, it comes back. This is one of those...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 27, 2024
We have now quietly seen a nice turnaround from what we experienced a few weeks ago, and it looks like everything is starting to trend in the right direction. That also means it’s an unfortunate time for a drastic change in schedule. As usual, we have three...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 20, 2024
While we didn’t get back everything from two weeks, we saw a rebound in Week 11. And there’s no real secret as to why that happened — and, in fairness, will happen again. We lean on the same trends and patterns constantly, and those will produce...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 13, 2024
Not great. That was not a great way to follow-up a solid week and, what’s worse about it is that underdogs performed quite well and we did not. But, as always, we know this is a long season, and we have to keep moving forward through it. If, nothing else, we...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 6, 2024
Isn’t that amazing? As soon as we move into a new month, we start to get new results. Of course, we can’t take any victory laps, but we are now past the midpoint of the season and hope to be heading in the right direction. Our attention now shifts to teams...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 30, 2024
What a weird week. I won’t call it “bad,” but it wasn’t necessarily good either. It was, in a word, weird. Of course, the main story of last week’s set of games was the wild Hail Mary that not only gave Washington the win, but cost us a...
