hello all,
as betters we have all gone opposite the public on any given game before for no other reason than too many sqares like a team. i really like this approach for bowl games. last year i entered a bowl contest twice. once with my best picks and the other my name was oppu (meaning opposite public). oppu came in second place and won a nice chunk of change since it cost $20 a shot and there was 350+ entered. this contest was ats but i got my public % stats from espn bowl mania. it asked for just the straight up winner and the talking heads on the show all ranked their best picks for all the bowls. under the heading for each bowl it told you the public %.
this year during espn bowl mania show they didnt go through all the games. actually only showed about half the public %. i just entered a free national contest picking the straight up winners for every bowl game. upon completion it showed a % for every game.
i will show the smaller % or the perceived dog by the public.
wake 40% win
col st 10% win
memp 4% loss
ariz 18% win
s miss 26% win
tcu 29% loss
n dame 43% win
fau 5% win
n car 34%win
wisc 17% loss
mia 28% win
n ill 16% loss
nc st 24% win
n western 14% win
nev 20% loss
w mich 26% loss
oreg 15% win
hou 29% win
ore st 36% win
vand 7% win
min 17% loss
lsu 27% win
s car 31% loss
clem 28% loss
mich st 17% loss
ole miss 6% win
kent 15% win
conn 45% win
tulsa 24% win
pen st 24% loss
cin 38% loss
utah 11% win
oh st 10% win
okla 46%
now these %'s are by everyday people, not gamblers. last year oppu had something like 83% winners. i dont really expect those kind of results again but it will be something to look at. this system didnt work as well in some of the bigger bowls however it did win with wvu/okla and mich/flo, both of which over 90% of public on wrong side.
im wondering how this will do this year. so far looks pretty good.
good luck, stevsa
as betters we have all gone opposite the public on any given game before for no other reason than too many sqares like a team. i really like this approach for bowl games. last year i entered a bowl contest twice. once with my best picks and the other my name was oppu (meaning opposite public). oppu came in second place and won a nice chunk of change since it cost $20 a shot and there was 350+ entered. this contest was ats but i got my public % stats from espn bowl mania. it asked for just the straight up winner and the talking heads on the show all ranked their best picks for all the bowls. under the heading for each bowl it told you the public %.
this year during espn bowl mania show they didnt go through all the games. actually only showed about half the public %. i just entered a free national contest picking the straight up winners for every bowl game. upon completion it showed a % for every game.
i will show the smaller % or the perceived dog by the public.
wake 40% win
col st 10% win
memp 4% loss
ariz 18% win
s miss 26% win
tcu 29% loss
n dame 43% win
fau 5% win
n car 34%win
wisc 17% loss
mia 28% win
n ill 16% loss
nc st 24% win
n western 14% win
nev 20% loss
w mich 26% loss
oreg 15% win
hou 29% win
ore st 36% win
vand 7% win
min 17% loss
lsu 27% win
s car 31% loss
clem 28% loss
mich st 17% loss
ole miss 6% win
kent 15% win
conn 45% win
tulsa 24% win
pen st 24% loss
cin 38% loss
utah 11% win
oh st 10% win
okla 46%
now these %'s are by everyday people, not gamblers. last year oppu had something like 83% winners. i dont really expect those kind of results again but it will be something to look at. this system didnt work as well in some of the bigger bowls however it did win with wvu/okla and mich/flo, both of which over 90% of public on wrong side.
im wondering how this will do this year. so far looks pretty good.
good luck, stevsa
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