The two best handicappers on the rx...

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jan 21, 2010

With apologies to Wilheim, the two guys I read religiously here in the football forums are Boxslayer and GoSooners...Their in-depth analysis of college and pro football is amazing...Great insights and stats to back up what they like...

There are no bullshit words like lock, game of the century, or 200 star picks or units...they dissect the upcoming games and handicap them in a professional manner...I like these guys because they analyze from the gut rather than spens 5 minutes giving you useless ATS statistics which are overrated....You guys do a great job...:toast:

Wilheim comes in a close 3rd... :103631605

BronxCheer+ · Jan 21, 2010

thanks for the input

Betallsports · Jan 21, 2010

I Think, Box Does Not have a Good Overall record with NFL. Now NCAA is a Different story.

As far as GoSooners......I also Read his Write-ups every week.

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JimmyDetroit · Jan 21, 2010

1 of them is very good, yes

Biggamesonly+ · Jan 21, 2010

There is another poster in here who is great.A strong 40% capper :103631605

FairWarning · Jan 21, 2010

I'm a big fan of Sherwood and Sharky99 for hockey info. :103631605

OnWisconsin · Jan 21, 2010

long write ups are overrated.....i will say i gained a lot of respect for GS because he started the year off shitty but showed some good skill in battling back......if it had been me.....well, need i say more?

EveryGamblersDream · Jan 21, 2010

I agree long writeups tend to be overrated. The one thing I will say is you can tell who actually understands sports & can break down games to the actual x's & o's along with understanding the emotional angles when wagering. The two mention understand that & are of the very few who do on here.

FairWarning · Jan 21, 2010

And EGD is pretty sharp on smaller conference colleges.

DesertDevil · Jan 21, 2010

Both are great. Anyone who disagrees hasnt been around long enough or is too clueless to know.

timbo41 · Jan 21, 2010

Very interesting reads, for sure.

CoachCB · Jan 21, 2010

Myself and DJ Matt are pretty damn good!!

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mightyminnow · Jan 21, 2010

Sekrah and nd2000

$tinky · Jan 21, 2010

I agree with Box. Don't know anything about the other fellow.

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jan 22, 2010

CoachCB said:
Myself and DJ Matt are pretty damn good!!

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I don't know Matt well enough to tell him that he sucks...but I would book your action every damn day and twice on Sundays....

Coach LT told me to tell you that...:drink:

Willye · Jan 22, 2010

mplastered · Jan 22, 2010

TraderMike in the hockey forum currently at 57-38 on the over / unders. Not to shabby.

wilheim · Jan 22, 2010

Fwiw

I am just a part timer due to the time constraints placed on me by my job. I usually just try my hand at big games such as NFL playoff, World Series, NCAA Final Four and the like. My major problem is I have always taken a lot of time to handicap just a single game.

I believe the reason is when I handicapped games nearly everyday in order to wager on sports for a living there was no Internet available to supply me with the important information my capping method needed to do well.

I was forced to use newspapers like The Sporting News, USA Today, crib sheets like The Gold Sheet, The Sports Reporter or Pointwise and others to glean stats that these days are a mouse click away and in most cases free.

I never used the sheets for their picks but many had hard to find information contained in their pages. The Gold Sheet was an especially indispensable tool back in the pre Internet era..As was The Sporting News for baseball. Every baseball season I would receive The Baseball Guide before the season began.

The stats in The Sporting News included crucial right handed and left handed performance histories for both player and teams. I remember setting up shop in the Mirage Race/Sports Book at one of the well lit tables in the back with my briefcase filled with publications that I would scour for clues to one of that days ball games. I used to work with a large magnifying glass to read the fine print type face that stats were printed in.

The Baseball Digest (a monthly publication, The Sporting News is still printed and published weekly) was another excellent source of information,

That type of handicapping required hard work and discipline but believe it or not I didn't do to badly for the few years that life itself didn't intervene and force me to get a real job...

wil...

Betallsports · Jan 22, 2010

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
I don't know Matt well enough to tell him that he sucks...but I would book your action every damn day and twice on Sundays....

Coach LT told me to tell you that...:drink:

I Know Matt well enough to Tell him He Sucks..... :grandmais