Andy Iskoe
rightfully believes teasers are one way to make money during the
pro football season. Sports books fear the sharp bettors who wait
for the right spots. But what ARE the right spots?
To alert sharp
handicappers when a situation is about to occur, where, for some
reason, a team does well as a home dog or on a Monday night, Iskoe
has produced his annual study of what's occurred in the past six
years (or you can look back year by year for six years or for the
past three years) in regard to teasers in the NFL.
His
book is titled NFL Totals and Teasers ($29.95, 8x11
plastic spiralbound, 73 pages).
Let's take a
look at one or two very juicy situations from the book: In one,
we see Kansas City is 31-8-1 in 6-point teaser situations since
1995, and that's 78 percent. As a road favorite in that same period,
they are 13-2-1. Certainly worth noting for 2001, although no guarantee
it'll happen again. The Miami Dolphins are 21-8 since 1995 as a
road dog with a 6-point teaser and are 20-4 in conference games
during the same period (since 1995).
There are 27
situations a bettor can look at for betting teasers for any team.
Interested in only last year? Indianapolis in 2000 against playoff
teams won in a teaser situation in seven of eight situations and
Baltimore was 11-4 on natural grass for that season in a teaser
situation.
The second half
of the book examines how teams did in 27 totals situations. For
example, those wondering how often San Diego went over in interconference
games will find that in four opportunities last season, they went
over each time. The 49ers in the past three years in their first
four games of the year, had 12 chances to go over or under and they
went over 10 times. The question is why. Maybe they were just fresh
and offensively-minded. Perhaps it's a statistical quirk. Whatever
the reason, it happened, and you may wish to consider the trend
or pattern should the situation warrant consideration this year.
Those wondering
how often the number fell anywhere from 3 to 99 in regard to totals,
year by year since 1981 will find that information in the book as
well as the percentage of time it occurred.
Football Trends
Inc. always does a good job in providing the shortcut-seeking bettor
with betting angles. There are two books, each selling at $32.95.
The books are titled 2001 College Football Trends and Schedule
Book (100 pages, paperbound) and the NFL Trends and
Schedule Book (76 pages, paperbound). Both books are in
8x11 format.
The college
version has schedules for 92 teams; team trends by date (sample:
Play against Illinois their first game of the season. They are 2-8
against the spread in this situation, and their opener is Sept.
1); plus team trends by situation (Play against Illinois as a favorite
after Illinois wins a game straight up for the first time in a season.
They are 1-5 against the spread in this situation). Also, there's
a Best Season Situation. Sample: Oct. 27, play on Oregon versus
California.
The author provides
a complete 2001 schedule, tells you what type surface the game will
be played on and who's the coach, plus his record at this school.
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