Phil Steele's
2002 Pro Football Scorebook (324 pages, 8x11, plastic spiralbound)
and Andy Iskoe's Logical Approach's NFL Teasers and Totals (73 pages,
8x11 plastic spiralbound, $29.95) have arrived at Gambler's Book
Shop and each has its own built-in audience ready to "study
up" for the upcoming football seasons. The authors have filled
a need for specific information players need to work through the
football betting season.
The Steele Scorebook
has 17 years of spreads and results (with totals listed from 1987
on), which is useful information for those who want to research
specific situations. It also comes with several thousand trends
and angles in a variety of categories-a plus factor for those who
don't want to run the numbers themselves. For example, you might
wonder how often a team went over or under the total after a straight
up loss or after a win. It's here, for six individual years and
overall for the six years. There are general angles involving AFC
or NFC teams, such as when both teams lost as home dogs the previous
week, since 1994, teams in that situation have been 2-12, in favor
of the under, hitting at an 86% clip.
There's a major
section for the often-neglected preseason play, with schedules and
room to keep records. It includes the last five years of exhibition
team results with information on whether the team covered or went
over or under, and statistics for running and passing for those
games. Steele provides information on Thursday, Saturday, Monday
night games -- how teams did following the Monday night game --
how they did after a bye.
The book explains
the 2002 realignment, with a good analysis of which teams might
benefit. There are early season angles (season openers, home openers,
month of September); end-of-season angles (final home game, final
away game, etc.); AFC and NFC angles; with Steele's Top 20 Awesome
Angles (example: Tennessee is 16-4 against the spread after losing
away); NFL tie-breaking procedures; playoff, wildcard angles; Super
Bowl history and angles; a small section (one page) on 2002 NFL
Europe; predictions on the entire 2002 season including the Super
Bowl winner; a 30-page section for Fantasy Football League players
including ratings, sleepers, rankings by position.
The books
listed in this review are available from Gambler's Book Shop in
Las
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