Written by Jeff Allen of Jeff Allen Sports Oh Denver, if only you’d won the Super Bowl last year, this great start wouldn’t feel so hollow. Is it hard being on national TV all the time, being fed hype like a baby in a bib? We know you’ll spit up when push comes to shove. Spout… Read More
Archive for October, 2014
Witnessing History: Madison Bumgarner and the Giants
Holy Cow has Madison Bumgarner performed well in this year’s playoffs and World Series. This has been a performance for the ages. It all started in the NL Wildcard game, where he threw a nine inning shutout, giving up only 4 hits, walking 1, while striking out 10. In the NL division series he gave… Read More
Primetime Preview: Chargers at Broncos
The San Diego Chargers take their first shot at the Broncos Thursday since losing 24-17 at Mile High in the second round of last season’s playoffs. Excluding that loss, San Diego is 10-2 SU and 9-3 ATS since December 8th and scoring 27 points per game. If they can somehow overthrow one of the greatest… Read More
Reid Takes Strong Post-Bye Record into Qualcomm
The Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers meet in Week 7 for an important divisional game to see who can keep pace with Denver in the AFC West. San Diego (5-1 SU) currently holds the lead and they are listed as 4.5-point faves. The Chiefs (2-3 SU) are coming off the bye. Andy Reid… Read More
Come Out Fighting: Bears at Falcons, Week 6
The Atlanta Falcons returned home a few men short from their disappointing two-game road trip but the playmakers on offense are ready to prove that the early season success at home was no fluke. The line for Chicago at Atlanta is already up to ‘54’ but with an up-tempo Bears team rolling in, there is… Read More
Jeff Allen’s Week Five College Football Highlights
Week six of college football promised to be one of the great weeks in college football history with six games played between ranked teams including several key conference showdowns. It didn’t disappoint with five of the top eight teams in the nation going down and leaving the rankings in complete shambles and the College Football… Read More
Non-Conference, Non-Contenders
Small Inter-Conference home favorites or dogs of any number have failed to live up to the competition in recent years and while books scramble to make adjustments to the spread, there’s a window of opportunity for Over/Under bettors that has cashed at a rate of 80-percent. First let’s look at the season stats for non-Conference… Read More
Monday Night: Seahawks vs. Redskins
Monday, October 06, 2014 8:30 PM ET FedEx Field Spread (Seattle -7) Total (45.5) Coming off a bye week and a rousing win over the Denver Broncos once again (moral victory in keeping it close this time Denver… clap, clap), the Seattle Seahawks will have to be careful not to fall into a… Read More
Showdown in the Lone Star State: Texans, Cowboys
Dallas has entered a stretch of their season in which the Cowboys will play five of six games in the vast confines of AT&T Stadium. The Boys have never really had a chance to get too cozy at the new digs (18-25 ATS) but if they could put together a few more games like that… Read More
