Final CFB line moves: Showdown in Atlanta
Chad MillmanLet's face it, there is only one game in college football that matters this weekend: the Wisconsin-Hawaii tilt. It's going to be a serious barnburner ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2009
Line moves for the end (?) of Weis and Groh
Chad Millman...double digits, which is a dangerous spot." Matchup: Pittsburgh Panthers at West Virginia Mountaineers Line moves: Pitt opened...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009
Florida tops 2009 BALLS Index, but not historically
Chad MillmanAnd now, we come to the end. There will be no title game, no trophy presentation, not even a plaque or a piece of paper for the winner. Just this anno...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Horns/Bears and more point spread moves
Chad MillmanBeing a bookmaker ain't easy. "At this time of year," says Lucky's boss Jimmy Vaccaro, "everything kind of starts to look like a snow white screen, [w...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009
BALLS Index: What of Boise and Cincy?
Chad MillmanWhen I got the BALLS Index ranking from Sal at madduxsports.com last night, it looked a lot like it has the past few weeks: Texas is on top, extending...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Behind the Bets: Spread Projections
Chad Millman, ESPN The MagazineBetween wiseguy wisdom and Game Predictor, we predict the Sweet 16.
Story | Conversation | March 25, 2009
Behind the Bets
Chad MillmanFor the past three weeks I've done everything I can to make you richer. I asked wiseguys and bookmakers about which coaches they trust most during the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009Behind the Bets: Save your pool
Chad Millman, ESPN InsiderIf the death of NFL parity destroyed your survival pool, try one of these three solutions
Story | Conversation | December 09, 2009
Week 5 NFL point spread moves
Chad Millman...t mind going into a game needing the Patriots as a bookmaker." Matchup: Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers Line move: Carolina opened as 5.5-point favorites, currently favored by 3.5 What that means...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 09, 2009
Behind the Bets: The Predictor gets wise
Chad Millman, ESPN The Magazine...will come from a group of seven "now or never" teams—Gonzaga, Louisville, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, UCLA or UConn. These are the squads that combine savvy senior leadership and pro-caliber talent and...
Story | Conversation | March 12, 2009
Behind the Bets: Picks for this weekend's unpickable games
Chad Millman...Button. But, if you insist, here are two reasons why you should bet on the Ravens, the Panthers, the Giants and the Chargers: Ravens, plus-3, against the Titans:When these teams met in Baltimore...
Story | Conversation | January 08, 2009
Behind the Bets
Chad MillmanFour road favorites to open the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs? It's historic! It's unfathomable! It's the British laying points to beat the Colo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 30, 2008Beating the Spread in the Playoffs
Chad MillmanHow did every playoff team do against the spread?
Story | Conversation | December 30, 2008
Behind the Bets
Chad MillmanOnce would have been a fluke. Twice a coincidence. But Cassie Vidal's 16-year-old son, Ethan, kept picking winners. He nailed 10 of 11 thoroughbred ra...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2008Behind The Bets
Chad MillmanNewsflash: Understanding risk is what separates everyday squares from the big-money wiseguys who live off their gambling wits. Now, here's a piece o...
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