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The college football landscape changed after the pandemic dramatically altered the 2020 season. The Alabama Crimson Tide stomped through a tough schedule while Ohio State and Clemson further cemented their status as blueblood programs. Everyone else is simply chasing the top three. The 2021 college football season could bring significant change. Each of the top […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 265: Gane vs. Lewis, which goes down this Saturday night in front of a sold out crowd at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas! After last week’s card was one of the lesser offerings in recent memory, this week is a pretty stacked PPV card. In the headliner […]

MLB Best Bets is back for Friday to end the week strong, and we’re looking to keep the momentum rolling after Wednesday’s late-inning heroics. Toronto cashed the F5 o5.5 early, with eight runs in the first three innings off Cleveland starter J.C. Mejia. The score would be stuck at 8-0 until the top of the […]

The college football season is finally almost upon us. Just a few weeks remain until opening kickoff happens. This is the best chance for bettors to land odds with great value attached to them.  We’re breaking down each college football division for you to unearth the best plays. The SEC West will be an entertaining […]

The 2021 college football season is finally here as the end of August nears. Opening weekend is quickly approaching and we have a full slate of games every weekend until the end of the year. Plan for each Saturday accordingly.  Although there’s a heavy favorite with the Georgia Bulldogs looming large, there’s real competition that […]

In 1984, Dan Marino became the first NFL quarterback in a single season to pass for 5,000 yards — a threshold no other passer managed to cross until Drew Brees in 2008. Since then, the 5,000-yard barrier has been broken 10 times by seven different quarterbacks: Brees four times, and Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Ben […]

The 2021 SEC race is bound to be one of the most exciting we’ve seen in recent years. Alabama and LSU have often dominated the SEC despite flashes from Georgia, Texas A&M and Florida. Everyone else is aspiring to be a true rival to Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide, but every program would settle […]

Boy does it feel good to finally get a couple of wins under our belt again. It certainly wasn’t for the faint of heart, but Philadelphia cashed the F5 Monday, beating Washington 1-0 by scratching away a run in the top of the fifth. Their bullpen, in typical Philadelphia fashion, promptly gave up the lead […]

The 2021 college football season is finally here as the end of August nears. Opening weekend is quickly approaching, and we have a full slate of games every weekend until the end of the year. Plan for each Saturday accordingly.  Betting-wise, there’s not a Power-5 division more open than the Pac-12 South. This division will […]

Let’s take a look at the opening odds, early betting pick and breakdown of Saturday’s UFC 265 main event. UFC 265 takes place Aug. 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston, in front of what figures to be a raucous live crowd as the Lone Star state hosts it’s second UFC show in the last […]

Caesars is one of the most recognizable gambling brands in the world. They recently purchased William Hill Sportsbook, which originated in the UK and opened a U.S. branch in 2012 in Nevada. They operate brick-and-mortar race books as well as an online sportsbook. They have since expanded from Nevada and New Jersey. William Hill not […]

The 2021 college football will surely bring plenty of surprises. While many expect the traditional blueblood programs to dominate the headlines once again, there’s a surplus of turnover and youth in line to turn the tides in the College Football Playoff race. The Pac-12 North is looking to disrupt the title chase with one of […]

The college football season officially kicks off at the end of August. Finally, we have a fresh slate of games to make weekly picks on. We’re breaking down each conference to give you the best look at college football divisional odds that you’ll find anywhere. The Big Ten West offers some of the best value […]

The PGA Tour returns to action this week in Memphis, TN as a strong field gathers for the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational. This event, even before it was a WGC, has been played at TPC Southwind, providing a lot of historical data and giving us an idea of what to expect.  What we see […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings Monday. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. This is one of the uglier pitching slates that I can remember. Such slates […]

It’s been ice cold in the land of MLB best bets recently with Baltimore being our latest heartbreakers against Detroit. The first four batters of the game hit absolute missiles off of Tyler Alexander to secure a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but from there Baltimore went scoreless and only scratched out […]

The college football season starts this month and fans around the country have to be foaming at the mouth for a full slate of action. Last year’s coronavirus-limited season made every week unpredictable, but not in a fun way. We’re hoping 2021 is filled with great drama and profitable bet sheets. We’re breaking down every […]

Some fantasy football options have pretty clear outlooks. They did X before, they’re likely to approximate X again, don’t spend too much time on it. Others require far more attention. They’re on a new team, or their situation has changed, or … there are any number of reasons a player might need a deep dive. […]

The college football season is finally almost upon us. Just a few weeks remain until opening kickoff happens. This is the best chance for bettors to land odds with great value attached to them.  We’re breaking down each college football division for you to unearth the best plays. The ACC Coastal Division will be an […]

At FTN We want our subs to have access to the brilliant minds that work here. That is why we are running 40 days of NFL Discord leading up to the first week of the NFL season. Every day one of our experts from @FTNFantasy, @FTNDaily, @FTNBets, or @FTNData will be in our NFL discord […]

MLB Best Bets is back and looking to break our current cold streak. Kansas City and Toronto weren’t able to reach their F5 o5.5 line Friday, but we’re quickly turning the page to Sunday’s slate. With no night game, we’re getting thrown right into the action with 15 afternoon games as the new look Chicago […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings tonight. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. Sunday is a tough slate in the sense that there are no pitching options […]

Welcome to a combined betting breakdown for both UFC Vegas 33: Strickland vs. Hall and Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee! This has been a bizarre fight week across the MMA world with the UFC having upwards of four fights canceled on their UFC Vegas 33 card throughout the week, while Bellator has the best fight […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings tonight. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. Hopefully trade news doesn’t blow up any of the following analysis before or after […]

We got bit by the regression monster last time out trying to ride Kwang Hyun Kim’s hot streak. After not allowing a homer in his previous six starts, he got tagged for 4 homers in just 2.2 innings against Cleveland to get the loss. You need to have a short memory betting MLB, and luckily […]

The first preseason NFL games are less than two weeks away. We have known the matchups for some time, but now Tipico Sportsbook also has some special prop bets that are very interesting. They are offering prop bets on passing, receiving and rushing yards for various players in the league. Many of them are either high-profile […]

NCAA college football is almost back, and after an odd 2020-2021 campaign, things are starting to round back into shape for the upcoming season and sportsbooks like BetMGM have an Oklahoma quarterback as the betting favorite in the latest 2021 Heisman Trophy odds. Second-year QB Spencer Rattler with the Oklahoma Sooners is the +400 favorite […]

The SEC continued its dominance of the College Football Playoff era last season as the Alabama Crimson Tide ripped off one of the most impressive runs we’ve ever seen. This came right after the LSU Tigers put together their own amazing undefeated season and national title in 2020. In 2021, it’s Alabama and Georgia atop […]

As we get to the final leg of the 2021 MLB season, starting pitching continues to be the linchpin of successful teams and for 2021 Cy Young odds, a pair of flame-throwers from New York are the betting favorites in the American and National Leagues. According to the latest Cy Young betting odds at BetMGM, […]

Of all the major conferences, the Pac-12 is the most unpredictable conference to predict. The coaching turnover over the last decade has made it impossible for any one program to dominate the standings. While the parity of having four different conference winners in the last six years is great for the Pac-12’s depth, the effects […]

Thursday, July 29th is rapidly approaching, which means so is the NBA Draft. While there appears to be less “buzz” about star players in this draft, this is an incredibly deep draft class throughout the first round. This draft is what I expect teams to do, not what I would do, with the goal to […]

In years past, it was a lot easier to understand the flow of an NFL preseason. In Week 1, you may not see the starters play at all, and typically only for a series or two if they do. The other three quarters or more of the game we tend to see the backups who […]