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American Football (NFL) Results - Week 7, Prognostication Week #8

By Ion Saliu, Odds–Maker At-Large

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Written by Ion Saliu on October 30, 2001 — and later.

• The results of week #7 in NFL compared to the prognostication of SPORTS.XLS:

9 correct and 5 wrong; 64% correctness ratio.

As I said before, the expected correctness rate is around 2 out of 3 games.
I used incorrect data for one game, however: EAGLES – RAIDERS. I failed to input one win on the road for the Raiders (23-18 at Colts). The “final predicted score” should read 22.8 – 22.3 (Eagles by 0.5, not by 3.0). This game was also an anomaly in the sense that the Raiders had the advantage in the “win” category: 4 to 2! That's because perform worse at home than on the road! It's the kind of game that's no-no from a pro football betting perspective. Unless, of course, the savvy player uses more sophisticated parameters…

I present now the prognostication of SPORTS.XLS for NFL week 8. This time I include the “wins” parameters as well. How to interpret a line (for those not so savvy in this matter):

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Home1      Visitor2    1    2   Points1   Points2     Prognostication
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Steelers   Ravens      5    1     23.6      11.9      Steels by 11.7
The home team is designated as “1”, the visiting football team as “2”. In the case above, Steelers is “team 1”, Ravens is “team 2”. “Team 1” is favored '5 to 1' in the “wins” category. In other words, 'the odds in favor of a Steelers win are 5 to 1'. Of course, 'the odds against a Steelers win are 1 to 5'.
In the “final predicted score” category: Steelers 23.6, Ravens 11.9 (Steelers by 11.7).

A most curious game is :

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Home1      Visitor2    1    2   Points1   Points2     Prognostication
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Redskins   Seahawks    3    3     19.5      19.5      Undecided
It is very rare to find a totally equitable game, such as this one. Since a “tie” is also very rare in the NFL, I preferred the term “undecided”. This game is a perfect coin toss…
4-Nov-01
====================================================================== Home1 Visitor2 1 2 Points1 Points2 Prognostication ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Titans Jaguars 3 1 24.0 22.8 Titans by 1.2 Steelers Ravens 5 1 23.6 11.9 Steels by 11.7 Dolphins Panthers 5 1 21.8 14.8 Dolphs by 7 Giants Cowboys 4 1 25.8 15.1 Giants by 10.7 Falcons Patriots 4 3 23.7 22.0 Falcs by 1.7 Packers Bucs 5 1 25.5 13.8 Packs by 11.7 Bears Browns 4 1 21.6 18.5 Bears by 3.1 Cardinals Eagles 1 4 12.2 23.9 Eagles by 11.7 49ers Lions 5 1 24.8 17.2 49ers by 7.5 Bills Colts 1 5 23.5 29.8 Colts by 6.3 Chargers Chiefs 6 1 23.5 17.5 Charges by 8 Redskins Seahawks 3 3 19.5 19.5 Undecided Saints Jets 1 4 18.8 19.6 Jets by 0.6 Raiders Broncos 4 1 29.5 20.3 Raiders by 9.2 ======================================================================

There is nothing I can do for you, bookies! Nor can I do anything for pay-for sports betting services. A simple spreadsheet is, at least, as effective as the mountain of (not so necessary) data the pay-for betting services offer. Something else is unfair. They never thanked me for SPORTS.XLS!

Read a detailed analysis of the performance of SPORTS.XLS Excel spreadsheet and how to take advantage of the sports betting spreadsheet:
• Analysis of the results of SPORTS.XLS, the sports betting spreadsheet.


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• The excitement is higher when it's hard to predict the results. The NFL 2002 season offers great excitement. Valid for college football, too. There are no favorites! Or, every team has a good shot at winning any game, against anybody! Looks like the stats play a minor role. That's not exactly true! The results still follow the stats, within statistical limits, of course. What the pro football fans and especially the bettors see is the discrepancy between the betting lines and the actual results. The betting lines try hard to ignore the randomness.
I use in-house sports betting software. It is founded on the same principles as LotWon. Therefore, randomness plays a very important rule in generating combinations. The programs are applicable to parlays. The 5-team parlay software is clearly more successful than the statistical betting spreadsheet! The programs eliminate certain patterns from previous results and generate lottery-like combinations. The numbers are replaced with team names. The hit rate is better than 2 out of 3 weeks. I haven't encountered two or more consecutive losses. The playing field amounts from 6 to 16 parlays per week. The payout can be as high as 24 to 1 (25% house edge or vigourish). Thus, the worst winning case comes to +8.

Here are some useful sports links. They offer schedules, betting lines, odds, results, and useful information. Things can change dramatically on the Internet. You may need to copy-and-paste the addresses, or google the essential keywords.

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    sports.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/pastscores/files/pastscores.html - Scores & Odds Archive.
    www.nss.net/SCORES/ - Sports Betting, Gambling, Handicapping, Live Lines.
    www.vegasinsider.com - VegasInsider.com.
    www.repole.com/sun4cast/ - Sunshine Forecast Historical Score Request Form.

    espn.go.com - ESPN.com- the #1 sports web site in the world.
    cbs.sportsline.com - CBS.SportsLine.com – the website of CBS Sports.
    NFL.com – the official site of the National Football League.


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