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Welcome to the Football Forecastor, home to Jim "Dirtydog"
Campbell, who is considered one of the nations most prolific sports
handicappers, we specialize in NFL and College Football handicapping
and take sports betting to a whole new level by treating sports
wagering as an investment...take a ride with us on the "Money
Train" today!!
How to bet on College Football:
How
to Bet on College Football
by
Jim Campbell of Footballforecastor.com
College
Football is still considered the king amongst many for wagering
purposes due to the sheer number of games played by the various
teams in the various divisions on a weekly basis, which means that
in truth there are indeed many more opportunities that can be found
in terms of sheer “value” in College sports over professional
sports, however, most do not understand that while wagering on
College football is almost identical to wagering on the NFL, the
handicapping principles involved are totally different, below
you will find some solid advice from Jim Campbell
A.K.A. "Dirtydog".
1)
Use discipline in the number of games you wager on weekly,
you must have a sound money management game plan in place which from
the outside looking in, is based on a wagering concept of “units
per game”, but on the inside is really based on percentage of
bankroll. I recommend NEVER wagering more than
5% of your total bankroll on any given game and no more than 25% of
your total bankroll on any given weekend. Most wagers should fall
within the 2% or 3% range, you can then either use a “flat
betting” system in which you wager the same amount on each game or
use a “best bet” format in which you rate your games highest to
lowest and assign your betting percentages accordingly.
2)
Most novices or beginning gamblers should use a flat betting
system based on percentage of bankroll for the best long-term
results, for example, if your starting bankroll is $5000 then a 2%
wager on a contest would be $100, meanwhile a 3% wager from the same
$5000 starting bankroll would be a $150 wager. A flat bettor would
then wager either $100 or $150 on each contest but not exceed the
25% of total bankroll mark of $1250 (based on the same starting
bankroll of $5000) over the course of the week. Once the weekend
results are finalized you would then have a different bankroll total
based on your winnings or loses for the week, this becomes your new
bankroll, the next week you would then adjust upward or downward the
amounts wagered on a per game basis based on your new “percentage
of bankroll” numbers. Remember that everyone will have their share
of good weeks and everyone will have their share of bad weeks, the
idea is to not place all of your eggs in one basket, you must be
able to survive the bad weeks if you want to come out ahead in the
long term.
3)
A good strategy to follow is to focus in on the local teams
in your neck of the woods, the reasoning is simplistic in that in
most cases a gambler first started as a fan, meaning that in general
terms no one knows the local teams better than a local fan which in
this case is YOU, however, you must be careful not to bet with your
heart and instead use your head, for example, although I advocate
using off-shore sports books as a means of having multiple outs for
the purpose of “line-shopping”, I also advocate using a local
book when placing a wager against a local team, the reason is based
on line “value”, in many cases a local line on a local team can
vary by as many as one or two points, mainly because of the fact
that the vast majority of local fans wager on local teams which in
turn means that a local line is often different that a national line
on the very same game.
Our goal here at www.footballforecastor.com
is to hit the 60% win mark year in and year out with our NFL and
college football selections, in the big picture few handicappers are
able to achieve this lofty goal on a consistent basis. I shake my
head in wonderment on how they get away with such outrageous claims
when I see the Saturday morning scam-you-cappers on TV or in the
advertisements listed in the USA Today newspaper touting win
percentages of 75% or 80% over the course of a season.
The simple truth is that the very best handicappers
consistently produce seasonal results that fall within the 55% to
60% range much like we do here at footballforecastor.com year in and
year out, my advise to all new clients is to use extreme discipline
in the amount of games you wager on each week, you must also adhere
to good money management techniques in order to get through the
peaks and valleys of a long season.
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