The Party of Lincoln’s negligence commenced with George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism”. Conservatives preach tough love, but Bush distorted the “compassionate conservatism” redundancy into an oxymoron by defining “compassion” using the glossary of Jimmy Carter.
With the aid of a Republican Congress, Bush benevolently spent like a drunken Kennedy. His renunciation of conservative principals of conscientious expenditure failed miserably not only in courting the left hell-bent on destroying him, but disenfranchised conservatives of every ilk.
But Bush and the Republicans’ implosion was just in its infancy.
Speaking of aliens, the President from the once
law-and-order party adopted a do-nothing course of action when it came to preventing
illegal aliens from journeying across the
A new low point was achieved in the Terri Shiavo circus. Once a “family values” party, religious insurgents demanded that the excruciating life and death decision involving the brain-damaged comatose women should be decided not by her next-of-kin, but by a bunch of empty suits inside the Beltway.
While the Reaganites allowed Christian jihads to seize occupancy of the conservative movement, the rest of the party distanced themselves by nominating John McCain for President, the most center-left entrant in modern Republican history.
Lagging miserably in the polls, McCain skyrocketed once he threw a bone to traditional conservatives and chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. While her gaffes made her easy fodder for the left-leaning “if you can’t beat them, destroy them” media, it was centrist McCain who permitted Barack Obama to achieve the impossible.
Liberal Barack Obama successfully courted abandoned Reagan conservatives by convincing them that he would cut taxes for middle-class Americans more than McCain would.
But Barney Frank has pulled the granddaddy of them all in dismembering the disremembered conservative movement. Somehow, someway, the unapologetic left-winger has positioned himself to the right of most Republicans on gambling civil liberties.
Personal responsibility and creating new streams of tax revenue was once etched-in-stone bare essentials of the Republican Party and remains basic principles in the non-religious nutter dieing wing of conservatism.
Fully legalizing the legitimate pastime of online gambling, while relishing in the cash flow that would funnel into the economy, should be embraced by the Republicans.
Yet so-called Republicans such as John Kyl and Bill Frist have declared mutiny on traditional conservatism and hijacked it to the point where estranged Reaganites acknowledge that Barney Frank represents their constituency much more than the derelict traitors who deceitfully call themselves Republicans.
Republicans are oblivious to how they alienated their base with spendorama “compassion”, a see-no-evil approach to illegal immigration, and allowing a left-wing presidential candidate to abduct their lower-taxes mantra.
By voting for full legalization of online gambling,
they have an opportunity to return to their pro-business, anti-government
intrusion roots. But consistent with their political death wish recent history,
Republicans have allowed a progressive Congressman from
Ronald Reagan once said that that he didn’t leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left him. Now posthumously, the Republican Party has done the same.
Barney Frank is now the knight in shining armor to dyed-in-the-wool conservatives. Republican enablers have assured this Armageddon lasts well beyond the next mid-terms.
Supporting online gambling could be the Republicans last chance to court back conservatives. Here’s betting they instead choose to subvert themselves further into irrelevancy.
The author Joe Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com, the most respected sports betting site on American sports. ]]>
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Davidson-South
The Wildcats are 54-20-3 off ATS loss and a very
impressive 42-18 on the road versus teams with home winning percentage of .600
or better. They enter though on a
The Gamecocks are 8-20 at home versus an opponent with a winning road record. They are 6-0 off a double digit home loss.
Rhode
Island-Niagara
The Rams are 13-4 in nonconference games, while the Purple Eagles are 38-17 under the same circumstances.
This is of course the NCAA Tournament play-in game. The
Eagles of Morehead are 16-5 against teams with a winning record but yet
The Patriots are 1-6 overall their last seven. The Nittany Lions are 9-3 off an straight up loss.
Northeastern-Wyoming
The Cowboys have covered 8-of-10 at home.
UAB-Notre Dame
Notre Dame is 3-11 against teams with a winning record.
UNLV-Kentucky
UNLV 8-1 off double digit home loss but are on an 0-6 skid entering the NIT.
Nebraska-New
The Cornhuskers are 12-26 on the road.
UTEP-Nevada
UTEP is 9-2 in the WAC.
Washington
State-St. Mary’s
The Gaels are 7-2 off an ATS loss. All the winning March
Madness picks and predictions against the spread for the 2009 NIT Tournament,
CBI, and College Insider Tournament will be at OffshoreInsiders.com
All quoted records are against the spread unless over/under records are specified. For the latest Big Dance Vegas odds and betting line check out the college basketball odds.
Radford-North
USC is 5-0 overall.
Butler-LSU
Michigan-Clemson
Morgan
State-Oklahoma
Akron-Gonzaga
Gonzaga is 2-6 in the NCAA Tournament.
Western
Kentucky-Illinois
The Hilltoppers are 16-5 on
neutral courts and 40-17 their last 57 nonconference
games according to the sportsbooks.
Binghamton-Duke
The Blue Devils have dropped four straight Big Dance games.
Minnesota-Texas
The Golden Gophers come in on a 4-11
slump.
Maryland-California
Mississippi
State-Washington
Northern
Iowa-Purdue
Texas A&M is 10-1 off a ATS loss and 46-22 opponent winning percentage of .600 or greater. BYU 1-6 off ATS loss.
Chattanooga-Connecticut
The Spartans are 9-0 off straight up loss.
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]]>McCormick says, “He is among the top 15-20 college basketball experts in the country.” Though Alan Boston is best known as a poker player, “in recent years he has narrowed the gap between himself and long-term college basketball betting gurus Joe Duffy of GodsTips, Bill Tanner, and Castlegate Sports.”
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In fact, as our diverse range of regular clients have seen
us assert in our analysis—the dichotomous ATS and straight up game as an
example—handicapping is in large part the art of isolating overvalued and
undervalued teams.
The voluminous articles on Bracket Science are centered on
isolating characteristics of underachieving and overachieving teams in the NCAA
Tournament.
If there is a downside to this mechanism, the findings are
more corroborating my own experiences as a handicapper than enlightening me on
new angles. Rest assured that a large component of my success in the industry
since the 1980s is that I am quite swayable and have made many adjustments,
often debunking unfound theories of my fledgling early years.
Conversely, those who subscribe to sports betting’s
ultimate oxymoron “conventional logic” will have an epiphany upon reading the
findings with an open mind.
Possibly topping the lists of urban legends perpetuated by
hacks, talking heads, and bottom-rung handicappers alike is the pure poppycock
about betting on guard oriented teams.
As stated numerous times, a team’s strength is a commodity
and the less prevalent the commodity, the more value the resource is.
In a rare illustration in which “conventional logic” is
factually based, most baseball fans understand that possessing a shortstop who can hit 35 runs and knock in 100 is more valuable than a
first baseball who can do the same. A power hitting middle infielder is a
scarcity—a rare commodity.
But the same gospel truth is abandoned elsewhere in
sports. For example in the NBA playoffs, it’s a statistical truism that scoring
decreases in the NBA playoffs as defensively intensity increases.
Yet “conventional logic” has Joeybagofdonuts victimized
into believing that somehow when scoring goes down defensive becomes more
paramount. False, a quick study proves that teams most adept at scoring
consistently in the half-court are beyond reproach the most victorious in
postseason NBA.
The same parallel universe applies to college basketball.
There are significantly more quality backcourts than frontcourts. Most teams
that fail to make the NCAA, flop in the first-round, or do not even quality for
the NIT are guard oriented.
Drinking the Kool-Aid, those who perpetuate the alternate reality conclude that the preponderance of high caliber guard play and the dearth of dominant big men makes the more prevalent guard oriented teams the more cherished commodity. Basketball’s equivalent of the power hitting first baseman has become more indispensable than the shortstop who can bat cleanup.
Poppycock, balderdash; it’s a pure betting urban legend.
The goal here is neither to bootleg Tiernan’s
research nor write an advertorial on his behalf, but one would be advised to
consult his work for his precise and standardized metrics for defining over and
underachieving.
His research concluded that since 1991, NCAA Tournament
teams get 52 percent of their points from guards. He also defines the last 24
years as the modern era and divides them into three eight-year periods. Of zero
surprise to us, but a revelation to countless, Tiernan
concludes, “In each eight-year period of the modern
era, the most frontcourt-dominant teams have overachieved,” and continuing,
“The most guard-dominant squads have never been overperformers
in any eight-year period of the 64-team era.” “Never” he said, no way, no how.
Using statistically overwhelming numbers to document his conclusions he again corroborates what we’ve preached for decades, “if you look at the average percentage of points that tourney advancers have gotten from guards in each eight-year period of the modern era, you’ll find that deeper advancers tend to be more frontcourt-oriented squads.”
Judge for yourself as the $20 he charges for his research is pocket change for the bettor and we be paid back ten-fold if utilized correctly.
Debunking the guard-play myth is just one of my long-preached theories that have earned me the title of “Mr. March” and “Lord of the Dance” that are validated by his 24-year study.
Because I am seamlessly converting his brainpower into spread betting applications, the devil’s advocate could argue yours truly is making some leaps of faith. I’d welcome counterpoints, but among the other theorems authenticated not only by my quarter century of unprecedented winnings, but also by Tiernan’s scholarly research are:
· Straight up winning percentage is greatly overplayed in handicapping. Scoring margin is the leading indictor
· Bench play is extremely overvalued in Big Dance handicapping. Note that the study is purely about the NCAA Tournament. We assert that a deep bench is of great importance in the conference tournaments but overrated in the Big Dance
· Age and experience is also overrated. “With each two-round advancement in the tourney, teams get increasingly younger,” the study says.
The sportsbooks thrive because “conventional logic” is too often a misnomer for “folklore” in sports betting. Those who let facts guide their conclusions will continue to prosper.
The author Joe Duffy is part of Dream Team of GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com. The above research is only a scintilla of the data “Mr. March” exploits en route to being the winningest all-time sports handicapper.]]>
WHEN: 2007 South regional matchup
WHO:
HOW: In one of the wildest March
Madness betting comebacks in recent memory, favorite
WHEN: 1989 Southeast Regional
matchup
WHO:
HOW: Imagine how much you’d have
won if you took a halftime sportsbook
line on
WHEN: 1983 Championship final
WHO:
HOW: How often do online betting
fans see a favorite blow a six-point lead with three minutes to go? It happened
in 1983, when NC State stole the championship from
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We asked Cy McCormick of The MasterLockLine, which has the top plays from the top sports services in their highest ranked
He tells us “His SEC picks in football and basketball are decent, though not as good as Jonathan Mardukas or Bill Tanner, though a little better than NinerTopDogs. Chuck had a decent Monday Night football totals run.”
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Players’ form is very important as the matches are played every day, once the tournament starts and this can often decide the winner. Considering that the tournaments have very busy schedule, the bookies don’t have enough time to take everything into consideration when deciding on the odds, and they usually base these just on statistics. Thus, you can back the player at really good odds if you can just take some time to study the matches.
The most important thing when choosing the best tennis pick sis to take the playing surface into the consideration. We all know that almost all Spanish players are great on clay, but really poor on faster surfaces, while you cannot expect a serve and volley player to do well on the slower surface. You should make sure that the player you are backing is good on the surface the match in question is being played.
As we have already said, the players are involved in a lot of matches during the season and they tend to get tired and often pick up injuries. Making sure to have all the information on a player is essential as that can help you a great deal. For example, if a player has just finished a difficult tournament, where he played a lot of long matches, he cannot be expected to bring his best game as he will be very tired. You could use this to bet against him and take possibly very high odds.
Previous meetings between players are also worth considering as if one player has always beaten the other one, the odds are that he will do it again, even though he is an underdog in the match.
If you follow all these guidelines, tennis betting is certainly worth considering and it is certainly an option when there are not many football or basketball events to bet on. ]]>
The sportsbooks have the first batch of exotic prop bets and Sports Betting Sportsbook is leading the way thus far.
The Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers are not the only game being played on Super Bowl Sunday. The NBA schedule is highlighted by the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the world that is proposition bets, LeBron James is
going up against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals.
Who will score more points, LeBron James or the Pittsburgh Steelers? James is -1.5 at Sports Betting Sportsbook to win that prop bet. One can also bet Kurt Warner TD passes versus King James missed three-point shots or whether the margin of Super Bowl victory will be higher than the total points scored by James’ teammate Anderson Varejo.
Pistons players are also included by the famed sportsbook. Will Willie Parker have more rushing attempts than Allan Iverson scores points? How about Cardinals first downs versus Rasheed Wallace points plus rebounds?
There are even proposition bets having
Golf fans, there are prop bets involving the fourth round scores of Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els, Phil Michelson and others.
Fantasy football betting odds and wacky wagers are also posted at Bookmaker and Bodog Life. While Bodog is well known for the craziest proposition bets, JoeDuffy.net and OffshoreInsiders.com will keep an eye out on all the top Vegas and offshore oddsmakers.