Football is back! Get ready for a crazy ride!

Colts center Jeff Saturday hugged Patriots
owner Robert Kraft, whose wife Myra died last
week, during Monday's news conference. 

Two words to everyone who follows the NFL :  Buckle Up!

With twitter feeds and websites constantly updating us on CBA talks, now the attention turns to the part which gamblers should be most concerned with : team rosters and schedules.

The NFL lockout is finally OVER and the next week should be compared to combining Thanksgiving and Christmas with the unprecedented amount of player transactions in a short time frame.

When making decisions on teams to bet on come September it will be important to watch very closely what teams do over the next 7-10 days.  This point cannot be stressed enough.

With a hard Salary Cap (est $120 Mill/team) and a huge pool of Free Agents to sign starting on Friday, studying the new additions to rosters, injury news, and trades will be extremely critical to early season success when betting on NFL. Teams with lower turnover of roster and who don't have any significant coaching changes stand to have an advantage as the season starts.  With less time to prepare rosters and no off season workouts it will be harder for teams with significant roster/coaching changes to catch up to others.

Happy to report that it is time to get the notebooks ready, buckle up, because here we go!!!

Can't Wait!

Are you ready for some football?

After 131 days, the NFL lockout is officially over!!

This afternoon the fans got their wish and the NFLPA and Owners held a press conference announcing they have agreed to terms to an agreement to bring back football!

More to come....

NFL.COM Link of NFLPA and Owner Press Conference

News and Notes from the past few months

May 11, 2011:

For many college hoop and sports fans the unthinkable happened as CBS did not renew Gus Johnson's contract.  Gus Johnson will be making the move to FOX.  He will be calling PAC12 College Football games this fall and it looks like he will be also announcing some NCAA games after the football season and continuing his duties with the BIG TEN network.  We can only hope that they can reach an agreement for him to announce NCAA tourney games next March otherwise it just won't be the same.

NY TIMES: Gus Johnson leaving CBS to move to FOX

June 30th 2011:

The NBA can't reach a deal with players and has caused another major lockout for US professional sports.  This one expects to be ugly and there is a real chance the NBA season may not happen in 2011-12.  The NBA is looking to re-vamp the economic framework for the game, which probably means more focus on hockey once Football and College Hoops is done in March.

NBA Goes into Lockout Mode

July 21, 2011:

After the US Department of Justice shut down some very popular online gambling domains (PokerStar, Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet), two more major players in the online gambling world pulled out the USA.  BetJamica.com and thegreek.com who are trust sport books are no longer serving US customers.  Very disappointing turn of events for online gamblers.