Are you planning to make a wager on the Wild Card Games during the NFL Playoffs? If you are going to place a football bet this NFL playoff season, then you need a football betting strategy. With the right strategy, you are just that much closer to a win.
Saturday, January 6, 2007 begins the first round of the 2007 NFL Playoffs! Saturday's wild card round has the Kansas City Chiefs heading to the RCA Dome to battle the Indianapolis Colts at 4:30 PM EST and the Dallas Cowboys traveling northwest to Qwest Field to take on the Seattle Seahawks at 8:00 PM EST.
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To have a successful football betting strategy, you need to assess your teams’ offensive and defensive capability. You should also know how those capabilities match up to those of the opposing teams. If you are betting on the NFL, then you need to handicap the upcoming games to the best of your ability. Whether you use a stat cruncher, your gut instincts, or both, is up to you. You need to determine who the winner is going to be and by how much, and you should do this before you look at the lines.
If you choose to bet on college football, then your football betting strategy is a little different. You first need to choose a conference or two that you find interesting and can follow closely. There are a lot more games on the college for than on the NFL board so, in theory, it is easier to find soft lines. Some believe that the lesser known conferences may offer better betting opportunities, but it also might be harder to find team information on them in a timely manner. If you can’t find the information, then you can handicap your teams. The best thing you can do is to choose somewhere in the middle. You should select conferences you can watch on TV. You can handicap these teams the same way you do the NFL. You should also do this before looking at the lines. The reason why you do this before looking at any lines is that you don’t want the lines to influence your decision. The lines are just the public’s opinion on the game.
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After you have done your handicapping, then you can look at the lines. Pull the lines from your favorite source, newspaper, TV, Internet, and notice the differences between your handicaps and the lines. You should only bet one unit on a game if your handicap disagrees with the line by at least three points. Make sure you place the bet to your advantage. If, on the other hand, your handicap disagrees from the line by a touchdown or more, bet two units.
You should check the lines at least one a day and a couple of times on Saturday morning for college and a couple times on Sunday morning for the NFL. You should watch what lines are moving and do your homework to see why they are. If the reasons are valid, then you should adjust how you handicap the game and come up with a new number. If the reasons are invalid, then there is no need to change a thing.
Does this strategy guarantee you will win your bet? Unfortunately no, but if you are a successful handicapper, then you do increase your odds of winning. So practice your handicapping skills before you lay down your bets. Your wallet will probably thank you in the end.
