Tuesday 30 October 2012

Understanding College Football Picks Against The Spread

By Tonia Michael


Sports and betting go hand in hand but to bet one must have some information beforehand. By using college football picks against the spread, one can get an idea of the odds and what their profits can be. This dispersion of data is more of handicaps that either subtract or add back to the final score of any team such that the two teams playing each other are equal.

To understand sports betting, you must first realize what -110 means. This term signifies that if you were to place a bet worth $110 with a bookmaker then your winnings on the team can amount to $100. This is possible only if your team actually wins and if you can produce a receipt for the $110. In the event that your team loses or you lost the receipt, the bookie will not pay you a single penny as the winnings become theirs to keep.

The moment you place your foot inside the bookmaker office you shall find a large display board showing numbers on each team. These numbers might not give you any info at first but do not be alarmed. As you move around and see them, each one shall make some sense to you. Moreover, if you practice enough, you can even spot those numbers that are out of place on the board.

When you closely observe the listings, you should be able to see that teams are paired together based on their next matches. Each team is given a number either to the right or left and by default the lower team becomes the home side. This is the convention followed everywhere for all kinds of sports betting.

Left numbers shall appear to be larger than the right numbers such as 40.3 to 3.5 and this signifies totals for the match with the dispersion value to the right. No team shall however have two numbers, on both sides. As a better, you are expected to understand that each number signifies something and their meaning.

If you find a team with numbers printed to the right side then understand that this is the team that is deemed stronger in the pairing. The dispersion value is usually shown without its negative sign simply because the boards are made to show more data. Now, when a team is sporting a number on the left side, it is because the team is deemed to be the undergo in the match. This makes sure that better can understand which team is the stronger one of the two.

When betting on any team, the factors to consider are its dispersion value, its status and the total. Knowing that a team is the underdog means that if you win, you get a lot of money. And with the other two values, you can calculate your loss or profit.

College football picks against the spread provide some amount of sanity to the world of betting. Using this one can make very stable and educated guesses reducing their losses. It converts games into a odds and numbers situation where understanding counts.




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