College Football’s Best Bets of 2016

Almost Varsity Sports is here to deliver for our loyal listeners.  Each week this season we’ll be publishing our best bets of the week and we’ll touch upon most, if not all, on our podcasts.  We will try and have confidence rankings on most of our picks.  You have our preview article which details, in depth, our choices for the division.  This article is strictly about VALUE.  These are the b est bang for your buck bets that have a shot to hit.  But, for now, let’s get the year off on the right foot for everyone with some NCAA Continue reading College Football’s Best Bets of 2016

Vote for Trout Already!

Major League Baseball has never had more young talent.  Harper, Machado, Stanton, Altuve, Bryant, Seager, Lindor, Betts, Correa, Arenado …the list goes on.  Even with current and potential superstars seemingly on every team, Mike Trout is clearly the best player in baseball.  Yet once the book closes on the 2016 season, his resumé will only include one American League Most Valuable Player award.   WAR is not a perfect stat.  Different websites have been known to calculate the statistic differently, but it does a good job of telling the whole story.  Mike Trout has played five full seasons in the Continue reading Vote for Trout Already!

College Football Preview 2016-2017

As the August days fly by, it means one thing, football is right around the corner.  A LONG eight months have gone by since the all too familiar picture of Nick Saban hoisting up a fourth national title while coaching the Alabama Crimson Tide.   In cities across the country, fans are prepping for parties and packing up tailgate equipment eagerly anticipating the turn of the calendar.  Almost Varsity Sports is here for another year with winning predictions, money making bets, and hours of in depth research to make this another enjoyable college football season. AAC Champion – Houston Cougars Continue reading College Football Preview 2016-2017

NCAAF Best Bets: Week 1

Its Week 1.  Time to give out some free money…. Lets just get to the picks: 1-5 Star ratings and keeping track of net stars: South Carolina -2.5 UNC; 63.5 South Carolina has a brand new starting QB (Connor Mitch) who just won the job late in fall camp.  He’s inexperienced on a team that didn’t do a whole lot last year.  He has one stud receiver in Pharoah Cooper, but I don’t know if he’ll be able to get him the ball.  The ol’ ball coach will have to call a ton of screens and short passes to try Continue reading NCAAF Best Bets: Week 1