Should You Bet On Preseason Football ?

As most of you know, I focus on money line underdogs for the first five innings of a baseball game, or the first half of a basketball or football game.

Since football is the most popular sport to bet on, I am getting a lot of questions about preseason NFL football betting. As a rule, I do not bet on preseason football because the sports books do not typically offer money lines for these games. They usually just put up point spreads. The point spreads are usually very tight with most of them falling between -1 and -3 points regardless of who is playing. Unfortunately there is very little correlation between preseason and the regular season.

If I do bet on preseason, I do it as a small part of my bankroll mainly for fun, and never put out official plays until the regular season starts.

One thing you might want to look at if you want action is betting on the new coaches. Often they want to get off to a good start right away to set a fresh new environment of winning.


This year there are only three new coaches. Mike Shanahan - Redskins, Pete Carroll -Seahawks and Chan Gailey - Bills.

Another thing is to look at is the idea of going against teams that had a great season last year and have a carryover of stability. These teams are usually not concerned about winning until the regular season.

Have fun if you bet the preseason, but wait until the regular season to make serious money.

Speaking of making money, we are off to a 6W-5L start on our baseball underdogs. $100 bettors are up $370 through today as we cashed our one early bet on the Twins (first five innings +$140). August is a great month to bet on baseball

Regards,

George
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