by Mario Mergola | Mar 19, 2025
The more I read about strategies to win March Madness pools, the prouder I am that this column has focused on game theory more than game action. The problem, however, is that more people are focused on game theory, and that lowers the edge it has. Of course, that...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 7, 2025
I cracked my knuckles, pulled up an absurd amount of tabs on an already-packed browser, and starting researching. Looking for numbers, trend, anything that could help. In the end, I was able to pull together various fragments of information to form one coherent...
by Mario Mergola | Feb 3, 2025
I always write about the football-watching world and how it collectively views a set of games — or, in this case, a single game — because that can serve as a baseline. Heading into the Conference Championships, the general feeling about the pair of games...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 23, 2025
That was better. After a disappointing start to the postseason, everything turned around last week. It was a nice way to head into the home stretch, but we do have to acknowledge one situation: the spreads were eerily accurate last week. And they weren’t only...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 16, 2025
I always love the start of a new postseason. That doesn’t mean it will always love us. Unfortunately, we stumbled out of the gate. Unlike the teams, themselves, however, we aren’t done yet. We have the opportunity to recover and continue improving on a...
by Mario Mergola | Jan 9, 2025
The end of any given regular season always hits hard. I’m sure I’ve written about this in the past, but it’s because I spend so much time moving through games that, when the amount of matchups is cut in half — and then some — it’s...
