by Mario Mergola | Jan 1, 2025
I write it every year. People will argue that the first week of the season is the most difficult to pick against-the-spread. Not true. I love Week 1. I do not love the last week of the regular season. Ever. It’s because I always write about how careful we need...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 24, 2024
As I wrote in last week’s column, we are about to have quite the wild schedule ahead of us. Because of that, I took the same approach to the early portion of my weekly analysis and simply couldn’t want for too much confirmation that would form later in the...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 18, 2024
We are closing in on the last few weeks of the regular season, and that means we will start to see a few unique changes to the schedule. This week, we have a few games on Saturday, and next week will start with a matchup on Wednesday. I am noting this here because it...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 11, 2024
It feels like only a few short weeks ago that I was typing about us leaving the first quarter of the season. Now, we’re about to enter the last one. As we see on a yearly basis, there is always some shuffling in the standings that will be done between now and...
by Mario Mergola | Dec 4, 2024
Every year, I write about how much I love the start of a season because we can rely on outdated perceptions allowing us to target the reality of a team’s potential. As the calendar turns, however, we lose that edge. Sometimes, it comes back. This is one of those...
by Mario Mergola | Nov 27, 2024
We have now quietly seen a nice turnaround from what we experienced a few weeks ago, and it looks like everything is starting to trend in the right direction. That also means it’s an unfortunate time for a drastic change in schedule. As usual, we have three...
