by Mario Mergola | Nov 1, 2023
We are halfway there. I can’t believe it. But, then again, I can never believe it. The season almost always moves quickly, but I can easily see why this one has felt like a blur to this point. It’s because there has been no movement. Anywhere. Usually, by...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 26, 2023
Much better. Last week, I wrote about how impossible it was for the games to continue to play close to their spreads, and we finally got some relief from it. With the relief came a much better record. We obviously want that to continue this week, but we also need to...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 18, 2023
What a frustrating set of outcomes. I mentioned it last week — and I refuse to give excuses because this is the nature of the game — but we have seen too many games fall to within a single point of the final spreads. Unfortunately, we have also landed on...
by Mario Mergola | Oct 11, 2023
By this point of the season, we usually start to see some direction for the type of picks that win and lose. Instead, we continue to hover through the year, waiting for a sign. Given what I wrote over the past few weeks, this isn’t too surprising. The spreads...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 31, 2018
This quarterbacks column is multi-part preview with a new quarterback – or set of quarterbacks being released daily. To read the introduction, please visit the first post in the series. Writing this column in the latter weeks of the preseason carries some risk...
by Mario Mergola | Aug 30, 2018
This quarterbacks column is multi-part preview with a new quarterback – or set of quarterbacks being released daily. To read the introduction, please visit the first post in the series. I’m sitting in a chair a table with a laptop in front of me and a cup...
