The Lion’s Edge

Straight to business in Part 2 of this week's handicapping episodes. It's a favorite-heavy card on this week's NFL episode, with public bettors chasing trendy dogs like the Bears, Panthers and Commanders. All of them are sub-.500 teams that won last week. But do we really think the party is going to continue into this week? Plus: Previewing the Bucs/Ravens game on Thursday Night Football. Here's w...

It happens every year. The mid-season adjustment to ugly, horrible sides that's great for your wallet and terrible for your eyeballs. We've reached that point in the 2022 college football betting calendar. Here are six plays that will win you money, but lose your appetite. PLUS: Why are we so sure that Alabama is a playoff team? Chase wonders aloud. Make sure to read our team's content on BetMGM's...

On this special Monday edition of The Lion's Edge, Chase invites on New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Pearlman to discuss his new book, "The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson."LATER: Evaluating the odds market for tonight's Monday Night Football game between the Bears and Patriots. Make sure to read our team's content on BetMGM's blog, The Roar: https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blo...

On this week's podcast, we stan for a college football team from the great state of Tennessee... and it's probably not the one you think. Stand up, Skyhawks! FIRST: More crappy NFL odds on Thursday Night Football, as the New Orleans Saints head to Arizona to play the Cardinals. Just like last week, I'm recommending you turn off the garbage pro game and take a look at a far superior college game. T...

No fluff and no BS in Part 2 of this week's handicapping episodes. I don't like a lot of NFL spots this weekend, and I'm not going to give back any of the money we've made over the last month and change by trying to force it. I do really like a couple of first-half lines on Sunday, though...THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: Commanders (pk) at Bears. Ugh. This game is awful. Don't forget to check out those...

I got lots of positive feedback last week on the split-episode formatting, so we're back this week with a Wednesday podcast exclusive to college football! As usual, Chase explains his five best bets of the Week 7 college football betting card. He also outlines how many of the week's top games feature public underdogs that are being hammered by the public. In many cases, the lines aren't moving at...

Here's Part 2 of this week's experimental podcast -- broken up into two sections, for those of you who prefer to keep your college handicaps separated from your NFL picks! FIRST: How to bet Colts (+3.5) at Broncos on Thursday Night Football. Chase does have a play in the game. LATER: Best Bets for Week 5, including an argument for laying the whopping 14 points in Sunday's Bills/Steelers game. Don'...

Trying something a little different this week. Here's the full Week 6 college football card -- 5 official picks, plus 10 more leans to consider -- and I'm dropping it in a solo, CFB-specific podcast a full day earlier than usual. You've got 72 hours to marinate on this information and decide what you like! Our college football best bets are 12-4 over the past three episodes! AIRHORN: Southern Meth...

PICKS ARE STILL HOT! Chase has a new slate of College Football and NFL picks for this weekend's action. This week, Chase invites Trysta Krick to the show for an extended conversation about her background in sports, finance, and... caddying for senators? Trysta explains the angles and data points she prefers to evaluate before making bets in NFL and college football markets. AIRHORN: no tennis pick...

You can't do better than perfect! Chase's college football picks were perfect last week, and we're looking to keep that momentum rolling into Week 4 of the college football schedule. This week's solo pod starts with three great Thursday handicaps right out of the gate. Be very wary of Steelers +4.5, as nearly 80 percent of the tickets are backing Pittsburgh as a huge public dog. Despite the ticket...

Week 1 of the NFL betting slate was brutal; we made money anyway. We don't want to overreact (or underreact!) to what we saw in Week 1, though, so Chase welcomed Allan Bell (CBS/Sportsline/Early Edge Podcast) onto the show to break down some of the juiciest games from the Week 2 NFL betting schedule. Later: My five best bets from Week 3 of college football, including how to bet teams like App Stat...

This might be a Thursday podcast, but I'm always going to hop on to talk college football if something crazy happens. Something crazy did indeed happen during Week 2 of the 2022 college football season, as Sun Belt football stole center stage from Alabama/Texas. App State beat Texas A&M; Marshall beat Notre Dame; Georgia Southern beat Nebraska and got Scott Frost fired. All three wins were on...

Former Lion's Edge cohost Andrew Doughty returns to the show to help preview NFL Week 1. Make sure to read our team's content on BetMGM's blog, The Roar: https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/You can view the college football betting page here: https://sports.betmgm.com/en/sports/football-11/betting/usa-9/college-football-211Social media links:Lion's Edge Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLionsEdgeLion'...

If you've been listening to the podcast, you've heard everyone say it."Which conference do you think is the most interesting right now?" I ask."It's the Big 12," everyone says. So, rather than blather on about whether my Mountaineers can finally do something worth talking about this season, I called up one of the best Big 12 guests I know -- Phillip Slavin, the kingpin of the Ten12 media network....

Week 1 of the college football season has arrived, and we've got the absolute perfect guest for it: Phil Steele. For 28 years, Steele's summer magazines have set the gold standard for summer preview magazines, in part by giving fans and bettors and absolute dump truck of information. Here, Phil identifies a couple of potential win total targets that the betting market is off on. He also goes into...

The Lion's Edge usually publishes new episodes on Thursday, but I just couldn't wait one more day to talk about college football. I was on vacation last week, trudging around the Sandbridge sand with my girlfriend's family. And as the week went on, my CFB anxiety was hitting all-time highs. When I got back on Saturday, I immediately called up Colby Dant from the College Football Experience -- part...

Did the Rams win the Super Bowl in February, or did I just dream that? In sports betting, we're used to reigning champs being priced at the top of the market when a new season rolls around. That's thanks in part to shaky-but-popular syllogisms like, "the champ is the champ until someone beats them." The Rams are something of an exception. The Chiefs and Bills are both bigger favorites to win the S...

We all know the Deshaun Watson stuff is weird and creepy. But the Cleveland Browns are still going to suit up for 17 NFL games this season, with or without him available to play quarterback. And here's the thing... while we've all been concentrating on the (obviously horrible) Watson news, we seem to have forgotten something that's been in front of our faces now for 2+ years -- the Browns are actu...

The AFC West is the only NFL Division where absolutely any team could finish first, and absolutely any team could finish last. The Chiefs (+155) are the obvious favorite, given their recent team history, but the Chargers (+230) and Broncos (+260) are both very live. Even the Raiders (+650!) were a playoff team in 2021.The Broncos may have made the most dramatic offseason upgrade when they finally...

Of all the NFL divisional championship prices available at BetMGM, the number for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the one that dramatically stands out. Many favorites have modest prices, somewhere between -120 and +150; Tampa is -300.The NFC South is not particularly competitive, with Carolina looking listless and Atlanta still rebuilding. But the Saints still look good, and there's crazy value on New...

We're all the way back, baby! Quinton Mayo (BetMGM Tonight) joins the show to help Chase break down the NFC East odds market. No team has won the NFC East in back-to-back years since the Eagles did it in 2003-04, nearly 20 years ago. The Dallas offense got noticeably worse in the offseason, while Philadelphia and Washington made major upgrades. So why should anyone bet Dallas at the top of the mar...

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Resetting the college football table with 10 questions: Which team nailed  their coaching hire? And which  team blew it? Favorite Alabama future? Buying Big 12 favorites or down-ballot teams? Favorite conference championship favorite odds? Where do you draw the line in national championship odds? Is JMU a top-half FBS team in 2022? Which current or former USC QB to buy in Heisman odds? Is Clemson'...

Resetting the NFL table by breaking down win totals, MVP odds, and more NFL futures. 

With Andrew taking some time off, Chase has an hour-long dive into one of the show's most consistently requested topics: how does Chase consistently identify all these seemingly random winning tennis bets? In today's exploratory episode, BetMGM writer & analyst Chase Kiddy explains his proven method of betting on tennis. With absolutely nothing held back, here's the full explanation of how a s...