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On the Monday September 30 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s College Football First Look segment. As the name implies, the guys focused primarily on college football, but they did work in a quick NFL recap and some thoughts on Bengals vs. Steelers for Monday Night Football.A lot of great stats, trends, and additional information for college football came through in the form of Quick Hitters, regression analysis, and just some overall betting systems for this time of the year. The guys talked about adjustments that they made to their power ratings and also shared free picks and game previews of Temple vs. East Carolina, UCF vs. Cincinnati, Tulane vs. Army, and Utah State vs. LSU.

On the Friday September 27 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brent, the head risk manager at DSI Sportsbook, for this week’s version of The Odds Report. The guys had a ton of games to discuss with sharp money in both college football and the NFL and, like always, listeners learned something new about balancing risk on the other side of the counter.Some marquee games and some lesser games were discussed on the college football side, including Wake Forest vs. Boston College, Akron vs. UMass, and Washington State vs. Utah. On the NFL side, sharp money is on both sides and totals and Brent shared his own perspective on Cowboys vs. Saints and what he thinks will happen with the betting activity for that game.

On the Friday September 27 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke shared his Week 4 picks for the Westgate SuperContest. Adam’s BangTheBook Podcast entry is off to an 8-7 start and he had three very likely picks and a set of five leans to discuss with listeners today for the Week 4 card.Adam’s likely NFL picks and his set of leans were supported by stats, trends, betting angles, injury updates, and a variety of other factors. Along with his thoughts on the Week 4 games, he also recapped our progress in the SuperContest and gave updates on the field as a whole at the beginning of the segment.

On the Thursday September 26 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke ended the show with his thoughts on the Thursday night NFL game between the Eagles and Packers and also the Thursday night CFB game between Navy and Memphis. Then he took a look at several of the Week 5 college football games that we did not get to throughout the week during other segments.Adam ran through games like San Jose State vs. Air Force, UConn vs. UCF, NC State vs. Florida State, Louisiana vs. Georgia Southern, Indiana vs. Michigan State, Clemson vs. North Carolina, Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma, New Mexico vs. Liberty, and Arkansas vs. Texas A&M.

On the Thursday September 26 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com for this week’s Powers Picks segment. As always, the guys hit as many college football games as time would provide. After talking about conference play, revenge, and betting trends, those games included Arizona State vs. Cal, Georgia Tech vs. Temple, Washington State vs. Utah, Mississippi State vs. Auburn, Cincinnati vs. Marshall, Ohio State vs. Nebraska, and UCLA vs. Arizona.The guys also worked in a few minutes on the NFL, including some banter on Chiefs vs. Lions and also a look at Jaguars vs. Broncos.

On the Wednesday September 25 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by VSIN host Wes Reynolds for this week’s Wednesday Wagering segment. The guys took a long look at Week 5 in college football, Week 4 in the NFL, and this week’s PGA Tour event, the Safeway Open at Silverado Resort in Napa Valley.Adam and Wes jumped around the CFB and NFL cards to highlight his favorite picks for this weekend’s action across both leagues and to also discuss trends, home field advantage, and a variety of different football betting angles. Wes was also kind enough to stick around and share some golf plays with us as well.

On the Wednesday September 25 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard from WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. The guys looked at Week 5 in college football with thoughts on conference play and then non-conference games between BYU and Toledo, Northern Illinois and Vanderbilt, and Virginia and Notre Dame.On the NFL side of the ledger, the guys talked about some more reasonable lines in the betting market and Vikings vs. Bears and Cowboys vs. Saints.Be sure to tune in next week as the guys will talk some MLB playoffs, including betting tips for those games and some series previews.

On the Tuesday September 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Ralph Michaels from WagerTalk.com for this week’s Capping the Card segment. Adam and Ralph talked about conference play in college football, including three predictions for conference games coming up this week, and also talked about the NFL for Week 4.Adam and Ralph discussed how your handicapping should change for conference play and about some of the strength of schedule mismatches out there this week. They also looked at Iowa State vs. Baylor, Stanford vs. Oregon State, and Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State. On the NFL side, the guys talked about a lack of home field advantage league-wide and looked at Panthers vs. Texans and Browns vs. Ravens.

On the Tuesday September 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing, the host of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline for this week’s Betting the Board segment. The guys talked Week 4 in the NFL, the upcoming start of the NHL season and some Stanley Cup futures bets, and this week’s PGA Tour event, the Safeway Open.Adam and Brian started in the NFL with some thoughts on what we’ve seen so far and then some assessments of Eagles vs. Packers, Patriots vs. Bills, and Bengals vs. Steelers. The guys then shifted from the gridiron to the ice to talk Stanley Cup futures with the NHL season less than two weeks away. Finally, the PGA Tour is back again with the Safeway Open at Silverado and Brian shared his free picks.

On the Monday September 23 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s College Football First Look. It is Week 5, so sample sizes are getting larger and we’re getting more of an idea about these teams. That means we can also look for regression, which is what the guys did with several teams on today’s show.The guys also discussed a lot of games, both in passing and in-depth. They looked at Navy vs. Memphis, Duke vs. Virginia Tech, Penn State vs. Maryland, Arizona State vs. Cal, and then Akron vs. UMass, a game by listener request that most shows aren’t going to even touch this week.

On the Monday September 23 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke shared his MLB betting thoughts for the last week of the regular season and gave a quick breakdown of Bears vs. Redskins on Monday Night Football. Adam also added an MLB opinion for tonight’s action and talked about some betting angles to consider as this week’s results go in the books.The Bears and Redskins line is back up to -5.5, so Adam had some thoughts on the side and also the total with a road favorite tonight in the NFL.

On the Friday September 20 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brent, the head risk manager at DSI Sportsbook, for this week’s version of The Odds Report. Adam and Brent had a lot to talk about this week, as sharp money has affected many games in terms of the betting odds for College Football Week 4 and NFL Week 3.On the college side, the guys talked about some marquee games like Utah vs. USC, Michigan vs. Wisconsin, and Notre Dame vs. Georgia, but they also talked about lesser games like Bowling Green vs. Kent State and UCLA vs. Washington State. On the NFL side, a lot of sides and totals are moving as a result of sharp money, including Bears vs. Redskins on Monday Night Football.

On the Friday September 20 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke shared his NFL betting picks and analysis for Week 3 of the Westgate SuperContest. His picks are off to a 5-5 start through two weeks, but he shared three picks and a set of leans from which this week’s five-play card will come.After a recap of what we saw last week and how our BangTheBook entries did, Adam gave stats, trends, situational angles, and other supporting info to justify the NFL predictions that will be on his card for this week in the SuperContest and likely the Circa Million as well.

On the Thursday September 19 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke finished up the show on his own, as he shared his thoughts for Houston vs. Tulane and Titans vs. Jaguars on Thursday night and then hit some of the college football games we didn’t get to on other segments this week.Those college football games we didn’t hit, but hit today, included Louisiana-Monroe vs. Iowa State, UConn vs. Indiana, Troy vs. Akron, Georgia State vs. Texas State, SMU vs. TCU, and UCLA vs. Washington State.

On the Thursday September 19 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com for this week’s Powers Picks segment. Adam and Brad hit on 15 college football games on this segment and also shed some light on the mess that is Week 3 in the NFL.Game breakdowns on the college side included Utah vs. USC, Auburn vs. Texas A&M, Oklahoma State vs. Texas, and Notre Dame vs. Georgia as marquee games, but also lesser games like New Mexico State vs. New Mexico, Cal vs. Ole Miss, and West Virginia vs. Kansas. On the NFL side, Rams vs. Browns and Bears vs. Redskins were specifically addressed, but the whole NFL card was considered with all the QB injuries and everything else going on.

On the Wednesday September 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by VSIN contributor Wes Reynolds for this week’s Wednesday Wagering segment. The guys analyzed the sports betting market and the nature of line moves before digging into some Week 4 college football picks and some NFL Week 3 predictions.Adam and Wes discussed early-week line moves and the push-and-pull in the market that seems to define the numbers. The guys also looked at Michigan State vs. Northwestern, Michigan vs. Wisconsin, and Louisiana vs. Ohio before tackling some of Wes’s favorite NFL picks, including Ravens vs. Chiefs and the backup quarterback situations.

On the Wednesday September 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for a discussion about late-season MLB betting, college football Week 4, and NFL Week 3. The guys also talked about the ever-changing betting market and how to decipher some line moves.Adam and Bryan took a look at three listener-requested college football games with thoughts on Michigan State vs. Northwestern, Tennessee vs. Florida, and Bowling Green vs. Kent State. The guys also took a look at Week 3 in the NFL, including Lions vs. Eagles and Texans vs. Chargers.

On the Tuesday September 17 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Ralph Michaels of WagerTalk.com for this week’s Capping the Card segment. Adam and Ralph talked about Week 3 in college football and then transitioned into Week 4, including breakdowns of Michigan vs. Wisconsin, Washington vs. BYU, and Auburn vs. Texas A&M.The guys also spent some time on the NFL, looking at some of this week’s historic lines and also all of the injuries around the league. Breakdowns of Ravens vs. Chiefs and Falcons vs. Colts were the anchors of this strong segment with Ralph.

On the Tuesday September 17 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing, the host of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline, for this week’s Betting the Board segment. Adam and Brian talked about what we’ve seen so far through two weeks in the NFL and also covered two golf tournaments for our listeners.The guys ranted about Week 2 and about how tough it is to beat the NFL market now before trying to do that with Titans vs. Jaguars, Bengals vs. Bills, and Giants vs. Buccaneers. They also handicapped the BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour and the Sanderson Farms Championship on the PGA Tour.

On the Monday September 16 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke got as far as Kyle Hunter would help him get before finishing off the show himself. Adam took a look at what’s been going on in the MLB world and then talked about NFL, including his thoughts on tonight’s Browns vs. Jets Monday Night Football matchup.The MLB season has about two weeks left and things remain status quo, but there are some betting angles still available to exploit. Then Adam looked at the NFL side, as he wrapped up Week 2 with some MNF thoughts and talked about how to handle a Sunday in which nothing seems to go right. How do you evaluate your bets? What is out of your control and what isn’t? It was an important commentary as we head into Week 3.