BrewBrain Sports Investing

First up, the non-BCS conference games.  I am not playing these as I have not proven my method works at all on these smaller converences:
Away  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Play)
Sun Belt:
LA Lafayette -2.3 at Florida Int.  (LA Lafayette +3.5)
W. Kentucky +5.1 at N. Texas  (W. Kentucky +11)
Middle Tennesee State -0.5 at Florida Atlantic  (MTS +1)
LA monroe […]

Well, it turned into a so-so week.  A win, but not a great big one.  I finished 7-6 for 53.85%.  Overall I’m 59-44 for 57.28% in the NFL.

The NBA regular season starts tomorrow.  I’ve got my algorithms all loaded up and ready to go to work.  I’ll be collecting data for a couple of weeks, then I’ll start publishing my spreads and picks.  I have NO history with my NBA strategy at all, so anything could happen.  I’ll be paper wagering until […]

OK, so I got back on track this week.  Not a huge week, but a winner.  I finished 27-23 for 54%, bringing me up to 52.94% overall.  That translates into a 1.07% net ROI.  Not great, but a winner so far.
One interesting stat I decided to track because it sticks out like a sore thumb:  […]

Week 7.  Let’s rock.
Visitor  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Play)
49ers -1.8 at Texans  (49ers +3.5)
Packers -10.4 at Browns  (Packers -7.5)
Chargers -1.0 at Chiefs  (Chiefs +4.5)
Colts -17.7 at Rams  (Colts -13.5)
Vikings -2.3 at Steelers  (Vikings +4.5)
Patriots -12.5 at Buccaneers  (Buccaneers +14.5)
Jets -6.7 at Raiders  (Jets -6.5)
Bills -0.9 at Panthers  (Bills +7.5)
Saints -8.6 at Dolphins  (Saints -6.5)
Cardinals +4.4 at […]

Alright, let’s get this party started:
Away  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Play)
Conference USA
Tulsa -9.9 at UTEP  (Tulsa -7.5)
UAB -0.3 at Marshall  (UAB +7)
UCF -7.2 at Rice  (Rice +10)
Tulane +15.4 at Southern Miss  (Tulane +21.5)
Southern Methodist +5.4 at Houston  (SMU +16.5)
Sun Belt
Florida International -1.4 at Arkansas State (FIU +11)
W. Kentucky +4.6 at Middle Tennessee State  (W. Kentucky […]

Alright, I’ve got Week 6 of the NFL in the books, but I need to call an audible first.  I thunk me up a piece of information I thought might be important for football handicapping, plugged it into the 2008 season data and checked things out.  Turns out I improved 5 games over the course […]

Washington gave up a 50-yard bomb with 5 seconds left to lose by 7 and deliver one last loss to my grid.  A perfect ending to a long grind of a Saturday college football schedule.  In the end, I finished 21-25 for 45.7%.  Not good, and it brings my overall total down to just under […]

Here are my custom spreads/picks for Week 6.  Let’s keep the gravy train rolling:
Visitor  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Play)
Texans +2.4 at Bengals  (Texans +4.5)
Lions +6.9 at Packers  (Lions +13.5)
Ravens +3.1 at Vikings  (Vikings -2.5)
Giants +0.2 at Saints  (Giants +3.5)
Panthers -2.4 at Buccaneers  (Buccaneers +3.5)
Chiefs +3.6 at Redskins  (Chiefs +6.5)
Rams +7.6 at Jaguars  (Rams +9.5)
Browns +7.2 at […]

Good week this week, finishing 8-6 for 57.14%.  It definitely could have been better, but I’ll take wins any day.
Really good game tonight to finish off the week.  It could have gone either way, but in the end Miami pulled it out at home.  Both teams looked pretty good from what I saw.
Through Week 5 […]

Here we go - Week 7 already:
Visitor  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Pick)
Sun Belt:
Arkansas State +1.6 at Louisiana Monroe  (Arkansas State +2)
Louisiana Lafayette -10.0 at Western Kentucky  (Louisiana Lafayette -7.5)
Florida Atlantic -7.7 at North Texas  (Florida Atlantic +2.5)
Troy -5.9 at Florida International  (Florida International +9.5)
ACC:
Virginia Tech -7.1 at Georgia Tech  (Virginia Tech -3)
NC State -2.0 at Boston […]

Got the NFL back on track after last week’s disaster.  It was a struggle though.  I started out 6-2 on the morning games, then went 2-3 in the later games.  A win from the Jets tomorrow night would give me a very nice weekend.

Well, another week down.  The can is kicked to next week.  Well, assuming Hawaii won’t score 16 unanswered points in the final 4 minutes anyway.
I finished 23-20 on the week for a barely profitable 53.49%.   Considering I went 0-3 on the weekday games and had a rough morning, I’m pretty satisfied with today’s results.
What the […]

So I’m going to be given the opportunity to try several beers over the next year that I would not otherwise have access to.  These are Beer Of The Month beers.  I am not a member, but somebody I know was given a membership and is going to give me a bottle of each.  What […]

NFL Week 5:
Visitor  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Pick)
Vikings -15.5 at Rams  (Vikings -10.5)
Raiders +12.1 at Giants  (Raiders +16.5)
Buccaneers +13.0 at Eagles  (Buccaneers +13.5)
Redskins -8.2 at Panthers  (Redskins +3.5)
Bengals +4.0 at Ravens  (Bengals +8.5)
Browns +4.4 at Bills  (Browns +6.5)
Steelers -6.6 at Lions  (Lions +10.5)
Cowboys -8.1 at Chiefs  (Chiefs +8.5)
Falcons +7.0 at 49ers  (49ers -2.5)
Jaguars -2.0 at Seahawks  […]

Not much to say other than “blech”!  That was one ugly week.  I went 4-10.  The bad news is it was the worst week I’ve had in my testing.  I never had a week that bad in the 2008 season.
The good news is it isn’t likely to happen often, and I had a nice cushion […]

Early this week as Middle Tennessee State and Troy play tomorrow already.
Visitor  BrewBrainSpread  Home  (My Play)
ACC:
Georgia Tech -3.3 at Florida State  (Georgia Tech +2.5)
Duke +4.2 at NC State  (Duke +15)
Maryland +1.0 at Wake Forest  (Maryland +11)
Boston College +7.9  at Virginia Tech  (Boston College +13.5)
Big 12:
Nebraska +3.1 at Missouri  (Missouri +3)
Baylor +17.5 at Oklahoma  (Baylor +25)
Colorado […]

I finished the college week 19-14 for a nice 57.58%.  Kicking the can down the street.  My hope is for college and NFL to return 5%, which would be just about 55% winners, so doing well here.  It would be nice to have a really big week to offset the almost certain stinker though.  I […]

It’s never good enough.  I sit at 10-4 and I just had to pop in to express my pissedness at Ball State.
So, as I read it, you do a nice job of scoring late to basically win the game.  But no.  You give up a 51 yard touchdown pass when that’s really all you have […]

Feels good to be 2-1 after the Louisville beat-down by Pitt tonight.  Two easy winners and an easy loser.  No point in agonizing if you don’t have to.
Good luck with your picks this weekend.  I’m hitting nature one last time tomorrow.