Does anyone else collect and then review their own information like I do?

I have and utilize hundreds of spreadsheets with information I have gathered over the past 35+ years, which is all you need to handicap the NFL. Does anyone else here cap like that or am I the only one?

@C-70Blues

 Your the only one 

The only way to cap & hopefully make money in betting sports is to collect information & create something that most of the public doesnt have access to. One question I have for you is how reliable is the information from 35 years ago? The NFL aligned the new divisional standings in 2002. 

With that said, whatever works for you, continue making money.

I use ESPN stats, ChatGPT and other stats websites.

ChatGPT? Why???

you seem to have the answers to your very deep and intellectual topic 

However, if it were me I would tweak your approach and maybe mix in something new.  Constantly evolving is the only way to stay ahead.  

my answer is yes and no….my same analytics and approach is very similar since 1986.  However embracing the technological advances and social media updates currently available at real time….its a no brainer for me.  

Best of luck this season I look forward to your picks and getting rich 

We've never had more "opinions" than we do right now thanks to social media. I see it as a bad thing for gamblers and especially newbies.

Where would you suggest newbies go for “information”? ESPN, pay a pro for picks, or just use spidey senses and borrow someone’s handy spiral notebook with 35 years of notes? 

If you’re old school and have a problem with recent technology advancements, and the possibility of “news with an agenda”….well that makes a little more sense to me. 

A shrewd Handicapper with your views would simply fade the public and their chatGPT predictions…that’s what I would suggest.  I disagree with you that it’s the “only thing you need” as adding any arrow to your quiver is more prudent and diligent. knowledge is power and whatever advantage or statistics that Pro uses for his own personal formula is well…his recipe.   Numerous ways to skin a cat…an open mind approach has worked wonders for me as I believe a continuous tweak to my capping keeps me ahead of the curve and avoids me being displacement and predictable (a square). Best of luck and would love to follow along with your plays this season.   

“spreadsheet” wasn’t that introduced in 1981 or so? 

Thats alot of data. When do you find the time to manage it all?

Instead of wasting the day on the internet, thinking the answers I need are out there somewhere, I spend it working on spreadsheets offline. 

@C-70Blues

 No.  I pay for 3-4 models.  Less time and easier to spot discrepancies with the book.

To each his own. I am finding out just how old fashioned I am with my methods.

How have the pay for models worked out for you? Do you have 3 or 4 

have a great year 

@C-70Blues

Hey, if it works why change.  If it doesnt, you better change.

@JJWoods

Fairly well.  I play exclusively (almost) alt lines, so my breakeven is usually close to 45%.

By comparison my documented results (Supercontest) landed at 57%.  Usually my alt line plays will land between 48-54%, which is good enough for me.

@unplucked_gem

 Awesome… Alt lines hmmm. 

You mention you have been doing it for 35 years. Many people that have started playing in the last 20 years have access to so much more info than you did 35 years ago. I remember in the Stardust Casino in Vegas right next to the sports betting windows was a room no larger than a typical American kitchen and it had all types of stats and trends on the walls printed on computer paper by the Stardust Sportsbook staff. People used to pore over stats and look for trends in there to help them make their selections. Now all that data and 1000x more is in our phones.  That said I admire your work ethic.  Good luck going forward.

"Now all that data and 1000x more is in our phones."

You don't need all that data and a 1000x more is my point. Good luck to you as well.

ehhhhhhhhh lost every year until i found what matters in nfl many teams are stromg nets and bad bets at ceratin games eagles are bad home openers 

past 11 years 3 wins 8 losses shown in the play book last year after winning in brazil came home 5 point chalk to flcons s/u loss and im smillng with ml bet on falcons +160 $200 

the browns really suck 1st game of yearno matter where or who they play in fact im own opibiob this is worst team cuurently in 3 years they won 5 games annt 0-16 in one with sme stupid HC that only won one game year vefore 

Raiders cannot win in east even at 4 pm time 

wash stinks on west coast games Cardinals cannot win  in MINNY 

packers own west coast teams 49ers cardinals seahawks rams 

Ever hear of punctuation or spell check?

Yes…. Smart  To limit your resources as a pro capper is just being silly or stubborn or both. I seriously doubt without injury reports, line movements, and weather updates that you have managed to reach even a modest 49% ATS.  Prove us all wrong with the crotchety old timer talk mr spreadsheets. Why swim upstream when you should only want to win… 

I follow line movements and I can say as of right now there has been very little in week one.

@C-70Blues

 Good call, useless to look at line movement at this stage, with limits lineups etc….waste