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62% WINNING DAYS - 43 OF 69 DAYS SINCE MAY 27TH!

MLB TOTALS ARE 34-20 (63%)!

CFB PLAYS 3% & HIGHER 12-1 (92.3%)!!

WOW...17-2 (90%) ON NFL % CFB PLAYS 4% & 5%!

TOP RATED 5% TOTALS 7-1-1 (88%)!

NFL TEASERS ARE 21-5 (81%)/ 4%+ ARE 12-1 (92%)!

Last updated Aug 18, 9:49 AM EDT

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NFL PRESEASON GUIDE WITH GOLDSHEET'S CFB POWER RATINGS

The 2025 NFL PRESEASON GUIDE….IT IS NOW 3 GUIDES IN ONE!

Get the most comprehensive preseason football resource in the industry—perfect for bettors, analysts, and die-hard fans.

Team Pages Include:

  • Full 2025 NFL Schedule
  • Projected QB Rotations with in-depth stats: starts here, career totals, and games played
  • Coaching histories and game logs from the past 7 seasons
  • Team-by-team preseason records since 2016

Bonus Features:

  • Hall of Fame Game breakdown: historical results and betting records for teams with a game already played
  • Preseason stats for the last two years: Yards Per Game (YPG), Points Per Game (PPG), offensive/defensive splits, sack percentage, and turnover margin

Ralph Michaels NFL Schedule Guide:

  • 2025 NFL schedule by team and by week with lines, totals and rest.
  • A “must have” for betting NFL futures and for Survivor pools

Exclusive from The GoldSheet:

  • 2025 College Football Power Ratings for all 136 FBS teams, sorted by conference and overall ranking
  • Each team’s average line, theoretical win total, and Strength of Schedule

Also Included for Every NFL Team:

  • Results from the last 7 years with betting lines and totals
  • Performance splits: Home Favorite, Home Dog, Away Favorite, Away Dog
  • Offensive Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator, and Head Coach changes dating back to 2016
  • Preseason QB performance data from the past two seasons—and much more

The edge starts before Week 1. Don’t go into preseason betting blind—get the guide that delivers results.

THE FRIDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT

First-Inning Report for Friday, August 15, 2025.

The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.

Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty

From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.

Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!

 

PLUS…..RALPH LOADS A FREE FIRST INNING PLAY DAILY BY NOON ET M-F AND BY 11 AM ET SAT & SUN ON HIS HOME PAGE - WT.BUZZ/RM

THE MONDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT

First-Inning Report for Monday, August 18, 2025.

The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.

Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty

From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.

Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!

 

PLUS…..RALPH LOADS A FREE FIRST INNING PLAY DAILY BY NOON ET M-F AND BY 11 AM ET SAT & SUN ON HIS HOME PAGE - WT.BUZZ/RM

THE 2025 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE!

THE 2025 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE!
 

While the Draft brings excitement and promise to the NFL teams and fans, I feel it is MORE important to quantify what each CFB team lost in the Draft.

A weighted grading system from 8 points to one point for each team. They are sorted by points lost and alphabetically.
There is also a conference-by-conference breakdown as well as the teams that have lost the most in the draft the last 4 years!
 

WEEK 0/1 CFB SCHEDULE WITH LINES

OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE WITH LINES AS THE CFB SEASON KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD!

Take notes and track line moves throughout the Summer.
The odds are from DraftKings on Tuesday, May 27th!
They are taken from the FREE WagerTalk Score/Odds page - wt.buzz/odds

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Date
Sport
Pick
Result
Aug 17
MLB
2% – (953) Milwaukee Brewers at (954) Cincinnati Reds 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) J Quintana (LHP), A Abbott (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 17
MLB
2% – (971) Miami Marlins Prop: Junk under 3.5 K’s -130
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 17
NFL
2% – (429) Buffalo Bills at (430) Chicago Bears Total Over 40.5 (-110)
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 16
NFL
3% – Tampa Bay Buccaneers -145
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 16
NFL
2% – (409) Carolina Panthers at (410) Houston Texans Total Under 39.5 (-105)
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 16
NFL
3% – Las Vegas Raiders -4.0 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 16
MLB
3% – (917) Detroit Tigers at (918) Minnesota Twins 1H Total Under 0.5 (-110) C Mize (RHP), Z Matthews (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 15
NFL
2% – Seattle Seahawks -155
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 14
MLB
2% – (909) Detroit Tigers at (910) Minnesota Twins 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) T Skubal (LHP), B Ober (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 13
MLB
4% – (957) Philadelphia Phillies at (958) Cincinnati Reds 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) C Sanchez (LHP), H Greene (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 12
MLB
4% – (907) Colorado Rockies at (908) St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals Total Over 4.5 (-120) K Freeland (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 10
NFL
2% – 1H Los Angeles Chargers 0.0 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 10
MLB
2% – (929) Toronto Blue Jays at (930) Los Angeles Dodgers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) E Lauer (LHP), T Glasnow (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 09
MLB
2% – (961) Chicago Cubs at (962) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-110) C Rea (RHP), A Pallante (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 09
NFL
4% – Buffalo Bills -150
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 09
NFL
3% – Tennessee Titans -3.0 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 08
MLB
4% – (925) Philadelphia Phillies at (926) Texas Rangers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) C Sanchez (LHP), M Kelly (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 07
NFL
3% – IND (-250) BAL with LV (-220) SEA
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 06
MLB
3% – (921) Baltimore Orioles at (922) Philadelphia Phillies 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) T Rogers (LHP), R Suarez (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 05
MLB
4% – (967) Chicago White Sox at (968) Seattle Mariners 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) D Martin (RHP), B Woo (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
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Consultant Bio

Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.

 

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