Ralph Michaels

Ralph Michaels

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18-7 (72%) RUN ON MLB/NRFI BEST BETS (4% & 5%)!

MLB #1 TRIPLE CROWN THIS SEASON.....#1 PROFIT, #1 WIN% & #1 RIO%!

5% TOTALS 5-0 (100%) - NFL/CFB TOTALS 11-4 (73%)!

NFL/CFB TOTALS NOW 19-9 (68%) & 57-30 (66%)!

NFL BEST BET TEASERS (4% & 5%) 24-9 (73%) & 34-16 (68%)!

ALL 4% & 5% BEST BET TOTALS 21-7 (75%) & 46-23 (67%)!

Last updated Oct 18, 12:05 PM EDT

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CFB/NFL RELEASE TIMES!

Last updated: Oct 7, 1:11 PM EDT

CFB - I handicap my entire CFB card prior to releasing any plays.
My Saturday CFB plays will start getting loaded on Thursday, and 90% will be loaded by 5 PM ET Friday. The latest I will add plays is Saturday by 10:30 AM ET.

NFL - Traditionally loaded on Saturdays by 2 PM ET. The latest I will add plays is Sunday by 10:30 AM ET.

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TUES CFB ONLY $5......7-1 (88%) CFB RUN!

CFB Total Starts Tue 10/20

THIS IS A BEST BET FOR ONLY $5! •• BEST BET TOTALS (4% & HIGHER) ARE 21-7 (75%)!

•• CFB totals are 17-9 (65%), with all football totals 19-9 (68%), with FB Best Bets totals winning 3 straight and 4 of 5 (80%)!

•• On all Best Bet Totals (4% & higher), Ralph is 21-7 (75%) and 46-23 (67%)!
•• On mid-week CFB plays, Ralph is 3-0 (100%), 7-2 (78%), 12-6 (67%), and 46-26-1 (64%) going back to 2024!

•• Mid-week CFB Best Bets are 2-0 (100%), 3-1 (75%), and 20-8 (71%)!

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A PRINTABLE WEEK #8 CFB SCHEDULE

A PRINTABLE WEEK #8 CFB SCHEDULE

 CFB schedule for week #8 (Thursday 10-20 through Saturday 9-24)

Includes lines and totals from DraftKings on Sunday at  2 PM ET, taken from the FREE WagerTalk Odds Page - wt.buzz/odds

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Game Time
NHL
(41) San Jose Sharks at (42) Toronto Maple Leafs: Total
7:37pm EDT - Oct 19/2026

THE PLAY: Total Over 6.5 (-130)

(41) San Jose Sharks at (42) Toronto Maple Leafs: Total

2% Total Over 6.5 (-130)

Maple Leafs are 21-0-2 O/U coming off a game as a Fav of -115+ if their opponent scored 2+ goals last game

These games have gone over by 1.7 goals per game.

The Maple Leafs started the season 0-3 O/U but have gone 5-1 O/U since allowing 4.2 goals per game, with 4+ goals allowed in 5 of the 6 games

Toronto has 5 PP goals in their L4 games.

San Jose has gone over 3 of their L3 games, scoring 3 goals in each game and allowing 12 goals.

They have 4 PP goals in their L3 games and have allowed a PP in each of their L2 games

The teams are a combined 7-0 O/U in non-confernce games

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Last 20

Date
Sport
Pick
Result
Oct 18
NFL
Buffalo Bills -4.5 (-112)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 18
NFL
Los Angeles Rams -12.5 (-110)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 17
CFB
(165) Cincinnati at (166) West Virginia: Total Total Over 63.0 (-116)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 17
CFB
Miami Florida Total Over 38.5 (-105)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 17
CFB
Louisiana Tech -15.0 (-114)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 17
CFB
1H Oregon State -10.5
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 17
CFB
Georgia State +10.5 (-110)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 16
CFB
Appalachian State -118
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 15
CFB
Georgia Southern -3.5 (-108)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 14
CFB
Western Kentucky -110
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 13
CFB
1H Jacksonville State Total Under 10.5 (-130)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 12
MLB
(905) Los Angeles Dodgers at (906) Milwaukee Brewers: Total First Inning Under (-160) Yoshinobu Yamamoto (RHP), Logan Henderson (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 11
NFL
(467) Denver Broncos at (468) Los Angeles Chargers: 1H Total 1H Total Under 21.0 (-112)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 11
NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5 (-112)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 11
NFL
Teaser: CIN pk with HOU pk
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 10
CFB
Oregon State -15.0 (-111)
(Analysis)
Win
Oct 10
CFB
(347) Coastal Carolina at (348) Marshall: Total Total Over 58.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 10
CFB
(363) Kent State at (364) Western Michigan: 1H Total 1H Total Under 22.5 (-101)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 10
CFB
Toledo Total Over 37.5 (-132)
(Analysis)
Loss
Oct 09
CFB
Florida State Total Over 27.5 (-121)
(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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