Ralph Michaels
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WOW...19-3 (86.4%) ON NFL & CFB PLAYS 4% & 5%!
74% WINNING FOOTBALL DAYS SINCE DECEMBER 18TH!
NFL TEASERS - 22-5 (82%)/ 4%+ ARE 6-0 & 13-1 (93%)!
CFB PLAYS 3% & HIGHER 12-1 (92.3%)/ TOTALS 12-2 (86%)!
TOP RATED 5% TOTALS 8-1-1 (89%)!
MLB TOTALS ARE 36-25 (59%)!
Last updated Aug 30, 8:45 AM EDT
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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
THE SATURDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Saturday, August 30, 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
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THE PLAY: Clemson -4.0 (-110)
(219) LSU at (220) Clemson
Clemson -4.0 (-110)
This is my top opinion meaning it was the play that just missed being a client release.
Other plays in which I have a strong lean
Arizona -16.5
Oregon St +1
Under 50.5 UCLA/UTAH
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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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