Ralph Michaels
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69% RUN! FIRST CFB 5% MAX!
5% SIDES ARE 9-4-1 (69%)! ALL SATURDAY CFB INCL A 5%! THIS PLAY HAS 11 POINTS OF VALUE!
•• Join Ralph for his first top-rated CFB 5% play and this play will include ALL OF SATURDAY'S CFB!
•• Ralph is 9-4-1 (69%) on all 5% side plays since April 2024 while going 12-6-1 (67%) on all 5% since April!
•• Ralph has had nine 5% football plays since October 2022 going 6-3 (67%)!
Hot Streaks
5% PLAYS 12-5-1 (71%) RUN - MLB 5% (9-3-1, 75%)
ALL TOTALS/ ALL SPORTS 75% SINCE AUG 24TH!
41-27-1 (60.3%) RUN - ALL PLAYS 4% & HIGHER!
NFL SIDES 35-23-1 (61%) THE L2Y!
NFL 4%+ SIDES 11-4 (73%) SINCE AUGUST 2022!
NBA RUN 24-8 (75%)!
Last updated Sep 11, 11:46 AM EDT
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69% RUN! FIRST CFB 5% MAX!
5% SIDES ARE 9-4-1 (69%)! ALL SATURDAY CFB INCL A 5%! THIS PLAY HAS 11 POINTS OF VALUE!
•• Join Ralph for his first top-rated CFB 5% play and this play will include ALL OF SATURDAY'S CFB!
•• Ralph is 9-4-1 (69%) on all 5% side plays since April 2024 while going 12-6-1 (67%) on all 5% since April!
•• Ralph has had nine 5% football plays since October 2022 going 6-3 (67%)!
69% RUN! FIRST CFB 5% MAX!
5% SIDES ARE 9-4-1 (69%)! ALL SATURDAY CFB INCL A 5%! THIS PLAY HAS 11 POINTS OF VALUE!
•• Join Ralph for his first top-rated CFB 5% play!
•• Ralph is 9-4-1 (69%) on all 5% side plays since April 2024 while going 12-6-1 (67%) on all 5% since April!
•• Ralph has had nine 5% football plays since October 2022 going 6-3 (67%)!
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THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) N Martinez (RHP), S Woods Richardson (RHP) Must Start
(929) Cincinnati Reds at (930) Minnesota Twins
1% First Inning Total Under 0.5 (-120) N Martinez (RHP), S Woods Richardson (RHP) Must Start
The Reds have posted 7 straight NRFI and have not scored a first inning run on the road for 9 straight games.
The Twins are 8-2 NRFI in their L10 games and they've scored a first inning run only once in their L14 games
THE PLAY: Miami Ohio +2.5 (-105)
(121) Cincinnati at (122) Miami Ohio
Miami Ohio +2.5 (-105)
This my new Tuesday Feature - the wrong team is favored.
This play is on the mix to be a client release.
I make Miami, Oh a 4 point favorite versus cross-town big-brother rival Cincinnati.
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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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