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THE PLAY: First Quarter Seattle Seahawks -150
(109) Seattle Seahawks at (110) New England Patriots: 1Q Moneyline
2% First Quarter Seattle Seahawks -150
While the line is only -0.5 prefer to lay the juice as I my thought is that if Seattle wins the toss they will defer putting the youngest ever QB to start a SuperBowl on the field.
Seattle has not only covered 5 straight 1Q’s but they covered them by 33 points and with the ML they are 8-1-4 (89%)
The Seahawks are #1 in 1Q scoring and #2 in 1Q defense
The Patriots not only have played the NFL weakest schedule they have played the weakest schedule of any SB team the L20+ years.
If you look at NE’s L6 road games they are 1-4-1 on the ML with the win ay the Jets as a 2 TD Fav.
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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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