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