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As you already know, one-half of our Tuesday Meeting show joins us on Tuesdays this season because the other half joins us on Wednesdays. It's Week 1 of the college football season and we're excited to get some college football betting tips from Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com during our Sports Wagering Talk segment. There are a lot of things to discuss with Bryan regarding when to enter the betting market, how to decipher sharp moves early in the week, and when to buy back on a game. They'll look at four games featuring MAC teams this week, as Bryan is an expert in the Mid-American Conference with some free picks and analysis. With the remaining time, host Adam Burke will give some thoughts on the baseball betting card and update our listeners about what's happening on the diamond.

Let's fire up the BangTheBook Radio Express and get running down the tracks as we start a new work week and a new week of shows. Host Adam Burke will be joined by Joe Everett of NFL Draft Bible for the NFL Week in Review, which lacks a Monday Night Football Preview for the next two weeks since we won't have one. In any event, Joe will discuss some key preseason talking points from the Week 3 dress rehearsal and break down some key X's and O's that he saw as teams geared up for the regular season that should help your NFL betting bankroll. After a brief taste of college football last weekend, we really get things going this week with a ton of games. Professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com will join us to break down games on Thursday and Friday night of this week. The guys will talk about adjusting their power ratings to the four games from last weekend and then break down matchups like Ohio State vs. Indiana, Navy vs. FAU, and Tulsa vs. Oklahoma State. Their Pick Six segment features six

A tremendous week on BangTheBook Radio comes to a close with one more fine broadcast today. Host Adam Burke will chat with Philip Rossman-Reich from OrlandoMagicDaily.com about the Cavs and Celtics trade that sent Kyrie Irving to Boston and a nice collection of assets, including Isaiah Thomas, to Cleveland. They'll update the Eastern Conference and the NBA Finals odds and see what it means for teams like the Raptors and Wizards. Philip has additional bylines than just with the NBA, so the guys will also touch on Northwestern football a little bit. Wes Reynolds will join us to discuss the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight coming up on Saturday night. He just got back from Las Vegas, so he'll be able to tell us what it's like out there and what he heard while he was bouncing around the books. He'll talk about some strategies for betting the fight and the guys will discuss the line moves and where the money will come in as the fight gets closer. Also, it's Week 3 of the NFL Preseason, so Wes will highlight some of

The Thursday Meeting show on BangTheBook Radio makes a return this week, as we welcome two outstanding professional handicappers to the broadcast. The first is Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com and we'll focus on college football with him. The guys will chat about the four FBS matchups on tap for this weekend and also look at final tweaks to power ratings and subsequently how to adjust those power ratings as the season goes along. Power ratings are probably the best college football betting tool that you can have and that's why we'll focus on them again today. Ralph Michaels of WagerTalk.com also joins us today and we'll mostly focus on the professionals with him, as we take a look at Week 3 of the NFL Preseason. As we all know, this is called the "Dress Rehearsal" week, so starters will play a half or into the third quarter. How does that change the way that you handicap these games? Should it change much of anything? Travel concerns are a big deal with a lot of weeknight games now, so we'll get Ralph's t

Those that were listening over the summer recall that we did a Tuesday Takeover show each week. Well, we might as well start referring to the Wednesday shows as our Sports Cheetah Takeover. That's perfectly fine with us because we've been able to spend about an hour with one of the best in the business each week and he certainly didn't disappoint on this broadcast. Host Adam Burke had a lot of things to discuss with Cheetah, including his newest venture, PodcastU.Vegas, which BangTheBook Radio will be a part of, and they also had a lot of game-related business to cover since the season starts on Saturday. Using Saturday's games and other Week 1 games as examples, Cheetah talked about how plays make the cut and also about whether or not his preseason futures and win total positions will have an impact on how he bets early in the season. Will he double down on those teams? Have oddsmakers adjusted accordingly? These segments with Cheetah are always very technical and that's what makes them so fun and informativ

College football starts on Saturday and we are going to do everything that we can to have you prepared for this week and beyond. On our Tuesday August 22 edition of BangTheBook Radio, we'll hear from professional handicapper and bettor Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for this week's Sports Wagering Talk segment. We'll take a look at the futures and the Games of the Year bets that Bryan has placed and discuss what, if any, impact that has had on the betting lines and power ratings set by oddsmakers. They'll also talk about how to approach those teams going into the season. A quick look at the ACC will be an attempt to sort through the interchangeable Coastal Division. Finally, they'll look at Saturday's games with some quick thoughts and analysis. In the second half of today's show, we'll focus on our conference specialization theme by chatting with Alex Nicolas of Miner Rush, the SB Nation home of the UTEP Miners. UTEP is a member of Conference USA, so we'll dig deep into that Group of Five conference to find

We're back to kick off a new week on BangTheBook Radio. Host Adam Burke will be joined for our NFL Week in Review & Monday Night Football Preview segment with Joe Everett of NFL Draft Bible. The guys will preview tonight's NFL Preseason game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns and then also discuss some things that happened over the weekend in the preseason. They'll focus on the Denver Broncos QB situation and Paxton Lynch, the Indianapolis Colts, a Rookie of the Year candidate, and the Atlanta Falcons under new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. In the second part of today's show, we'll switch to the college side and hear from Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com. The guys will pick up where they left off with last week's Mountain West Conference discussion. They'll also talk about the four games that we have coming up this weekend and what constitutes a play from a power ratings standpoint. They'll also talk about how to approach non-conference games early on in the season.

On this Friday edition of BangTheBook Radio, we'll tie a bow on the shows that we've had this week and look ahead to the weekend. The weekend consists of a lot of preseason NFL football, so we made sure to cover those games with our guest. That guest is Wes Reynolds, a well-known handicapper on Twitter who goes by the handle @WesReynolds1. The guys talked about some NFL preseason betting angles and highlighted a few games that fall into the categories that they were discussing. This was a great segment for those looking for some guidance and also looking for some sound investments to follow over the weekend. With the remaining time, host Adam Burke will address a few listener questions that have trickled in throughout the week and also give a weekend preview of some things to look for on the Major League Baseball betting side of things.

Our "Tuesday Meeting" show may be separated into two days, but our "Thursday Meeting" show is on as scheduled this week. Two terrific professional handicappers are slated to join us every Thursday throughout the season. The first is Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com. In a pre-recorded segment from yesterday, host Adam Burke and Brad Powers broke down the Big 12 Conference for the upcoming season, with a look at some of the harder teams to rate in the conference and some season win total discussions. Oklahoma is a clear favorite, but what will happen with teams loaded with talent like Texas, TCU, and Baylor? Who are the West Virginia Mountaineers? This deep dive into the Big 12 is sure to help with your preseason prep. Speaking of preseason, Ralph Michaels of WagerTalk.com has been all over the NFL exhibition period. On today's show, we'll welcome Ralph back to the weekly broadcast by taking a deep dive into what he's looking at for the NFL Preseason and also talk about some of the plays he's looking to mak

On this Wednesday August 16 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Sports Cheetah of WagerTalk.com for this week's Hunting for Winners segment. After a few NFL Preseason observations, the guys really dug deep into the household, name-brand college football teams with an outlook for the 2017 season. The Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida State Seminoles, Clemson Tigers, Washington Huskies, USC Trojans, Ohio State Buckeyes, and teams of that nature are good year in and year out, but how should they be valued in your power ratings? How do you battle with that perception? What are the key things to look at from a season win total or a futures standpoint? Also, teams like Texas, Oregon, and Notre Dame are coming off of down years. How do you rate them? This was an outstanding segment full of top-notch analysis that you won't find on any other betting podcast.

On the Tuesday August 15 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke will be joined by professional handicapper and bettor Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for this week's Sports Wagering Talk segment. Adam and Bryan will chat about the perception of some of the major conference college football teams coming into the season, with a look at teams like Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Washington, and the others that had really successful seasons last year. They'll take a deep dive into the contenders in the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 and also see if somebody can emerge from the Big 12 as a serious contender this season. It's also Week 2 of the NFL Preseason, so we'll check in on Bryan's NFL betting preparations with the regular season now just over three weeks away. With the time left in the show, Adam will talk about what's going on in the world of Major League Baseball and give some betting tips for those that are still grinding away on the bases.

We're back and better than ever with a new week of BangTheBook Radio broadcasts. Host Adam Burke will start things off for this week by chatting with Joe Everett of NFL Draft Bible and Fantistics for this week's NFL Week in Review & Monday Night Football Preview segment. At least, that's what we'll call it during the season. The guys will chat about the trades that took place involving the Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, and Los Angeles Rams last Friday and also about several teams to keep an eye on for future NFL betting opportunities in the NFL Preseason. Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com will also join us for this week's College Football First Look. On this segment, the guys will talk about two more Group of Five conferences, with deep dives into the AAC and also the Mountain West Conference. They'll talk about the differences between betting and handicapping and also discuss the differences between betting totals in college football and the NFL. The college football betting analysis with these

On the Thursday August 10 edition of BangTheBook Radio, professional handicapper Brad Powers of BradPowersSports.com joined host Adam Burke to discuss power ratings, how to evaluate some challenging teams for the 2017 season, and also about his NFL betting philosophies and approaches. The guys covered six specific teams with a look at Clemson, Texas A&M, Michigan State, UCLA, Colorado, and Boise State with some of their question marks and public perceptions. They also discussed how to handicap the NFL, both in the regular season and the preseason, so that you can bang the books this year in football.

We had to break up our Tuesday Meeting show because of a scheduling conflict, but it's never a bad thing to spread your talent out throughout the week. Preston Johnson, aka Sports Cheetah, will join host Adam Burke on Wednesdays now throughout the season. We've got plenty of college football prep work to discuss with him, including some of the futures that he has already placed and the way that he gets set up for the season. We've talked about how oddsmakers are adjusting and how markets are getting sharp. Has Cheetah made any adjustments of his own to stay ahead of the books? Is he weighing things a little bit more heavily than he has in the past? There are a few key teams that stand out for one reason or another. Adam and Cheetah will run down a list of teams that could be kind of polarizing out there in the market at the outset. You'll have to tune in to find out about those teams and also to see which side of the debate that you fall on. To open and close the show, Adam will discuss some of the things t

A familiar friend to BangTheBook Radio listeners joins us on Tuesday, as host Adam Burke chats with the great professional handicapper and bettor Bryan Leonard to get some of his thoughts on the upcoming season. The guys have a long list of football betting talking points to get to. Setting up power ratings is the most important part of the lead-up to the season, so Adam will pick Bryan's brain about how he comes up with his numbers and how he uses those numbers to gain edges early on in the season. Bryan is a MAC expert, so the guys will talk about a couple of teams in that conference to illustrate how to go through the process with two very different situations. Along with some college football discussion, Adam and Bryan will also chat about the differences between setting up college football power ratings and prepping for the NFL season. Are power ratings helpful? Are there better ways of planning for a season? They'll also talk about the NFL Preseason and some betting strategies that can help you get sta

We are back with daily shows on BangTheBook Radio! That means our regular rotation of guests is back in the mix and our focus primarily shifts to college football betting and NFL betting. As we get back into the mix, we'll welcome our regular Monday guests to the show. Joe Everett of NFL Draft Bible and Fantistics joins us to chat about some of the new coaching changes and to evaluate how those schemes fit with the players in house. The teams in the spotlight are the Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Los Angeles Rams. We'll also chat with Joe about his NFL futures bets and how some of those teams stack up for 2017. Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com joins us for some college football handicapping thoughts and analysis. The guys will talk about setting up college football power ratings and about the need for conference specialization. Kyle has focused a lot of his time and energy on two under-the-radar conferences this season, so he'll talk about those two leagues and also use a

We're getting back into our daily BangTheBook Radio format next week, as we shift our focus primarily to the football season, but host Adam Burke still had some great baseball betting insight and analysis to share with you on this Thursday August 3 edition of The Bettor's Box. The Trade Deadline is now in the past, so Adam recapped what we saw and gave some of his thoughts on the deals that went down and the betting impact that they will have the rest of the season. He went Beyond the Box Score to look at the Tigers vs. Yankees series, the Orioles sweep of the Royals, and the Marlins taking two of three from the Nationals. The Down the Lines segment shed some light on some emerging trends with MLB betting odds. He also gave out a pick for Thursday night and previewed the weekend ahead in Major League Baseball.

This week's Tuesday Takeover guest was a new voice for our BangTheBook Radio listeners to enjoy, as very successful college football and NFL handicapper Collin Wilson joined host Adam Burke. This was a really great show to get everybody in the right frame of mind for the start of the season. There was a long discussion about how to set up college football power ratings and how to use them to your advantage during the season. Also, Collin has a different method of creating home field advantages than most people, which can create some good value in the betting market. The guys also discussed some of his biggest season win total plays thus far and how he decided to fire on those numbers. A few NFL thoughts concluded today's show, with some words on how the college football and NFL markets differ, as well as some NFL Preseason betting strategies. Collin has had a lot of success in the Westgate SuperContest and is looking to get into the money this season in both the traditional one and the SuperContest Gold, whi

Host Adam Burke had a lot to follow during the recording of today's edition of The Bettor's Box. It's the MLB Trade Deadline, so plenty of rumors are swirling and plenty of teams are looking for pieces and parts to help them for the playoff push. Along with trades and transactions to discuss, Adam talked about some things we saw over the weekend in the Royals vs. Red Sox, Rockies vs. Nationals, Cubs vs. Brewers, and Rays vs. Yankees series. He also gave out a couple of free picks for Monday's night action that go against the grain of the market. A couple of Monday Mailbag questions and a look at the week ahead wrapped up another fine edition of the best baseball betting podcast in the industry.

Host Adam Burke was back on the air with a new edition of The Bettor's Box, BangTheBook.com's MLB betting podcast in advance of a busy weekend of baseball and four days ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline. This show had our traditional format, starting with a look Beyond the Box Score at a series win for the Rays over the Orioles, a missed opportunity for the Pirates against the Giants, a Marlins offensive explosion against the Rangers, and another sweep for the Royals. The Down the Lines segment covered MLB betting odds movement from Tuesday through today and also featured a free pick for Thursday night's action. A look at some weekend series with some good series prop betting opportunities wrapped up today's show