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College Football Prediction From Doc’s Sports:Take #394 Arkansas (+7.5) over Texas A&M (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18)
We are on a 6-0-1 run with free football plays. Just not sold that Texas A&M is the best team in the SEC and feel they are giving to many points in this true road game. Arkansas has an interim coach that wants the job again in Bobby Petrino. Expect for the Notre Dame game, Arkansas has been competitive this year, and I feel that they will take this one down to the wire. The Aggies have only played one true road game this season and this is the first of 3 straight road games. They will be lucky to go 2-1 in those games and I see this one being closer than what the experts think. Take the home dog on Saturday, as we look for our sixth straight free play win.
MLS Take San Diego +145 over Portland (9 p.m. EST, Saturday October 18) (Graded after regulation time – 90min – plus injury time – a DRAW is a loser for this match)
Both sides already have the playoffs locked in. San Diego will host a playoff series, while Portland will be on the road for their series. But this match matters a lot for San Diego. If they win, they are in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, a very prestigious tournament with a hefty cash prize for the champion. Not to mention that the champ qualifies for the Club World Cup. If they lose, they need help for entry. So, San Diego really wants this one. Their participation in the Cup would be a monumental achievement for a first-year team. Both sides have been floundering a bit to end the season. Portland doesn’t have a win in their last four. But San Diego have been road warriors lately and have taken points in six straight matches, with five wins and a draw. They are more than comfortable playing away from home, and it could be said that they have been much better on the road than at home.
College Football Prediction From Scott Spreitzer:
Take #396 Iowa (-3) over Penn State (7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18)Penn State is in a nosedive like we’ve never seen in college football in my lifetime. Gone is James Franklin and the Nittany Lions lost QB Drew Allar for the season. Sometimes firing a coach can motivate and re-calibrate the troops but I’m betting that won’t be the case here. Iowa thumped Wisconsin and they’ll face a backup QB this week who has thrown 13 passes at the collegiate level. Iowa City is a tough road trip when a team is playing well and PSU is in turmoil. Iowa nearly beat Indiana at Kinnick Stadium and in fact were tied with 90-seconds to go. Look for Kirk Ferentz, Iowa smash mouth football to hand PSU its fourth straight loss. I’m recommending a play on Iowa. Thanks & GL!
College Football Prediction From Scott Rickenbach:
Take #331 Florida Atlantic (+) over South Florida (7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18)I understand the early line move (as of Tuesday afternoon this line has ticked up to 21.5 points) as South Florida is 5-1 and has won 3 straight games all by 27 points or more. However, even though Florida Atlantic has big losses to Maryland and Memphis by 29 or more points, the Owls are off B2B wins and averaged scoring 40 ppg in those 2 wins. FAU gets a little confidence going courtesy of those wins. Of course, the Bulls are still the much stronger side but I see this one being decided by 10 to 14 points rather than 3 TD’s plus! One of the keys for me looking the way of the Owls here is that South Florida has a huge showdown with 6-0 Memphis on deck! While many might be jumping on the Bulls here I would say proceed with caution here with the lookahead plus the backdoor cover potential of an improving Owls offense. Grab the points with FAU.
College Football Prediction From Robert Ferringo:
Take #382 Auburn (+2) over Missouri (7:45 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18)Brutal beat last week! I am still 56-32 (65%) with my last 88 Doc’s Sports newsletter plays. We have racked up 82 of 126 wins in this space (66%) and I am 127-73 (64%) with my newsletter plays over the last 200 weeks. I feel really bad for this Auburn team. This is an excellent team. I know it doesn’t seem it, as they’ve lost three straight games. But look at those losses: by 7 versus No. 14 Oklahoma, by 6 versus No. 4 Texas A&M, and by 10 versus No. 9 Georgia. Two of those games were on the road and the Tigers probably should’ve won two of three. Again: this is a really, really good team. It doesn’t get much easier this week against a tough No. 16 Missouri team. However, I think the Football Gods have to smile on this Auburn squad at some point. Missouri is in a bit of a letdown spot here after their tough loss to Alabama last week. Shockingly, this is also Missouri’s first road game of the season after six straight at home. A night game on The Plains is tough sledding and Mizzou simply hasn’t faced the same level of competition that Auburn has. Throw in revenge for a brutal road loss last year (Auburn blew a 17-3 lead) and I think Auburn is going to take out some frustration this weekend and finally get a ranked win.
NFL Prediction From Strike Point Sports:
Take ‘Under’ 44.5 Los Angeles vs. Jacksonville(9:30a.m.,Sunday,Oct. 19)This game is being played at Wembley Stadium and is an early morning kickoff.These are two solid defensive teams and they will showcase their prowess in front of the European fans. The Rams are currently third in the NFL points given up per game at 18.3, and the Jags are eighth at 20.0 points per game. The Rams have lost two of their last three games and know that they need to bare down defensively. LA is currently 0-2 against the total following a loss while the Jags are 0-1 and fell short of the total by 16 points. Take the ‘under’ here as the fans across the pond don’t get to see much offensive action.
NFL Prediction From Griffin Murphy:
Take Seattle (-3.5) over Houston (10 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20)Seattle is coming off a massive win last week, beating Jacksonville on the road in a 20-12 final. Seattle had to travel across the country for that winner and did it with dominance and no slowdown. Sam Darnold has turned out to be a very good QB for Seattle, and this offense is incredibly explosive.. Seattle’s defense is key in this matchup, as they are stacked at the linebacker position and spread out in the secondary. CJ Stroud has not been the same Stroud we are used to watching, and Houston is not as dominant as they once were. We love Seattle to come into this home game and get the cover on this double-header primetime matchup.
ParticipantParticipantPhil Steele’s ITPB – NCAA
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vbSMDtVpYBBcjsXEJgbboV-s22AfwiaD/viewBoise St, UTSA, Tulane. Air Force
Wise Guys Contest Plays (Helpful Stuff)!!)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J98zYKZ1fVaHgoNPYoo1dzm4WjWKVfQZ/viewParticipantPulled this one cuz i thought you may like to see the numbers.
Newsletter Tracking (through 10/13/2025)
The records here will reflect the lines listed in the newsletters at the time the plays were published. This is for the rated plays, the high-ranking plays, and any type of play worth tracking. There’s no reason to keep track of every bottom-tier or “recommended” play; it’s not worth the work.
Sometimes the newsletters will cheat a little by claiming a different common or later line if it turns a loss into a push or otherwise boosts their record. I’ll usually be able to note what happened to explain the discrepancy.
Gridiron Gold Sheet
NCAA (14-14-1)
NFL (7-5-0)Bondi Bulletin (Didn’t see this one this week after 0-7 overall last week)
2* NCAA (3-1-0)
1* NCAA (5-7-0)
2* NFL (2-1-0)
1* NFL (3-3-0)Marc Lawrence Playbook NCAA
5* (2-4-1)
4* (4-3-0)
3* (3-4-0)
Upset pick (5-3-0)
Betcha Didn’t Know (4-3-0)
Awesome Angle (5-2-0)
Incredible Stat (3-3-0)Marc Lawrence Playbook NFL
5* (4-2-0)
4* (4-2-0)
3* (3-3-0)Pointwise NCAA
1* (7-7-0)
2* (2-5-0)
3* (3-4-0)
4* (6-8-0)
5* (7-7-0)Pointwise NFL (1-4 overall this week)
2* (0-0-0)
3* (5-7-0)
4* (3-3-0)
5* (3-8-1)Power Sweep NCAA
4* (3-3-1)
3* (4-10-0)
2* (8-7-0)
Underdog Play of the Week (4-3-0)
Tech Play of the Week (5-1-0)
Revenge Play of the Week (3-2-0)
Situational Play of the Week (5-0-0)
Series Play of the Week (2-2-0)Power Sweep NFL
4* (3-2-1)
3* (4-2-0)
2* (3-3-0)
3* o/u play (3-3-0)
Power Rating POW (0-0-1)Power Plays (9-0-1 overall this week!)
NCAA 4.5* (9-9-1)
NCAA 4* (23-20-1)
NFL 4* (2-3-1)Red Sheet (nothing again this week; previous weeks’ records from another contributor)
90* (0-0-0)
89* (2-6-0)
88* (3-8-1)
NFL 88* (4-0-0)Sports Reporter (missed 3 weeks of this one)
NCAA Super Best Bets (0-0-0)
NCAA Best Bets (6-6-0)
NFL Super Best Bets (0-0-0)
NFL Best Bets (3-3-0)Winning Points
NCAA 4* (0-0-0)
NCAA 3* (0-0-0)
NFL 4* (0-0-0)
NFL 3* (0-0-0)V.King’s Totals Tipsheet
10* GOY (0-0-0)
3* (6-2-0)
2* (3-7-0)
1* (0-0-0)
Team Total of the Week
2* (6-2-0)
1* (2-2-0)Gold Sheet NCAA
Key Releases (8-13-1)
Priority Picks (6-8-0)
Tech Plays (5-2-0)Gold Sheet NFL
Key Releases (9-9-0)
Priority Picks (7-5-0)
Tech Plays (1-4-0)
Powers’ Ratings NCAA
(no actual best bets in his newsletter again this year)
Top Computer Play (4-4-0)Inside the Press Box NCAA
Phil’s Best Bets (11-17-0)
Phil’s FCS Best Bets (3-1-0)
Computer Best Bets (9-16-1)
Computer FCS Best Bets (3-0-0)Inside the Press Box NFL (2-1 this week after missing last week)
Phil’s Best Bets (7-5-0)
Computer Best Bets (0-0-0)ParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipantPOST THIS ALREADY….
How difficult would it have been to post a warning on his site and alert his client list of an updated weather alert that could potentially affect the scoring in the game. A poor decision was made that could and should affect his reputation, that I feel was always top notch. Like Presidents and Prime Ministers in this world, it doesnt take much more than one slip up to destroy a reputation, be it prior to the fact(s) good and/or bad.ParticipantComment in above newsletter re:Victor King’s 4* Service play loss on the LA Rams/Balti OVER selection. It was a real bust. Little grounds for the play to say the least with the Ravens QB “Star Lamar” out again.
**Before we get to our OU review, I should probably address a game that we used on our King Creole service for the 4* OVER the Total Best Bet last Sunday. After all, we’ve been getting some online criticism for the play. That game was on the Rams and Ravens OVER 44.5 points.The critiques basically questioned WHY we were using that as an Over, when the forecast was for high winds and rain in Baltimore. FIRST off, we released that play way back LAST WEDNESDAY, when there was NO weather forecast posted for this game as of yet. It was only later in the week that this game was forecast as the most weather-impacted contest on Sunday. By then it was too late to change the play. Second, despite the ugly result (actually the lowest-scoring game of the entire day), I still TRUST my database. And I TRUST the process of handicapping that I learned from my mentor (Marc Lawrence) 25 years ago. After all, this process delivered us Best Bet WINNERS in three of our last four games as well. So was it a loss? Yes. But guess what? Shit happens. Stinkers happen. Clunkers happen. And life still goes on. We never hear from anyone after a win, but we sure as shit do after a LOSS. With that said, ALL comments and criticisms in this particular case are probably warranted and I accept them. A great handicapper recently told me: ‘If you can’t be comfortable being UNCOMFORTABLE… then you probably shouldn’t be in this business’. And finally, for all you LOSERS that access my plays (and other good handicappers) from the ONLINE FORUMS (instead of actually PAYING for our info or newsletters), I don’t give a shit about you or your feelings. The scumbags in the online forums can all go screw themselves. I know how much work I put into each week’s newsletter and handicapping… and I’m ok being me.
ParticipantTotals Tipsheet (V.King)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZRZxx3s8NHJRRo9n_mwuFygUx2sdIdF/viewParticipantGRIDIRON GOLD SHEET CFB WEEK 8
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uhmtjlQUmS7IAmJDP3EC0P8gO7pZ1RMy/viewParticipantBob Balfe
2025 VIP Football Record (35-27)
Bears/Commanders Under 49.5Smart Money Sports
2U Blue Jays
3U Buffalo Bills-4
2U Bills over 50Vernon Croy
6-Unit
Buffalo -4.5ParticipantJACK JONES NFL
20*Falcons +5.5
20* BILLS Falcons OvBrady Kannon NFL
Bears +5…-118Jeff Hochman NFL
PROP
Josh Allen over 33.5 yards rushingNFL VIP INFO
USA NFL
Atlanta Falcons – Buffalo Bills
Over 49.5Mark Lawrence NFL
3* Atlanta+4.5Stephen Nover NFL
2* CHI +5.5Brian Edwards NFL
WAS -4 -115Emory Hunt NFL
ATL +5
CHI +5Matt Severance NFL
ATL +4.5BRYAN LEONARD
NHL 5-0 RUN 25-11 TOP PLAY RUN
(37) NASHVILLE PREDATORS AT (38) OTTAWA SENATORS
Oct 13 2025 1:07 PM EDT
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Play:Ottawa Senators -166ParticipantExecutive
400 TB
250 JAX
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