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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.

I’ll also highlight particularly good or bad weekends or short-term runs. I will not include picks from newsletter issues that we don’t get in time.

Starting to color-code the hottest and coldest records. Usually just anything hitting/missing around 70% or more with a reasonable sample. Still early, so some of these will probably regress to the mean.

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)

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)

Feel free to point out any typos or grading errors

theSleeper · Oct 16, 2025

College Football Week 8 Betting Spots

Let Down Spots:

Bowling green hosting Central Michigan after the Toledo win is one.
Northwestern hosting Purdue after the big Penn State win is one.
Indiana hosting Michigan State after the big Oregon win.
Marshall hosting Texas State after the big Old Dominion win is one.’
Texas could be a little flat at Kentucky after the big Oklahoma win.
Pitt at Syracuse after the big Florida State win.

Get Up Spots

Toledo hosting Kent State after the rivalry loss.
Wisconsin hosting Ohio State after the terrible shutout at home.
Duke can start messing things up for Georgia Tech.
Ole Miss at Georgia after almost losing to Wazzu.
SMU may take some revenge out at Clemson for last years championship game.
Tulane a revenge spot against Army from AAC Championship.

Look Ahead Spots:

UCLA looking past Maryland to Indiana is possible.
South Florida looking past FAU to Memphis is there.
Memphis looking past UAB to South Florida possible.

Short Rest:

Sam Houston on six days rest hosting UTEP.
Jacksonville State on six days hosting Delaware.
Liberty on six days rest hosting New Mexico state.

Long Rest:

South Florida with an extra day of rest hosting FAU.
Tulane with an extra day of rest hosting Army.
Rutgers with an extra day of rest hosting Oregon.
Washington with an extra day of rest at Michigan.
North Texas with an extra day hosting UTSA.
Colorado State with an extra day hosting Hawaii.
Tulsa off the bye hosting East Carolina.
Baylor off the bye at TCU.
Buffalo off the bye at UMASS.
Central Michigan off the bye at Bowling Green.
Delaware off the bye at Jacksonville State.
Kentucky off the bye hosting Texas.
Mississippi State off the bye at Florida.
New Mexico State off the bye at Liberty.
Ohio off the bye hosting Northern Illinois.
Syracuse off the bye hosting Pitt.
UCONN off the bye at Boston College.
Vanderbilt off the bye hosting LSU.
Virginia off the bye hosting Wazzu.
West Virginia off the bye at UCF.

theSleeper · Oct 16, 2025

College Football Week 7 Misleading Final Scores

Kennesaw State only out-gained LA Tech 400 to 305 yet won 35-7. A bad quarterback injury to Blake Baker and terrible red zone defense got the Bulldogs.
Jacksonville State out-gained Sam Houston 499 to 286 yet only won 29-27. Equal turnovers at 1-1, but terrible red zone and special teams hurt the Gamecocks.
Fresno State out-gained Colorado State 469 to 334 yet lost 49-21. A disgusting 4-0 turnover ratio and 13 penalties chained the Bulldogs.
UCF out-gained Cincinnati 413 to 306 yet lost 20-11. A 1-0 turnover ratio and bad passing got the Knights.
Toledo out-gained Bowling Green 429 to 226 yet lost 28-23. A 2-0 turnover ratio and poor special teams and 4th down efficiency got the Rockets.
Illinois out-gained Ohio State 295 to 272 yet lost 34-16. A terrible 3-0 turnover ratio and poor red zone defense got the Illini.
Marshall only out-gained Old Dominion 445 to 439 yet won 48-24. A nasty 5-0 turnover ratio did in the Monarchs.
Iowa State out-gained Colorado 441 to 395 yet lost 24-17. A 1-0 turnover ratio and bad red zone got the Clones.
Temple out-gained Navy 518 to 384 yet lost 32-31. A rough 1-0 turnover ratio got the Owls.
Purdue out-gained Minnesota 456 to 232 yet lost 27-20. A huge 4-1 turnover ratio and 9 penalties choked the Boilers.
TCU out-gained Kansas State 448 to 343 yet lost 41-28. A bad 3-0 turnover ratio got dem Frogs.

BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

Henie Race Reports ECHR -- Keeneland - Thursday, October 16th.pdf

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BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

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BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

Henie Race Reports ECHR - Belmont at Aqueduct - Thursday, October 16th.pdf

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BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

Phil Steele's Inside the Pressbox -- College Week 8.pdf

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BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

Wise Guys Contest for games through October 20.pdf

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BuzzKill · Oct 16, 2025

Playbook Midweek Alert October 15-20.pdf

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