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About Derek

Derek is a professional sports handicapper. He's posted winning seasons every year since 2007 and in 2013 he launched drocksports.com with the goal of teaching others how to make money betting on sports.

2015 College Football Betting preview

It's here, college football season is just around the corner and I couldn't be more excited!  In this college football season preview I will be looking at it from a bettors perspective and not just previewing each conference and team.  There are a lot of schools in college football and I do my homework and study the scheduling to find the best situations to PLAY ON and PLAY AGAINST as the season rolls on.  In college the turnover of players is high as players get drafted, graduate and transfer schools.  Coaching changes have happened and I compile all this information over the summer and find the best spots and numbers to provide you with my 2015 college football betting preview. For the average bettor it can be overwhelming to go through and research every team and league before and during the college football season.  My advice, and I did this when I was first starting out, was to concentrate my time on one conference.  Know every team, player and coaching staff for that conference and study only the schedules and history of that one conference.  Research and read the local papers of these schools, check out their social media pages, get to know every detail there is to find information that might not be factored in the line to find you that edge.  A win is a win doesn't matter from what conference and if you concentrate on just one conference chances are you will benefit better during the season.  To stat collecting data I use cfbstats.com to gather information from the previous year. Profitable Betting situations to look out for this year: Also up here is my list of CFB Profitable Theory's that I [...]

By |August 22nd, 2015 12:06pm|Free Picks, NCAAF Picks, NCAAF Strategy|0 Comments

Friday FREE PLAY Bet Card

Nice night last one going 3-1, we move on to today......... My FREE play record is below, as always, by sport, TOP FREE play and star rating 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY 2015 –  63-57-4 (52.5%) (+$969) TOP FREE PLAY 2014 – 88-83-3 (51.4%) (+$1782) MLB YTD 34-45-6 (43%) (-$938) CFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$300) NFL PRESEASON YTD 3-1-1 (75%) (+$320) 2015 YEAR-TO-DATE * - ($) August: 1* 12-19-1 (33.3%) -$619 2* 2-0 (100%) +$406 3* 2-0 (100%) +$933 July: 1* 7-2-2 (77.7%) +$506 2* 2-1 (66.6%) +$180 3* 0-1 (0%) -$300 June: 1* 1-6 (14.2%) -$515 3* 0-2 (0%) -$699 MAY: 1* 4-11-1 (26.6%) -$742 April: 1* 14-6-3 (70%) +$987 March: 1* 16-20 (44.4%) -$444 February: 1* 10-9 (52.6%) +$34 January: 1* 23-19 (54.7%) +$501 All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports (unless stated) TOP FREE play in BOLD MLB: Indians ml +135 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $135 - fishy line here and fade Tanaka at the same time.  Back to back starts versus rival Toronto, last one throwing 112 pitches in the complete game.  Yankees haven't been hitting that well over the last 15 games .208, take the Indians to do some damage tonight and help the Jays in the cause. Pirates ml +118 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $118 - fishy line here as well and fading Bumgarner after back to back complete games.  Look for Pitt to get revenge on Madison after he pitched a 4 hit shutout back on Oct 1 in last years playoffs.  Madison on the road has had problems giving up 6 earned in two of his last 4 outings on the road.  He owns a road 4.16 ERA more than double his 2.05 home mark.  Pitt [...]

By |August 21st, 2015 4:40pm|Free Picks, MLB Picks|0 Comments

Thursday FREE PLAY Bet Card

Another tough night 0-2, it happens we move on to today......... My FREE play record is below, as always, by sport, TOP FREE play and star rating 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY 2015 –  62-57-4 (52.1%) (+$869) TOP FREE PLAY 2014 – 88-83-3 (51.4%) (+$1782) MLB YTD 33-44-6 (42.8%) (-$935) CFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$300) NFL PRESEASON YTD 1-1-1 (50%) (+$95) 2015 YEAR-TO-DATE * - ($) August: 1* 9-18-1 (33.3%) -$844 2* 2-0 (100%) +$406 3* 2-0 (100%) +$933 July: 1* 7-2-2 (77.7%) +$506 2* 2-1 (66.6%) +$180 3* 0-1 (0%) -$300 June: 1* 1-6 (14.2%) -$515 3* 0-2 (0%) -$699 MAY: 1* 4-11-1 (26.6%) -$742 April: 1* 14-6-3 (70%) +$987 March: 1* 16-20 (44.4%) -$444 February: 1* 10-9 (52.6%) +$34 January: 1* 23-19 (54.7%) +$501 All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports (unless stated) TOP FREE play in BOLD MLB: Phillies/Marlins UNDER 7.5 -103 (pinnacle) risking $103 to win $100 Royals/Red Sox UNDER 9 -110 (pinnacle) risking $110 to win $100 NFL Preseason: Bills +3 -120 (sportsbook) risking $120 to win $100 Bills ml +125 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $125   PREMIUM PICK RESULTS can be always found here at Handicapperwatchdog.com Good luck to all tonight and enjoy the games!!

By |August 20th, 2015 6:08pm|Free Picks, MLB Picks, NFL Picks|0 Comments

Wednesday FREE PLAY Bet Card

Tough night last night 1-3, it happens we move on to today......... My FREE play record is below, as always, by sport, TOP FREE play and star rating 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY 2015 –  62-56-4 (52.5%) (+$969) TOP FREE PLAY 2014 – 88-83-3 (51.4%) (+$1782) MLB YTD 33-42-6 (44%) (-$735) CFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$300) NFL PRESEASON YTD 1-1-1 (50%) (+$95) 2015 YEAR-TO-DATE * - ($) August: 1* 9-16-1 (36%) -$644 2* 2-0 (100%) +$406 3* 2-0 (100%) +$933 July: 1* 7-2-2 (77.7%) +$506 2* 2-1 (66.6%) +$180 3* 0-1 (0%) -$300 June: 1* 1-6 (14.2%) -$515 3* 0-2 (0%) -$699 MAY: 1* 4-11-1 (26.6%) -$742 April: 1* 14-6-3 (70%) +$987 March: 1* 16-20 (44.4%) -$444 February: 1* 10-9 (52.6%) +$34 January: 1* 23-19 (54.7%) +$501 All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports (unless stated) TOP FREE play in BOLD MLB: Indians/Red Sox UNDER 8.5 +105 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $105 White Sox ml +120 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $120   PREMIUM PICK RESULTS can be always found here at Handicapperwatchdog.com Good luck to all tonight and enjoy the games!!

By |August 19th, 2015 6:06pm|Free Picks, MLB Picks|0 Comments

Tuesday FREE PLAY Bet Card

Nice win last night with the Orioles, on to tonight..... My FREE play record is below, as always, by sport, TOP FREE play and star rating 1* = $100  TOP FREE PLAY 2015 –  62-55-4 (53%) (+$1069) TOP FREE PLAY 2014 – 88-83-3 (51.4%) (+$1782) MLB YTD 32-39-6 (45%) (-$585) CFL YTD 1-0 (100%) (+$300) NFL PRESEASON YTD 1-1-1 (50%) (+$95) 2015 YEAR-TO-DATE * - ($) August: 1* 8-13-1 (38%) -$494 2* 2-0 (100%) +$406 3* 2-0 (100%) +$933 July: 1* 7-2-2 (77.7%) +$506 2* 2-1 (66.6%) +$180 3* 0-1 (0%) -$300 June: 1* 1-6 (14.2%) -$515 3* 0-2 (0%) -$699 MAY: 1* 4-11-1 (26.6%) -$742 April: 1* 14-6-3 (70%) +$987 March: 1* 16-20 (44.4%) -$444 February: 1* 10-9 (52.6%) +$34 January: 1* 23-19 (54.7%) +$501 All lines courtesy Pinnacle Sports (unless stated) TOP FREE play in BOLD MLB: a few favorable situations in play tonight, have a great mix, let's cash in on them!! Orioles ml +105 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $105    - Fishy line of the day Tigers ml +150 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $150 - Game after the win streak is lost Rangers ml +132 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $132 - Game after a pitcher throws a no-hitter Braves ml +170 (sportsbook) risking $100 to win $170 - fade the public/Shields play.  The Padres have lost 11 of the last 13 that Shields has started. With these odds at -200 for the Padres to win, the line is saying the implied probability that the Padres win is 66.7%.  I do not see that at all, this team with Shields on the mound would be a generous 55%.  Huge overlay take the Braves tonight. PREMIUM PICK RESULTS can be [...]

By |August 18th, 2015 5:55pm|Free Picks, MLB Picks|0 Comments