How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread: A Comprehensive, No-Nonsense Guide to Picking NFL Winners [Paperback]

Bobby Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2008

An indispensable reference for football bettors covering every aspect of betting.

How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread will set bettors on a confidence-building path lined with high-priority realities which for decades have flown under the typical football bettor's radar. Smith emphasizes that pure football knowledge must be absorbed, then applied to the world of pointspreads. He teaches his readers to look at the game with the bettor's eye instead of the fan's, and explains his theories on reasonable statistical expectations and how to challenge the oddsmakers. He also discusses the implications of coaching styles, stadium locations, and even the weather on each bet made throughout the season. With years of football betting under his belt, Smith has written a key resource for anyone wagering on America's most popular sport.

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About the Author

Bobby Smith is the editor of Sports Reporter and sportsreporter.com, and chief consultant for Winning Points and winningpoints.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1602393079
• ISBN-13: 978-1602393073
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bobby Smith was born in Forest Hills, NY and attended St. John's University. His first book, "How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread," has frequently ranked #1 in sales at Amazon.com in the categories of "Sports Betting" and "American Football." It is credited with raising the bar for all other authors who may attempt to tackle the subject.

As an entertaining, informative and original writer who out-researches the rest and can also pick winners at a profitable rate, Bobby is a ground-breaking presence in the field of sports forecasting. He credits his Thoroughbred race analysis background at Daily Racing Form for helping to develop his important "between the lines" vision for picking NFL, College Football and other sports winners against the spread.

Bobby regularly beat ex-NFL coaches and players in NBC's weekly employees-only NFL football pool. He has proved that so-called "insiders" with the highest profiles are not the best sources to seek for the most pertinent information necessary when you are playing the game within the game -- wagering against the spread. He continues to prove it on a daily basis while writing and forecasting for subscribers to www.sportsreporter.com and www.winningpoints.com, two of the nation's longest-running sports betting publications.

In addition to "How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread," Bobby is also the chief writer and Editor of "Sports Reporter's Zone Blitz," an annual College and NFL football forecasting almanac. A native New Yorker, Bobby has also enjoyed living in Hoboken, NJ and Southern California. He currently resides in Long Island, NY with his wife Theresa and baby daughter Celine.

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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make Money With This Book!, October 16, 2008

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Stephen C. Solosky "The Traveling Professor" (New York) - See all my reviews
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Bobby Smith has got to be the best football forecaster in the nation. It's about time the S.O.B. wrote a book and shared his very original philosophies and insights about how NFL results vs. the point spread are really shaped. This guy is definitely someone that do-it-yourselfers need to read. Why? Because they will certainly gain new and important perspectives and the confidence to smarten themselves up and get better at picking winners vs. the spread. That's what How to Beat the Pro Football Pointspread is all about.

Awesome info. Funny, too. There really has been nothing else like it. If there was, I would have seen it by now. I've put down other books on this subject in bookstores - a quick read and you could see they were junk. With this book's help already, this past weekend, I targeted two winners - Rams and Lions - that I never would have thought or had the nerve to bet on had I not read this book. Thanks, man!

1.0 out of 5 stars Wasted time and money for this book, January 3, 2012

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dockiem - See all my reviews

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Bettors, before buying this book. Please have a second thought and look for another book. This book is filled with useless non-impact info that is readily available on the web. How did he call himself a "sharp"?!

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who Moved My Cheese for NFL Betting?!, October 29, 2008

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Jake "Sports Nut" (United States) - See all my reviews

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I know Bobby Smith. I've worked with Bobby Smith. Nobody else does it like Bobby Smith. I can honestly say that Bobby Smith knows what he is talking about and gets results to prove it. This book will open the eyes of football bettors at all levels, and help them eliminate losses, spot more winners and be more selective in their approach to betting vs. the NFL point spread.

Myths are shattered, new ground broken, original tested approaches revealed, and alternative statistics not in the mainstream are emphasized. Outlines planning and implementation strategies and how to tune out misleading bad information. Preaches self-discipline. The big picture painted here is that there is a huge difference between being a mere "handicapper" or a "bettor," and being a "winner," The 20 chapters illustrate what it takes to make the successful transition. I would say this book is in many ways similar to "Who Moved My Cheese?" but for gamblers. It really is THAT enlightening.