On this episode of The Football Analytics Show, Dan Frabrizio, the founder of Sports Insights, joins me to talk sports analytics and betting. Sports Insights provides a wide range of market analytics and betting picks.
Among other topics, we discuss the following:
- Why Dan decided to start Sports Insights back in the internet dark ages of 1999
- Why Sports Insights shows a long term record of picks instead of touting a recent hot streak
- Whether recency bias still exists in the betting markets
- How Dan views the injury to Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
- What type of content to expect from Sports Insights after their acquisition by The Chernin Group
Dan also had an amazing choice for the person with whom he’d most like to have dinner.
After the interview, I discuss the randomness of explosive plays, and how this impacts Michigan at Penn State this weekend. Listen at 37:50.
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Big fan of your work Ed but you’re 0-3 in the 3 podcast descriptions I’ve just read. Sports Insights “long term record of picks” is not honest. They advertise they are 54-56% in the major sports when their own record keeping shows 52-53% graded vs bogus lines. They use, among other things, very square books that are very fast to boot any bettor with a pulse, and the Bovada square line that nobody gets unless you’re betting the dummy side, i.e. you can bet Pats -7.5 when the market is -7 but bet the other guys +7.5 and similar 3 or 4 times and they switch you to a different line set.