On this episode of The Football Analytics Show, I’m joined by Matt Metcalf, the sports book director at Circa Sports. Among other topics, we discuss:
- Matt’s key to setting the market as a bookmaker (12:55)
- How he changes his college football ratings each week (23:30)
- Booking the NFL (33:20)
- The decision to work at Circa (39:47)
- Why Circa takes sharp action (45:47)
- The one thing he would change in the sports betting industry (54:03)
This was a fantastic conversation on so many aspects of sports betting. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.
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Just randomly curious, Ed, how your NCAA brackets went this season. I understand single years are not representative of anything, just honestly curious, that’s all. From a marketing perspective, it might be worth considering being even more transparent about what you do/don’t do, even sharing more with non paying audiences. Much like Dr. Bob’s model. Or not!
The predictions had a rough year, as all the metrics and basketball common sense pointed towards Gonzaga as the favorite. I do plan to show more results in the lead up to the 2023 tournament.