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Podcast: Ryan O’Hanlon on soccer, analytics and World Cup 2022

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Ryan O’Hanlon of ESPN joins the show for a wide ranging conversation on soccer, analytics and the World Cup. Highlights include:

  • The evolution of soccer analytics over the past decade (5:54)
  • His new book Net Gains (14:00)
  • The optimal way to play soccer (19:25)
  • The World Cup favorite (32:26)
  • A World Cup dark horse to win (41:08)
  • USMNT (45:43)
  • The critical concept of xG (54:04)

Ryan’s book Net Gains is amazing, and I think it’s a must read for anyone interested in soccer or analytics. To listen, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: Edward Golden on NFL, college basketball betting

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Edward Golden, the founder of Right Angle Sports (RAS), joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. RAS is one of the only pick selling services with a long term track record of winning and honesty. Highlights include:

  • How Edward built up RAS (7:15)
  • His approach to handicapping sports (15:00)
  • A week 9 NFL bet he likes (16:40)
  • College basketball betting (20:58)
  • How to run a picks service so that customers can get down (27:30)
  • How he balances betting with the service (32:13)
  • How the betting world has changed with legalization in the US (39:30)

There are not too many interviews out there with this betting legend. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: Adam Chernoff on betting the NFL in 2022

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Adam Chernoff of Right Angle Sports (RAS), who has had many roles in the sports betting world, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:

  • His “book making” start in the Caribbean (3:13)
  • Betting tennis as a professional (17:58)
  • Moving to RAS (23:55)
  • The information and data he uses to handicap the NFL (29:14)
  • How he uses Sports Info Solutions data to analyze NFL defense (34:17)
  • Sports betting and content (36:17)
  • A week 8 NFL bet (42:00)
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (47:09)
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers (49:58)
  • Green Bay Packers (54:55)

I could have talked with Adam for three hours. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: Parker Fleming on predicting college football in 2022

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Parker Fleming, a college football analytics expert for BetUS and The Hammer, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:

  • How Parker’s college football model works (2:48)
  • TCU and their big game against Kansas State (14:27)
  • Michigan (25:58)
  • The nightmare playoff scenario (31:22)
  • A college football bet for week 8 (33:30)
  • Syracuse at Clemson (36:00)
  • A surprising college football prediction for 2022 (39:00)

This was an awesome conversation. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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Podcast: Clevta on NFL analytics and betting

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Clevta, a quantitative NFL bettor, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:

  • How TA applied his finance background to the NFL (5:48)
  • NFL analytics (21:15)
  • His NFL betting process (29:32)
  • A week 6 NFL bet (33:45)
  • Russell Wilson and the Broncos offense (38:14)
  • Ohio State, the defense and CJ Stroud (41:39)

Check out Clevta on Twitter and his website. To listen here, click on the right pointing triangle.

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