Spanky, a professional sports bettor and creator of Bet Bash, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. Highlights include:

00:00 Intro

00:20 The greatest moment on The Football Analytics Show podcast

03:13 How Spanky bets in 2025

09:59 How the sports betting industry has changed

19:50 How big the college football props market has to be for Spanky's group to get involved

23:19 Why you should go to Bet Bash

The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here:

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Looking for a great read? These are my top 5 sports books of all time.

00:00 Intro

00:19 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

01:37 Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger

02:54 Duel in the Sun by John Brant

04:10 The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski

05:46 The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

07:34 Is this list a ranking?

The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here:

https://thepowerrank.com/

The 60 Minute Guide to the 2024 Football Season is an audiobook with two deep dive, analytics for sports betting stories. Think John Oliver at Bet Bash. To check it out on Spotify, click here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6

The wisdom of crowds by aggregating subjective power rankings is a powerful NFL preseason predictor. Ed Feng describes these results and looks at what the latest numbers say about the Chicago Bears, New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams.

Check out the post draft wisdom of crowds rankings: https://thepowerrank.com/nfl/

The Football Analytics Show is presented by The Power Rank, a site devoted to predictive analytics for football betting. To get 5-Nugget Saturday, a curated list of bets and analytics, sign up for the free newsletter here:

https://thepowerrank.com/

The 60 Minute Guide to the 2024 Football Season is an audiobook that digs deeper into the wisdom of crowds for making preseason NFL predictions. To check it out on Spotify, click here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7EJkoJXlF7LCiy5ekOt2c6