Meet Douglas Farmer, Our Betting Analyst

Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking of college football and his nights considering the NBA. His betting routines and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for numerous outlets from 2008 to 2024, most significantly spending 8 seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was likewise when his gambling focus removed. Knowing there were experienced beat authors with 3 years more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by finest recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, an intricate tapestry most easily comprehended and kept in mind by means of betting odds.

In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a function that eventually caused Douglas signing up with the business full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will put 5 or 6 lots bets every week, an out of proportion amount through BetRivers since the operator tends to have lines a little various than the remainder of the market. The exact same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets.

While Douglas is a devoted NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the large bulk of his bets are on college football, since that is the most significant key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.

What makes Douglas Farmer an expert?

Douglas tends to hyper-fixate on singular subjects, and college football leads that list. Spending more than a decade on the Notre Dame football beat provided a lot of time to study the sport as an entire, as have eight years in the 200-level of Target Center as a Minnesota Timberwolves’ season-ticket holder.

Betting Analyst
January 2024 – Present

Douglas Farmer’s Friday 40-Yarder
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The Outcomes and Trends You Should and Shouldn’t React To
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Ohio State vs Notre Dame Predictions: 3 Reasons That the Irish Will Win the CFP National Championshi
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Timberwolves vs Lakers Predictions: 3 Reasons Why Minnesota Will Win the Series

Freelance Betting Analyst
September 2021 – January2024

NBCSports.com

Beat Writer, Editor
January 2017 – January 2024

Friday at 4: Farewell and keep in mind, Notre Dame fans, this is expected to be fun
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Extra time, evaluation and crowds produce a really 2020 upset as Notre Dame tops Clemson
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30 Years of Notre Dame on NBC: Lightning strikes twice in South Florida’s very first see
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Douglas graduated from a small school in northern Indiana with a B.A. concentrated on a major derived from the University of Chicago’s “Great Book Seminars.” But as his program chair noticed, Douglas’s real major was journalism, rising to Editor-in-Chief of the school paper as he filled quite actually every role in the operation, one night selling advertisements to a local bar while also substituting an absent cartoonist.

University of Notre Dame

– Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Studies)

5+ years in sports betting

Douglas has actually been a trusted voice in the market for more than 5 years.

17+ years in college football coverage

Douglas has actually been covering college football since 2008.

Deep understanding of all 136 NCAAF groups

Douglas prides himself on knowing college football thoroughly, and is as focused on as he is on Ohio State.

Year-round attention to all sports

An editor at The Los Angeles Times once complimented Douglas on his capability to hold a discussion on any sport, maybe except cricket.

How does Douglas keep up to date?

CFB-Graphs

The finest one-stop view of a college football team from an analytical perspective.

StatMuse

A natural language processing search engine developed for sports stats, there is no much easier way to search for specific questions.

Covers Picks

An extensive complimentary choices page that constantly stimulates your own thoughts when analyzing a video game.

Q&A with Douglas

On the Notre Dame beat, I acknowledged there were much better writers than me, there were better-sourced reporters than me, and there were more seasoned press reporters with longer understanding of the Irish than I had.

But there was nobody who had a company and consistent handle of the national landscape in college football. Betting on the sport helped me own that specific niche, constantly able to remember power rankings to help further conversations only tangentially related to Notre Dame.

Know what you don’t know. Focus on that.

If you do not completely know a sport, do not bet on it. Minimizing your losses is a terrific way to optimize your wins.

Always remain within your limits and never ever chase. Only bet what you can lose. And understand why you are wagering.

Is it for entertainment, is it an intellectual exercise, or is it to earn money? If it is for entertainment, then bet enough to win a pint. That must suffice to amass your interest. My buddies do not bet more than a bar tab, and keeping it within those margins is a great way to keep it a healthy pastime.

They forget why sports matter. It is not actually about a bankroll or about social networks followers or about site traffic. Sports exist to bring individuals together.

They stop going to games and merely enjoying the business of those beside them. You do not need to wager on a video game to enjoy it. Learn more about your next-door neighbor. Help your dad view the video game with his grand son. Experience the pleasure and competitive nature of the players.

Covers’ totally free choices page must not be viewed as a stack of bets for you to make. If you utilize it rather as a trigger to your own brainstorming, you might discover it accelerates your individual handicapping procedure.

Douglas’ locations of proficiency

Douglas concentrates on college football however spends so much time seeing basketball, he fills 8 months a year wagering hoops, also.

College Football

Douglas understands there can be as much worth in betting on Missouri State as there is banking on Alabama.

NBA betting

The ups and downs of a long NBA season frequently present betting value as teams go through their own highs and lulls.

WNBA wagering

The WNBA is getting more attention, however is still not wager to saturation. Focusing on summertime hoops yields more worth than many leagues.

March Madness

The huge attention concentrated on March Madness supplies contrarian chances for a sharp wagerer.

Douglas’s memories

Biggest Win

A “go back to living” trip to Vegas before the 2021 football season begun by seeing worth on Georgia to win the championship game at +800. By then, mid-August, the agreement line was +650. So, I took my whole weekend’s bankroll and put it on what I passionately described as “Clifford.” The logic was, Georgia ought to make the Playoff and already, I’ll be sitting on fantastic worth to hedge out. Except, I never hedged out. I just contributed to the financial investment all season long, including with live odds of +140. The joy was not in the win, but in the five months of vindicated conviction.

⛔ Worst Beat

This might appear minor, however it is the one that still aggravates me years later. There are couple of better bets in life than fading a Brian VanGorder defense. So when Bowling Green checked out Notre Dame in 2019, I relied on the Irish to run it up on their previous defensive organizer, wagering the Notre Dame team total Over 54.5. I think I am the only person worldwide who vividly remembers Javon McKinley dropping an open crossing route inside the 10-yard line, forcing the Irish to settle for a field goal en path to a 52-0 win.

Douglas’s Articles

Tennessee vs Michigan Prop Picks & Best Bets: March Madness Elite 8

Iowa vs Illinois Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today’s March Madness Game

Pistons vs Timberwolves Prediction, Picks & Best Options for Tonight’s NBA Game

March Madness Predictions: Survivor Pool Picks for the Elite 8

Purdue vs Arizona Prop Picks & Best Options Today: March Madness Elite 8

Jazz vs Nuggets Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight’s NBA Game

St. John’s vs Duke Prop Picks & Best Bets: March Madness Sweet 16

Illinois vs Houston Prediction, Picks & Best Options for Tonight’s March Madness Game

It’s not just Douglas doing the research

Phil Naessens

Prior to signing up with Covers in 2022, Phil Naessens spent 38 years as a resident tennis pro in Las Vegas, Mykonos, and Corfu, Greece. Hes the past host of the Phil Naessens Show (Army Radio), and presently hosts the Crush and Rush Tennis Podcast. Phil is the author of the Betting 101 series (MLB, NFL, NCAAF, and Tennis) and has actually written for many publications, including Advance Local, SB Nation, FanSided, and Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports. His preferred sports to bank on are tennis, MLB, WNBA, Euro people hoops, NCAA sports, NFL, and the NBA. Phil has various betting accounts in the US and Europe, and his best guidance is to line look for the best worth possible.