Douglas Farmer spends his days considering college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His wagering habits and coverage follow that very same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending 8 seasons as NBC Sports' beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gaming focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with 3 years more experience than he had, Douglas found his specific niche by best acknowledging Notre Dame's standing in each year's nationwide landscape, an intricate tapestry most quickly comprehended and kept in mind through betting odds.
In 2021, that interest developed a freelance opportunity with Covers, a function that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or 6 dozen bets every week, a disproportionate quantity by means of BetRivers since the operator tends to have lines somewhat various than the rest 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 vast bulk of his bets are on college football, since that is the greatest secret to sports wagering: Know what you do not understand.
What makes Douglas Farmer a specialist?
Douglas tends to hyper-fixate on particular subjects, and college football leads that list. Spending more than a decade on the Notre Dame football beat provided plenty of time to study the sport as an entire, as have 8 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 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 remember, Notre Dame fans, this is supposed to be fun
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Extra time, evaluation and crowds produce an extremely 2020 upset as Notre Dame tops Clemson
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Thirty Years of Notre Dame on NBC: Lightning strikes twice in South Florida's very first check out
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Douglas finished from a small school in northern Indiana with a B.A. concentrated on a significant originated from the University of Chicago's "Great Book Seminars." But as his program chair saw, Douglas's real significant was journalism, rising to Editor-in-Chief of the school paper as he filled rather literally every role in the operation, one night selling advertisements to a regional bar while likewise filling in for a missing cartoonist.
University of Notre Dame
- Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Studies)
5+ years in sports wagering
Douglas has been a trusted voice in the industry for more than five years.
17+ years in college football coverage
Douglas has been covering college football since 2008.
Deep knowledge of all 136 NCAAF teams
Douglas prides himself on knowing college football thoroughly, and is as concentrated on Delaware as he is on Ohio State.
Year-round attention to all sports
An editor at The Los Angeles Times when matched Douglas on his ability to hold a discussion on any sport, possibly except cricket.
How does Douglas stay up to date?
CFB-Graphs
The very best one-stop view of a college football group from an analytical viewpoint.
StatMuse
A natural language processing search engine designed for sports statistics, there is no much easier way to look up specific concerns.
Covers Picks
A detailed totally free picks page that always stimulates your own thoughts when examining a video game.
Q&A with Douglas
On the Notre Dame beat, I recognized there were better writers than me, there were better-sourced press reporters than me, and there were more seasoned press reporters with longer knowledge of the Irish than I had.
But there was nobody who had a firm and constant manage of the nationwide landscape in college football. Betting on the sport helped me own that niche, always able to remember power ratings to help even more conversations only tangentially associated to Notre Dame.
Know what you do not know. Focus on that.
If you do not thoroughly understand a sport, do not bet on it. Minimizing your losses is a terrific method to optimize your wins.
Always stay within your limits and never chase after. Only bet what you can lose. And know why you are betting.
Is it for home entertainment, is it an intellectual exercise, or is it to earn money? If it is for entertainment, then wager enough to win a pint. That should suffice to gather your interest. My finest pals do not wager more than a bar tab, and keeping it within those margins is a fantastic method to keep it a healthy hobby.
They forget why sports matter. It is not really about a bankroll or about social media followers or about site traffic. Sports exist to bring people together.
They stop going to games and simply enjoying the business of those beside them. You do not require to bank on a video game to enjoy it. Get to know your next-door neighbor. Help your daddy watch the video game with his grandson. Experience the joy and competitive nature of the gamers.
Covers' complimentary choices page should not be seen as a pile of bets for you to make. If you utilize it rather as a stimulate to your own brainstorming, you might discover it accelerates your individual handicapping process.
Douglas' locations of competence
Douglas concentrates on college football however invests so much time enjoying basketball, he fills 8 months a year betting hoops, as well.
College Football
Douglas understands there can be as much value in banking on Missouri State as there is banking on Alabama.
NBA betting
The lessens and streams of a long NBA season frequently present betting value as groups go through their own highs and lulls.
WNBA betting
The WNBA is gaining more attention, however is still not bet to saturation. Focusing on summer season hoops yields more worth than the majority of leagues.
March Madness
The huge attention concentrated on March Madness provides contrarian opportunities for a sharp bettor.
Douglas's memories
Biggest Win
A "return to living" trip to Vegas before the 2021 football season begun by seeing value on Georgia to win the championship game at +800. Already, mid-August, the agreement line was +650. So, I took my whole weekend's bankroll and put it on what I passionately referred to as "Clifford." The logic was, Georgia ought to make the Playoff and by then, I'll be sitting on excellent value to hedge out. Except, I never hedged out. I simply included to the financial investment all season long, consisting of with live chances of +140. The delight was not in the win, but in the 5 months of vindicated conviction.
⛔ Worst Beat
This may seem insignificant, however it is the one that still intensifies me years later on. There are couple of much better bets in life than fading a Brian VanGorder defense. So when Bowling Green visited Notre Dame in 2019, I trusted the Irish to run it up on their former protective organizer, betting the Notre Dame team overall Over 54.5. I think I am the only person on the planet who clearly keeps in mind Javon McKinley dropping an open crossing route inside the 10-yard line, forcing the Irish to choose a basket en route to a 52-0 win.
Douglas's Articles
Tennessee vs Michigan Prop Picks & Best Choices: March Madness Elite 8
Iowa vs Illinois Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today's March Madness Game
Pistons vs Timberwolves Prediction, Picks & Best Choices for Tonight's NBA Game
March Madness Predictions: Survivor Pool Picks for the Elite 8
Purdue vs Arizona Prop Picks & Best Bets Today: March Madness Elite 8
Jazz vs Nuggets Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight's NBA Game
St. John's vs Duke Prop Picks & Best Choices: March Madness Sweet 16
Illinois vs Houston Prediction, Picks & Best Bets for Tonight's March Madness Game
It's not just Douglas doing the research
Phil Naessens
Prior to joining Covers in 2022, Phil Naessens invested 38 years as a resident tennis pro in Las Vegas, Mykonos, and Corfu, Greece. Hes the past host of the Phil Naessens Show (Armed Forces 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 composed for various publications, consisting of Advance Local, SB Nation, FanSided, and Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports. His favorite sports to bank on are tennis, MLB, WNBA, Euro people hoops, NCAA sports, NFL, and the NBA. Phil has many wagering accounts in the US and Europe, and his finest advice is to line purchase the finest worth possible.
