CFB Bowls & NFL Week 17 Newsletters

**Microphone** · 12-27-23, 12:06 PM

Courtesy of Mendoza Line

Newsletter Tracking (through 12/25/2023)

The records here will reflect the lines listed in the newsletters at the time the plays were published. This is for the rated plays, the high-ranking plays, and any type of play worth tracking. There’s no reason to keep track of every bottom-tier or “recommended” play; it’s not worth the work.

Sometimes the newsletters will cheat a little by claiming a different common or later line if it turns a loss into a push or otherwise boosts their record. I’ll usually be able to note what happened to explain the discrepancy.

I’ll also highlight particularly good or bad weekends or short-term runs. I will not include picks from newsletter issues that we don’t get in time.

The strongest and weakest records are color-coded hot and cold.

The NCAA record keeping is going to start looking a little spotty with games nearly every day, and some newsletters putting out plays on a weekly basis, while others put out their picks for the whole bowl season. Plus, the newsletters wrap their picks around the weekend to either Tuesday or Wednesday of the following week.

**If you notice a couple of records that seem to not quite add up from last week to this week, there were a couple of typos I caught and corrected. (Sports Reporter, Gold Sheet...)

Gridiron Gold Sheet
NCAA (22-30-1)
NFL (29-22-0) (0-4 this week)

Bondi Bulletin (record reflects the 3 times we've gotten this one this season)
2* NCAA (2-1-0)
1* NCAA (4-5-0)
2* NFL (3-0-0)
1* NFL (4-2-0)

CKO
11* (0-0-0)
10* (0-0-0)

Marc Lawrence Playbook NCAA
5* (6-7-0) (Liberty +17 pending for January 1)
4* (9-4-1)
3* (8-5-0) (Kentucky +7 pending for December 29)
Bonus pick (1-0-0)
Upset pick (6-11-0)
Betcha Didn’t Know (11-5-2) (BC +10.5 pending for December 28)
Awesome Angle (6-10-1) (Wisconsin +10 pending for January 1)
Incredible Stat (12-5-0)

Marc Lawrence Playbook NFL
5* (9-6-1)
4* (6-9-1)
3* (10-5-1)

Pointwise NCAA
1* (16-12-0) (Pending: SMU -11, Louisville -7.5, A&M -2)
2* (6-8-2) (Pending: Miami, FL -1.5)
3* (6-9-0) (Pending: NC St. +3, ISU -8.5)
4* (14-16-0) (Pending: Ariz -3, Penn St. -3.5)
5* (16-12-0) (Pending: Rice +4.5, ND -5.5, Toledo +3)

Pointwise NFL
3* (10-6-0)
4* (17-14-1)
5* (21-11-0)

Power Sweep NCAA
4* (4-10-1)
3* (13-15-1) (Pending: UNLV, USC)
2* (12-22-0) (Pending: Rice, WV)
Dog POW (5-6-1)
Tech POW (4-5-0)
Revenge POW (7-5-0)
Situational POW (4-5-0)
Series POW (4-4-0)

Power Sweep NFL (1-5 overall as tracked here this week)
4* (7-8-0)
3* (3-12-0)
2* (6-8-1)
4* Pro Angle (9-13-0)
3* o/u (5-9-1)

Power Plays NCAA
4.5* (16-22-0) (Pending: Rice +4.5)
4* (32-39-1) (Pending: BG/Minn Over 38.5, UNLV +12.5)

Power Plays NFL
4* (6-8-0)

Red Sheet (I believe this one is done for the year)
90* (0-0-0)
89* (7-13-0)
88* (9-21-0)
88* NFL (3-7-0)

Sports Reporter
NCAA Best Bets (23-25-2)
NFL Best Bets (17-11-1)

Winning Points NCAA
4* (6-8-0)
3* (5-9-0)

Winning Points NFL
4* (6-8-2)
3* (9-7-0)

King’s Totals Tipsheet (4-1 overall this week)
3* (7-2-0)
2* (23-13-0)
Team Total, etc. (12-17-1)

Gold Sheet
NCAA (37-47-1)
NFL (40-38-2) (0-6 this week)

Power’s Picks NCAA
3* (0-0-0)
2* (0-0-0)
1* (0-0-0)

Power’s Picks NFL
3* (0-0-0)
2* (0-0-0)
1* (0-0-0)

Inside the Press Box NCAA
Phil’s Best Bets (32-36-2)
Computer Best Bets (29-32-1) (Pending: Rice +5.5)

Inside the Press Box NFL
Phil’s Best Bets (12-12-3)
Computer Best Bets (0-0-0)