Preseason NFL Trends & Analysis

Review: Sunshine Forecast - Preseason NFL Trends & Analysis

Warren Repole of Sunshine Forecast is a documented handicapper who has created a truly useful site, with viewable spread records and a searchable trends database. It was one the pages we check regularly throughout the season. We beleive that it is one of the top resources for football handicapping on the web today.

Being able to idnetify a trend, may in fact make it a trailing indicator and therefore a weaker element in you overall handicapping scheme. Still, an accurate database and a reasoned explanation can make trend handicapping an essention pre-wage check off. Warren Repole of the Sunshine Forecast allows vistitors to query his on line situational database for NFL regular season, NFL Pre Season (below) and College football. We ran the progarm against the built in situations at his site for 5 years and 9 years. You can use this service from Sunshine Forecast during the year to identify these situations.

Pre-Season Any Week: Home Rebound After 20+ Point Loss
21 - 22 , 48.8% correct
41 - 30 , 57.7% correct
Pre-Season Any Week: Home Again After Home Loss
12 - 11 , 52.2% correct
28 - 15 , 65.1% correct
Pre-Season Week 1: Played Hall of Fame Weekend
11 - 15 , 42.3% correct
19 - 19 , 50.0% correct
Pre-Season Week 2: Go Against Favorites of More Than 4 Points
16 - 6 , 72.7% correct
23 - 14 , 62.2% correct
Pre-Season Week 2: Off Close Loss of 3 Points or Less
12 - 11 , 52.2% correct
16 - 17 , 48.5% correct
Pre-Season Week 2: 3rd Game vs. Opponent in 1st/2nd Game
11 - 13 , 45.8% correct
22 - 18 , 55.0% correct
Pre-Season Week 3: Rebound After Two Losses
12 - 11 , 52.2% correct
25 - 20 , 55.6% correct
Pre-Season Week 3 or 4: No Slump After Two Wins
35 - 20 , 63.6% correct
57 - 44 , 56.4% correct
Pre-Season Week 4: Won Last Game after Losing Previously
13 - 10 , 56.5% correct
27 - 20 , 57.4% correct