Ralph Michaels
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THUR CFB 5%! •• CFB MID-WEEK 5% MAX PLAYS ARE 7-1 (88%)!
WATCH & WIN A 5% TONIGHT....ALL 5% SIDES 13-6 (68.4%)! •• CFB 5% PLAYS ARE 15-7 (68.2%)!
Ralph is off a Wednesday night CFB winner on WKU, raising his CFB run to 31-21 (60%)!
Ralph has had long-term success on these isolated mid-week CFB plays, going 5-2 (71%) and 45-27-1 (63%).
CFB midweek Best Bets (4% & 5%) are 19-8 (70%), with mid-week CFB 5% a stellar 7-1 (88%)!
On all mid-week Football Best Bets (4% & 5%), Ralph is 20-9-1 (69%)!
Hot Streaks
18-7 (72%) RUN ON MLB/NRFI BEST BETS (4% & 5%)!
MLB #1 TRIPLE CROWN THIS SEASON.....#1 PROFIT, #1 WIN% & #1 RIO%!
5% TOTALS 5-0 (100%) - NFL/CFB TOTALS 11-4 (73%)!
NFL/CFB TOTALS 7-3 (73%), 17-7 (71%) & 38-19 (68%)!
NFL BEST BET TEASERS (4% & 5%) 24-9 (73%) & 34-16 (68%)!
ALL 4% & 5% BEST BET TOTALS 21-7 (75%) & 46-23 (67%)!
Last updated Oct 14, 10:43 AM EDT
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THUR CFB 5%! •• CFB MID-WEEK 5% MAX PLAYS ARE 7-1 (88%)!
WATCH & WIN A 5% TONIGHT....ALL 5% SIDES 13-6 (68.4%)! •• CFB 5% PLAYS ARE 15-7 (68.2%)!
Ralph is off a Wednesday night CFB winner on WKU, raising his CFB run to 31-21 (60%)!
Ralph has had long-term success on these isolated mid-week CFB plays, going 5-2 (71%) and 45-27-1 (63%).
CFB midweek Best Bets (4% & 5%) are 19-8 (70%), with mid-week CFB 5% a stellar 7-1 (88%)!
On all mid-week Football Best Bets (4% & 5%), Ralph is 20-9-1 (69%)!
FRIDAY NIGHT CFB! •• CFB RUN 8-2 (80%) ON ML SIDES!
WATCH & WIN CFB TONIGHT....CFB SIDES ARE 4-0 (100%), 6-1 (86%) & 13-5 (72%)!
Ralph is off a Wednesday-night CFB winner on WKU, with a Thursday 5% pending, putting his CFB run at 31-21 (60%)!
Ralph has had long-term success on these isolated mid-week CFB plays, going 5-2 (71%) and 45-27-1 (63%).
On CFB mid-week sides rated 3% & higher, Ralph is 3-0 (100%), 10-2 (83%) & 13-3 (81%)!
Ralph’s CFB side selections have cashed 4 straight and 6 of his L7 releases, with CFB ML sides now 3-0 (100%) & 8-2 (80%)!
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A PRINTABLE WEEK #7 CFB SCHEDULE
A PRINTABLE WEEK #7 CFB SCHEDULE
This week's CFB schedule runs from Tuesday. October 13th through Saturday, October 17th.
Includes lines and totals from Circa on Monday at 9:30 AM ET, taken from the FREE WagerTalk Odds Page - wt.buzz/odds
THE WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
THE FINAL WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT FOR THE 2026 SEASON!
Back in April for the 2027 daily First Inning/NRFI Report.
The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.
Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty
* Day games are in yellow
From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.
Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!
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THE PLAY: First Inning Under +0.5 (-145) Griffin Jax (RHP), Gavin Williams (RHP) Must Start
(911) Tampa Bay Rays at (912) Cleveland Guardians: Total
First Inning Under +0.5 (-145) Griffin Jax (RHP), Gavin Williams (RHP) Must Start
Jax is 4-0 & 17-6 NRFI with a 3.20 ERA
Williams is 25-9 NRFI with a 3.76 ERA
Cleveland has failed to score a first inning run in 5 straight.
Tampa Bay has played only one road playoff game and it was a NRFI
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Consultant Bio
Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.
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