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Season Wrap-Up: Why We Doubled Up on Tampa Bay, Why the Other Path Would Have Failed Too, and Why This Happens

Now that Week 2 has had a couple of days to settle, it’s worth a proper wrap-up on how Splash Sports’s “The Big Splash” ended for us this season, why the decision that ended it was still the right one, and why this kind of result is a lot more common in survivor pools than […]

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Week 2 Results: All Three Entries Eliminated as the Buccaneers Upset Falls Wrong

Week 2 of Splash Sports’s “The Big Splash” survivor pool is in the books, and it’s a rough one to write up: both of our remaining entries went down in the same game, and all three of Scott’s entries are now eliminated just two weeks into an 18-week season. What Changed Cleveland Browns 23, Tampa […]

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Final Check: Confirming Week 2 Picks Before Sunday

This is the last check before kickoff — a short confirmation post that runs the evening before each week’s Sunday games, separate from the full Splash Sports research update earlier in the week. Entries A and C are both riding the same pick into Week 2, and tonight’s job is simple: re-check that number one […]

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Bet Smarter: How Much You Should Actually Bet on a Game

Most bettors spend all their energy deciding which side to bet and almost none deciding how much. That’s backwards. Over a full season, bet sizing has more to do with whether you end up ahead than any single pick does. Here’s the fundamental: think in units, not dollars. A unit is a fixed percentage of […]

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This Week in MLB: Brewers Wrap Up the Central as the Stretch Run Tightens

With roughly two weeks left in the regular season, the picture at the top is mostly settled and the picture underneath it is anything but. Milwaukee and Los Angeles have punched their tickets, Tampa Bay and New York are locked in, and everyone else is still working out the math. Here’s what our team is […]

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Week 2 Correction: Falcons Line Flips, Entry C Joins Entry A on the Buccaneers

A quick correction to yesterday’s Week 2 numbers. Our Splash Sports survivor picks for Entries A and C are both locking onto the same team this week — here’s why. What Changed The Atlanta Falcons’ Week 2 line flipped overnight: after Cooper Rush’s rough Week 1 start (12-of-22, 143 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT in […]

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NFL Week 2, College Football Week 3: The Storylines Actually Worth Watching

One week into the NFL season and two games into the college football calendar, the noise is starting to separate from the signal. A couple of results already have us rethinking how we felt about several contenders our team had pegged differently a month ago. Here’s what we’re actually tracking heading into the weekend — […]

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Week 1 Results: Entry B Eliminated, Entries A and C Move to Week 2

Week 1 of the NFL season is complete, and our three-entry campaign in Splash Sports‘s “The Big Splash” $3,000,000 survivor pool just had its first real result: two entries won, and one is out. Here’s where all three stand heading into Week 2, with the full remaining-season roadmap below. What Changed Entry A’s Las Vegas […]

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Final Check: Confirming Week 1 Picks Before Sunday

Week 1 games kick off tomorrow, so this is our final pre-game check on all three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries before Sunday’s games. We went back through the closing lines and Friday’s final injury reports one more time to make sure nothing moved overnight. What Changed Las Vegas ticked down again, from 63% […]

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Bet Smarter: Making Sense of Season Win Totals

Every summer, sportsbooks post a number next to each team’s name: a projected win total for the season, with odds to bet the over or the under. It looks simple — pick a side of a number — but season win totals are one of the more misunderstood markets in sports betting. Here’s how the […]

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Kickoff Eve: Locking In Our Final Week 1 Numbers Across All Three Entries

Week 1 picks lock this Sunday, so this is our final call across all three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries before kickoff Sunday afternoon. All three of our Week 1 games are on the board now with a full week of line movement behind them, so we went back through every number with this […]

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This Week in MLB: AL Central Chaos, a Triple Crown Watch, and the Stretch Run Heats Up

September baseball is doing what September baseball does — separating the teams built for October from the ones just hoping to hang on. With less than a month left in the regular season, several races are still genuinely up for grabs, a couple of individual chases are turning into real history watches, and one preseason […]

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Breaking: Brock Bowers’ Knee Surgery Trims Entry A’s Week 1 Raiders Number

Breaking news out of Las Vegas four days before kickoff: Raiders tight end Brock Bowers — the team’s leading receiver and one of its most dangerous weapons — underwent knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Tuesday and is expected to miss “a game or two,” per multiple reports. That’s a real, confirmed downgrade […]

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Mahomes’ Return, a Trip to Australia, and Ohio State-Texas: This Week in Football

It’s a loaded week on both sides of the football calendar. The NFL regular season finally kicks off, headlined by Patrick Mahomes’ first real test since a torn ACL and LCL ended his 2025 season early. And in college football, the rankings are still settling after a wild opening week, with the sport’s two most […]

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One Week to Kickoff: Ashton Jeanty’s Ankle Is Still the Swing Vote, and Jaguars OL Patrick Mekari Gets a Return Path

Kickoff is here — the 2026 NFL regular season officially begins tomorrow, and our three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries play their actual Week 1 games this Sunday. This is the last update before we’re grading real results instead of practice reports. Two threads moved enough this week to write up; nothing moved enough […]

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