pretty good in big games my ass...aside from his undocumented sb record he was horrible during march madness last year...he lost a 50 dimer on pitt at some point during the tourney (biggest play aside from the cship) and then of course capped it all off with a 100 dime loser on memphis in the national championship...oh and lets not forget the 100 dimer he lost on a meaningless nba game about a week after the memphis debacle...he got off on a technicality and called it a push, but i'm guessing the majority of his clients lost that game
decent in football...horrible in everything else. end of story
From the service plays forum...note it's only a 50 dime play this year and not 100 dimes which is a red flag
Brandon Lang
Super Bowl Winner ... 50 Dime Arizona Cardinals
10 Dime Money Line Bonus Arizona Cardinals
FREE - Under Cardinals/Steelers (See daily video for your analysis on this total)
NOTE: First and foremost, if you're purchasing the pick via the One Day Discount Package, please be sure to print this out because once the package expires, you will not be able to see the plays and analysis. Either write the plays down or print the plays out for your records.
I've often been asked so many things about never losing this game.
How have I done it? Do I have a system? What has been the biggest key to hitting the Super Bowl every year of my career?
Simply put, the one key is to look at the matchup. How do the two teams match up with one another? Forget the season and look at the match up of this game.
You can take what happened in the regular season and playoffs to help gage where a team is at and what their weaknesses are but for the most part, it's a game all to itself, especially with 2 weeks to prepare.
That is the biggest key of all.
Another key is if I feel the underdog has a shot to win the game outright, I roll with the dog because of the 42 Super bowls played, with the 3 that feel right on the number withstanding, the straight up winner has covered 34 of the 39.
I have looked at this game from every angle possible and in my opinion I keep coming back to the same thing. Which ever QB plays better and does not turn the ball over, his team will win.
For my money today, it's Kurt Warner and not Ben Roethlisberger, who I feel is due to implode. I have seen enough from Warner in these playoffs and the past 1 1/2 years in this Cardinal offense to jump on his bandwagon.
He has faced this Steelers defense. He faced a good Ravens defense on the road last year. He is as comfortable as I have ever seen him. He is better now than he ever was. Experience will do that for you.
So enjoy the game folks and what I am confident will be Super bowl winner #17 in a row.
50 Dime Cardinals - Don't be surprised to see the Cardinals shock the world and win this game outright. That's why we're playing a bonus on the money line, because I do believe there's a chance the Redbirds win this game.
I told you the same thing last year with the 11 point underdog Giants and they didn't disappoint me and I am confident in going for my 17th straight Super Bowl winner Arizona won't as well.
People often asked me about the Giants call. They asked me if I could name one thing that got me on the Giants what it was. My answer was always the same.
I just couldn't see the Patriots blowing out the Giants and quite frankly, I just don't see the Steelers blowing out the Cardinals in this game either.
In picking the Giants I said if they didn't lose the turnover battle, they would give themselves a shot to win the game. They did just that as both the Patriots and G-men turned it over once.
In their last 11 games, if the Arizona Cardinals have a turnover advantage, they are 11-0 SU and 10-1 ATS. When they don't, try 1-7 SU and 1-6-1 ATS.
When they met in week 4 last year in Arizona, the Cardinals as 6 point home dogs upset the Steelers 21-14 with each team turning it over twice.
Hines Ward missed the game for the Steelers while Boldin missed it for Arizona and Polamalu missed the 2nd half but most of the main players who did play will be on the field Sunday give or take a few from both sides.
I talked on radio about so many intangibles involved in this game.
It starts with Whisenhunt and his knowledge of everything Pittsburgh does defensively since defensive coordinator **** Lebeau is one of his best friends. Can you imagine the X's and O's talk they had golfing all the time.
Some will argue the same goes for LeBeau and his knowledge of what Whisenhunt likes to do offensively but trust me folks, Whisenhunt didn't have the weapons in Pittsburgh he has at his disposal now.
He also didn't have Todd Haley, as hot an offensive coordinator the playoffs has ever seen, considering the Cardinals are the first NFL team in history to put up 30 points in 3 straight playoff games.
And Whisenhunt knows Ben Roethlisberger better than any coach in the NFL, even better than his own head coach Mike Tomlin.
After the Steelers drafted Ben, it was Whisenhunt, then the offensive coordinator who taught Ben everything about the offense, molded him and along with that knows his every weakness as an NFL QB.
Whisenhunt can outsmart Big Ben and not the other way around.
Or how about Russ Grimm, offensive line coach in Pittsburgh and now assistant head coach in Arizona. How familiar is he with the defensive line and blitzing schemes of Lebeau his offensive line will see Sunday.
Oh, and by the way, an Arizona offensive line that has started all 19 games together this year, unprecedented for an NFL season.
Lastly, six other Cardinal coaches have ties to the Steelers, so much so people have actually called Arizona the "Steelers" of the west. Information like that is priceless in a game you have two weeks to prepare for.
Yes, the Steelers have the best defense in the NFL across the board but they haven't faced an offense like this all year long and especially an offense peaking at exactly the right time with a QB playing the best ball of his entire career.
I mean, think about this. The Eagles came into Arizona with the 3rd best defense in the NFL and perhaps playing their best ball of the entire year and the Cards shredded them the entire first half.
Did they ease up in the 2nd half? You bet they did but who could blame them up 24-6 but when the final bell sounded, Warner led them on the game winning drive as cool and as calm as could be.
Lastly, the Steelers offense has been inconsistent all year and it's an offense the Cardinals match up very well against defensively.
This is a much underrated defensive line that can come after the one QB whose offensive line has allowed him to be sacked more than any other QB in the NFL since 2004. They will get at least 3 sacks on Sunday.
Where I feel people are missing this game in going with Pittsburgh is thinking the Steelers defensively are just going to shut down Arizona. People, this is not happening on a neutral field and 2 weeks to prepare.
They also think the Steelers offense, which as mentioned above has been as inconsistent all year long, is going to just roll over Arizona.
You know the offense I am talking about. 10 points at Cleveland. 6 points at Philly. 14 at home to the Giants. 11 at home to the Chargers. 14 at Tennessee and 13 at home to Dallas, (the other 7 came on the pick 6).
The Steelers offense has been the benefit of a defense that for the most part has handed them turnovers and great field position.
You also can't discount what Arizona did defensively in the 2nd half of the Falcons game, the entire Carolina game and the first half of the Eagles game. A defensive line that has been together for the last 4 years.
Finally, the Cardinals will not be intimidated by anything Pittsburgh does on Sunday. This is a confident football team, led by confident coaches who not only believe they can win, and knows they can win.
Of all the teams the Steelers could have faced here in the Super bowl, they are facing the one team that not only knows them but matches up well with them across the board.
And in a game like this, more evenly matched than people think your value sides with the underdog and a QB who with a win today, punches his ticket to the Hall of fame.
This game will go down to the wire. perhaps the last team with the ball gets it done and maybe even OT but in my opinion, there will be no blowout in what I feel will be a field goal game.
My 17th straight Super bowl winner is Arizona plus the points.
BONUS PROP PLAYS - These are to be played for fun, these are not rated.
1) National Anthem OVER 1:54
2) Coin Toss - Tails
3) Total Receiving Yards Hines Ward UNDER 73 1/2
4) Total Receptions Anquan Boldin OVER 5 1/2
5) Total Receptions Steve Breaston OVER 3 1/2
6) First player to score - Steve Breaston 15/1
7) Game MVP - Kurt Warner
8) Cardinals Over 2-1/2 Sacks
Brandon Lang
Super Bowl Winner ... 50 Dime Arizona Cardinals
10 Dime Money Line Bonus Arizona Cardinals
FREE - Under Cardinals/Steelers (See daily video for your analysis on this total)
NOTE: First and foremost, if you're purchasing the pick via the One Day Discount Package, please be sure to print this out because once the package expires, you will not be able to see the plays and analysis. Either write the plays down or print the plays out for your records.
I've often been asked so many things about never losing this game.
How have I done it? Do I have a system? What has been the biggest key to hitting the Super Bowl every year of my career?
Simply put, the one key is to look at the matchup. How do the two teams match up with one another? Forget the season and look at the match up of this game.
You can take what happened in the regular season and playoffs to help gage where a team is at and what their weaknesses are but for the most part, it's a game all to itself, especially with 2 weeks to prepare.
That is the biggest key of all.
Another key is if I feel the underdog has a shot to win the game outright, I roll with the dog because of the 42 Super bowls played, with the 3 that feel right on the number withstanding, the straight up winner has covered 34 of the 39.
I have looked at this game from every angle possible and in my opinion I keep coming back to the same thing. Which ever QB plays better and does not turn the ball over, his team will win.
For my money today, it's Kurt Warner and not Ben Roethlisberger, who I feel is due to implode. I have seen enough from Warner in these playoffs and the past 1 1/2 years in this Cardinal offense to jump on his bandwagon.
He has faced this Steelers defense. He faced a good Ravens defense on the road last year. He is as comfortable as I have ever seen him. He is better now than he ever was. Experience will do that for you.
So enjoy the game folks and what I am confident will be Super bowl winner #17 in a row.
50 Dime Cardinals - Don't be surprised to see the Cardinals shock the world and win this game outright. That's why we're playing a bonus on the money line, because I do believe there's a chance the Redbirds win this game.
I told you the same thing last year with the 11 point underdog Giants and they didn't disappoint me and I am confident in going for my 17th straight Super Bowl winner Arizona won't as well.
People often asked me about the Giants call. They asked me if I could name one thing that got me on the Giants what it was. My answer was always the same.
I just couldn't see the Patriots blowing out the Giants and quite frankly, I just don't see the Steelers blowing out the Cardinals in this game either.
In picking the Giants I said if they didn't lose the turnover battle, they would give themselves a shot to win the game. They did just that as both the Patriots and G-men turned it over once.
In their last 11 games, if the Arizona Cardinals have a turnover advantage, they are 11-0 SU and 10-1 ATS. When they don't, try 1-7 SU and 1-6-1 ATS.
When they met in week 4 last year in Arizona, the Cardinals as 6 point home dogs upset the Steelers 21-14 with each team turning it over twice.
Hines Ward missed the game for the Steelers while Boldin missed it for Arizona and Polamalu missed the 2nd half but most of the main players who did play will be on the field Sunday give or take a few from both sides.
I talked on radio about so many intangibles involved in this game.
It starts with Whisenhunt and his knowledge of everything Pittsburgh does defensively since defensive coordinator **** Lebeau is one of his best friends. Can you imagine the X's and O's talk they had golfing all the time.
Some will argue the same goes for LeBeau and his knowledge of what Whisenhunt likes to do offensively but trust me folks, Whisenhunt didn't have the weapons in Pittsburgh he has at his disposal now.
He also didn't have Todd Haley, as hot an offensive coordinator the playoffs has ever seen, considering the Cardinals are the first NFL team in history to put up 30 points in 3 straight playoff games.
And Whisenhunt knows Ben Roethlisberger better than any coach in the NFL, even better than his own head coach Mike Tomlin.
After the Steelers drafted Ben, it was Whisenhunt, then the offensive coordinator who taught Ben everything about the offense, molded him and along with that knows his every weakness as an NFL QB.
Whisenhunt can outsmart Big Ben and not the other way around.
Or how about Russ Grimm, offensive line coach in Pittsburgh and now assistant head coach in Arizona. How familiar is he with the defensive line and blitzing schemes of Lebeau his offensive line will see Sunday.
Oh, and by the way, an Arizona offensive line that has started all 19 games together this year, unprecedented for an NFL season.
Lastly, six other Cardinal coaches have ties to the Steelers, so much so people have actually called Arizona the "Steelers" of the west. Information like that is priceless in a game you have two weeks to prepare for.
Yes, the Steelers have the best defense in the NFL across the board but they haven't faced an offense like this all year long and especially an offense peaking at exactly the right time with a QB playing the best ball of his entire career.
I mean, think about this. The Eagles came into Arizona with the 3rd best defense in the NFL and perhaps playing their best ball of the entire year and the Cards shredded them the entire first half.
Did they ease up in the 2nd half? You bet they did but who could blame them up 24-6 but when the final bell sounded, Warner led them on the game winning drive as cool and as calm as could be.
Lastly, the Steelers offense has been inconsistent all year and it's an offense the Cardinals match up very well against defensively.
This is a much underrated defensive line that can come after the one QB whose offensive line has allowed him to be sacked more than any other QB in the NFL since 2004. They will get at least 3 sacks on Sunday.
Where I feel people are missing this game in going with Pittsburgh is thinking the Steelers defensively are just going to shut down Arizona. People, this is not happening on a neutral field and 2 weeks to prepare.
They also think the Steelers offense, which as mentioned above has been as inconsistent all year long, is going to just roll over Arizona.
You know the offense I am talking about. 10 points at Cleveland. 6 points at Philly. 14 at home to the Giants. 11 at home to the Chargers. 14 at Tennessee and 13 at home to Dallas, (the other 7 came on the pick 6).
The Steelers offense has been the benefit of a defense that for the most part has handed them turnovers and great field position.
You also can't discount what Arizona did defensively in the 2nd half of the Falcons game, the entire Carolina game and the first half of the Eagles game. A defensive line that has been together for the last 4 years.
Finally, the Cardinals will not be intimidated by anything Pittsburgh does on Sunday. This is a confident football team, led by confident coaches who not only believe they can win, and knows they can win.
Of all the teams the Steelers could have faced here in the Super bowl, they are facing the one team that not only knows them but matches up well with them across the board.
And in a game like this, more evenly matched than people think your value sides with the underdog and a QB who with a win today, punches his ticket to the Hall of fame.
This game will go down to the wire. perhaps the last team with the ball gets it done and maybe even OT but in my opinion, there will be no blowout in what I feel will be a field goal game.
My 17th straight Super bowl winner is Arizona plus the points.
BONUS PROP PLAYS - These are to be played for fun, these are not rated.
1) National Anthem OVER 1:54
2) Coin Toss - Tails
3) Total Receiving Yards Hines Ward UNDER 73 1/2
4) Total Receptions Anquan Boldin OVER 5 1/2
5) Total Receptions Steve Breaston OVER 3 1/2
6) First player to score - Steve Breaston 15/1
7) Game MVP - Kurt Warner
8) Cardinals Over 2-1/2 Sacks
i'm not sure of an exact breakdown. i don't do the tracking. here is another that was posted on jan 27. it's his january record (minus these past couple days). the man has been getting killed in ncaa hoops this year and you should definitely be fading those plays. i do know that the past couple of days he has been playing small (5 dimes) to preserve a winning month.
For the month, I have Lang's stats as follows:
NFL +89.5
NCAA Football +48
NBA -9
NCAA Hoops -85.5
Total +43.5
Wheres all the idiots now,all i do is see people trash this guy on here,and all i see is this guy winning big game after big game!!!You want to keep trashing him in other sports,you may have a right too,but nobody should ever say anything about this dude in football season ever again,defintly not on the super bowl,thats for sure!!!:trx-smly0:trx-smly0:trx-smly0:fckmad::lol:
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So he wins a super bowl bet worth 50 units, but loses 400 units prior to this bet. Hmmm, seems like a winner to me.Wheres all the idiots now,all i do is see people trash this guy on here,and all i see is this guy winning big game after big game!!!You want to keep trashing him in other sports,you may have a right too,but nobody should ever say anything about this dude in football season ever again,defintly not on the super bowl,thats for sure!!!:trx-smly0:trx-smly0:trx-smly0:fckmad::lol:
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hno:lang goes 1-3 last night (counting his Bonus Play) and i honestly can't remember his last winning day. here's his pick for friday.....
5-Dime Villanova - Hands down, the Wildcats are the hottest team in arguably the best conference in college basketball. That's no joke, as the Wildcats roll in after a pair of blowout win over tenth-ranked Marquette and 23rd-ranked Syracuse, scoring an NBA-like 102 points in both games and winning those contests by 18 and 17 points, respectively. And during this current six-game win streak, Jay Wright's boys have also defeated fourth-ranked Pittsburgh by 10 points.
While everyone is impressed by Connecticut, which to its defense beat Nova by six points back on Jan. 21, I am more impressed with Villanova's strength -balance and versatility. These Wildcats go eight to 10 players deep, so while they may be without 6-foot-6 starting forward Dwayne Anderson, there are plenty of players for Wright to choose from when rotating his lineup.
These two actually match up quite the same with Wright's usual lineup, but the 'Cats can bring some size off the bench to dwarf Bobby Huggins' boys, something that has been the Mountaineers' downfall this season, because they cannot employ the defensive tempo he like to own from the opening tip.
I don't the Mounties will be able to shoot the ball well, so I'll play the road team here.
Free pick - Princeton (See daily video for your analysis)
5-Dime Villanova - Hands down, the Wildcats are the hottest team in arguably the best conference in college basketball. That's no joke, as the Wildcats roll in after a pair of blowout win over tenth-ranked Marquette and 23rd-ranked Syracuse, scoring an NBA-like 102 points in both games and winning those contests by 18 and 17 points, respectively. And during this current six-game win streak, Jay Wright's boys have also defeated fourth-ranked Pittsburgh by 10 points.
While everyone is impressed by Connecticut, which to its defense beat Nova by six points back on Jan. 21, I am more impressed with Villanova's strength -balance and versatility. These Wildcats go eight to 10 players deep, so while they may be without 6-foot-6 starting forward Dwayne Anderson, there are plenty of players for Wright to choose from when rotating his lineup.
These two actually match up quite the same with Wright's usual lineup, but the 'Cats can bring some size off the bench to dwarf Bobby Huggins' boys, something that has been the Mountaineers' downfall this season, because they cannot employ the defensive tempo he like to own from the opening tip.
I don't the Mounties will be able to shoot the ball well, so I'll play the road team here.
Free pick - Princeton (See daily video for your analysis)
