Personally I think the San Diego Padres aren't a good play today, maybe even a fade. Here is why:
Since the start of this thread I went back to check for games that applied to the following 3 criteria:
a) It's a pick according to Bronco's System.
b) The game is possible to be picked at ESPN's Streak for the Cash.
c) At Streak for the Cash 80% or over of the public is on our side.
Results:
Date / Pick / Price / Public on our side / Outcome outright / outcome after RL
5/11 Giants RL +135 94.2% W W
5/13 Boston RL +140 83.3% L L
5/15 Pirates RL +170 82.9% L L
5/15 Giants RL +125 81.7% L L
5/20 Royals RL +170 91.7% L L
5/24 Boston RL +105 93.1% W W
5/24 St. Louis RL +155 94.2% L L
5/25 LAA RL +145 95.2% L L
5/26 Toronto RL +140 94.9% L L
6/1 NY Mets RL +140 93.3% L L
6/3 St. Louis RL +160 85.5% L L
6/6 Houston RL +135 90.9% L L
In short, we went 2-10 for a loss of 22.8 units. Seeing as the total system went 64-69 with a profit of +44.65 units, I think we can all agree the difference is substantial. Suppose the trend is at other sports as well and we would immediately have corrected for it, we would've been 62-59 (+67.45 units).
Obviously, the profit would be higher if we instead faded these plays, however 12 games are certainly not close enough to say anything conclusive how this trend will continue. I think however it is clear enough this might be something since the odds of going 2-10 with normal toss-ups (aka 2 heads for 12 throws) is 1.6% -- small enough a chance for me to track it from now on.
The reason why this happens I think is because espn obviously wants everyone to keep their streak low (previously the first to... 23 straight correct picks got a million or something like that) and thus best strategy for them would be to pinpoint games that will suck many people to the wrong side. Since broncos current system for a large part plays favorites (on the runline), we can expect some overlapping games... And certainly espn seems to be correct rather often so far.
IMPORTANT: The 'San Diego RL +130' of tonight has currently 97.0% of the public on it, this amount might chance a little, but it will (barring miracles) not fall under the 80%. Since it falls within the aforementioned 3 criteria where we went 2-10, be VERY careful betting this game.