[Pistol Pete]

These guys clutter up the sports sections, taking up more space then a fat guy in a phone booth. Anyone actually track how their picks have done since being here?

Ill glance every once in a while, but mostly they seem just good for fades.

[MrX]

I don't know about the other sports, but there's no need to track the MLB picks. All you have to do is look at them to know they'll be no better than a coin flip.

[tacomax]

It would be quite interesting if they were tracked, but the problem is if you're taking a relatively small sample then you could have one handicrapper who appears to have a 60-40 record when it's simply down to natural variance on a 50/50 shot.

[jjgold]

Every capper ends up 50% or lower long term, I totally ignore that stuff.

[tacomax]

Indeed - you can toss a coin and call heads 50 times. If a head comes up 30 times (so a 30-20 record) then does that make you a good coin capper?

[tacomax]

In fact, didn't someone at theRX choose games last season on the flip of a coin and come out with a mind-blowing winning record?

[onlooker]

In fact, didn't someone at theRX choose games last season on the flip of a coin and come out with a mind-blowing winning record?

How can I get my hands on that coin? It would save me a lot of time.

[JoshW]

I am glad to see some of the better services on here.

Sixth Sense
Fezzik

are all pretty solid and I would take them over a coin any day.

Ben Burns isn't bad. I know 90% of them aren't likely even betting their own games, but the above three are solid if you are looking for picks.

[pags11]

I'm not gonna say anything negative regarding the touts in the colllege football forum...I promised myself I wouldn't...