Walls' Blog
Walls' Blog
Walls is a long-time pro bettor and RAS team member. He shares his thoughts on sports betting, life, and more.
CFB 2026 Thoughts pt 1 coaches
Happy Tuesday to you. I'll try to do this every Tuesday as it's the day I take my mom to her appointments and have plenty of time waiting for her to be ready to move to the next…
Sports As We Know It
I remember it wasn't that long ago, maybe a decade ago that I remember being so appalled that MLB was changing a few rules. I recall so many people asking why does MLB hate MLB? A…
Then She Was Alone
The entire month of November my greatest victory would be finding the best parking spot at United Health otherwise known as Memorial. The same hospital I came into this earth at I…
When it Rains, Buckets
Hi there. I know it's been too long since I've written one of these. I also recall that I began writing them as a therapeutic outlet when I had a lot to say and nowhere to say it.…
College football is back
Hello again. Sorry I haven't written a blog as often as I would like. I've been working hard this summer not only on college football but helping Mom take care of stepdad and her…
All sports I follow Blog
Hello there. I promise I'll try to do this once a month minimum now that NBA is mostly over for me. I can admit to being in action every single day since late August. I originated…
Thin Edges and Supreme Confidence
Good morning friends. I wish I had a healthy amount of news to report but like most people in this day and age I am fairly work obsessed. Non work related news. Im engaged to a…
The necessary of it all being so unnecessary
Hey there. Been awhile and since I have insomnia after working on bowls for the last 3 days straight it'd only make sense that now my brain can't rest. If only I could sleep like…
A Idea Worth Trying
A few months ago I really started taking a long journey of what has made me uncomfortable with my work of late. The confidence factor escaped me in the tail end of NBA. I go to a…
Finding Peace In the Angriest of Times
For every minute of anger you sacrifice 60 seconds of peace of mind- Emerson This is my favorite time of year. I spend my mornings sleeping in, my afternoons walking the dogs…
One Mixed Bag Of Betting Topics Collide
Greetings from Beach County, North Carolina. I haven't taken a day off since who knows how long doing CFB work and the first night I do, insomnia so welcome to a blog of rambling…
Time Is The Most Valuable Thing A Man Can Spend
Life changed for me 10 weeks ago. My step father who I wrote about in the past and who's been the rock in our family fell at 4 am using the bathroom. We had just installed guard…
7 Reasons You Are Likely A Losing Bettor
I was recently going over a checklist of things I think are prudent to win long-term with a good friend who's dealing with a bad stretch of variance but the further we dug we…
My Perfect Day
You ever have a perfect day and not even realize it? Or perhaps you were just to busy in the moment to really capture how great it was. I've come to realize that I had what I…
The beauty is in the struggle
There was a time in my life that I can now look back and safely say that I started to figure it out. It was a series of lightbulb moments over a course of a year or two. I was one…
Sprinting To Get To The Marathon
I sometimes feel so blessed to know some many sharp gamblers and other times it wears on me. I have a rule about my phone. If you know me then you probably know this to be true. I…
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Various Musings About Mostly Nothing
If I knew it all then would I do it again? If they knew what they said would go straight to my head... What would they say instead?- Eilish I was revisiting these blogs last night…
#51 -- jay
5/15/24 JAY I swore last year I would write about my dear friend. Think I did the year before too. I met Jay outside of a nightclub. I was doing some dj work and he was your…
[4/25/24] #50 - Winning Is Hard and Losing is Harder
[4/25/24] Winning Is Hard and Losing is Harder I know a lot of winners. Sometimes it becomes too much frankly. I try to put out a lot of positivity in everyone I deal with. I tend…
[4/9/24] #49 - It's Not For Everyone
[4/9/24] It's Not For Everyone That was the last thing Mike Ras said before we hung up after I was offered a position with RAS for College football. It didn't take long for me to…
[3/26/24] #48 - Fear and loathing while sleepless in Denver
[3/26/24] Fear and loathing while sleepless in Denver It's becoming increasingly clear that I'm bothered rather easily online these days. I'm on gambling Twitter drama every other…
[3/14/24] #47 - Random thoughts
[3/14/24] Random thoughts Why is everyone so giddy over the SEC and BIG ten creating super leagues? I just can't fathom knowing ahead of a season that no other conference will…
[3/6/24] #46 - The Death of A Originator
[3/6/24] The Death of A Originator The worst thing that can happen to a winner is losing their gamble- Phil Ivey I've never had the ability to control certain aspects of my gamble…
[2/28/24] #45 - You're Only As Good As
[2/28/24] You're Only As Good As The people you have around you. Remember your parents saying this? I've spoken subtly about my support group I have around me and how I had to…
[2/20/24] #44 - Western Conference
[2/20/24] Western Conference Minnesota is the current 1 seed. I've been publicly critical of the wolves. I still don't have a ton of faith in the postseason outlook. Gobert is a…
#43 - NBA the home stretch
[2/18/24] NBA the home stretch This won't be a betting guide as much as how I view the current 20 teams vying for play off and play-in spots. I'll tackle the east today and west…
[2/14/24] #42 - The Content That Creates You Can Also Break You
[2/14/24] The Content That Creates You Can Also Break You Way before there was Youtube channel for every kind of sports bettor to indulge in and well before there was such a thing…
[2/1/24] #41 - That Feeling
[2/1/24] That Feeling I remember the first time it happened and hoping it was a one off as I laid in a ER bed. It was 2015. The nurses explained to me when I arrived I had a heart…
#40 - 6 Days of Hell
6 Days Of Hell Some of you will be able to resonate with this and others will have never experienced anything relatable. January 2nd it began. NBA season since November I had…
[1/11/24] #39 - The Logical Handicapper
[1/11/24] The Logical Handicapper The year was 2013 or 14 I believe. I had beat MLB and college football pretty well. I was semi addicted to scrolling through donbest at random…
[1/2/24] #38 - A year in review
[1/2/24] A year in review It's weird how I began this blog to free my mind with a little musing while my dad was recovering from heart surgery. I think this is year 3 so let's…
#37 - College football sucks
College football sucks Let's face it. It isn't even remotely the same sport that it was even 5 years ago. It's part sport but mostly just a network event now where players and…
#36 - Coaches
Coaches I think I've studied every aspect of sports and betting of different sports I've devoted (too much) time to. Every year the carousel brings us a new opportunity of how to…
[9/5/23] #35 - Life comes at you
[9/5/23] Life comes at you A week ago at 11 pm my life changed. It was a change that was out of my control at first. Her work phone rang as we watched Hard knocks. As she searched…
[7/27/23] #34 - What it's meant to me
[7/27/23] What it's meant to me I began this blog in a hotel room in Downey, CA. I was back and forth with my father who had a emergency heart stint replaced. I was very much…
[7/21/23] #33 - Partners, Backers, Freerolls, OH MY!
[7/21/23] Partners, Backers, Freerolls, OH MY! We are gonna talk about what everyone knows in poker but is rarely discussed. I don't know why it's not talked about openly in…
[7/7/23] #32 - Trial and A Lot Of Error
[7/7/23] Trial and A Lot Of Error I'm working a minimum of 40 hours a week currently. I rarely leave my office and I haven't turned my work computer on since mid May. I have…
[7/1/23] #31 - It's Just Pinball
[7/1/23] It's Just Pinball A few guilty pleasures but at heart I'm probably described as a fairly nerdy guy who loves sports and problem solving puzzles of all kinds. Some know…
[6/10/23] #30 - So It Began
[6/10/23] So It Began I spent 7 meals with gamblers of all walks of the life in 3 days in Las Vegas and it was my favorite trip in years. Bittersweet, first without Dink being…
[6/3/23] #29 - The Art of Failure
[6/3/23] The Art of Failure The largest taboo in sports betting is admitting to failure and losing. So much so that it was a difficult task for me to openly discuss a losing…
[5/20/23] #28 - The Constant Evolution Of Creating a Number
[5/20/23] The Constant Evolution Of Creating a Number There's due to be changes, subtle and massive changes at any career you decide upon. Every change worries me some. I think…
[5/12/23] #27 - The Beauty Of It All
[5/12/23] The Beauty Of It All I was reminded of a really incredible time in my life today. I wanted to try to relay some of my most cherished memories. I don't know if I was…
[5/3/23] #26 - The Jones's Didn't Know Score Was Being Kept
[5/3/23] The Jones's Didn't Know Score Was Being Kept My mother asks me to find the box of the DKNY. This particular shed has around 30 boxes. Some marked PB, (Pottery Barn) MISC,…
[4/22/23] #25 - Some Random Thoughts. Cheers!
[4/22/23] I've decided to take in every playoff game that I can either in person or from the 6 seat of a poker table. Very few things give me more joy than watching fans lose…
[4/15/23] #24 - A Strong Favorite
[4/15/23] A Strong Favorite I often will credit Dink or George for teaching me how to bet sports. They helped but the truth is that my stepfather Wally was the catalyst. Wally…
[4/1/23] #23
[4/1/23] My best friend and the most incredible woman who I lie next to as I type this has suffered such a tragedy. I worry endlessly that Im being present enough but also giving…
[3/20/23] #22 - The Rub
[3/20/23] The Rub The first time it ever happened. I blamed myself. I was young and mostly naive. I didn't know what I know now. Adam and Jason were my broke buddies. I saved up…
[3/8/23] #21 - It got too loud
[3/8/23] It got too loud You don't have to love it but at least try. I remember telling this to a group of young hikers in the mid 2000s every weekend of a hot Colorado summer. I…
[3/2/23] #20 - Diana
[3/2/23] Diana This will be a piece that might trigger some of you and well that's fine by me. Unfortunate but fine. Doug was my Aunts son. He was a big guy. 5 years older than me…