iPhone app is in the App Store!!!!!

It can be found by searching "FadeThePublic" or "Fade The Public". Comments and feedback welcome and needed.

Road Favorites coming off a bye

Updated after the Pittsburgh-Denver Monday nighter.

Road Favorites have been $ off a bye . They went a perfect 7-0 ATS last year , and Pitt makes it a perfect 2-0 TY ...so on a nice 8-0 ATS run since the start of last year .

43-12-1 in the last 9 years

iPhone app has been re-submitted

I forgot to check for network connectivity. We also had a bug determining local start times due to daylight savings time ending. Both are fixed and we are awaiting word from the folks in Cupertino.

Top Home Fields

Folks, I found this interesting. Just be very careful taking Tampa Bay.

Seattle Seahawks (4.5): Qwest Field claims keeps a sign up which reads “12th man” for the contributions the vocal home fans make for the Seahawks. Seattle is 35-13 straight up over the last six seasons at the uniquely loud field. The team was terrible last season, but don’t forget it went 6-2 against the spread at home in two of the previous three seasons.

Pittsburgh Steelers (4.5): The Steelers are 47-16-1 in their last eight seasons at Heinz Field and they’ve only been a home ‘dog five times in their last nine seasons (they’ve covered four of those games). The ATS data isn’t as strong, but I think that has more to do with oddsmakers increasing the club’s home lines. The Yellow and Black get well-earned respect from the books and bettors at the Ketchup Bottle.

Baltimore Ravens (4.0): The Ravens make their home edge count. As a home dog they’ve only been about a 50-50 proposition this decade but as a home fave they’re own a 36-16-2 ATS mark. They draw well at M&T Bank Stadium and they’ve won at least six home games in all but two of the last nine seasons.

San Diego Chargers (4.0): Here’s another team that benefits from being out West. Teams to the Left Coast rarely come up with their best performance. The Bolts are 26-13-1 ATS over the last five seasons in at home games. Last season was a bit of an aberration because of injuries, but prior to 2008, San Diego had won at least seven of its eight home games straight up in three of the four campaigns.

Minnesota Vikings (4.0): A new stadium is on the way but the Vikes may end up missing the dome. The Purple People Eaters are 47-25 straight-up there in this decade. Minny holds just a 50 percent ATS record this decade in friendly confines, a sign that oddsmakers are on top of the added edge the team holds at the Metrodome.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4.0): The Bucs are a much stronger home team than road team. They’ve gone at least 6-2 in three of the last four seasons at Raymond James Stadium. They’re also 7-3-1 ATS the last 11 times they’ve been a home ‘dog. Tampa Bay is averaging 2.4 more home wins than road wins over the last five seasons.

New England Patriots (4.0): The Pats have gone undefeated on their home field in three of the last six seasons. Their glory years of covering the spread in home games were 2003 and 2004. Since then, they’ve been mediocre at home from an ATS standpoint. Still, their 39-9 straight-up mark at home over the last six seasons shows how well they play in Gillette Stadium.

Arizona Cardinals (3.5): The Cards play their home games at University of Phoenix Stadium which opened in August of 2006. The first season it wasn’t a big edge but Arizona was a 5-11 team at the time. The true value has been demonstrated over the last two years. The club is 12-4 SU and 10-6 ATS over that period in the desert.

New York Giants (3.5): Unlike the Jets, the Giants seem to know how to get the most out of Giants Stadium. They are 19-13 ATS there the last four seasons and in two of those seasons they lost just once game straight-up. The Giants handle the elements much better than their opponents when the winds are swirling at the Meadowlands. Kicking can be especially troublesome for clubs that don’t have much experience in the conditions.

Houston Texans (3.5): Ask almost any opponent and they’ll tell you, the Texans are much tougher to face at Reliant Stadium than when you get them in your own house. Houston has gone 6-2 straight up at Reliant Stadium each of the last two seasons while going just 2-6 on the road. The Texans are also 10-5-1 ATS in their last 16 home games.

iPhone app has been submitted.

It should be up in lights on the app store within a few days, hopefully by the weekend.

The public really blew it

Let's ignore the angst of tOSU fans for Tressell snatching defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. USC giving 7 to Ohio State was the perfect storm to fade the public. The close call with Navy and USC's rout of San Jose State jacked this line to 7. Prior to week 1, it's probably 3 points and a push. The public percentage was close to 90%. Vegas stood pat and reeled us in.

What are your thoughts on how the public has done so far this season? A similar scenario took place in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Tennessee went 13-3 and got 7 points.

Wish List

Cappers,

Let us know what you like and don't like about the site along with request for new functionality.

Product Roadmap

Guys,

Here's what we have coming up:

- Public betting percentages interspersed with line movements. Goal here is to identify the public going one way and Vegas going the other.

- who's hot: we have soft launched at this point. After we have 100 users for 4 weeks, we'll add another view along with the overall top 25.

-iPhone app: it's just about done and it's killer. It tracks your picks, shows all kinds of game details(graphs, turn alerts on and off, comments), friends(including search, add, turn e-mail alerts on and off) and preferences. V1 should be out within 2 weeks. We're going to stretch and try to add an integration with twitter in case folks want to tweet their picks from FTP.

- user profile page. We'll be adding your 5 most recent comments.

Site Enhancements

We added City and State to the user profile in anticipation of creating user search criteria based on City and State. And it helps identify potential homers on the boards although this is about winning not rooting for your team.