Simon Hunter

NCAAB Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: 2026 March Madness Picks & Predictions

This week, Simon, it’s one of the best weeks on the sporting calendar. We got March Madness. Listen, whether you love college basketball or not, no sports fan can deny it’s a magical time of year. The play-in games are...

Simon Hunter

March 18, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: Early NFL Season Win Totals (Part 1)

It’s technically the offseason, but it never really feels like one. There’s always something to break down, and this year is no different. Simon is literally in the middle of moving houses, living in transition, and yet we’re still locked...

Simon Hunter

March 4, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: Super Bowl LX Prop Bet Breakdown

It feels like a weirdly quiet Super Bowl week. The line has stayed the same. There hasn’t been a lot of controversy. Injuries haven’t been an issue. It even feels like in the last 48 hours NFL news has been...

Simon Hunter

February 6, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: Super Bowl LX Analysis with John Middlekauff

For this episode, we were joined by our Volume brother John Middlekauff, former NFL personnel man and host of Three and Out, to talk through the Super Bowl, the betting market, and what we’re seeing from both teams. Drake Maye’s...

Simon Hunter

February 5, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: Super Bowl LX Betting Preview, Best Bets & Predictions

Look, I’m with Simon in that I have spent my entire adult life working in sports media and using "I need to watch football" as an excuse for everything. It is the greatest 'get out of anything' card or 'leave...

Simon Hunter

January 28, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: NFL Championship Sunday Leans & Best Bets

Between the end of the Bears game and the moment I woke up the next morning, I had more than 200 texts congratulating me on Indiana winning the national title. More people reached out about that than when I had...

Simon Hunter

January 20, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: NFL Divisional Round Recap & Reactions

This was one of those weekends that reminds you why playoff football is the most intoxicating, punishing thing in sports. We went 1-4 again, back to back, for the first time ever. Totals blown up by turnovers. Sides undone by...

Simon Hunter

January 19, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: CFP National Championship Breakdown & Best Bets

I’ve been wearing Indiana gear every single day this week. This entire season has been surreal for anyone like myself who has ever sat in Memorial Stadium and watched Ohio State or Michigan turn a promising 4-0 start into a...

Simon Hunter

January 16, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: What the Board Tells Us for the Divisional Round

We’re four days away from kickoff for my Hoosiers. Arctic weather in Chicago. Playoff football everywhere. And this is the weekend where the noise starts to fade. Divisional round football is where the market tightens, the edges get smaller, and...

Simon Hunter

January 15, 2026

NFL Sharp or Square The Volume

Sharp or Square: NFL Divisional Round Leans & Best Bets

Last week was last week. That’s the only way to survive this business. The Wild Card round was ugly, emotional, and humbling. Missed fourth downs. Defensive touchdowns. Unders that almost slipped away. A 1-4 week in the contest that reminded...

Simon Hunter

January 13, 2026