What is the Lobby? It's a ranked list of upcoming games sorted by how much our model disagrees with the betting market. Games are organized into collapsible timeframe sections so you can focus on what matters most right now.
Game Sections — Games are grouped into sections:
- Live Now — Games currently in progress with real-time scores and a pulsing LIVE badge. Always visible (shows "No live games right now" when nothing is in progress).
- Big Matchups — Top 5 matchups ranked by combined team rating. These are the marquee games of the week.
- Today's Games — Games happening today.
- Tomorrow's Games — Tomorrow's slate.
- This Week — Remaining games this week.
- Coming Up — Games beyond this week.
Click any section header to expand or collapse it. Use "Expand All" / "Collapse All" to open or close every section at once. One section is expanded by default: Live (if games are in progress), otherwise Big Matchups, then Today.
Favorite Team Highlight — Games involving your favorite team show a colored accent bar at the top of the card, using your team's school color. Set your favorite team in Preferences.
House Edge — This is the house model's probability minus the market's implied probability. Example: If the house model says Alabama has a 72% chance to beat Auburn, and the market implies 65%, the house edge is +7.0%. A positive number means the house model thinks the team is undervalued by the market.
User Edge — Same concept, but using YOUR custom model weights instead of the house model. If you've tuned your model (in "My Model") to weight injuries more heavily, your probabilities will differ from the house model, and your edge may be different too.
Delta — The difference between your model and the house model. If your model says 75% and the house says 72%, the delta is +3%. This shows where YOU disagree with the house model. A large delta means your settings are pulling the analysis in a meaningfully different direction.
How do the filters work? Filters let you narrow down which games appear on the board. You set these in Preferences (/profile/preferences/), and they automatically apply here:
- Spread filters limit games to a specific point spread range
- Odds filters limit games to a specific moneyline range
- Minimum edge hides games below your edge threshold
Favorite team override — If you've set a favorite team AND enabled "Always include favorite team" in Preferences, that team's games always appear on the board regardless of your filter settings. You'll never miss your team.
Confidence (HIGH / MED / LOW) — This tells you how reliable the data behind the calculation is. HIGH means odds are recent and injury data is complete. MED means some data might be a few hours old. LOW means data may be stale or missing — take those numbers with a grain of salt.
Where does this data come from? The Lobby combines data from multiple sources:
- Game schedules and scores come from ESPN's public API (for both CFB and CBB). Games are refreshed regularly to capture schedule changes and final scores.
- Betting odds (moneyline, point spread, over/under totals) come from The Odds API, which aggregates real-time lines from major US sportsbooks like DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and others. Odds are captured as snapshots so you can see how lines move over time.
- Injury data is sourced from ESPN's injury reports, including player status (out, doubtful, questionable, probable) and estimated impact level.
- Edge and probability numbers are calculated by our own model — they are NOT taken from any external source. The model uses the raw data above as inputs and produces independent probability estimates.
- During the offseason or when live data feeds are disabled, the board shows sample/demo data for illustration purposes.
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