Doug Fleming is a quick study when it comes to sports betting .

The longtime Michigan high school basketball coach entered his first football handicapping contest in Las Vegas six years ago when he was in town for a travel team tournament.

“Coming out there for summer basketball was what really started it,” he said.

Fleming, 64, recently won the inaugural SuperContest College football contest , finishing a sizzling 65-31-2 against the spread to top a field of 1,080 entries and turn his $500 entry fee into $216,000 in prize money.

“The money’s great. But I was more interested in winning the contest. You get that far, you just want to win,” he said. “I know how hard it is to handicap. I’ve been in different contests over the years.

“You’re running at that level (of a 67.7 percent winnin

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