About G&S Software

I first started developing and distributing handicapping software back in 1992. This was before the Internet erupted and back when shareware was distributed via 360K floppy disks (the bad old days). My first product was a DOS based program called Pro Football Edge!. Pro Football Edge! evolved over the years and attracted a loyal following of users.

After 10 years of developing and supporting that DOS based program, I was finally able to develop and release a fairly completed Windows based handicapping program that is the reason for this web site. The initial release of Pro Sports Edge! included about 80% of the functionality of the original Pro Football Edge! program. The most significant improvement was an industry-first, multi-sport design which allowed for the addition of NCAA Football, NBA Basketball, and more recently MLB.

The advantage of multi-sport capability is huge since any additional feature added to the program is available for all sports without the requirement of coding it into separate applications. The reason this is now possible is due to the relatively enormous amount of RAM memory now available in computers today. As a DOS program, Pro Football Edge! was limited to using about 500K of RAM which severely limited the capability of the program and forced several rewrites just to optimize for memory use. A modest machine today provides 64MB of RAM which amounts to an increase in memory capacity by a factor of 128 times! Imagine if your own human memory capacity increased by the that factor. In the DOS program for example, only two active seasons of data at a time (about 500 games) could be loaded into memory. Sports Edge! can hold 200,000 games without blinking (at least on my machine :). This opens the possibility to add many more features that before were simply impractical to produce.

I am still focussing on the foundation of this program which includes basic matchup screens, accurate data, and handling of multiple sports. The big piece that is still missing is a robust formula creation engine that would potentially automate the handicapping process and allow for testing and optimization of individual methods and combinations thereof. It looks like it'll be another year before that is available...

I hope you enjoy usage of this application. As always, I appreciate any comments or ideas you have regarding Sports Edge! Handicapping Software.

Gordon Grieb

Sports Edge! Software
President, Owner, Developer, Sales, Tech Support, Janitor