Any Bowl Games Fixed?
Quote: WatchMeWinOh yes, it is bowl game season! I would like to know if anyone here thinks that some games may be fixed by colleges kids looking to get a nice pay day before they go off into the real world? Just because you dont get caught, it doesnt mean it never happened! I noticed a few suspicious games this year. In particular, Houston last week in their bowl game. That QB was blatant !
I want to say no, but history has shown that there have been games fixed. I didnt see that game, can you give details? Spread? Who won? What play made you suspicious?
I received calls from friends who watched the game and each one said the same thing to me even before I brought up my thoughts on the game. Obviously no proof... but does that mean it didnt happen?
Quote: WatchMeWinHouston played SD State on Dec 17. The line was Houston minus 4.5. Houston never had a chance. They lost 34-10. Take a look at the box score or find a tape of the game... you will see the QB from Houston throw many ridiculous interceptions and run the offense like he never played the game before. He is soooo much better than that as I watched him in many previous games.
I received calls from friends who watched the game and each one said the same thing to me even before I brought up my thoughts on the game. Obviously no proof... but does that mean it didnt happen?
Well, he is an NFL prospect so it would be pretty stupid, especially to do it in a game that is widely watched when he could have just made sure an unimportant game where they were huge favorites went under.
People always think fixes are done in the most obvious fashion possible.
We will never know... Just because people dont get caught doing things, it doesn't mean it never happened. Houston was averaging 35 pts per game, yet they only manage to score 10. 4 picks and horrible play calling on offense. They put on a pretty good show in the first quarter, but when halftime hit and realization of what was at stake sunk in, boy was Ward a different player..hmm
He is a link to the game. You decide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMki_hZuMiE
The falling plays are interesting at markers:
6;40
36.50
1;02;30
1;16;10
1;24;30
Quote: WatchMeWinI did not bet Houston, I actually had the under. So I was not biased in any way.
We will never know... Just because people dont get caught doing things, it doesn't mean it never happened. Houston was averaging 35 pts per game, yet they only manage to score 10. 4 picks and horrible play calling on offense. They put on a pretty good show in the first quarter, but when halftime hit and realization of what was at stake sunk in, boy was Ward a different player..hmm
He is a link to the game. You decide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMki_hZuMiE
The falling plays are interesting at markers:
6;40
36.50
1;02;30
1;16;10
1;24;30
Disregard the 6;40.... that was a typo
Quote: WatchMeWinOh yes, it is bowl game season! I would like to know if anyone here thinks that some games may be fixed by colleges kids looking to get a nice pay day before they go off into the real world? Just because you dont get caught, it doesnt mean it never happened! I noticed a few suspicious games this year. In particular, Houston last week in their bowl game. That QB was blatant !
I always thought there was something suspicious and I think that is why they cancelled the Bud Bowl.
Quote: DRichI always thought there was something suspicious and I think that is why they cancelled the Bud Bowl.
No - they cancelled the Bud Bowl because of sponsor commitments. Specifically, the sponsor didn't want to commit to two second-half commercials if the game might be a blowout. IIRC, the last actual Bud Bowl game was played in a single first-quarter commercial. (The next year involved some sort of contest - since beer-sponsored contests are illegal in California, I don't know too much about it, but I think it involved collecting game pieces with particular offensive plays on them, and the "winning" play was announced during the commercial.)
Quote: billryanPerhaps the QB was suffering from Stripitis. He wouldn't be the first athlete to leave his A game on the strip.
An excellent possibility. Also, there is often a great disparity in motivation between two bowl teams. Weren't Houston on the fringes of the playoff picture at one point? And here they are playing SDSU. But this is SDSU's chance to prove they are for real, against a well known team.
Maybe he is injured.
Maybe his GF dumped him. Happened to Pau Gasol a few years ago and he was terrible in the playoffs.
Maybe he found out his mom had cancer.
Maybe it was just one of his worst games. Any one posting here must understand that some days, you just guess wrong every time.
There are an unlimited number of possibilities, most of which make more sense than an NFL prospect potentially costing himself millions and effing over all his coaches and teammates to make a moderate score.
Why lose by 24?
Why not pull this in a less important, less closely watched game earlier in the season?
My picks have not been that great this year but I really like Kansas State +3.5 tonight for that very reason I think they will be far more motivated.
She says, "Boxing. Isn't that crooked?"
He replies, "Everything's crooked."
