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Friday Football Bytes: Riley Skinner > Russell Wilson?
Just a ton of football this week as practice hit high gear. As opposed to taking the time linking to all of the different items out there I am going to just turn your attention to Yet Another… as well as Backing the Pack. Both of these blogs have done a good job [...]
Continue reading...Sunday Stuff – July 12th
Sunday, July 12, 2009
====> Please no Lorenzo Brown comments in this entry. Once we get over our devastation we will post its own entry. ====> Stud outside linebacker, Kendall Moore, of Southeast Raleigh choose Notre Dame over NC State this weekend. (Link to the story) This one hurts, as Moore would have been a fantastic complement [...]
Continue reading...Vegas Oddmakers Are Noticing Russell Wilson
Thursday, December 18, 2008
One of the dirty little secrets of college athletics is that people actually bet on games. That’s why points spreads exist. A proper point-spread incents equal betting on both sides of the point-spread and creating a 50/50 proposition (if the oddsmakers get things right). But, sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. Sometimes the oddsmakers [...]
Continue reading...$100MM non-TD (11/19 update)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 17th I thought about this last night and was glad to see that someone tackled the issue of the bad call by the officials at the end of the San Diego @ Pittsburgh game. Deadspin has it covered at this link. An estimated 100 million dollars was wagered worldwide on the Pittsburgh/San Diego game, [...]
Continue reading...Vegas Odds on 2009 National Basketball Championship
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
If you happened to lose some of the $65 million on the Steelers this weekend then this may give you a chance to make up some money. Rush the Court has the Vegas Odds for this year’s College What drunkard put Maryland at +5000 and Arizona +3000? Is there any way I can apply for [...]
Continue reading...NC State is a 12.5 Underdog to UNC
Sunday, November 16, 2008
It’s very hard to believe that UNC-CH is close to a two touchdown favorite against the Wolfpack. It’s a lot of fun going into this game with all of the sitting on Carolina’s shoulders. Additionally, it has been announced that Cameron Sexton will start for Tarheels.
Continue reading...A professional gambler’s view of the Tim Donaghy mess
Thursday, June 12, 2008
You know that we like to go just a little beyond the original story with links and insight that are a little deeper than the story itself. With that said, we ran across this blog entry that includes some links to the news stories if you have an interest in following them. There is a ton of [...]
Continue reading...Bobby Knight Was Right; NBA Ref Busted for Fixing Games
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sometimes you can’t help but wonder how officials can be SO BAD…no matter what the sport. It was a few years ago that the NCAA’s all-time winningest basketball coach invited criticism and severely pissed off the NCAA when he commented about basketball officials and the probability that some of them fix games for various financial reasons. [...]
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Friday, August 14, 2009
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