Scott Van Pelt's new midnight 'SportsCenter' will feature a heavy dose of gambling
FTW: There’s going to be some Vegas component to the show, I see? Are you still going to be making your weekly picks?
Scott Van Pelt: Oh yeah, we’ve picking winners!
FTW: I’ve gotta admit, I’ve taken your home underdog rule to heart [basically big underdog = big value], it’s a betting virtue.
Scott Van Pelt: Good, because it works! I hope it still does. The show is going to feature a lot of results as they relate to the betting line. It’s not going to be a wink and a nod. We’re going to address this like adults. Like, “if you had the Clippers tonight -8, boy did you just suffer a horrific loss and we’ll show you how, momentarily.” We’ll show you the outcome of the game as it relates to the actual standings, of course, but if someone gives up three 3s in the final seconds we’ll show that too, because people bet. Maybe the NBA is the best analogy here. Commissioner Silver has been up front about that. It’s what some people do. And we’ll address that more directly that it’s ever been addressed before as opposed to “boy that basket was sure important to some people, wink, wink” — well, let’s just say what it is.
FTW: Like Al Michaels sneaking in an over/under reference at the end of Sunday Night Football.
Scott Van Pelt: Yeah!
FTW: Why do you think guys like Michaels — and that’s not coming from him, that’s from above — have to be so puritanical when it comes to point spreads or the number?
Scott Van Pelt: I believe that, for the longest time, it was the third rail topic. It was this taboo. The notion is that it was something that was done by guys with Tommy guns in back, smokey rooms. Well no. People bet on sports. Look at what’s become of daily fantasy and leagues linking themselves at the hip with them. You can call whatever you want. But if you’re putting money in an account to compete and the results dictate whether you win or lose money, well, you’re betting! There’s been an interesting sea change in the past three or four years where it’s just a little more out in the open.
There will be others who say ‘you shouldn’t do this.’ Okay, I understand it. It’s a bad habit, blah, blah, blah. But there’s a lot things that people do that are bad in excess. Drinking is awful if you do too much of it but there’s a lot of beer ads on the air, you know? So I just look at it from an adult’s point of view. There’s a segment of the population that’s been under-served on TV and dammit, I’m here for you, degenerate gambler.
The Wonder Boys took the field with 10 men for the first play from scrimmage in memory of late Wonder Boys lineman Zemaric Holt.
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Saw it happen live. Completely inexcusable and should have been given more media attention/ridicule. (sadly, that's what it takes to instigate rule changes)
Fucking joke. What about the offenses that do quick formation changes along the line on 4th down trying to draw the defense offside. Is that an unwritten rule too? Nothing in the rule book says the entire defense can't move. Change your cadence and they won't be able to time it. The entire sports world is becoming fucking whiny pussies. Instead of going out to clubs until 3am, go home and read the rulebook of your profession. Maybe you will learn something.
Fucking joke. What about the offenses that do quick formation changes along the line on 4th down trying to draw the defense offside. Is that an unwritten rule too? Nothing in the rule book says the entire defense can't move. Change your cadence and they won't be able to time it. The entire sports world is becoming fucking whiny pussies. Instead of going out to clubs until 3am, go home and read the rulebook of your profession. Maybe you will learn something.
When I read the article it doesn't seem like he's upset about it, the headline says that but his comments don't say that
I thought that there was a rule against that, Roethlisberger said, via USA Todays Tom Pelissero. Maybe theres not. Maybe its just an unwritten rule. .. We saw it on film, that the Patriots do that. They shift and slide and do stuff on the goal line, knowing that its an itchy trigger finger-type down there.
Vegas sportsbooks take hit on big day for NFL favorites
Las Vegas sportsbooks took a bath on an opening Sunday of the NFL season that saw long lines at the cashier's window, after a slew of popular favorites covered the spread.
"I don't remember a worse opening Sunday," said Jay Kornegay, chief of the Westgate SuperBook and a 20-year veteran bookmaker.
John Avello, executive director of the Wynn, said he lost every game of the morning slate to kick off a losing day. Nick Bogdanovich, director of trading at William Hill, called it "horrible." The MGM, Caesars, CG Technology, Stratosphere and Station Casinos books all reported getting dinged on a day they've historically dominated.
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http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13551822/beer-joe-paterno-name-selling-quickly-brewer-tries-keep-demand
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/1/9239217/charlie-strong-height-malik-jefferson-has-jokes
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Haha good point. I think dramatic chipmunk is actually a prairie dog, which makes all of this a bit more confusing, but close enough!
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/4/9260465/colorado-vs-hawaii-football-referee-fumbles-video
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Anyone bet award shows?
Saw it happen live. Completely inexcusable and should have been given more media attention/ridicule. (sadly, that's what it takes to instigate rule changes)
There's a member here who bets these types of things, he seems to know a lot about it, can't recall his name, Beefcake maybe, not sure
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13609106/southeastern-conference-sets-record-10-teams-ranked-ap-top-25
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=1028293
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/dana-holgorsen-wants-fbs-teams-to-stop-scheduling-fcs-opponents-175749897.html
This can only mean more small schools moving up and joining the Sun Belt.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/oregon-ducks-will-be-underdogs-for-the-first-time-in-46-games-against-michigan-state-090915
https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/3kjgtm/quick_gif_breakdown_new_englands_red_zone_4_tight/
http://nesn.com/2015/09/ben-roethlisberger-upset-at-patriots-for-violating-unwritten-rule/
Fucking joke. What about the offenses that do quick formation changes along the line on 4th down trying to draw the defense offside. Is that an unwritten rule too? Nothing in the rule book says the entire defense can't move. Change your cadence and they won't be able to time it. The entire sports world is becoming fucking whiny pussies. Instead of going out to clubs until 3am, go home and read the rulebook of your profession. Maybe you will learn something.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/notre-dame-would-stop-playing-major-football-if-schools-paid-players-192017103.html
When I read the article it doesn't seem like he's upset about it, the headline says that but his comments don't say that
The fact that he thought there was a rule that the defense couldn't all move is sad. Read the rulebook. It is your job.
http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/fs1-is-the-latest-network-to-try-broadcasting-games-from-the-studio.html
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/13662471/texas-longhorns-fire-athletic-director-gary-patterson
http://reignoftroy.com/2015/09/14/blind-longsnapper-jake-olson-cleared-to-play-usc-football/
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2015/09/report_ducks_quarterback_verno.html#incart_breaking
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/15/nfl-kickers-are-71-for-75-on-extra-points-through-week-one/
Uber, Lyft up and running in Las Vegas, defy Clark County
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/traffic-transportation/uber-lyft-and-running-defy-clark-county
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