You got fleeced last night, bettors!!

Kept an eye on something as I was seeing the stats from the debacle last night in Lambeau (so bad, now, that people are fearing the team will openly revolt on Jay Cutler, only one week after they basically praised him as a new major player this season!!):

The trend on the Over-Under last night for Packers-Bears was that EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT of the bettors were taking the over, according to VegasInsider.com.

You know, I'm getting real sick and tired of seeing people basically toss friendships aside and forgo real-life loyalties to a sport which is so clearly an obvious scam at this point that any awake person should be able to conclude this.

You'd think that people would not realize that there is only one simple fact regarding not only gambling, but pro sports in general, in this country:  THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS.

The fans got completely suckered into believing that the offense of the Bears would be as solid as it was last week and that Aaron Rodgers would be able to recharge.

And what do you get?  Both offenses sputter, the future of Jay Cutler in Chicago is now in question, and the game turns out to be a dud.

The House Always Wins.  It's how they stay in business -- it's how the handicappers stay in business too.

Is it any wonder to anyone that the amount of fans a team has is usually a direct proportion to how much we end up seeing them in prime spots?  In fact, the only reason they set this asinine Thursday-Night-Game-Every-Week tomfoolery was to make all the teams feel important one week out of the year.

Here's a newsflash:  Most teams don't have the fanbase nor the merchandising revenue to be relevant, even if they had the athletes to be in the Super Bowl/World Series/NBA Finals/what have you.

I'm talking about you, Seattle Sea-Hags.  You think you got screwed over by the officials in that one Super Bowl?  Take the pile of Super Bowl Champion memorabilia you'd have bought as a fanbase and compare it to Pittsburgh.

Ditto Arizona, and we know they got screwed over.

The House Always Wins, fealty-fans.  The House Always Wins.