- Official Madden simulation in the books -- Rams won that 30-27, late 4th quarter TD won it.
- Sounds like one possible angle is, as of the moment, off the books for LIII(E): In an ESPN interview, part of which made the site, Tom Brady shot down all rumors of retiring after Super Bowl LIII.
- The NFL has officially responded to the Saints' fans lawsuits, pretty much using Mayer as complete justification for rigging games, according to Brian Tuohy.
It doesn't directly use Mayer -- more, the 100 year precedent (to a Jack Tunney-esque level -- this professional wrestling fan remembers the Toronto promoter, the figurehead President of the WWF back in the day, using exactly that precedent -- "The referee's decision is final!" -- on the same absolute scale the NFL is).Here you go, straight from the horse's mouth: how and why the @NFL can legally fix the outcome of one of its games and fans have ZERO legal recourse to do anything about it. https://t.co/i5COBfocwm— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) January 28, 2019
That said, it's clear that Mayer does provide the legal backup, as I said last week. Anyone who knows the truth knows that Dan Moldea revealed in his book Interference that five games of a 1970's Monday Night Football season were known rigged -- to the FBI!!!
Yes, it would be the first time. But the problem with the argument otherwise is that move and Mayer would mean that the league and the officials have absolute dominion over who wins and loses.
And they're stating it to your faces.
Keep that in mind Sunday, and remember the Rams' new stadium is a $5,000,000,000 investment.
- Word from Vegas Insider says, as of now, the number will appear to be New England -3, to whatever extent they can juice the juice, as it were, to keep it there. Some books wanted to get it to -2.5, and have done so, at least as of today, everywhere but the William Hill.
- The total is dropping. From 58.5, it's gone to somewhere 57 to mostly 56.5.
- Money Line is about 125-130 both ways. (-130 NE, +125 LA)
IMODO, unless they get word that a Shutdown 2.0 would create an untenable situation in Inglewood, which it MIGHT because I don't know what a February 15 shutdown would do for March SNAP payments, I think Vegas is about to make a metric shitton.
- Speaking of the Oompa-Loompa: Vegas Insider has some interesting prop bets (all from the foreign book DSI -- since it does not involve sports completely, it can't be bet in Vegas), Super Bowl vs. Trump...
Pregame interview (Yes -200, No +150)
Actually attend the game (Yes +800, No -1425 or so)
Tweets during the game, over/under 1 (Over -141, Under Even money)
The traditional post-Super Bowl Presidential congratulation -- note, it does not say the old-school phone call (He does one -170, he doesn't +130 -- probably on that they think he'll Tweet one). For the record on that one, I don't think he does if LA wins.
Here's one a bit closer to some of the 440 official Vegas prop bets: Which number will be higher?
Trump's approval rating (in percent) from Rasmussen Reports as of the day after the game (+110) or the yardage of the longest field goal in Super Bowl LIII (-140). (As of now, the Rasmussen number is 44%.)
Will the winner eventually visit the White House (by whatever date the bet pays off): Yes -833, No +442. (Bet heavily on the Yes side -- started at -200 for Yes.) The article finishes by noting that no Super Bowl champion has declined the visit of it's own accord. Some sort of national emergency or the impeachment of a President have been the only intervening factors.
What's sad is that the other team isn't entitled to a fair game, either. For example, if you go to New England and have your headsets sabotaged and your audibles stolen, there is nothing that they can do, either. I wonder if this (or any league) is worth following anymore when they are getting more and more corrupt.
ReplyDeleteMy Concern is NE tears through this one. They've done the big comeback, they've done the flop-close loss multiple times. They did the high scoring close loss last year.
ReplyDeleteNow that people on the radio are spewqing the whole "the patriots never win by more than four" thing, i feel we could be in for the NE blowout of the Rams.
Another thing we haven't seen yet is NE get stomped in a Superbowl. I'm talking Peyton style a la Superbowl 48. This would be gold! Nobody would stop talking about it for awhile!
If you're right about the concern, then I would have to think (as I'll say in another post making my prediction) that something big is coming down the RL track come, say, February 15-20.
DeleteI understand what's going on here, but I think New England is here not for a sports concern.