Wednesday, October 30, 2019
(Deadspin's Toast) My Anonymous Friend Has It Right: Yikes
Writers Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, Tom Ley, Lauren Theisen, Patrick Redford, Albert Burneko and Chris Thompson all tweeted today that they have resigned from Deadspin, the sports-focused site owned by G/O Media.
I think G/O Media has finally done it! I think we just lost Deadspin!
A day of great turmoil at G/O Media's Deadspin may finally have finished it off.
Diana Moskovitz, one of the few female writers on the site, gave her two-week notice and announced it today.
But, in addition to that, the ol' "Stick To Sports" motif has just gotten Barry Petchesky fired!
Diana Moskovitz, one of the few female writers on the site, gave her two-week notice and announced it today.
But, in addition to that, the ol' "Stick To Sports" motif has just gotten Barry Petchesky fired!
There has not been a post or a Tweet from the site since.Hi! I’ve just been fired from Deadspin for not sticking to sports.— Barry Petchesky (@barry) October 29, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Death to the NCAA. MAJOR step to that end today.
The NCAA, to at least a limited degree, is now going to allow players to profit off their likeness.
Good. May it end the NCAA as the corrupt organization we know it is.
Pedo State, Rape-lor, Murder For Football Maryland, Sexual Assault Doctor State...
All done in the name of sports. May the NCAA die a horrific death. Today was the next step down that road.
Good. May it end the NCAA as the corrupt organization we know it is.
Pedo State, Rape-lor, Murder For Football Maryland, Sexual Assault Doctor State...
All done in the name of sports. May the NCAA die a horrific death. Today was the next step down that road.
Anthony Rendon may just have saved Major League Baseball going forward, for now...
You've probably obviously heard the situation and seen the call.
Runner on first for Washington, seventh inning, Nationals up a run, 3-2, in Game 6, a game they must win.
Trea Turner up to bat, and here's the Jomboy video on the call:
Turner is called out for being out of the baseline and interfering with the throw, even though the throw had no chance to beat him OR be caught by the first baseman for the Astros.
In fact, the FOX announcers admit that the play to make is to bean the runner and hope you get the interference call.
Dave Martinez has one argument on the play just afterward.
A replay is then called for, and New York takes an eon to uphold the call. An eon during which Turner is caught on-mic spotting Joe Torre, the Chief Baseball Officer of Major League Baseball, and stating that Torre wanted no part of the call and wanted the call to stand, ducking his head when Torre was clear that the Nationals dugout caught him.
And then THIS happens, which probably saves MLB a clean rigging discussion, at least for the moment. Anthony Rendon...
Nationals win 7-2, Game 7 tomorrow night -- and the future of baseball, for the moment, probably breathes a sigh of relief.
But there is one caveat: Martinez was ejected after the top of the seventh and had to be hard-physical restrained as he was. Did Martinez do enough to get himself suspended from Game 7?
Runner on first for Washington, seventh inning, Nationals up a run, 3-2, in Game 6, a game they must win.
Trea Turner up to bat, and here's the Jomboy video on the call:
Turner is called out for being out of the baseline and interfering with the throw, even though the throw had no chance to beat him OR be caught by the first baseman for the Astros.
In fact, the FOX announcers admit that the play to make is to bean the runner and hope you get the interference call.
Dave Martinez has one argument on the play just afterward.
A replay is then called for, and New York takes an eon to uphold the call. An eon during which Turner is caught on-mic spotting Joe Torre, the Chief Baseball Officer of Major League Baseball, and stating that Torre wanted no part of the call and wanted the call to stand, ducking his head when Torre was clear that the Nationals dugout caught him.
And then THIS happens, which probably saves MLB a clean rigging discussion, at least for the moment. Anthony Rendon...
Nationals win 7-2, Game 7 tomorrow night -- and the future of baseball, for the moment, probably breathes a sigh of relief.
But there is one caveat: Martinez was ejected after the top of the seventh and had to be hard-physical restrained as he was. Did Martinez do enough to get himself suspended from Game 7?
A devastating poll to anyone who believes that people will stop watching if the games are rigged...
Legal Sports Report with this gem...
A Seton Hall University study actually finds that half of the people polled believe the NFL's officiating is actually good!! Only about a quarter think it bad.
But the headline number of the poll comes from the following: The precise question posed in the poll was: “Is sports betting, which has been legalized in many states, influencing people’s reaction to officiating of NFL games?”
62% of those polled said yes.
What this basically means is three out of five people believe that sports gambling is why some people think the officiating is good, and some think it sucks.
The question was NOT whether the officials are on the take to Vegas through the NFL -- it was whether they believed the fans were slanted on the basis of winning or losing money through the games.
Yeesh...
703 people were polled in this survey.
Anyone who wants to think "they'll stop watching if the games are rigged" doesn't understand that most people can't even make up their minds that they are!
A Seton Hall University study actually finds that half of the people polled believe the NFL's officiating is actually good!! Only about a quarter think it bad.
But the headline number of the poll comes from the following: The precise question posed in the poll was: “Is sports betting, which has been legalized in many states, influencing people’s reaction to officiating of NFL games?”
62% of those polled said yes.
What this basically means is three out of five people believe that sports gambling is why some people think the officiating is good, and some think it sucks.
The question was NOT whether the officials are on the take to Vegas through the NFL -- it was whether they believed the fans were slanted on the basis of winning or losing money through the games.
Yeesh...
703 people were polled in this survey.
Anyone who wants to think "they'll stop watching if the games are rigged" doesn't understand that most people can't even make up their minds that they are!
Monday, October 28, 2019
2019 Crown The Patriots Week 8 Score Report
- 43.73 points per game this week for the 15 games. 8 week average for the 121 games played: 44.88 PPG. (Last year: 49.14 for the week, 48.12 for the season)
- Finally a good week for the home teams: 10-4! By far their best of the year. Still, that's 55-62-1 (.470) for the season. (Last year: 8-5 for 73-43-2 (.627))
- The Over was 6-9 for 53-65-3. (Last year: 5-8-1 for 58-60-3.)
- Favorites had a 7-8 week against the number, but 13-2 straight up. Season: 51-66-3 against the spread. 77-42-1 straight up. (Last year: ATS: 8-6 for 56-63-2. SU: 11-3 for 81-38-2.)
- Team with more penalties was 7-7 for 53-56-1 for the year. (Last year: 5-7 for 47-56-2.)
- 207 penalties accepted this week. 13.8 per game. That makes 1,750 for the year, 14.46 per game. (Last year: 184 penalties in 14 games (13.14) Season: 1607 in 121 games (13.28))
- One Cliffhanger (the winner in Indianapolis) -- only the 13th this year. (Last year: 2 for 26 total -- twice as many as this year.)
- 7 games finished within 8 points for 61 for the season -- just over half! (50.4%) (Last year: 7 for 66)
- 4 non-competitive games for 42 for the year. (Last year: 6 for 41)
- And 3 Last Chance Misses for 35 total for the year (Last year: 2 for 32)
- Tonight's game made it, through eight weeks, eleven NFL contests where the Vegas spread was at least two touchdowns. Only two entire seasons, according to Pro Football Reference, had more: 1992 had 19. The record is 2009's 20! This was the 263rd NFL game with a spread of two touchdowns or more. Pittsburgh spotted Miami 14, and did not cover in the 27-14 win.
- CBS National: 14.0, down 7% (mostly Patriots-Browns)
- CBS Regional: 6.9, down 15% and the lowest Week 8 regional slot since 2003!
- FOX Single: 11.5, up 12%
- Sunday Night: 10.4, up 25%
And according to Sports Media Watch, not only was the Packers-Chiefs SNF game the best-rated SNF opponent to the World Series in four years, Saturday night's Game 4 was the lowest-rated in the history of the World Series! (5.9 and only barely 10.2 million viewers -- the least watched was Tampa-Philadelphia's Game 3 in 2008, 9.84 million).Through five games, the 2019 World Series has produced four of the 10 least-viewed World Series games on record https://t.co/su9z8HaP7U pic.twitter.com/PQM7JUQUfU— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 29, 2019
And Trump didn't help Game 5 either: The viewership matched Game 4's.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
So I guess we are now just about halfway through the 2019 NFL regular season... What does the storyline look like?
Easy answer? New England Versus Everybody.
Not that New England has played Jack Nor Shit on their schedule yet.
Pittsburgh (2-5)
Miami (0-6)
The Jets (1-6) twice
Washington (1-7)
The Giants (2-6)
Cleveland (2-5)
and the one half-decent team took a big hit today, Buffalo (5-2)
So if you count the Jets twice, the eight teams they've beaten have 14 wins between them.
14-43.
That said, there's a lot of talk this is Brady's last year in New England.
So how does the AFC look, standings and storyline?
Standings:
New England is the 1.
Baltimore and Indy are 5-2 and won't play. Indy is 4-2 in the AFC, Baltimore 3-2. Indy is the 2, Baltimore the 3.
Kansas City is the 4 at 5-3.
Buffalo is the 5 at 5-2, Houston the 6 at 5-3.
Not really much to shout about at all in the AFC at this point, story-wise. I mean, is there ONE compelling team in the AFC, especially now that Kansas City is 5-3 and all???
At least the Pats finally have to play Baltimore at Baltimore next week before their bye week -- the first real indication we may get as to how good they really are.
NFC, quite a bit more interesting, especially with Drew Brees back.
San Francisco is 7-0 and the #1. Fuck all if I know HOW they got to 7-0, but 7-0 they are! (Tampa 2 wins, Cincy none, Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1, Cleveland 2, but Carolina 4 and the Rams 5).
The Saints are the 2 and the Pack the 3 on the same basis that the AFC has the same situation. But at 7-1 no less when no AFC team has one loss.
Dallas is the 4 because they had their bye week.
The Vikings and the Seahawks are 6-2 and the wildcard teams -- they play December 2 on MNF.
That's right. The six current playoff teams in the NFC have nine losses between them, and one is to each other.
I'm still not sold on San Francisco being the pick. I really am not.
I know Brian Tuohy picked New Orleans as a XXXVII-style makeup for the PI non-call, but those two lawsuits are not something the NFL tends to like.
Right now, if I had to do a reorder, though:
New Orleans a begrudging 1 and Green Bay 2, and both for the same reason -- if it's going to be Brady, he's going to need an opponent. Seattle is the 3, same reason. San Francisco/Seattle winner is the 4, Vikings the 5, and the NFC West wildcard the 6.
Not that New England has played Jack Nor Shit on their schedule yet.
Pittsburgh (2-5)
Miami (0-6)
The Jets (1-6) twice
Washington (1-7)
The Giants (2-6)
Cleveland (2-5)
and the one half-decent team took a big hit today, Buffalo (5-2)
So if you count the Jets twice, the eight teams they've beaten have 14 wins between them.
14-43.
That said, there's a lot of talk this is Brady's last year in New England.
So how does the AFC look, standings and storyline?
Standings:
New England is the 1.
Baltimore and Indy are 5-2 and won't play. Indy is 4-2 in the AFC, Baltimore 3-2. Indy is the 2, Baltimore the 3.
Kansas City is the 4 at 5-3.
Buffalo is the 5 at 5-2, Houston the 6 at 5-3.
Not really much to shout about at all in the AFC at this point, story-wise. I mean, is there ONE compelling team in the AFC, especially now that Kansas City is 5-3 and all???
At least the Pats finally have to play Baltimore at Baltimore next week before their bye week -- the first real indication we may get as to how good they really are.
NFC, quite a bit more interesting, especially with Drew Brees back.
San Francisco is 7-0 and the #1. Fuck all if I know HOW they got to 7-0, but 7-0 they are! (Tampa 2 wins, Cincy none, Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1, Cleveland 2, but Carolina 4 and the Rams 5).
The Saints are the 2 and the Pack the 3 on the same basis that the AFC has the same situation. But at 7-1 no less when no AFC team has one loss.
Dallas is the 4 because they had their bye week.
The Vikings and the Seahawks are 6-2 and the wildcard teams -- they play December 2 on MNF.
That's right. The six current playoff teams in the NFC have nine losses between them, and one is to each other.
I'm still not sold on San Francisco being the pick. I really am not.
I know Brian Tuohy picked New Orleans as a XXXVII-style makeup for the PI non-call, but those two lawsuits are not something the NFL tends to like.
Right now, if I had to do a reorder, though:
New Orleans a begrudging 1 and Green Bay 2, and both for the same reason -- if it's going to be Brady, he's going to need an opponent. Seattle is the 3, same reason. San Francisco/Seattle winner is the 4, Vikings the 5, and the NFC West wildcard the 6.
Friday, October 25, 2019
2019 Week Seven NFL Fine Blotter
Before I begin:
- The New York Jets RELEASED Kelechi Osemele today after he got surgery on a labrum torn completely off the bone. The Jets did not want him to get the surgery -- Osemele exercised his right under the CBA to give it due consideration and do it anyway -- stay tuned!!! And reports are that, when the doctors put Osemele under the knife, the damage was WORSE than first anticipated.
- New Orleans Saints: CJ Gardner-Johnson was not happy on his Twitter on Friday: Woke up to a $21,056 fine for roughing the passer.
- Kansas City Chiefs: Tyreek Hill: $10,527 for flashing the peace sign to his opponents, taunting them on a touchdown.
- Green Bay Packers: And this one's an expensive one: Jimmy Graham, fined $25,000 for not speaking to the media this season...
- Which triggers a $50,000 team fine for accumulated fines for the Pack, the third team to reach that plateau.
- Buffalo Bills: Josh Allen: $7,017 for a ball into the stands.
- Minnesota Vikings: Anthony Barr: $21,056 for roughing the passer
- Atlanta Falcons: Foye Oluokun: $21,056 for roughing the passer
- Atlanta Falcons: Devonta Freeman: $14,037 for throwing a punch at Aaron Donald
- And that's team #4 over the first fine threshold. $50,000 from the Falcons
- Miami Dolphins: Christian Wilkins: $10,527 for getting tossed for a punch.
- Miami Dolphins: Jerome Baker: $21,056 for what would've been roughing the passer had he been called for it on the field.
- Dallas Cowboys: Xavier Woods: $28,075 for major unnecessary roughness.
- Oakland Raiders: Benson Mayowa: $21,056 for roughing the passer.
- At least one appeal to wipe off. Zach Ertz won his appeal on a $28,075 fine he got vs. the Packers.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Thursday Night Updates
- Another prime-time snoozefest tonight.
- The Korean leading money-winner who was banned for flipping off the crowd got his ban reduced -- but it will be substantial. Bio Kim sits A YEAR for that.
- Conor McGregor says he's getting back in the MMA game.
- Rob Drake has apologized for the tweet. Wonder if he still has his Twitter account after that terrorist threat...
- Phoenix Suns: DeAndre Ayton will sit 25 games of this season. Drug policy -- diuretic.
- According to Vegas Insider, the Oompa-Loompa will attend Game Five. Well, it sounds like Houston's winning Friday or Saturday.
We Either Have A Liar Or A Major Cover-Up Here...
And I'm about 70-30 on coverup...
Remember this?
Nate Diaz's fight with Jorge Masvidal, which was to main-event UFC 244, is history.
USADA is claiming Diaz popped positive, and he's PISSED.
Now, why would I not do my usual and assume Diaz did something stupid? Two reasons...
First, see both things above. Diaz's position is STILL that he's the only clean fighter in UFC, and that basically everybody else is juicing. The questions he asks in the longer statement he made in his Tweet are actually valid ones: Why would he go along with it and THEN get the result overturned to a no-contest and then made to look doubly like a fucking idiot, juicer, and fraud? (Am I right, Brock Lesnar??!!)
Second, I've made a bit of print in this blog saying that Dana White is a cover-up artist to allow these fights to take place, pocket the PPV cash, and then laugh as the result is overturned, etc. and so forth and so on...
ESPN just paid UFC over $2 billion to be the exclusive PPV and most-of-content home for UFC programming, taking the latter from FOX. Do you think Dana White is going to want a hothead like Diaz claiming that the fighters are all fighting illegally under the laws of the state in which they are supposed to be fighting via a commission?
This is either an exposition of Diaz as a fraud and a cheat -- or it's a cover-up on the part of Dana and the UFC.
As I said, I'm 70-30 that they're up to something to discredit Diaz here. Stay tuned.
Remember this?
Nate Diaz's fight with Jorge Masvidal, which was to main-event UFC 244, is history.
USADA is claiming Diaz popped positive, and he's PISSED.
I forecast a lawsuit in short order.Your all on steroids not me pic.twitter.com/ykrZmRIoPS— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) October 24, 2019
Now, why would I not do my usual and assume Diaz did something stupid? Two reasons...
First, see both things above. Diaz's position is STILL that he's the only clean fighter in UFC, and that basically everybody else is juicing. The questions he asks in the longer statement he made in his Tweet are actually valid ones: Why would he go along with it and THEN get the result overturned to a no-contest and then made to look doubly like a fucking idiot, juicer, and fraud? (Am I right, Brock Lesnar??!!)
Second, I've made a bit of print in this blog saying that Dana White is a cover-up artist to allow these fights to take place, pocket the PPV cash, and then laugh as the result is overturned, etc. and so forth and so on...
ESPN just paid UFC over $2 billion to be the exclusive PPV and most-of-content home for UFC programming, taking the latter from FOX. Do you think Dana White is going to want a hothead like Diaz claiming that the fighters are all fighting illegally under the laws of the state in which they are supposed to be fighting via a commission?
This is either an exposition of Diaz as a fraud and a cheat -- or it's a cover-up on the part of Dana and the UFC.
As I said, I'm 70-30 that they're up to something to discredit Diaz here. Stay tuned.
Astros capitulate, Taubman fired...
Though they may only be related in "distraction" discussion...
The Houston Astros may have capitulated on the field last night and the Nationals are about to be the World Champions some point this weekend.
The Astros, however, definitely capitulated off it, firing Brandon Taubman for pro-domestic violence targeting of a female reporter in the locker room...
The Houston Astros may have capitulated on the field last night and the Nationals are about to be the World Champions some point this weekend.
The Astros, however, definitely capitulated off it, firing Brandon Taubman for pro-domestic violence targeting of a female reporter in the locker room...
I wonder what sponsors threatened to pull the plug... Because it certainly wasn't fucking Manfred.In a statement announcing the firing of Brandon Taubman, the Astros admitted their initial accounting of the incident in the clubhouse was incorrect — “We were wrong,” it says — and offered an apology to @stephapstein, the reporter who first wrote about it. pic.twitter.com/5yjRrmvVVl— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 24, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
And here's World Series Scandal Number Three!!!
And one which should be absolutely no surprise to anyone who knows of Rob Manfred and the political leanings of Major League Baseball:
No wonder fans are quitting your sport!
Oh, and Rob... YOU CAN'T FUCKING SPELL EITHER! Perfect Drumpf supporter!
You do realize that the only fans of your sport are not White, rich, suburban/rural fans who support the Oompa-Loompa???Major league umpire Rob Drake tweeted “I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020”, according to a copy of the tweet obtained by ESPN. MLB says it is aware of it. News: https://t.co/Qf7VMAXEoJ— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 23, 2019
No wonder fans are quitting your sport!
Oh, and Rob... YOU CAN'T FUCKING SPELL EITHER! Perfect Drumpf supporter!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Sounds to me, Paul LoDuca, like you fucked up...
Look, I'm the first one to sing-song "You're a fucking asshole, Joe West..." at the Cowboy Umpire.
Saying he takes bribes when the evidence indicates otherwise, and Joe West does the RIGHT THING and sues your ass, Paul LoDuca.
With thanks to my anomymous friend for pointing this one out, Deadspin reports today that Paul LoDuca spouted off this spring at (WHERE ELSE???) Barstool Sports, where LoDuca guested on a podcast, that, while LoDuca was on the Mets in 2006 or 2007, Billy Wagner came in to close out a game with the Phillies, and told LoDuca to set up off the plate inside, where West would call strikes for Wagner.
The claim is that West did in exchange for money from Wagner...
You better have something more than that if you want to basically state that one of the most famous umpires in the game was on the take for you!
Especially because NO ONE can find the games in question -- because they probably didn't exist!!!
Unspecified damages, stay tuned on this one!!!
Saying he takes bribes when the evidence indicates otherwise, and Joe West does the RIGHT THING and sues your ass, Paul LoDuca.
With thanks to my anomymous friend for pointing this one out, Deadspin reports today that Paul LoDuca spouted off this spring at (WHERE ELSE???) Barstool Sports, where LoDuca guested on a podcast, that, while LoDuca was on the Mets in 2006 or 2007, Billy Wagner came in to close out a game with the Phillies, and told LoDuca to set up off the plate inside, where West would call strikes for Wagner.
The claim is that West did in exchange for money from Wagner...
You better have something more than that if you want to basically state that one of the most famous umpires in the game was on the take for you!
Especially because NO ONE can find the games in question -- because they probably didn't exist!!!
Unspecified damages, stay tuned on this one!!!
Fine and Suspension Blotter: Some catch-up for Week 6...
A couple more from Spotrac:
So the Bucs are then fined $81,949. (More than half that Beckner is making on the practice squad. Be somewhat surprised if he's not cut the instant the suspension is over.)
- New England Patriots: Chase Winovich: $7,017 for throwing a ball into the stands.
- Atlanta Falcons: Vic Beasley: $21,056 for a horse-collar tackle.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Terry Beckner, Jr.: 4 games for PEDs.
So the Bucs are then fined $81,949. (More than half that Beckner is making on the practice squad. Be somewhat surprised if he's not cut the instant the suspension is over.)
Monday, October 21, 2019
Mexican Soccer: GOOD. GOD.
It appears as if the debacle with Veracruz may almost be the LEAST of Mexico's problems.
Two matches had to be called off this week, both due to violence! (ESPN)
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Thursday: The second-tier match between Dorados and Atlante had to be suspended after a raging gun battle and massive gun violence in the city rendered the match unable to proceed.
They are trying to figure out when and how to make it up.
Sunday: Atletico San Luis and Queretaro was called off five minutes from time when the two rival sets of fans, porras, stormed the pitch, causing nearly 40 injuries.
You may read that as ultras or hooligans, should you so wish.
Sanctions are expected, up to and including a stadium ban. No word yet.
Can't wait to see this fuck up a major match. That day is coming, and it's coming fast.
Two matches had to be called off this week, both due to violence! (ESPN)
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Thursday: The second-tier match between Dorados and Atlante had to be suspended after a raging gun battle and massive gun violence in the city rendered the match unable to proceed.
They are trying to figure out when and how to make it up.
Sunday: Atletico San Luis and Queretaro was called off five minutes from time when the two rival sets of fans, porras, stormed the pitch, causing nearly 40 injuries.
You may read that as ultras or hooligans, should you so wish.
Sanctions are expected, up to and including a stadium ban. No word yet.
Can't wait to see this fuck up a major match. That day is coming, and it's coming fast.
If Washington wins the World Series, along with Trump, look here...
This one goes straight into the "AW FUCK! YOU DIDN'T!!!" file. (Deadspin)
In the last thing the Astros or Major League Baseball needed to come out on the day before Game One... Houston assistant general-manager Brandon Taubman openly taunted three female reporters after Game Two of the ALCS by openly crowing of the acquisition of known domestic-violence pig Roberto Osuna.
One of the three was wearing a domestic-violence awareness bracelet!
Sports Illustrated picked it up and stated Taubman did this no less than SIX TIMES!!!
Well, this either basically has the Series going to Washington or this fucking piece of shit Taubman knew it was Houston's all along and is willing to rub anyone's nose in it.
In the last thing the Astros or Major League Baseball needed to come out on the day before Game One... Houston assistant general-manager Brandon Taubman openly taunted three female reporters after Game Two of the ALCS by openly crowing of the acquisition of known domestic-violence pig Roberto Osuna.
One of the three was wearing a domestic-violence awareness bracelet!
Sports Illustrated picked it up and stated Taubman did this no less than SIX TIMES!!!
Well, this either basically has the Series going to Washington or this fucking piece of shit Taubman knew it was Houston's all along and is willing to rub anyone's nose in it.
2019 NFL Crown The Patriots Week 7 Score Report
- Third-highest scoring week of the seven. 46.92 PPG for a season average of 45.04 PPG. (Last year: 46.93 for the week, 48.09 for the seven weeks.)
- Another bad week for the home teams. 5-9 for 45-58-1 this season. (.4375) (Last year: 5-8 for 65-38-2.)
- The Over was 5-7-2 (yes, TWO pushes) for 47-56-3 for the season. (Last year: 4-10 for 53-52-2.)
- Good week for the favorites, for once!!! Vegas probably gave back some money on 8-5-1 against the number and 11-3 straight up. For the season: 44-58-3 ATS, 64-40-1 SU. (Last year: ATS: 7-7 for 48-57-2. SU: 10-4 for 70-35.)
- Nope. According to Vegas Insider, Vegas still won on Sunday, with Arizona upsetting the Giants and the weather-fest with the Redskins and 49ers leading the way for Vegas making money.
- However, it was the first ATS winning week for favorites of the season, and the first since favorites went 9-5 against the number in Week 12 last season.
- Team with more penalties went 8-5 this week for 46-49-1 for the year. (Last year: 7-5 for 42-49-2)
- 172 penalties for the 14 games. (12.29 per game) Total for the season: 1,543 (14.55) (Last year: 158 (11.3 per game) for 1,423 (13.3))
- No Cliffhangers this week, and only 12 games so far this year with a tying or winning score in the last two minutes or overtime. (Last year: 2 for 24.)
- Not a good week at all for close football. Only THREE games were decided eight points or fewer. 54 for the season (50.94%). (Last year: 7 for 59 (55.14%)
- Six non-competitive games for 38 for the year which had no point in the 4th quarter in which the game was eight points or within. (35.85%) (Last year: 6 for 35 (32.71%))
- And missed opportunities to tie or win the game in the last two minutes are what I call Last Chance Misses, and this week had three. Two of the three games finishing within a touchdown were, and so was one where Buffalo scooped and scored the onside kick on Miami to get outside the 8 (but not cover -17!). 32 for the year. (Last year: 7 for 30.)
- WBZ in Boston had an article on the Patriots defense. Entering this week, the Patriots had the record for the fewest points given up in the first six games of the 16-game season era with 48. #2 was the Super Bowl winning Tampa team with 56. 1978's Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh had 63. The 2000 Ravens had 65.
- The numbers after Week 7:
- 2019 Patriots: 48 (21 of which were defensive points)
- 2000 Ravens: 75
- 2002 Bucs: 76
- 1978 Steelers: 77
- 1978 Broncos: 86
- 1986 Bears: 90
- 2000 Titans: 97
- 1985 Bears: 102
- Of the six teams they've faced, none has better than the 22nd highest-scoring offense.
- Tennessee is 112 through seven games for the next-lowest.
- However, San Francisco, who has also had a cakewalk of an early schedule, has only given up 64 points to go 6-0 themselves. (Which would rank them fourth, but WBZ conveniently omits them.)
- The NFL record is the 2000 Ravens with 165 points against.
- 2019 has already had five games where the Vegas spread was 16 points or more.
- New England has been favored in three.
- Miami has been the underdog in three.
- 2-3 against the number.
- Potential for more this week from Vegas Insider: The William Hill has Minnesota -16 over Washington in the Thursday nighter. Probably the only chance, because Pittsburgh has been bet down from -16 - -17 for the Monday nighter with Miami to -14.5.
- 2007 had seven such games, and New England was favored in six of them.
- 2000 had five, both Tennessee-Cleveland games and three games where the Rams were favored.
- 1992 had the record with nine. Buffalo was favored in four. New England, the underdog in three.
- FOX National: 15.0 -- the third time a prominent Saints window has gotten into the top five windows of the NFL season so far. Best Week 7 National since 2015.
- (And they note: The new configuration for overnight ratings numbers DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW ORLEANS.)
- FOX Regional took a bath though: 7.9, down 17%.
- CBS Single numbers were not released in time.
- A separate article DID get numbers for Sunday night this week, and Dallas delivers again: 12.2 rating, over 21 million viewers.
- The article notes a pattern: Dallas is drawing people to watch games, as increases in every window they've been in the first seven weeks are noticed, and, in five of the seven, they are year over year increases against windows in which they were NOT featured.
I have someone's official attention in the National Football League...
What my anonymous friend has long posited has finally officially and openly come to pass.
I guess I should say something first: For several anti-Trump tweets, I had my Twitter account softlocked for a period of about two years. Finally, about a month or so ago (to the joy of members of my family), I finally was able to convince them I had no cell phone number to give them, so they let me delete the two Tweets that were reported, and I returned. (Probably the next foul terminates the account, though.)
My anonymous friend has long posited that the NFL does read this blog.
Well, I now have someone in the league who is in a rather animated discussion with me about the officiating and my belief that the NFL games are fixed.
I hope that my discussion partner will not mind, in the understanding, that, though I understand his position and why he has to say what he has to say, I disagree with him wholeheartedly. I want him to know, if he ever sees this post, that I at least respect he had the balls to talk to me and give his stand on the matter.
His name is Andy Studebaker. He is one of five Player Directors of the NFL Players Association. He had an eight-year career as a linebacker with five different NFL franchises from 2008 to 2016. Please do not be angry with him or anything that he says. I think even he recognizes the difficulty of his position with respect to the officiating and the perception that something more is afoot, which is growing by leaps and bounds by the week.
It began with this Tweet condemning that the NFL had three players fined for speaking out against the officiating.
That the games are either rigged or have become rank impossibilities in which no fair outcome could be discerned even under the BEST of circumstances.
He would need not only a flush of the entire refereeing contingent in the NFL, but a complete rework of the on-field rules of professional football -- MID-SEASON -- just to save THIS season.
As I said, I obviously believe he is wrong. But he has to believe it and attempt to project it. I don't think he has any idea of the impossibility of the task he would have before him if he were even remotely correct.
I guess I should say something first: For several anti-Trump tweets, I had my Twitter account softlocked for a period of about two years. Finally, about a month or so ago (to the joy of members of my family), I finally was able to convince them I had no cell phone number to give them, so they let me delete the two Tweets that were reported, and I returned. (Probably the next foul terminates the account, though.)
My anonymous friend has long posited that the NFL does read this blog.
Well, I now have someone in the league who is in a rather animated discussion with me about the officiating and my belief that the NFL games are fixed.
I hope that my discussion partner will not mind, in the understanding, that, though I understand his position and why he has to say what he has to say, I disagree with him wholeheartedly. I want him to know, if he ever sees this post, that I at least respect he had the balls to talk to me and give his stand on the matter.
His name is Andy Studebaker. He is one of five Player Directors of the NFL Players Association. He had an eight-year career as a linebacker with five different NFL franchises from 2008 to 2016. Please do not be angry with him or anything that he says. I think even he recognizes the difficulty of his position with respect to the officiating and the perception that something more is afoot, which is growing by leaps and bounds by the week.
It began with this Tweet condemning that the NFL had three players fined for speaking out against the officiating.
Studebaker got no different than anyone else, with my contention that the calls are not "bad calls" when they are for something else...The NFL needs to address the poor officiating rather than censor the players who are subjected to it. https://t.co/LGGO21SskA— Andy Studebaker (@studie32) October 20, 2019
Unsurprisingly, Andy was very short with his denial, as he well should be...The NFL is #Rigged, Andy.— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) October 21, 2019
I know it's your business to project that the games are legitimate contests, but there is no legal requirement for the NFL to provide them.
It's not "poor officiating" when it is the desired result, baked into the proverbial "cake".
To which I responded...This is wrong.— Andy Studebaker (@studie32) October 21, 2019
To which he was again curt...I know you want to believe that with all your heart, given your place.— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) October 21, 2019
Some of us see far too much on this side of the situation to believe otherwise.
If the referees were as incompetent as any degree of legitimacy would imply with these calls, they'd ALL have been fired! Sorry
Which got this response...“Some of us”— Andy Studebaker (@studie32) October 22, 2019
That got a much longer response this time, in three parts... First:Have you been hearing the reaction of fans, Andy, especially the last two weeks?— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) October 22, 2019
I mean, seriously... I get your position, but if you don't want us thinking the league is rigged, fire all these refs and get us some real ones.
Every week, I have to explain this to people.
To which I get it, but still... Second:Yes, I have been hearing it. But the baseless accusation that the NFL has rigged the games is ridiculous. The officiating has been sub par, but some of that is due to inconsistent rules which put the officials in a tough spot. The NFL should own this and work to improve it.— Andy Studebaker (@studie32) October 22, 2019
Then AMERICA WISHES YOU WOULD GET STARTED!!!! Because I point out:Also I do t have the capacity to fire refs. What do you think I do, exactly?— Andy Studebaker (@studie32) October 22, 2019
He has to take the position he has. What he has to understand, though, is the concept that if the games aren't rigged (let me take his position for a second), then the rules are so convoluted and the referees either hamstrung and/or inept that fair competition in the NFL, on any level, is now impossible.The problem is, it's not just one game, Andy.— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) October 22, 2019
It's basically happening in most games.
One of the exercises I like to do for a blog I do on this subject is chart the plays of the Super Bowl for situations such as this.
I mean, it's so bad that you had a boycott of SB 53 in NO.
That the games are either rigged or have become rank impossibilities in which no fair outcome could be discerned even under the BEST of circumstances.
He would need not only a flush of the entire refereeing contingent in the NFL, but a complete rework of the on-field rules of professional football -- MID-SEASON -- just to save THIS season.
As I said, I obviously believe he is wrong. But he has to believe it and attempt to project it. I don't think he has any idea of the impossibility of the task he would have before him if he were even remotely correct.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
College Football (Yes, COLLEGE FOOTBALL) Fine Blotter 10/20/19
Yes, this is actually a college fine. There's only two ways, to my knowledge, you can get yourself or your school fined in college football.
One is to allow (or have happen anyway) a field invasion (which see, after a big win...)
One is to allow (or have happen anyway) a field invasion (which see, after a big win...)
- Florida Atlantic University: Their head coach Lane Kiffin demonstrates the other. Conference USA fined him $5,000 for THIS Tweet:
— Lane Kiffin (@Lane_Kiffin) October 20, 2019
And HERE WE GO AGAIN with the Packers...
Kinda trapising on Twitter before I decide what I'm going to do with my Sunday after some vintage (and we're talking 1950's era) "The Price is Right" on BUZZR...
And what do I see... The refs are at it again in Green Bay!!!
And then this was whistled down in Houston:
This was no-called in a 21-21 first half between the Vikings and Lions...
Final results:
Green Bay wins and Rodgers accounts for six TD's: 42-24.
Indianapolis beats Houston 30-23.
Minnesota beats Detroit 42-30.
Refs got you all three times, suckers...
And what do I see... The refs are at it again in Green Bay!!!
GB up 21-10 at halftime. About to go 28-10 in the third.@nfl. PHUK UUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!— CrabDribble/Flop/Cry (@16titles) October 20, 2019
They said he wasn't out. FOH #Rigged 4 GREEN BAY pic.twitter.com/CSjITkIcJB
And then this was whistled down in Houston:
21-16 Indy in the 3rd.This didn’t count.... but watch Deshaun Watson here. Magic.— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) October 20, 2019
(via @BillyM_91)
pic.twitter.com/gUuD3R6ksv
This was no-called in a 21-21 first half between the Vikings and Lions...
Do you STILL want to believe there isn't a manipulated end result here?C’mon he had a clear hold of him before the ball came, even stopped him from his route. If the NFL changes this one, I’m convinced it’s rigged. #nfl #rigged pic.twitter.com/7v3I0iFcq2— officialbudhole (@officialbudhole) October 20, 2019
Final results:
Green Bay wins and Rodgers accounts for six TD's: 42-24.
Indianapolis beats Houston 30-23.
Minnesota beats Detroit 42-30.
Refs got you all three times, suckers...
Saturday, October 19, 2019
I want you to watch this closely and tell me if you see anything amiss...
This is the home run that just sent the Astros to the World Series.
Watch just afterward...
I'll give you a hint: I'm not alone.
Watch just afterward...
I'll give you a hint: I'm not alone.
Did someone know something in March?
Keith Olbermann found this Tweet...
I’m a big Astros fan and my wife is a Nationals fan. Are you saying I should have a good divorce lawyer retained for October?
— Stuart Kuntz (@stuartkuntz) March 28, 2019
Another cards situation....
(Thanks to my anonymous friend -- news from "Pat the NES Punk", Pat Contri... When my friend sends me material unsolicited, it usually means, "RUH ROH!!!")
So the gist of it is this is a $30,000,000 lawsuit which is almost-certainly coming on the heels of streaming a number of poker tournaments at this Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, CA.
The main player involved in this is a guy by the name of Mike Postle, and another accused cheater is Justin Kuraitis.
Postle is being streamed having cash games at Stones, with all the trappings you see on ESPN World Series of Poker broadcasts. The amounts of money do not appear to be that large -- these appear to be "5-10" games, the large blind (and what has to be called to stay in the hand by everyone else) is $10, and the player before him antes half that into the pot him or herself, and only needs the other $5 to call should he or she choose.
(For THIRTY MILLION in damage, AT THIS LEVEL??? This must've been bad!)
Postle is winning, basically, every damn time. (Which usually doesn't happen.) His strategy has been investigated, and it's completely off.
So what's the angle that's allowing him to win every time, even against other regular players?
Postle is accused of sitting with his phone where he can see it when he is seated, but no one else knows, and he actually is able to get a feed of all the RFID chips embedded in the cards, so he knows all hole cards at all times!
Which one of the hosts of the vlog indicates probably means Postle is in cahoots with at least one member of the production team to get that information in real time!
According to Doug Polk, Postle made $325,000 using this method, and the vlog notes that is six times the expected return at this level, even for professional players!
The vlog asserts that pro players are asking why Postle isn't playing higher stakes. That's easy, and it's the same reason you see low-level matches in various sports get point-shaved and thrown: Fewer people are looking at that level, be it a Challenger-level tennis tournament or an "Added Game" on the college football boards, etc.
Polk has about a 30-minute video on this.
So the gist of it is this is a $30,000,000 lawsuit which is almost-certainly coming on the heels of streaming a number of poker tournaments at this Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, CA.
The main player involved in this is a guy by the name of Mike Postle, and another accused cheater is Justin Kuraitis.
Postle is being streamed having cash games at Stones, with all the trappings you see on ESPN World Series of Poker broadcasts. The amounts of money do not appear to be that large -- these appear to be "5-10" games, the large blind (and what has to be called to stay in the hand by everyone else) is $10, and the player before him antes half that into the pot him or herself, and only needs the other $5 to call should he or she choose.
(For THIRTY MILLION in damage, AT THIS LEVEL??? This must've been bad!)
Postle is winning, basically, every damn time. (Which usually doesn't happen.) His strategy has been investigated, and it's completely off.
So what's the angle that's allowing him to win every time, even against other regular players?
Postle is accused of sitting with his phone where he can see it when he is seated, but no one else knows, and he actually is able to get a feed of all the RFID chips embedded in the cards, so he knows all hole cards at all times!
Which one of the hosts of the vlog indicates probably means Postle is in cahoots with at least one member of the production team to get that information in real time!
According to Doug Polk, Postle made $325,000 using this method, and the vlog notes that is six times the expected return at this level, even for professional players!
The vlog asserts that pro players are asking why Postle isn't playing higher stakes. That's easy, and it's the same reason you see low-level matches in various sports get point-shaved and thrown: Fewer people are looking at that level, be it a Challenger-level tennis tournament or an "Added Game" on the college football boards, etc.
Polk has about a 30-minute video on this.
2019 Week 6 NFL Fine Blotter
- Los Angeles Rams: Clay Matthews: $12,500 for criticism of officials.
- Detroit Lions, and you saw this one coming: Tracy Walker gets $12,500 for not accepting the rigged loss (criticism of officials).
- Neither of the rigged calls for "hands to the face" were fined. Thanks for cooperating, Lions plebs. Thanks for watching, Lions
fanssuckers. - Sounds like we have a pattern here: Cleveland Browns: Baker Mayfield: Same fine, same reason (same stated reason).
- And that one dings the Browns the same $12,500 for their fine record.
- So that's at least $50,000 this week for statements against the refs. I have a feeling this may translate on the field for Sunday as well!
- Seattle Seahawks: Jadeveon Clowney: $21,056 for roughing the passer.
- New York Jets: Kyle Phillips and
- New York Jets: Neville Hewitt, both $21,056 for roughing the passer. Neither illegal hit on Dak Prescott was called.
- Carolina Panthers: Mario Addison: $10,527 for a face mask.
- New Orleans Saints: He's probably not getting THIS ONE back, though: DeMario Davis: $28,075 for a defenseless player foul.
- Another doubled fine for the Cleveland Browns: Larry Ogunjobi: $10,527 for a light roughing the passer penalty.
- At least one piece of good news: The Browns will not be fined this week, for the first time this season. It's their bye week. They're 7 for 7, the preseason and all six of their first games.
- And another doubled fine for the Browns: Odell Beckham Jr. just got #12: $14,037 for his pants being too short.
- I still think there have to be quite a few more, but they really hamstrung this week, to probably emphasize they want the players to shut up. Will keep looking.
Friday, October 18, 2019
Oh my word, this isn't good...
And unlike Bolton Wanderers (League One, saved days from expulsion) and Bury (would've been in League One this year, but expelled for money troubles), this is in the top flight of Liga MX in Mexico.Historic night in Mexico as Veracruz were forced to play despite not being paid for half a year.— J. Velazquez (@JuanDirection58) October 19, 2019
They refuse to try and are getting hammered 3-0 pic.twitter.com/BFMi3CqVw1
They let in three goals intentionally in the first eight minutes in protest -- then, a man up for the better part of the last 70 minutes of the match, only got one back in stoppage time at the end for the 3-1 loss.
This has been going on since at least April, when FIFA stripped the team of all it's points in the Clausura league.
The corrupt owner had to pay over $6 million not to get Veracruz relegated from the league at that point, but there's no saving this situation.
This is gonna get ugly. There are still five matches left, and Veracruz is already going to be relegated again.
Another possible DQ for an MMA scumbag?
Missed the initial uptake on this doing something else, but Greg Hardy just did it again...
EDIT TO ADD: Within about four hours, the UD win was nullified to a No Contest. Seven fights, two sketchy results. And the problem is: Dana knows we hate the fucker, so he'll be in a prominent fight the next time he and the commissions deem him able to.
Can someone just knock this cocksucker's lights out? He got another tomato can -- 7-2, but no real threat. Hardy gassed in the third, but won the first two rounds -- and it sounds like the inhaler was there for round 3.Greg Hardy wins via UD. No post-fight interview. Jon Anik says Hardy was told by “a commissioner” that he was allowed to use the inhaler. Never heard of that before. Hardy’s manager says Hardy has asthma but unclear who actually cleared it. No post-fight interview for Hardy.— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) October 19, 2019
EDIT TO ADD: Within about four hours, the UD win was nullified to a No Contest. Seven fights, two sketchy results. And the problem is: Dana knows we hate the fucker, so he'll be in a prominent fight the next time he and the commissions deem him able to.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Oh, dearfortheloveofGod....
Came across this one on Reddit...
Connor Croll was a student at the University of Alabama until he was arrested yesterday...
... for phoning in a bomb threat to try to get the Florida-LSU football game cancelled because his friend was about to lose a lot of money on a bet on the game.
Anything for gambling!
Anything for FOOBAW!!
Urgh...
Connor Croll was a student at the University of Alabama until he was arrested yesterday...
... for phoning in a bomb threat to try to get the Florida-LSU football game cancelled because his friend was about to lose a lot of money on a bet on the game.
Anything for gambling!
Anything for FOOBAW!!
Urgh...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Suspension Blotter and Small Catchup
Today, NFL Suspension (the Patriots suspending Michael Bennett for conduct unbecoming does not count against the Club Remittance Policy):
Couple of catchup fines that didn't make the blotters, but I caught on Spotrac (where I also got the salary information above):
- New Orleans Saints: But PJ Williams does -- two games for a DUI arrest in January.
And that one's going to cost the Saints some cash.
David Onyemata lost $119,117 for his one-game suspension.
Williams will forfeit $85,882.
So the Saints are fined 15% of that sum, or $30,750.
Couple of catchup fines that didn't make the blotters, but I caught on Spotrac (where I also got the salary information above):
Note:
There were a couple of successful appeals, including the "Man of God" headband. Those have been struck through and noted on their respective weeks -- and removed from the chart where I tabulate the totals.
Week 4:
- Kansas City Chiefs: Xavier Williams: $10,527 for a face mask.
Week 5:
- Green Bay Packers: Za'Darius Smith and
- Green Bay Packers: Kenny Clark, both $10,527 for unnecessary roughness, and that makes Clark a TWO-TIME LOSER and places the Packers as the next team behind Cleveland and Oakland to prepare to go over the line soon.
Cleveland and Oakland have been fined in every game this season. The Packers only missed Week 3.
On-field fines are at about $1.68 million.
Suspension Club Remittance fines are at almost $1,175,000.
Team fine penalties are over $131,000.
The total fine allotment so far, and this is through Week FIVE, is three million dollars.
There are only two teams left with completely clean sheets: Arizona and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Two other teams (New York Giants and Indianapolis) have no on-field fines, but have suspension fines.
There are only two teams left with completely clean sheets: Arizona and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Two other teams (New York Giants and Indianapolis) have no on-field fines, but have suspension fines.
A short and not all inclusive list of reactions to the biggest rig-job in the NFL since New Orleans and the Super Bowl that followed...
You still want to believe the games are real? Listen to some of these people from last night's debacle in Green Bay:
Here's an 11 year veteran:
Here's someone from CBS, forgetting this is exactly the designed result for the reason he's listing:
Here's an 11 year veteran:
Here's a former coach of the Raiders:Games like this make you not even want to watch the NFL. Everyone’s hand is in the pot💰💰. Year in and year out this happens to the Lions... Such CRAP @NFL— Stephen Tulloch (@stephentulloch) October 15, 2019
How about one of the legendary Lions of all time?🤬4 major blown calls tonight , all four went against the Lions. DB going for the INT called for Unnecessary Roughness. A non call on a blatant DPI . Then two ridiculous calls for hands to the face. Refs can’t guess and can’t get these wrong. Lions would’ve won by 2 scores @NFL— Jack Del Rio (@coachdelrio) October 15, 2019
Bill Simmons comes right out on it:That is sickening... the @NFL needs to look at a way to prevent that from happening. Two phantom hands to the face calls really hurts us tonight. Yes, we could have scored TDs, but @Lions played too well to have the game end this way. #DETvsGB @espn— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) October 15, 2019
Here's a former Packer, now with the Rams:Hey remember 90 minutes ago when the NFL fixed the Packers-Lions game? That was amazing.— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 15, 2019
The storyline for the 2019 season continues to be the refs inability to make the accurate and correct calls week in and week out. Al Riveron continues to blindly side with his refs and the current status quo. Something must change! Zero accountability. ...#throughthewire— Clay Matthews III (@ClayMatthews52) October 15, 2019
Here's someone from CBS, forgetting this is exactly the designed result for the reason he's listing:
And Jerry Jones chimes in with the obvious and correct answer, through The Athletic's Cowboys beat writer Jon Machota:NFC North:— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) October 15, 2019
Packers 5-1
Vikings 4-2
Bears 3-2
Lions 2-2-1
NFC North (if Lions win)
Lions 3-1-1
Packers 4-2
Vikings 4-2
Bears 3-2
The NFL refs inability to get basic calls correct are literally the difference between first place and last place for the Lions.
Jerry Jones isn’t bothered that more are talking about officiating in last night’s Packers-Lions game than the play on the field: “The calls were the subject of most of the talk after the ball game. And they’re the talk this morning. As long as they’re talking, keep it going.”— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) October 15, 2019
Monday, October 14, 2019
2019 Week 6 NFL Score Report
How'd you like that blatant case of anti-Detroit refball???
- 44.21 points per game for the 14 games this week. Season total for 6 weeks: 44.75 PPG (Last year's Week 6 was 50 points per game for a 6-week average of 48.27 PPG)
- The refs needed hard work to get a winning week for the home teams this week. 7-6 with the gift to the Packers for 40-49-1 (.450) for the year. (Last year: 9-5 for 60-30-2 (.663))
- Over was 6-7-1 for the week for 42-49-1 for the year. (Last year: 8-6-1 for 49-42-2.)
- Favorites took another clubbing this week. 4-10 against the number, 7-7 straight up. Season: 36-53-2 ATS, 53-37-1 SU. (Last year: ATS: 7-8 for 41-50-2. SU: 11-4 for 60-31.)
- Team with more penalties was 5-8 for 38-44-1 for the year. (Last year: 7-8 for 41-50-2.)
- 188 penalties for the week (13.43 per game) and 1371 for the year (14.90). (Last year: 185 (12.33) for 1265 (13.60))
- Just the one ref-controlled Cliffhanger. 12 total for the year. (Last year: 5 for 22.)
- 9 games finished within a score for 51 total (55.4%). (Last year: 8 for 52 total (55.9%))
- 4 non-competitive games for 32 total. (Last year: 6 for 29)
- 5 Last Chance Misses for 29 total. (Last year: 7 for 23.)
Ratings from Sports Media Watch:
- National: 13.8, up 15% (Cowboys in over 90% of the markets)
- Regional: 8.0, down 11%
- Single: 11.6, down only very slightly.
- Sunday Night is no longer being reported overnights.
Special Delivery to Green Bay -- NFL Refball Fuckery Victory!!!
Brian Tuohy was talking about this already, but I'm glad I picked up the last two minutes of this farce.
One of the things he was probably talking about? This was called a Packers touchdown!
Not only did the referees completely miss a facemask on the Packers' line, they gave them a bullshit "hands to the face" penalty on the defense to ensure the Lions would never get the ball back.
Here's the video -- by no less than Emmit Smith on his Twitter!
Here's at least ONE missed facemask, and I think the ESPN cameras caught ANOTHER:
Are we setting up for ANOTHER Green Bay-Seattle playoff showdown?
One of the things he was probably talking about? This was called a Packers touchdown!
Here's another. 12 men on the field will get you a penalty. THIRTEEN, on the other hand, appears legal, if this play actually went off...I could care less about either team, but how was this a touchdown? Looks almost 1/2 yard short? #Packers #lions pic.twitter.com/LkJS9x5YFa— Amy R. Campbell (@CampAmyzing) October 15, 2019
So, two minutes to go, Packers already in field-goal range, burning the Lions timeouts. Third and 4 at the Lions 16. 1:51 to go.@NFL thoughts? #lions #packers #nfl #rigged? 13 defenders? No whistle? Ghost hands to the face??? https://t.co/Oaqi7h9ocM— Tyler Boger (@TylerBoger) October 15, 2019
Not only did the referees completely miss a facemask on the Packers' line, they gave them a bullshit "hands to the face" penalty on the defense to ensure the Lions would never get the ball back.
Here's the video -- by no less than Emmit Smith on his Twitter!
Twitter concurs as the main subject of it's game recap: https://twitter.com/i/events/1183946650760335361This why the NFL should not allow gambling in football. pic.twitter.com/pSFhAytcf4— Emmitt Smith (@EmmittSmith22) October 15, 2019
Here's at least ONE missed facemask, and I think the ESPN cameras caught ANOTHER:
Crosby with the Cliffhanger (the only one for the week) at the gun -- Packers are 5-1, 23-22.Looks like there was an illegal hands to the face on one of those Trey Flowers plays... but it was on the Packers #Packers #Lions #MNF pic.twitter.com/Z4IZZRYkWi— John Breech (@johnbreech) October 15, 2019
Are we setting up for ANOTHER Green Bay-Seattle playoff showdown?
Friday, October 11, 2019
2019 Week 5 NFL Fine Blotter
I know, I know...
The bulk of this is going to come in on Saturday, but if we're getting players announcing they got the FedEx from the league...
The bulk of this is going to come in on Saturday, but if we're getting players announcing they got the FedEx from the league...
- Baltimore Ravens: Like Earl Thomas: $21,056 for Roughing the Passer
- Green Bay Packers: Aaron Jones: $10,527 for Taunting. (And should also be fined for throwing the ball into the stands on the same play.)
- Cleveland Browns: Olivier Vernon: $10,527 for a punch.
- Oakland Raiders: Richie Incognito: $21,054 for two fouls -- TWO-TIME LOSER -- unnecessary roughness and a chop block. Should've been fined a third time for unsportsmanlike in the same game!
- Oakland Raiders: Maurice Hurst: $21,056 for Roughing the Passer.
- Oh and look, what a shock, add ANOTHER $50,000 to the check the Raiders have to cut the league.
- And speaking of additional checks to the league, and these guys, every fine they get going forward!!!
- Cleveland Browns: Devaroe Lawrence is a TWO-TIME LOSER: $10,527 for a face mask.
- This makes the Browns the first team this season to reach dollar-for-dollar territory. The Browns are fined $25,000 base, and an additional $6,385 for passing the final fine threshold of $221,117.
- For on the field infractions alone, the Browns and their players have been fined over $309,000 through Week 5. (Plus another almost $102,000 for drug suspensions.)
- And could we now be actually seeing a rigging narrative for the 49ers? The league had no problem, as they should not have, fining Aaron Jones for a blatant taunt in waving goodbye to his defender while scoring. So why not do the same to Matt Brieda of the 49ers for the same foul?
- Pittsburgh Steelers: Stephon Tuitt: $21,056 for a Late Hit.
- Chicago Bears: Eddie Goldman: $14,037 for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
- Chicago Bears: Anthony Miller: $10,527 for Taunting
- Philadelphia Eagles: Derek Barnett: Another TWO-TIME LOSER -- $10,527 for a Chop Block.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Carlton Davis: $28,075 for his helmet-rule ejection hit.
- Minnesota Vikings: Xavier Rhodes: $21,056 for a Horse Collar Tackle
- More, probably, to come.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
KTVU FOX 2, are you fucking kidding me????
Because I found an easy source for it, I should remark that this is from Marc Craig, a baseball writer for The Atlantic.
WHAT... THE... FUCK????
WHAT... THE... FUCK????
Man, I can’t believe the kind of stuff they put on TV back in the... OMG THAT’S FROM TONIGHT SERIOUSLY SO BAD. pic.twitter.com/MXUWYVvHIU— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) October 10, 2019
Appeal DENIED. Burfict is gone.
The appeal of Vontaze Burfict's banishment from the National Football League was upheld today.
Burfict becomes the first player to be materially banned from the National Football League (the suspension is effectively the life ban without having to reinstate, apparently) for on-field conduct.
Burfict becomes the first player to be materially banned from the National Football League (the suspension is effectively the life ban without having to reinstate, apparently) for on-field conduct.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Manfred, you hate California baseball so much, you should WANT THIS...
Word coming out this morning that Rob Manfred has openly warned the city of Oakland to drop it's lawsuits against the Raiders and A's, or the A's may end up moving to Las Vegas.
The only thing which might not be what Manfred wants is that the A's would stay in the Pacific time zone...
But let's be honest -- Oakland has been in a state of rot for decades now and is, by no means a major-league city in any regard. The Warriors have already fled, the Raiders leave after this year.
The only thing which might not be what Manfred wants is that the A's would stay in the Pacific time zone...
But let's be honest -- Oakland has been in a state of rot for decades now and is, by no means a major-league city in any regard. The Warriors have already fled, the Raiders leave after this year.
Another Interesting Top 100 NFL 100 Statistic...
As their second major project of the NFL's 100th season, the NFL did the 100 Greatest Games.
So, as I did for the plays, I wanted to see what the greatest game in the history of the NFL, according to this survey, during the regular season.
If you want to see how weighted the NFL is to the postseason, only 21 of the 100 games were regular-season -- only 2 of the top 35.
The greatest regular-season game in the history of the NFL, according to this survey:
The Dolphins ending the undefeated season of the '85 Bears -- at NUMBER TWENTY-NINE.
Shockingly, given the NFL's weighting toward the Super Bowl era, they actually named "The Greatest Game Ever Played" - the 1958 New York Giants-Baltimore Colts NFL Championship Game that was the first real beacon of football's popularity - as the #1. 45 million people watched that game, the first NFL Championship Game to go overtime.
#2 went to "The Catch" game.
#3, The Ice Bowl
#4 was that Chargers-Miami overtime game for the 1981-82 AFC divisional round, the "Epic in Miami".
#5 was the 18-1 Super Bowl.
#6 was Super Bowl III.
#7 was the playoff comeback of the Bills from 35-3 down against the Houston Oilers in 1992.
#8 was "You don't throw a pass on the one yard line when you have Marshawn Lynch." smashes big-screen TV
#9 was the Falcons laying down for Brady and Belicheat's fifth.
#10 was Super Bowl XXV, Wide Right.
So, as I did for the plays, I wanted to see what the greatest game in the history of the NFL, according to this survey, during the regular season.
If you want to see how weighted the NFL is to the postseason, only 21 of the 100 games were regular-season -- only 2 of the top 35.
The greatest regular-season game in the history of the NFL, according to this survey:
The Dolphins ending the undefeated season of the '85 Bears -- at NUMBER TWENTY-NINE.
Shockingly, given the NFL's weighting toward the Super Bowl era, they actually named "The Greatest Game Ever Played" - the 1958 New York Giants-Baltimore Colts NFL Championship Game that was the first real beacon of football's popularity - as the #1. 45 million people watched that game, the first NFL Championship Game to go overtime.
#2 went to "The Catch" game.
#3, The Ice Bowl
#4 was that Chargers-Miami overtime game for the 1981-82 AFC divisional round, the "Epic in Miami".
#5 was the 18-1 Super Bowl.
#6 was Super Bowl III.
#7 was the playoff comeback of the Bills from 35-3 down against the Houston Oilers in 1992.
#8 was "You don't throw a pass on the one yard line when you have Marshawn Lynch." smashes big-screen TV
#9 was the Falcons laying down for Brady and Belicheat's fifth.
#10 was Super Bowl XXV, Wide Right.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Well, I think we have the answer on that Tyson Fury debacle a few weeks ago -- and it involves Saudi BLOOD MONEY!
I watched a blatantly fixed boxing match involving Gypsy Homophobe Tyson Fury and his Republican Goodwill Tour on Top Rank Boxing a few weeks back.
His opponent, Otto Wallin, opened a cut on Fury's eye which would have stopped most fighters in the fourth round -- blood streaming down his face for the better part of eight rounds, Fury was reduced to a lumbering, plodding style. But Fury was still awarded a wide unanimous decision to retain the lineal (guy who beat the guy who beat the guy...) heavyweight championship -- Fury has none of the promotions' belts.
Well, now we know why...
Because Vince McMahon and the Saudi BLOOD MONEY oil princes have ordered a command professional wrestling performance from Fury, October 31st at McMahon's fourth major blood-money foray with the Saudi princes in Riyadh.
Fury will face "Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman in the semifinal of that card.
The main event, also a command Saudi Prince Blood Money Performance: A rematch (as much as pro wrestling will allow one) of Cain Velasquez taking out Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 in 2010. Lesnar's WWE Championship, which he won in literally seven seconds over wildly-popular Kofi Kingston, will be on the line.
Did I say "Fuck Vince McMahon!!" yet?
His opponent, Otto Wallin, opened a cut on Fury's eye which would have stopped most fighters in the fourth round -- blood streaming down his face for the better part of eight rounds, Fury was reduced to a lumbering, plodding style. But Fury was still awarded a wide unanimous decision to retain the lineal (guy who beat the guy who beat the guy...) heavyweight championship -- Fury has none of the promotions' belts.
Well, now we know why...
Because Vince McMahon and the Saudi BLOOD MONEY oil princes have ordered a command professional wrestling performance from Fury, October 31st at McMahon's fourth major blood-money foray with the Saudi princes in Riyadh.
Fury will face "Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman in the semifinal of that card.
The main event, also a command Saudi Prince Blood Money Performance: A rematch (as much as pro wrestling will allow one) of Cain Velasquez taking out Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 in 2010. Lesnar's WWE Championship, which he won in literally seven seconds over wildly-popular Kofi Kingston, will be on the line.
Did I say "Fuck Vince McMahon!!" yet?
2019 NFL Week 5 Score Report
- 46.6 PPG this week, season average now up to 44.85 (Last year: Week: 47.27 Season: 47.94)
- Another losing week for home teams. 6-8 this week, with one game in England. Home teams are now TEN GAMES BELOW .500 at 33-43-1. (.435) (Last year: Week: 12-3 Season 51-25-2 (.667))
- Over went 8-7 for 36-42 for the year. (Last year: 7-7-1 for 41-36-1.)
- Favorites were 7-7-1 against the spread for 32-43-2 for the year. (Last year: 7-8 for 34-42-2)
- Favorites were 9-6 straight up for 46-30-1 (.604). (Last year: 10-5 for 49-27-2. (.641))
- Team with more penalties was 7-6 for the week for 33-36-1 for the year. (Last year: 4-9 for 26-38-2.)
- The 15 games this week had 243 penalties (16.2 per game). (Last year: 198, 13.2 per game)
- Season penalty total: 1,183 (15 1/6 penalties per game). (Last year: 1080, same number of games. 13.85 per game).
- Three Cliffhangers for 11 for the season. (Last year: 4 for 17 total.)
- 9 games finished within one score for 42 total. (53.84%) (Last year: 7 for 44 total)
- 5 non-competitive games for 28 total. (Last year: 5 for 23 total.)
- 6 Last Chance Misses for 24 total. (Last year: Only 1 for only 16 total.)
Some notes:
- New England becomes the first team in NFL history to be favored on the road by 16.5 or more points twice in one season. In fact, there have been only (according to Pro Football Reference) eight games in a which a road favorite of 16 or more has been had -- New England has had the last FOUR.
- In five games, New England is 5-0 straight up and has been favored by 16.5, 18, and 21 points in three of them.
- And New England now gets the Giants Thursday night -- and it looks like they will be at least 17 point favorites. (And 17.5 at the Superbook -- opener was 16.5)
- Conversely, in their last two games, the Jets were 21 point underdogs to New England (and only a couple of defensive scores prevented that cover) and 14 point underdogs to Philadelphia (who easily covered).
- They get Dallas, current line is a road -9 for Dallas.
- And Miami plays Washington. Oh... Shit.
- The first firing of the season, as Jay Gruden was finally paroled from that mess in Washington.
Ratings from Sports Media Watch:
- FOX National: 14.9, up 5%
- FOX Regional: 10.5. up 15%
- CBS Single: 10.2, up 13%
- There has been a major change in how overnight ratings are calculated, with only 44 markets represented instead of 56. As such, NBC is no longer reporting overnight ratings for Sunday Night Football.
You want to see why Brian Tuohy thinks there may be magnets in the footballs and goalposts...
This, retweeted from his Twitter with his additional comment, was the game-winning field-goal in overtime for Baltimore to beat Pittsburgh...
Good question as to whether this was actually a made kick or not (and it's also interesting to see it fading left and come back right. Was there really that much wind in PIT to pull it through the uprights?). https://t.co/018DiADFlX— Brian Tuohy (@TheFixIsInTuohy) October 7, 2019
Speaking of rigged games, someone pissed off the Dept. of Justice...
As part of a wide-ranging Mob scheme the Feds busted up, Benjamin Bifalco was apparently caught attempting to offer an unnamed team thousands of dollars to intentionally lose a Division I college basketball game last season (December of 2018).
Again, as I keep telling people: It is completely legal for the sanctioning body to fix it's own events. It is NOT legal for any other party to attempt to so influence. Bifalco is, correctly, being charged with attempted sports bribery.
When Bifalco allegedly told an associate of his plan, his associate said he was not going to take part and attempt to bet on the game, as he didn't trust the situation.
He was right. The favorite and team that Bifalco was trying to influence to win and cover the spread did not cover.
Again, as I keep telling people: It is completely legal for the sanctioning body to fix it's own events. It is NOT legal for any other party to attempt to so influence. Bifalco is, correctly, being charged with attempted sports bribery.
When Bifalco allegedly told an associate of his plan, his associate said he was not going to take part and attempt to bet on the game, as he didn't trust the situation.
He was right. The favorite and team that Bifalco was trying to influence to win and cover the spread did not cover.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
2019 Aussie NRL Grand Final Rigged?
Controversy in Australia, as the National Rugby League (the main professional league in Australia) held it's Grand Final yesterday, and it didn't end well.
The Sydney Roosters defeated the Canberra Raiders on what is viewed in Australia as a massive referee blunder, 14-8.
The was a smaller bit of controversy during the match in the third minute. A kick from the Roosters hit the head of a Raiders player and rebounded off one of the on-field trainers. Had that trainer not been there, it would have been an easy try and conversion for the Raiders early on -- but, as in most sports, such parties are viewed as "part of the field". So not sure how much was in play there.
The big one, however, was with the score drawn at 8 and about eight minutes to play in the match, one of the officials (seen at 2:49 of this Sky Sports Australia YouTube video) was seen waving for an infraction which would have allowed Canberra another set of tackles (six of them) with the ball about 20 meters from scoring a try to break the deadlock.
The call was immediately changed without the players being aware of it, and Canberra lost possession due to the confusion.
Sydney scored the winning try within seconds.
And, oh why would the NRL want to rig the Grand Final?
Cooper Cronk, making him effectively the "Jordan" of the NRL -- three consecutive Premierships with his teams (the last two with Sydney, the one before his final game with Melbourne after 14 years), the first to have that honor in the modern era. Six Premierships in nine Grand Finals in his sixteen year career.
Yeah, I think Canberra just got "The Jordan Rules"...
The Sydney Roosters defeated the Canberra Raiders on what is viewed in Australia as a massive referee blunder, 14-8.
The was a smaller bit of controversy during the match in the third minute. A kick from the Roosters hit the head of a Raiders player and rebounded off one of the on-field trainers. Had that trainer not been there, it would have been an easy try and conversion for the Raiders early on -- but, as in most sports, such parties are viewed as "part of the field". So not sure how much was in play there.
The big one, however, was with the score drawn at 8 and about eight minutes to play in the match, one of the officials (seen at 2:49 of this Sky Sports Australia YouTube video) was seen waving for an infraction which would have allowed Canberra another set of tackles (six of them) with the ball about 20 meters from scoring a try to break the deadlock.
The call was immediately changed without the players being aware of it, and Canberra lost possession due to the confusion.
Sydney scored the winning try within seconds.
And, oh why would the NRL want to rig the Grand Final?
Cooper Cronk, making him effectively the "Jordan" of the NRL -- three consecutive Premierships with his teams (the last two with Sydney, the one before his final game with Melbourne after 14 years), the first to have that honor in the modern era. Six Premierships in nine Grand Finals in his sixteen year career.
Yeah, I think Canberra just got "The Jordan Rules"...
Friday, October 4, 2019
2019 NFL Week 4 Fine Blotter
For the moment, at least one placeholder. And it's another league-doghouse candidate:
- Cleveland Browns: Odell Beckham Jr.: $14,037 for an altercation with...
- Baltimore Ravens: Marion Humphrey, who was fined the same amount.
The altercation included a possible chokehold by Humphrey on OBJ. This is the third time in four weeks the league has at least spoken to Beckham (his watch in Week 1, his tinted visor in Week 2).
Hey, NFL, according to Spotrac, that's Beckham's TENTH fine, along with a suspension.
So that's his eleventh transgression with the league.
- Dec. 2014: $10,000 for fight involvement.
- Jan. 2015: $11,025 for unsportsmanlike conduct.
- Oct. 2015: $8,700 for several incidents in a game against Buffalo.
- Dec. 2015: Suspended one game as part of his continuing feud with Josh Norman.
- Sept. 2016: $12,154 for a celebration foul.
- The next week: $36,000 for a late hit and a blindside block in the same game.
- Two weeks after that: $24,309 for repeat offender unsportsmanlike conduct.
- Dec. 2016: $12,154 for profanity against an official
- Two weeks later: A doubled fine of $18,231 for illegal cleats with a message.
- Sept. 2017: $12,154 for celebration, should've been doubled.
- And this one.
According to the NFL's fine schedule, Beckham, because numbers 1 and 3 on this list, should have been fined over $70,000 for the Week 4 fight. The Browns are almost certain, in record time, to hit dollar-for-dollar territory, where every fine they suffer for the rest of the year will have to be matched.
Also:
- Cleveland Browns: JC Tretter gets repeat offender status for involvement in the fight, and is fined $14,037 for it.
- Baltimore Ravens: $7,017 for entering the fight.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Donovan Smith: $28,075 for a blindside block.
- Oakland Raiders: There was a second helmet-to-helmet hit in the same game by Vontaze Burfict. His suspension will be at least one game -- his appeal will be heard next Tuesday. The second helmet hit is to be used against him in the appeal. (Pro Football Talk)
- Denver Broncos: Bradley Chubb: $21,056 for roughing the passer.
- Philadelphia Eagles: Derek Barnett: $28,075 for a late hit which probably should've gotten a suspension. (The first of two cart-off jobs in that game.)
- Washington Redskins: Josh Norman: $10,527 for a face mask.
That HIS ELEVENTH...
- Nov. 2014: $8,268 for fighting
- Two Weeks Later: $11,000 or so (and that probably implies Repeat Offender) for a uniform violation.
- Oct. 2015: $8,681 for a celebration foul
- Nov. 2015: $5,787 for illegal cleats
- Dec. 2015: $26,044 for the aforementioned altercations with Odell Beckham
- Sept. 2016: $48.620 for unnecessary roughness (probably with OBJ again)
- The next week: $10,000 for a celebration foul
- A month after that: $25,000 for railing on the refs
- Nov. 2017: $36,464 for a horse-collar repeat offender
- Dec. 2018: $10,026 for a fight against Tennessee
- And this one
Goodell, it doesn't work. None of it. You have THREE CANDIDATES for league expulsion this week, and you only took care of one of the problems!
- Dallas Cowboys: DeMarcus Lawrence: $21,056 for a low hit roughing the passer call. TWO-TIME LOSER this season.
- Denver Broncos: Von Miller: Also $21,056, also for roughing the passer
- Green Bay Packers: Kenny Clark: $21,056 for a late hit/roughing the passer
- Philadelphia Eagles: Rudy Ford: $28,075 for unnecessary roughness
Philadelphia Eagles: Zach Ertz: $28,075 for unnecessary roughnessWon his appeal.- Pittsburgh Steelers: The injured Ben Roethlesberger get fined $5,000 for wearing an Apple Watch on the sidelines.
Could probably be more to come.
As of right now, last year after Wk 4, there were four teams un-fined. This year, as of this part of Week 4, there are five. (Indianapolis, the Giants, Chicago, Arizona, and the Chargers, if I'm reading the chart correctly) And only Chicago, Arizona, and the Chargers, of the five, did not receive a Club Remittance fine for multiple suspensions.
The current total of on-field fines for the year is over $1,530,000. Last year: About $1,067,000. So fines are up SIGNIFICANTLY (even taking the $50,000 allotment for Burfict out, it's still about a $410,000 increase year-over-year (almost 40%)). Need any more clue why scoring is down?
As of right now, last year after Wk 4, there were four teams un-fined. This year, as of this part of Week 4, there are five. (Indianapolis, the Giants, Chicago, Arizona, and the Chargers, if I'm reading the chart correctly) And only Chicago, Arizona, and the Chargers, of the five, did not receive a Club Remittance fine for multiple suspensions.
The current total of on-field fines for the year is over $1,530,000. Last year: About $1,067,000. So fines are up SIGNIFICANTLY (even taking the $50,000 allotment for Burfict out, it's still about a $410,000 increase year-over-year (almost 40%)). Need any more clue why scoring is down?
Another sexual battery to turn a human being into a football monster...
Story's coming out today about a high school in Gilroy, CA -- south of San Jose. Deadspin has it too.
The school no longer has a football team after it was revealed that several players sexually assaulted a teammate.
When the fuck are people going to get it? I will make no claim that this happens at every school (it, to my knowledge, did not happen at mine), but when the fuck are people going to get the concept of Football Man using sexual battery to turn teammates from human beings into inhuman machines in the name of FOOBAW?
This is happening ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. These guys just got caught, and the team wasn't good enough (1-13 the last season and a half) for the community to cover it up! (Sorry, I do think that was a factor in this getting out!)
The school no longer has a football team after it was revealed that several players sexually assaulted a teammate.
When the fuck are people going to get it? I will make no claim that this happens at every school (it, to my knowledge, did not happen at mine), but when the fuck are people going to get the concept of Football Man using sexual battery to turn teammates from human beings into inhuman machines in the name of FOOBAW?
This is happening ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. These guys just got caught, and the team wasn't good enough (1-13 the last season and a half) for the community to cover it up! (Sorry, I do think that was a factor in this getting out!)
Vic loses. Will Funimation be able to make him anime's Donaghy?
Just came out via the Dallas newspapers.
The judge in the Vic Mignogna case has thrown out the remaining claims, as largely expected.
Now, the question is damages and penalties, as well as possible criminal charges against Mignogna...
... and, if they're smart, I got a few more names they could go after.
This is based on that Michelle Specht e-mail and her discussion on his inner circle acting as wingmen to get Mignogna some pussy on the side.
So Funimation, in a desire to stay in business now must (and as falsely as the NBA) make Mignogna into anime's Tim Donaghy. I do not think they will succeed -- and I do think the Weeb Wars are about to go violent.
Stay tuned. New York Comic Con is going on as we speak.
The judge in the Vic Mignogna case has thrown out the remaining claims, as largely expected.
Now, the question is damages and penalties, as well as possible criminal charges against Mignogna...
... and, if they're smart, I got a few more names they could go after.
This is based on that Michelle Specht e-mail and her discussion on his inner circle acting as wingmen to get Mignogna some pussy on the side.
So Funimation, in a desire to stay in business now must (and as falsely as the NBA) make Mignogna into anime's Tim Donaghy. I do not think they will succeed -- and I do think the Weeb Wars are about to go violent.
Stay tuned. New York Comic Con is going on as we speak.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Suspension Blotter: A costly one that wouldn't be apparent at first...
- New York Giants: Isaiah Searight, 4 games for PEDs.
That one costs the Giants a fine of almost 40% of Searight's salary for the season.
Because the other suspension for the year is the just-completed Golden Tate PED suspension ($1.8M), the Giants are fined $150,000 for the pair of suspensions.
Greeeat... As if we needed any MORE evidence the balls are tampered with...
The catchphrase MLB is using this year for their playoffs?
"WE PLAY LOUD!"
(And if anyone thinks anyone other than the Yankees or Astros is winning the championship, you have not been paying attention. At all.)
"WE PLAY LOUD!"
(And if anyone thinks anyone other than the Yankees or Astros is winning the championship, you have not been paying attention. At all.)
Champions League Refball Trying to Save Real Madrid From Embarrassment...
2-0 down in a group stage match at home against Club Brugge, and we get this...
(Though I would remind Morgan that all a VAR call does is have the referee watch the situation again, under consultation with the VAR officials. It does NOT change the possibility that one or more of those parties is on the take.)
85th minute, sending off for a second yellow for Brugge leads to a free-kick equalizer for the 2-2.
Still 2-1 late in the match, but this has match-fixing, even with VAR, all over it.VAR just ruled this Real Madrid goal onside. It continues to be the worst innovation in football history (unless Arsenal benefit from it). pic.twitter.com/ANdLgpLVhC— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 1, 2019
(Though I would remind Morgan that all a VAR call does is have the referee watch the situation again, under consultation with the VAR officials. It does NOT change the possibility that one or more of those parties is on the take.)
85th minute, sending off for a second yellow for Brugge leads to a free-kick equalizer for the 2-2.
Interesting Vegas statistic from VSiN...
Each week, the mega-contest in Vegas is the Superbook Supercontest, where a season-long millions-dollar pool has the best in Vegas pick five NFL games against the number.
This year is historic: Two players in the SuperContest (entry names "ER @ JAR" and "TUCO", according to Sharpside.com), through four weeks (according to Sirius XM's "Follow The Money" program on the Vegas Sports and Information Network) are 19-1 ATS through four weeks.
This year is historic: Two players in the SuperContest (entry names "ER @ JAR" and "TUCO", according to Sharpside.com), through four weeks (according to Sirius XM's "Follow The Money" program on the Vegas Sports and Information Network) are 19-1 ATS through four weeks.
That's insane. It also allows them to split a $15,000 bonus for the best first four weeks.
So how do they get there?
Well...
- Betting against the Dolphins and the number is 4-0.
- Their main tactic is taking advantage of the sub-.450 record of home teams straight-up this year. Of ER's 20 picks, 14 have been road teams, and he's swept them all against the number. It's 13 for TUCO. Both players' only loss has been a sole underdog who didn't cash.
- Three other players are 17-3, a larger group is 16-4.
(Multi-Sport, Non-Football) Suspension Blotter
- NHL San Jose Sharks: Evander Kane: 3 regular-season games for shoving an official in the final pre-season tilt.
Had to be some serious mitigation, even under the automatic rules, to get it down to three games.
There was some testiness between Kane and Vegas' Derek Engelland. Engelland cross-checks Kane, Kane slashes Engelland, both get misconducts.
Kane is skating up the ice, the official thinks Kane wants to escalate, grabs him, and gets shoved.
Unless there's significant mitigation, that's far more than three games. Kane ripped the call, saying the official took several aggressive strides unnecessarily, and will appeal.
- Korean Golf Tour: Bio Kim WAS the leading money-winner on the tour.
He's banned for THREE YEARS for flipping off the crowd after a tee shot.
I don't think I need to go into cultural differences as to how this might go over in Korea, but, after a wayward shot, he flipped the bird at the crowd after slamming his driver into the ground.
I do wonder how long, if anything, he'd be barred in the US...
- WTA Tour: A fan has been banned from this week's China Open for fighting with another fan.
- European Soccer: French side OGC Nice has fired Lamine Diaby-Fadiga for an act against teammate Kasper Dolberg: Stealing his watch... A watch worth SEVENTY THOUSAND EUROS.
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