The Super Play remains on fire, cashing again last Sunday on the Browns, a three-point home dog who pulled away late from Cincinnati to win outright. It ran our Super Play record to 10-4-1 for the year, which is damn good -- though apparently not good enough for some. A good friend of The Playhouse contacted us directly early Sunday, literally begging us for the play before we released it to the four people who visit this space each week, only to scoff when we told him it was Cleveland. To him, this morning, we say, 'Suck it.' You know who you are...
A couple very abbreviated and half-assed takes before getting to the Super Play of the Day. We'll be back with a vengeance tomorrow (maybe)...
San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh became public enemy no. 1 to some degens on Thursday, when he declined a chop-block penalty (that wasn't a penalty) that would have resulted in a safety, and importantly for bettors who took San Francisco +7.5 or more, potentially a nine-point victory. To some -- mostly the paranoid and delusional -- it was all the proof they needed that Harbaugh was shaving points.
Yes, in a short week following one of the most disappointing beat downs of his career against the Giants, it's quite probable that Harbaugh conspired with his quarterback Alex Smith to throw one of the worst red-zone interceptions of the season and screw the legions of gamblers across the country who had $110 on San Francisco -8. The same Harbaugh and Smith who are both making $5 million this season, because dudes with seven-figure yearly salaries are very likely to be on the take from back-alley bookies or small-time organized syndicates.
Point-shaving happens all the time --we're not stupid. In fact, we'd argue that during the college basketball season it's rampant, occurring on a weekly basis in some form or another. In the NFL, however, the dynamics are such that dudes being in the pocket gamblers is fairly far fetched. Call us naive, but the microscope is too acute, the salaries too great and the games too few.
Desmond Howard said on GameDay this morning that Kansas St should be on high alert, because West Virginia could 'surprise' the Wildcats today in Morgantown. Savvy commentary, especially considering the Mountaineers are favored. My God, please get that dude off the set. He might be a lovely man and a wonderful father, but so is my father-in law and he shouldn't be on GameDay, either...
Ryan Lochte makes the Rich Kids of Instagram seem charming and agreeable...
This is Oregon St inspired song has a very regrettable title...
Super Play of the Day
West Virginia -2.5
other picks
Oregon St -10.5
BYU-Notre Dame under 41
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