Rough weekend for the Super Play, which for the first time this year produced an 0-fer, going 0-1-1 after a spectacular loss Saturday by West Virginia to K-State coupled with the Cardinals coming up with a push against Minnesota on Sunday. Considering we are well into October, finally having a few bad days in a row is not the end of the world, and we remain in a good spot, producing a 10-5-2 record overall on those plays. Please keep in mind that while Joe Berger Inc has refocused its efforts in the low-net worth, degenerate handicapping space, we are as committed as ever to producing winners for our approximately zero clients in the US and Canada.
A couple thoughts/stats before we get to the Super Play of the Day...
The sports gambling world was rocked by scandal this week, when one of its most visible personalities, Mike Colbert, was arrested on a warrant from the US District Attorney's office in Queens, New York. The soon-to-be former race and sportsbook director at Cantor gaming, faces eight counts of conspiracy, money laundering and enterprise corruption.
In English, it is alleged that Colbert manipulated point spreads to benefit big-money players and funneled large bets to Pinnacle Sports, an offshore betting site based in Curacao. He was among 25 arrested and detained as part of the sting, but the only one with official ties to the legal sports betting industry in Nevada.
"There are a lot of guys in town that have been in business for a long time and doing everything 100 percent on the up-and-up," said Wynn sportsbook director John Avello, speaking this week with the Sporting News. "This shouldn't reflect poorly on them, and I will make sure that that doesn't happen."
Avello is correct, this shouldn't reflect on the industry as a whole, but the sad reality is that it probably will. The knee-jerk reaction of some will be that this is simply how the industry operates, that Colbert's behavior is indicative of a longstanding pattern of behavior of those involved in the shady and back-alley business of taking bets on sports.
Of course, it's all bullshit, and all six people who visit this space on a weekly basis know it. If nothing else, Colbert's arrest bolsters the case for the widespread legalization of gambling on sports in America, with the industry regulated and taxed at the state level. It would not only undercut a massive source of income for organized crime syndicates, but it would raise millions for cash-strapped states, perhaps providing a much-needed boost to schools and other infrastructure projects. Who the fuck would want something like that? Sadly, we're not holding our breath...
Scott Torgerson, the a-hole radio host in Columbus who was fired for wishing via Twitter that ESPN's Desmond Howard would die, is suing his former employer. In a statement on his personal website, Torgerson wrote "I have been fired by 97.1 The Fan. No severance, no health insurance with a newborn and a wife with A-fib."
Our position on Howard is clear. While we have no personal animus toward him (dude actually seems like a fairly agreeable and nice guy), he's remarkably bad at his job, single-handedly serving to sully the reputation of a once great show in College GameDay, and on another level being emblematic of the demise of ESPN, which seems increasingly incapable of producing a quality product.
No one, however, deserves that kind of bullshit. Additionally, if we had a public persona, along with a new born and wife struggling with a medical condition, we probably wouldn't hit send on Tweet wishing death upon another human being. Just a thought, dog. His dismissal was entirely justified and dude got what he deserved. Scott Torgerson sucks...
Super Play of the Day
Oregon State -3
other plays
Texas -18.5
Nebraska -2
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