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Iona Backers?
- Thread starter Roger Baltrey
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A tech really? End of the game? Come on refs!!
How about a 3 with no time for FInt vs WKU, line was 2 1/2 or 3 and WK wins by 2, I had -1, but those who had higher than 1 got hosed!!
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How about a 3 with no time for FInt vs WKU, line was 2 1/2 or 3 and WK wins by 2, I had -1, but those who had higher than 1 got hosed!!
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This is the stuff that makes me want to give up gambling. Lost money on St. Mary's but losses like that I have no problem with that. But these are the kind where I need to up my blood pressure meds afterwards, and it's just not worth it.
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And where refs need to use some common sense and not become the story. Those are completely useless calls except for gamblers. No skin in the game but refs ought to swallow the whistle occasionally. :nono:
hell, I had it chalked up as a loss. I can't fucking believe I backdoored into a unit here.:142smilie
I saw the three go down and the clock go to one tenths left and I turned it off thinking I lost.
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Not saying the refs did it on purpose, but they would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to have an idea what the spread is for a given game - to not swallow the whistle in that spot was like a big FU to the gambling community. (At least to the chalk bettors)
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Especially in that part of the country. Huge gambling area and tons of fixes in the past.
Yeah, not that they were on one side or another - just the chance to fuck with the line must have been irresistible.
Yeah, I liked how you worded that first post and agree that it was a fair statement. My all time favorite BB story was when I needed two points with just seconds to go in an out of reach game. The opposing coach had given up and they were going to allow Akron to run it out. We were sitting behind the visitors bench and Akron had the ball so I stood up and yelled at the top of my lungs for a kid to foul us to send us to the line. People looked at me like I was ready for the funny farm but i didn't care. This was back when I bet a lot of money on the games so I suppose I was a little off my rocker. Anyways, bottom line, the kid fouls and we get two FTs. Our guy bricks the first but cashes in the 2nd so I get a push instead of a loss.
It was truly a thing of beauty.
My favorite was an NBA game where I was on the Lakers - 25 seconds left and the Lakers 2 points off a cover - the game was won SU and I thought they would just dribble it out - but Derek Fisher calmly walked to the Laker side of the court - with no one from the other team anywhere near him - he steps to the three point line and swished a three. I had 3K on that game (more than I wager these days) and I fell to my knees - a 6K swing that I was sure was lost. It was the first time that happened to me - where a player, since there was 1 tick more than the 24 second clock left, launches a shot to avoid a turnover on their stat sheet. Now I realize that happens and will not count a game won or lost until there is less than 24 seconds left in the game. I was sooo damned happy.
