9/8 College Football Top 25 et al.

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Et alii

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I dare anybody to bet on Savannah State!

[MountainOkie]

Mississippi plays twice on saturday?

[MountainOkie]

They certainly spell missouri differently now that they're in the SEC.

[ouflak]

Too many 'miss's! Anyway, fixed.

[CowboyMRW]

Today's SSU/FSU game line was at 70.5. Highest in history

[ouflak]

Added the Earlham versus Kenyon matchup. Earlham has lost 21 in a row, Kenyon 24. Naturally it's a pick'em.

[85sooners]

Savanna st sucks

[Boomer.....]

Today's SSU/FSU game line was at 70.5. Highest in history

People are getting a steal with SSU at 57. :D

[hawaii 5-0]

Gonna be some blowouts.

5-0

[Lott's Bandana]

Added the Earlham versus Kenyon matchup. Earlham has lost 21 in a row, Kenyon 24. Naturally it's a pick'em.


I went with the home field advantage.

What sport is that? Fütbol?

[ouflak]

Division III football. Thank goodness for the internet or I'd probably never be able to dig up the final score.

[ouflak]

They shortened the game. 2 points away from me htting my spread and they shortened the game.

[Eielson]

I'm gonna be pissed if that counts as FSU not covering the spread.

[hawaii 5-0]

Since the game was cancelled before it was official it shouldn't count.

We'll have to see....

5-0

[ouflak]

Well, I'm counting it as not covering the spread. It is an official result, and I don't post the lines and results here with the caveat, "...unless ofcourse... etc, etc..." Either the game ends the way it is predicted or not. Sorry. I doubled my normal bet on this FSU team, so I lose as well, so it's not like I'm being unfair or something.

[ouflak]

I'm gonna be pissed if that counts as FSU not covering the spread.

I don't see how I or Vegas could be expected to not hold to this result. Sure, it's almost a certainty that if the game had continued on, even with FSU's 3rd stringers, that score would be different. But what if Savannah's 1st stringers are surprisingly actually able to hold their own at that point? What their head coach sees something, a small exploit that he's able to take advantage of to the tune of a couple of scores? What if they add on top of that a couple of fluke special teams scores? I'm not a psychic and settling these bets on what should have happened instead of what actually did happen sets a dangerous precedent. The official score goes in the book as 55-0, so that's what I will use.

[hawaii 5-0]

"All stats and the final score will count. But according to pregame.com, a sports gambling website, all wagers on the game will be refunded -- college football bets aren't official until 55 minutes have been played."

From ESPN.com


Aren't these vBets?


This sorta thing happened last year. I don't remember the specifics but several betters were screwed outta a lot of vCash. Badger made it up by posting a sucker bet and everyone went home happy.

5-0

[ouflak]

I actually need to come up with a sucker bet because a screw-up last weekend. I'm willing to do that. But vBets have not such vPolicy except that which the moderator that post the bet comes up with. I'm Vegas is so generous. It's real money, so probably good business. But this is vCash here. We're cold-hearted. Anyway, I'm mulling over a sucker bet or two. Just need to get my creative juices flowing.

[hawaii 5-0]

I personally thank you for doing the necessary dirty work of maintaining the vBetting section.

I'll try to place nominal bets more on stuff I really don't care as much about, such as NFL.

5-0

[Eielson]

I'm mainly just pissed that it was easy money that I didn't get to cash in on. I nearly bet everything on it. Oh well.

[ouflak]

I'm mainly just pissed that it was easy money that I didn't get to cash in on. I nearly bet everything on it. Oh well.

Yeah, this was easy vMoney. *sigh*

Vegas cancels all bets on the game. (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/09/in-las-vegas-books-fsus-55-0-rout-never-happened/1)

The problem we have here is also that we can't cancel a bet if it's mixed in with others. So its declare a winner, or declare a loser. I would rather have just canceled the bet in this scenario now that I think about it. Hmmmm....

[Eielson]

For the record, I'm not mad at you. I don't know if I would have done anything different if I'd been in your situation. I was just saying that the only thing that could have stopped FSU from covering the spread was a shortened game, which is something that didn't even cross my mind. FSU could have won big with their scout team.

I appreciate all you do, so sorry if any of this has come across as criticism.