Major baseball problems at Alabama

#53
#53
Now that it seems pretty clear Bohannon was personally involved in something, I wonder exactly what he did for the game in question.

Did he scratch his SP to...ensure Alabama would lose the game? They were big underdogs anyway, and actually ended up almost coming back and winning the game.
 
#54
#54
OldTimer said:
from another message board........TIFWIW

"My nephews best friend is a current Bama baseball commit. He was told that a player on the team bet on Bama to lose the Friday game against LSU after Bama scratched their starter 45 minutes before first pitch. Coach Brad Bohanan got word of it but never reported it and now he got axed. That's the true story"

Seriously, Alabama facing Skeenes on Friday, who wouldn't bet them to lose anyway...........going to be real interesting to see how this plays out
Click to expand...

I don't believe a college kid is going to place a large enough wager to trigger suspicion. Just very unlikely.
 
  • Like
Reactions: OllVol, vol66, BigOrangeMojo and 1 other person
#55
#55
OldTimer said:
from another message board........TIFWIW

"My nephews best friend is a current Bama baseball commit. He was told that a player on the team bet on Bama to lose the Friday game against LSU after Bama scratched their starter 45 minutes before first pitch. Coach Brad Bohanan got word of it but never reported it and now he got axed. That's the true story"

Seriously, Alabama facing Skeenes on Friday, who wouldn't bet them to lose anyway...........going to be real interesting to see how this plays out
Click to expand...

It would have to have been a very large bet for the Ohio commission to notice it like they did.
There's not a lot of bets on college baseball obviously.
But what was the damn line bet before it came off board anyway. -450 LSU?
Bama wasn't beating Skenes with Nolan Ryan pitching
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#56
#56
05_never_again said:
Now that it seems pretty clear Bohannon was personally involved in something, I wonder exactly what he did for the game in question.

Did he scratch his SP to...ensure Alabama would lose the game? They were big underdogs anyway, and actually ended up almost coming back and winning the game.
Click to expand...

LSU has lost a few Friday night games (ok Thursday as well) after their flimsy bullpen failed to secure the win.
Arkansas scored lik 8 runs in the 12th inning opening weekend. But there's big difference between Arky and Bamy
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#58
#58
Kedal Rogers:
Sources also told D1Baseball.com on Thursday that no players are thought to be involved in this and that the investigation is focused on Bohannon.

If true, Bohannon is the stupidest baseball coach since Andy Cannizaro
 
  • Like
Reactions: drvenner, Volfan1000, Titan05 and 2 others
#60
#60
I can't stand the "Rose Enablers" who argue against enablers and dopers being punished more by leagues than murdered, rapists and spouse abusers.

Gambling and PEDs are aimed squarely at the integrity of the sport itself. They other stuff are outside the sport and are worse but they don't make fans and viewers doubt if the results are legitimate.
 
  • Like
Reactions: drvenner, tbwhhs and chuckiepoo
#61
#61
fryeguy93 said:
It would have to have been a very large bet for the Ohio commission to notice it like they did.
There's not a lot of bets on college baseball obviously.
But what was the damn line bet before it came off board anyway. -450 LSU?
Bama wasn't beating Skenes with Nolan Ryan pitching
Click to expand...
Maybe not today's Nolan Ryan......but prime Ryan? Skenes is good but.....
 
  • Like
Reactions: JarFly and tennrich1
#62
#62
fryeguy93 said:
It would have to have been a very large bet for the Ohio commission to notice it like they did.
There's not a lot of bets on college baseball obviously.
But what was the damn line bet before it came off board anyway. -450 LSU?
Bama wasn't beating Skenes with Nolan Ryan pitching
Click to expand...
I wonder if the bet placed before Game 1 was just the latest in a series of large, interestingly-timed bets and was just the final straw that led to them shutting down betting on Alabama baseball. As you said there is not much money wagered on college baseball to begin with, and a very large wager on a game of that magnitude is kind of suspicious by definition. The line before it came off the board was something like LSU -240.

Given that he was just axed, Bohannon obviously was involved in wagering on the game in some way, but whatever his "strategy" was seems pretty half-baked. Alabama was in all likelihood losing that game anyway without him having to unexpectedly pull his SP at the last second. Was it the bet itself that brought attention to regulators, or the bet combined with the fact that he scratched their SP right after it was placed?
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#64
#64
05_never_again said:
I wonder if the bet placed before Game 1 was just the latest in a series of large, interestingly-timed bets and was just the final straw that led to them shutting down betting on Alabama baseball. As you said there is not much money wagered on college baseball to begin with, and a very large wager on a game of that magnitude is kind of suspicious by definition. The line before it came off the board was something like LSU -240.

Given that he was just axed, Bohannon obviously was involved in wagering on the game in some way, but whatever his "strategy" was seems pretty half-baked. Alabama was in all likelihood losing that game anyway without him having to unexpectedly pull his SP at the last second. Was it the bet itself that brought attention to regulators, or the bet combined with the fact that he scratched their SP right after it was placed?
Click to expand...

Maybe he thought the linesmakers -very few of whom know or care about college baseball would adjust the moneyline?
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#65
#65
fryeguy93 said:
Maybe he thought the linesmakers -very few of whom know or care about college baseball would adjust the moneyline?
Click to expand...
Perhaps, but if I was him that isn't really what I would have been concerned about. If you wanted to bet against your own team, pulling your SP in that spot seems unnecessary, and that combined with a large bet placed right before that news breaks is incredibly suspicious.

Maybe he was trying to ensure a loss (that was already likely) I guess? It's definitely an odd strategy because LSU was already such a heavy favorite, but maybe that was part of the logic - nobody would think he was trying to throw a game where they were already such a big underdog. If you think you're going to lose a game without having to do anything (and bet on it), then you'd think he wouldn't do anything in order to minimize attention.
 
#67
#67
05_never_again said:
Perhaps, but if I was him that isn't really what I would have been concerned about. If you wanted to bet against your own team, pulling your SP in that spot seems unnecessary, and that combined with a large bet placed right before that news breaks is incredibly suspicious.

Maybe he was trying to ensure a loss (that was already likely) I guess? It's definitely an odd strategy because LSU was already such a heavy favorite, but maybe that was part of the logic - nobody would think he was trying to throw a game where they were already such a big underdog. If you think you're going to lose a game without having to do anything (and bet on it), then you'd think he wouldn't do anything in order to minimize attention.
Click to expand...

the argument Pete Rose made is he "always" bet the Reds to win.

Similar situation here I guess. They may have been saving the starter for a game 2 or 3 to win that game.

Rose could have exhausted his bullpen in a game he bet to win the bet and then end up losing the next 2 games as a result.
 
  • Like
Reactions: drvenner, Titan05 and chuckiepoo
#68
#68
fryeguy93 said:
the argument Pete Rose made is he "always" bet the Reds to win.

Similar situation here I guess. They may have been saving the starter for a game 2 or 3 to win that game.

Rose could have exhausted his bullpen in a game he bet to win the bet and then end up losing the next 2 games as a result.
Click to expand...
True - that would seem to make more sense than throwing game 1. Save the starter for game 2 or 3, but give a buddy a heads up about it, who places a big bet on LSU for game 1?
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#69
#69
I am assuming this thread will evolve into a game thread for Vandy at Bammer later tonight. Suggestions for the broadcaster’s bingo card?
1. Reference to three states pulling bets on Bama.
 
  • Like
Reactions: greasemachine and MAD
#70
#70
48785ec0-87b7-4f96-8474-69dc76330aab_text.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: Titan05, StarRaider, chuckiepoo and 1 other person
#74
#74
I hate Alabama. As much as anyone possibly can. But I’m not gonna take joy out of this situation, especially because we don’t know anything other than they fired the Coach. I’m not gonna cast any stones, from Pruitt to Tyndall, etc…they were gonna fire him eventually anyway, I guess he gave em a reason. There’s a bunch of players that are gonna have to play out the string, that’s the worst thing he could have done.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Titan05, greasemachine, chuckiepoo and 3 others
#75
#75
vol66 said:
I hate Alabama. As much as anyone possibly can. But I’m not gonna take joy out of this situation, especially because we don’t know anything other than they fired the Coach. I’m not gonna cast any stones, from Pruitt to Tyndall, etc…they were gonna fire him eventually anyway, I guess he gave em a reason. There’s a bunch of players that are gonna have to play out the string, that’s the worst thing he could have done.
Click to expand...
I agree. No love lost for bama but this is bad for the game and terrible for the players.
 
  • Like
Reactions: tbwhhs, greasemachine and chuckiepoo
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top