Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[jave36]

This was always going to be the consequence of marrying casinos with sports leagues. No one talks about it, and I don’t understand how. There’s a Bet MGM sports book inside some MLB Stadiums and were supposed to pretend that they’d never fix games lmao

How is a sports book being located in a stadium in any way related to fixing games? 99.999% of money coming in on that game happens outside the stadium. What does the sports book location have to do with it?

And you have evidence that the humber of games being fixed has risen since sports books were allowed inside venues?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I'll say it again. The incompetence of collegiate referrees across all sports is staggering.

The incompetence is on purpose...if it was truly just incompetence...it would he evenly distributed to both teams.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Illinois outplayed UT. ZZ and Lanier barely played in the 2nd half. Hostile environment. Huge foul discrepancy in 2nd half.

Elite teams find a way

They did not outplay us...wtf.

 

[hjeagle1vol]

Bad a$$

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Well lookie there the guy in the studio just said the same thing I did.

What?

 

[DD4ME]

 

[drylo]

Bama thinks they getting everybody lol

KC and now Mario Craver.


Williams, Craver, KC would be insane if they can get a QB.

Wow, if they can get a QB they might be able to beat Vandy next year.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

listen pal you didn't melt down with us. you can't just show up, without melting. it's a vn tradition.

That one stressed me out. Not gonna lie. That was the 1st time I can remember that the fix was clearly in, and we managed to win anyway somehow. Cannot remember the last time that happened.

They called those 2 BS fouls on ZZ on the same posession for Illinois 90 seconds into the 2nd half. So took away our point guard and reigning SEC defensive POY for ~16mins out of the 20min second half. Then when Barnes finally felt safe to put ZZ and Lanier back in the game...they run an ISO play on Lanier who immediately fouls out for standing on the ground with his hands above his head. Total BS. Then they called the 5th foul on ZZ while he was RUNNING to get out of the ball carriers way, with his BACK to him, and the big bastard a foot taller than ZZ runs intentionally straight into the back of ZZ instead of towards you know...the basket...and they call the foul on ZZ. Even the TV guys were like " what the Hell was that call?" Both live and on replay. The refs absolutely did everything they could to steal this game from us, but Gainey put the team on his back and scored 18 points in the 2nd half. Wow. Just wow. We never beat the vegas cheat...but this time we did.

I LOVE the fact that when both teams had already lined up and shook hands, there were STILL 2 REFS watching video from the scorers table absolutely DISTRAUGHT that they didnt get us beat. Their faces will be remembered, thank you to whomever posted that screenshot of their faces watching the video here!!! Lmao. Those dudes are in deep doodoo. Better post a couple patrol cars outside their homes. They must have already taken the money for fixing this game...they were bigtime worried. Love it. GO VOLS

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

FYP

It blows my mind that so many intelligent people just refuse to acknowledge the truth of this.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[DD4ME]

 

[drylo]

Pretty sick:

SwimSwam on Instagram: "THE FIRST MAN UNDER 20 SECONDS IN A 50M FREE. No words for this swim by Crooks🔥🤯😦 #swim #swimming #worldrecord #worldaquatics #worldchampionships #olympics #ncaa #sports #sportsgraphic"

12K likes, 32 comments - swimswamnews on December 14, 2024: "THE FIRST MAN UNDER 20 SECONDS IN A 50M FREE. No words for this swim by Crooks🔥🤯😦 #swim #swimming #worldrecord #worldaquatics #worldchampionships #olympics #ncaa #sports #sportsgraphic".

www.instagram.com

And not sure if this was posted/discussed, but UT guys went 2-3 in the 100 free earlier in the meet at World Championships:

Tennessee Swimming and Diving on Instagram: "𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 🥈🥉 The Tennessee sprinter duo of Gui Caribe and Jordan Crooks take silver and bronze in the 100 free at the 2024 Short Course World Championships!"

2,404 likes, 10 comments - vol_swimdive on December 12, 2024: "𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 🥈🥉 The Tennessee sprinter duo of Gui Caribe and Jordan Crooks take silver and bronze in the 100 free at the 2024 Short Course World Championships!".

www.instagram.com

 

[DD4ME]

 

[DD4ME]

SEC
On
A
Whole
Other
Level

 

[Christian Lowe]

How is a sports book being located in a stadium in any way related to fixing games? 99.999% of money coming in on that game happens outside the stadium. What does the sports book location have to do with it?

And you have evidence that the humber of games being fixed has risen since sports books were allowed inside venues?

You really believe sports books being in bed with the leagues has zero potential for corruption?

 

[DD4ME]

Love it for Kim

 

[MarcoVol]

"Bad" don't go lopsided one way Marco...open your f'n eyes.

You should watch some other games. Refs are bad in all college sports and not just the ones involving UT. This crew was especially bad. But I do believe crews can be influenced by home environments which is a whole other issue.

 

[jave36]

You really believe sports books being in bed with the leagues has zero potential for corruption?

I really believe any corruption was already happening and the potential didn't go up by allowing sports books in stadiums.

And I really believe in using relevant facts to support a belief instead of "sports books are in stadiums so they must be fixing games."

 

[MarcoVol]

You really believe sports books being in bed with the leagues has zero potential for corruption?

One could argue it would lead to less corruption. There are more eyes and scrutiny on games now than ever before.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

And....CKC is doing this with a team she didn't even recruit..

You have to believe that when she gets a roster that she has hand picked to run her game, that it will be even better....that should scare other programs.

 

[MarcoVol]

And....CKC is doing this with a team she didn't even recruit..

You have to believe that when she gets a roster that she has hand picked to run her game, that it will be even better....that should scare other programs.

This DW guy….turns out he might know what he’s doing.

 

[Christian Lowe]

I really believe any corruption was already happening and the potential didn't go up by allowing sports books in stadiums.

And I really believe in using relevant facts to support a belief instead of "sports books are in stadiums so they must be fixing games."

That’s why I think there’s more corruption lol. Of course it was happening before, just ask the NBA. Now the gambling is everywhere, not just Vegas.

If we legalized heroin nationally, any idiot could predict a rise in crimes associated with it like theft and vagrancy. Gambling being legalized everywhere will increase corruption. I don’t need proof to make an inference. It’s the same thing.

 

[Christian Lowe]

One could argue it would lead to less corruption. There are more eyes and scrutiny on games now than ever before.

From who? The lawmakers these sports books are lobbying with millions of dollars to legalize gambling or the sports leagues they’re paying millions of dollars for partnerships?

 

[drylo]

Yeah, we got lucky there — surprised they didn’t call that one on Gainey. Pretty clearly hit the Illinois guy in the hand with his shooting arm.