OverAndBack mbyron wroteThe smart bettors know that the bookmakers set the line in order to bring in approximately equal amounts of money on either side of any game. No matter how the game ends, bookies use the losers' money to pay off the winners. Bookies make their money on the cut, not the outcome, so they don't care who wins or how. Only losers care how. Exactly, Batman. What people don't understand about how it really works. If you've "balanced your book," who wins and how is immaterial.
PackersFTW Welpe wroteHere is what happened. The booth buzzed the R and said the last play needed to be reviewed. Whether or not there was a illegal forward pass is one such play that may be reviewed. They reviewed the play and realized that there was an illegal forward pass but that the penalty would be declined by Pittsburgh. OK fine, line up for the PAT. While lining up for the PAT, an onfield official runs in and confers with the Referee. The Referee announces that the illegal forward pass makes the ball dead. The easiest explanation for this is that they incorrectly thought the backward pass that hit the ground was in fact the one that was ruled forward. That would make the ball dead. They simply screwed it up on the field. That explanation makes a lot more sense than an onfield official running in and telling the R, "Hey this will mean that Pittsburgh covers the spread. We have to overrule this!" A screwup this big is going to expose the crew and league to much criticism and I highly doubt they would intentionally open themselves up it. To do so in the same year as the Hoculi incident and other high profile incidents would be very foolish. perfect!
OverAndBack Saw Pereira on NFL Network Wednesday. Now it makes a little more sense to me. He said they're going to make sure the referee takes another official with him to the review tent and that they fill out a little form to keep the bookkeeping straight.
JugglingReferee OverAndBack wroteSaw Pereira on NFL Network Wednesday. Now it makes a little more sense to me. He said they're going to make sure the referee takes another official with him to the review tent and that they fill out a little form to keep the bookkeeping straight. What's interesting with this is that MP said that some R's already took a fellow official to the hood with them. As far as I can recall, this is the first bookkeeping mistake in ~ 9 years.