NCAA New Rule Upsets Vegas




mrydel had a strong premonition last week that the new NCAA unsportsmanlike rule voiding a TD would cause controversy but...
USC-Utah game isn't one for (Vegas) books
USC's 23-14 victory over Utah sent Las Vegas sports books into a tizzy Saturday night.
The game originally ended with USC winning, 17-14. But two hours after the game, the Pacific 12 Conference overruled game officials who had not allowed a last-second touchdown by USC's Torin Harris after a blocked field-goal attempt.
Contacted about the finish by The Times, a supervisor at the MGM Mirage Sports Book said, "That cost us huge. We needed USC to cover the 8½ and when they didn't allow that touchdown, that killed us."
That was around 10 p.m.
Informed the score had been officially changed, the supervisor said: "I haven't got that information.
"Wait. We're just getting it now."
The switch, he said, made for a six-figure loss for his sports book.
"Now we lose double," he said, "because we'd already cashed out. We can't collect from people we already paid."
mrydel is prescient!



