NCAA New Rule Upsets Vegas

[HB Pony Dad]

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!

[CA Mustang]

I watched the end of that game and was surprised when ESPN reported a different score later.

I did think about betting implications when the play happened, but figured it didn't matter because I thought the line was still at 9.5. Now if USC had been allowed to kick the PAT, then eyebrows would have really been raised!

[Stallion]

Good. Screw vegas

[goldenstang]

Taking points off the board is idiotic.

[docabel]

Taking points off the board is idiotic.

Putting points back on the board AFTER the game is even more idiotic

[ponyte]

This sums up the complete impotency of the NCAA. The game should be decided by the competitors. There should not be rules that allow some middle-aged, pot bellied, cigar smoking, four-eyed non competitor to make determinations about the scores or outcomes.

[peruna81]

This sums up the complete impotency of the NCAA. The game should be decided by the competitors. There should not be rules that allow some middle-aged, pot bellied, cigar smoking, four-eyed non competitor to make determinations about the scores or outcomes.

for those of us that now resemble your descriptive remarks, we thank you and agree.

[ponyte]

This sums up the complete impotency of the NCAA. The game should be decided by the competitors. There should not be rules that allow some middle-aged, pot bellied, cigar smoking, four-eyed non competitor to make determinations about the scores or outcomes.

for those of us that now resemble your descriptive remarks, we thank you and agree.

Was looking in a mirror when I wrote it.