San Diego kicker "GOT PAID"

Gonna_Win · 01-19-10, 01:08 AM

He just choked, there are those that just can't handle the pressure.

Gonna_Win · 01-19-10, 01:09 AM

Originally posted by THE PROFIT

Why is a millionaire going to take a bribe to throw a game that's going to add to his millions if he wins. Pro players don't throw games idiot, refs do! And I didn't see the ref huffin & puffin wide right!

Didn't think kickers/punters were that rich, how much do they make on average?

Dark Horse · 01-19-10, 01:12 AM

It's a lot harder to just miss a FG than it is to make one.

xxxvince · 01-19-10, 01:33 AM

Bad day for him

Tymmy · 01-19-10, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by poochiecollins

If anyone wants to make game-throwing accusations, present some evidence. Extraordinary claims are true sometimes, but until extraordinary evidence is presented, it's rational to believe the simplest explanation.

In this case, the kicker probably had a really bad game. Making a bad play makes it more likely you'll do another bad play in the near future, and ****-versa. I observe this, and know it as an athlete.

Edit: also, being paid to miss kicks would make more sense to affect the spread, but not to lose a single-elimination playoff game.

Another false statement. The wealthy ignore the spread and bet the $$$ line. 3 misses decides the game. A lot of $$$ lost.

blue chip · 01-19-10, 08:48 PM

I don't think anyone who takes a bribe would be that obvious. The kid had a bad day. Besides if he was betting and losing big money he would have missed more during the regular season. The cat was automatic all year.

poochiecollins · 01-19-10, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by Tymmy

Another false statement. The wealthy ignore the spread and bet the $$$ line. 3 misses decides the game. A lot of $$$ lost.

Players are competitors, sir. They'll be much more open to swaying a game that's already decided a few points than changing the outcome. And in a single-elimination playoff system? Again, present evidence. The simplest explanation is he had a bad day.

poochiecollins · 01-19-10, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by THE PROFIT

Why is a millionaire going to take a bribe to throw a game that's going to add to his millions if he wins. Pro players don't throw games idiot, refs do! And I didn't see the ref huffin & puffin wide right!

This too, at least to the extent that refs are much more likely than players to dubiously affect the outcome of a game for profit.

Groves · 01-19-10, 11:21 PM

i paid him so i could get mad SBR points

alwcb · 01-19-10, 11:52 PM

I hate when people make allegations like this. Why can't people just accept they lost their wager.

Patrickk_b · 01-19-10, 11:53 PM

I got paid too

jabbo999 · 01-20-10, 12:21 AM

jets got lucky

FATAL V3N0M · 01-20-10, 06:32 AM

I assume he got paid, along with Rivers and the whole team for that matter, except maybe the defense of the chargers. There's no question whether the game was thrown, the question is how much they got paid. Did you see that PASS Rivers made to the Jets at the start of the third quarter. That was the THROW of the game in my opinion, all pun intended.

Furthermore, The Jets have no chance of beating the Colts, unless the Colts made a deal with the devil too. I wouldn't doubt it, there's a lot of money in sports betting. The Chargers probably got paid more to lose against the Jets than they would have gotten for winning the Super Bowl. That's not to say that the Chargers even had a chance to get past the Colts, but you get my point.

netinfo · 01-20-10, 06:49 AM

That's not to say that the Chargers even had a chance to get past the Colts, but you get my point.

If they would have played the way they did during their streak and won against the Jets, as was expected of them, then yes, they would have had a very good chance at beating the Colts. The Colts have not been a problem for the Chargers in recent years.

netinfo

Nomocino · 01-20-10, 08:07 AM

so now your saying that Kaeding some refs and other players were in on it. I suppose you think Rivers who threw that rediculous INT from his own endzone was in on it also. Players are human and there nerves get to them Kaeding has a history of choking in big games, as well as Phil Michelson did in majors ,for a while and Alex Rodrigues did in the playoffs untill this year ..ect.

tomcast · 01-20-10, 08:24 AM

of course not

texassoljaz · 01-20-10, 08:36 AM

its just pressure man. he choked thats all. look at tony romo. i burnt my dallas jersey!

ludger · 01-20-10, 10:09 AM

to err is human

poochiecollins · 01-20-10, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by FATAL V3N0M

I assume he got paid, along with Rivers and the whole team for that matter, except maybe the defense of the chargers. There's no question whether the game was thrown, the question is how much they got paid. Did you see that PASS Rivers made to the Jets at the start of the third quarter. That was the THROW of the game in my opinion, all pun intended. Furthermore, The Jets have no chance of beating the Colts, unless the Colts made a deal with the devil too. I wouldn't doubt it, there's a lot of money in sports betting. The Chargers probably got paid more to lose against the Jets than they would have gotten for winning the Super Bowl. That's not to say that the Chargers even had a chance to get past the Colts, but you get my point.

Whatever you say, sweetie.

trevlyn1983 · 01-20-10, 07:28 PM

If Chargers was the better team they shouldnt have had to settle for FGs in the first place .. Jets D kill em ~

JGun · 01-20-10, 08:06 PM

This guy is gonna have a long off-season -- gotta feel for him

netinfo · 01-20-10, 08:46 PM

If Chargers was the better team they shouldnt have had to settle for FGs in the first place .. Jets D kill em ~

Field goals are part of the game, regardless of which team is better. The Chargers had the better season record, and were favored to win, therefore, by default, they were the better team. But on Sunday, the Jets showed up, the Chargers didn't, the Jets played to their potential, the Chargers didn't. The team the whole nation (except NY) expected to win ended up losing, which is why it's called an "upset", because the better team, the favorite, got upset by the underdog.

The same thing is expected for this weekend. The Colts are better than the Jets, but if the Jets somehow win again, then it doesn't mean that the Jets were the better team. It simply means that the better team got upset, which happens sometimes, but not usually or likely. It was not likely that the Chargers would lose to the Jets, and so again, it is not likely that the Colts would lose to the Jets.

But having said that, I did recently place a small futures bet on the Jets to win the Superbowl, so go Jets!!!

netinfo

poochiecollins · 01-20-10, 11:10 PM

+1 for explaining why the outcome of one game doesn't necessarily change who the better team is.

netinfo · 01-20-10, 11:25 PM

^ Thanks for the point!

netinfo

IrishTim · 01-20-10, 11:59 PM

It's always gotta be fixed. No way you just picked the wrong side.

MastaB · 01-21-10, 12:06 AM

Everyone has a number

jsmithj88 · 01-21-10, 02:38 AM

people need to stop complaining
if the best team won everytime we would all be rich
and we would see the same teams playing in the superbowl every year

upsets are the reason NCAA football needs a playoff !!
the best teams dont always win

yisman · 01-21-10, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by netinfo

Field goals are part of the game, regardless of which team is better. The Chargers had the better season record, and were favored to win, therefore, by default, they were the better team.

I don't think being favored to win means you're the better team necessarily.

San Diego certainly had a better regular season. It'd be tough to argue with that.

Grandmaster B · 01-21-10, 02:49 AM

no I dont think so

netinfo · 01-21-10, 03:10 AM

I don't think being favored to win means you're the better team necessarily.

True if the favorite team is favored to win by a FG, which may or may not mean that they are better than the underdog, especially if the favorite team is playing at home. But when a team is favored to win by a TD or more, then it's easy to see who the oddmakers and the betting public think is the better overall team.

netinfo

yisman · 01-21-10, 03:23 AM

sometimes what people think does not reflect reality, though.

slacker00 · 01-21-10, 03:51 AM

Originally posted by yisman

sometimes what people think does not reflect reality, though.

This is exactly what's going on. I made the mistake myself, I bought into the hype about the Jets getting a free ticket into the playoffs, which may in fact be true. But watching the game right now, this team is for real.

I don't know how I didn't realize this defense was this good. The Chargers are throwing everything they have out there and the Jets are simply beating them.

True, there were some lucky bounces. The Revis interception off Jackson's leg play just happened. lmao. Still, the breaks went both ways, like the fumble call getting reversed in the first half.