I never really payed attention to the NFL until this season. Yes I would watch a game now and then but keeping up with the teams was not my thing. That said I have always wondered how many of these professional sports are fixed. I’m not just talking about Football here, but Basketball, Rugby, Soccer, Baseball etc. Its been known for quite some time now that WWE and the wrestling world is fixed and we know that in the early days Boxing was a fixed sport (that’s why the black guys never won).
But what about our favorite past time, or the most watched sport in America Football? Could it be that it too is fixed? I’ll be upfront, I don’t have a specific favorite team in the NFL as I change teams from season to season. But the Patriots have never come close to becoming a favorite of mine. My teams this year has been the Bengals, Vikings, Bears and 50/50 Colts.
While I was rooting for the Colts all night, and was ecstatic when they made that game winning 1 point conversion, I couldn’t help but notice one of the dumbest moves by a coach all season. With a little over 2 minutes remaining on the clock and with the score at 34-28, Belichick decided to go for it instead of punting the ball. Yes you might be able to make such a gamble when playing against the Bears, Dolphins or even the still undefeated Saints, but not against one of the leagues greatest Quarterbacks.
Come on people, you’re up by a full 6 points and instead of punting it and bring your defense on the field to keep the offense at bay and eat up time on the clock, you’re gonna make such a stupid move and go for it? I’m not playing Monday morning Quarterback here, because this had nothing to do with the Quarterback but rather with a coach who gave the game to the Colts (call it what you will Colts fans).
Yes I’m happy for the Colts but there is no such thing as a “second half team” (hello Saints and Colts), and the amount of dumb ass plays I’ve seen in the past weeks I’m 100% convinced that while all games may not be fixed, the big and important ones are.
Don’t worry, I’ll bring some more facts to the table but let me assure you I’m in no where near qualified to be a coach and even I could tell that the Colts were gonna win from the last 5 minutes of the game.
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