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Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:30 pm
Over the last month or so there’s been a handful of gambling scandals across multiple sports involving athletes, There is more money flowing through the sport than ever before. There’s been some public incidents like the kids from Iowa State. There was a rumor Mateer was mixed up in some minor gambling activity prior to the season. How prevalent do we suspect this stuff is in college football now compared to maybe a decade ago? If it corrupted, just how deep does it go?
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:31 pm to EastTXHorn
Didn’t Mateer literally send Venmos to folks with “Gambling” as the subject?
Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:37 pm to EastTXHorn
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How prevalent do we suspect this stuff is in college football now compared to maybe a decade ago?
Did you have a bookie in college?
Despite having to call in, meet up in person, etc. how easy was it on a weekly basis?
Now you can make hundreds of random prop bets a day just with the phone in your pocket.
It's prevalent.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:02 pm to EastTXHorn
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How prevalent do we suspect this stuff is in college football
A QB holds the ball too long and takes a sack, or an RB fumbles when hit, or an open WR drops an easy pass. Is it a sack, a fumble, a dropped pass, or a "suggestion" from someone passing money to players?
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:08 pm to paperwasp
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Did you have a bookie in college?
I didn't gamble but i knew a couple bookies back in school and that was 20+ years ago. Low level guys but took a lot of bets. I know a few were running through some fraternity houses as well.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:11 pm to EastTXHorn
The prop bets are the issue. Individual players have too much control over the outcome.
Tonight there is a RB from Akron that most of you would have to look up his name where you can bet:
O/U 87.5 yards - in a meaningless Tuesday night game against Bowling Green
So the Akron RB obviously has a lot of control over this. So does the QB. So does defensive players (let him through to make sure the over hits)
Tonight there is a RB from Akron that most of you would have to look up his name where you can bet:
O/U 87.5 yards - in a meaningless Tuesday night game against Bowling Green
So the Akron RB obviously has a lot of control over this. So does the QB. So does defensive players (let him through to make sure the over hits)
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:46 pm to EastTXHorn
Sports being directly affiliated with gambling is hypocrisy - embracing the revenue it generates and promoting the heck out of fan dual and draft kings and others (often right in the Stadiums and certainly on the broadcasts), while telling players it is off limits. All while legalizing it nearly everywhere, putting access on phones, and allowing prop bets that are easily manipulated. This is a very slippery slope. It's happening at all levels. NBA (Jontay Porter, Chauncy Billups, others), MLB (couple of Cleveland pitchers), College athletes (IA State, UNO, others) have all had issues just in the past couple years. I'm not on some moral high horse, I couldn't care less if someone wants to flush their money down the drain or get mixed up with people who might end them - that's their choice. But when it is directly affecting the outcome and integrity of the game it becomes alarming to those of us that watch these sports because, well, we like these sports (not just for a gambling fix) - they really need to find a way to keep a barrier and distance between gambling and the athletes.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:50 pm to EastTXHorn
The sole purpose of bowl games in the playoff-era is to provide action for gamblers
Posted on 11/18/25 at 3:54 pm to EastTXHorn
Former Cleveland pitcher Emmanuel Clasé is under a federal indictment in New York because of his side bets earlier this Spring. He was nearly unhittable last season until the playoffs in 2024. Then he couldn’t find the strike zone. Same thing this Spring and he went from being one of the top three closers in baseball to having an ERA near 7.00- coincidence? Now with this indictment, I don’t think so
As far as college sports, it’s way more obvious in hoops but you better believe it’s happening in football too
As far as college sports, it’s way more obvious in hoops but you better believe it’s happening in football too
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 11/18/25 at 5:27 pm to PeleofAnalytics
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i knew a couple bookies back in school and that was 20+ years ago
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