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6 Responses to “Ruben Brown added to Pro Bowl”

1. Rob Bonter says:
   

   January 26th, 2007 at 5:04 am

   I guess you know the fix is in for the Bears, as the team representing a major media center, by contrast with dumpy little no/account Indianapolis, and the farm belt state of Indiana. This is consistent with the fixes which took the Red Sox (2004), White Sox (2005), and Steelers (2006) to glory. The outcome of these events is decided by committee beforehand, now, and their decision, obviously passed-on to the game offiicials, is always based upon what is best for the commerce of the league, the networks, the advertisers, the merchandise vendors, as well as the sports talk programs dotting the landscape. It’s all P.R. these days, not sports anymore.

   I see the Bears opened at +7 1/2 (www.donbest.com), and are now down to + 6 1/2. Look for the number to continue to shrink as we approach kick off time. It’s over, boys, you can raise the champagne bottles and glasses right now. They are already using Manning’s “thumb problem” as the loser’s rationale excuse. before the fact.

   Enjoy it - it will be a laugher, and the joke is on the Colts, their backers, and their fans who (innocently) think they have a chance to win - which they don’t. And be sure and check the penalty line at halftime and after the game. It will be more tilted than the Titanic.

2. Matthew Perioli says:
   

   January 26th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

   I’d have to disagree pretty strongly, Rob. I fail to see the evidence that shows the “fix is in for the Bears”, and the line of 7 1/2 points for the Colts SHOULD go down, because the teams are more even than most probably think.

3. Rob Bonter says:
   

   January 27th, 2007 at 6:03 am

   I did not offer “evidence,” because I can’t. What I offered was theory, based upon a disturbing emerging pattern of officiating/umpiring tampering with the natural flow and outcome of these major sporting events. If the Colts win, 38-7, and most of the penalities and penalty yardage goes against the Bears, I may have some egg on my face and crawl into a hole, for awhile. I do allow for the possibility that I am wrong.

   So let’s take this as a “confirmation case.” That is, if the Bears win straight up and have outlandish help, as reflected by an imbalance of penalty calls in their favor, (similar to Pittsburgh, last year), this will, indeed, confirm what we (or at least Tim McCarver and I) strongly suspect has been going on now in four (counting this one) recent major sporting events. Yes, I understand your skepticism and consider this game to be the really decisive test case for my suspicions of insider manipulation of the outcome of these events. Stranger things have happened in the business world, so don’t dismiss the possibility, hastily.

   Regarding your statement that “the line should go down because these teams are more even,” etc. You lose me there. The most critical number the casinos release on any game is the OPENING NUMBER. The books get hammered by the high-rolling professionals based in Nevada, when they miscalculate an opening number. The books buy this opening number from Las Vegas Sports Consultants, the most sophisticated handicapping machine in the nation, with every conceivable angle factored into the mix. Believe me, right now LVSS and the books in Las Vegas are extremely unhappy about so much money coming in on the Bears that they had to take the opening number down through the -7 key number. And if they have to drop it further to balance the action, they could get “middled” to death, as they already will if they have to pay off Bears +7 1/2 bets, as well as Colts - 6 1/2 bets. That, of course will happen if the Colts win by exactly seven points, and did happen on a Steelers-Cowboys Super Bowl, years ago. Custer at Little Big Horn did better than the books did on that day. They do NOT want a repeat of that scenario - ever!

   A line moving through a critical number is a red flag, and should dictate caution, if nothing else, in your betting and your handicapping of the game. Something is in the wind. Let’s see what the line does from here to kick off time, for more insight.

4. Matthew Perioli says:
   

   January 27th, 2007 at 1:03 pm

   We shall see what happens. I’ll admit I don’t know much about sports betting, but thanks for clearing that up, I was just saying I don’t think the experts are correct when they say the Colts could run away with this one.

   I hope the officiating is fair, I don’t want to see either team win solely because the refs screwed over their opponent with a bad call. The Bears have been on the wrong end of plenty of bad calls this year, which has been frustrating.

5. Rob Bonter says:
   

   January 28th, 2007 at 6:15 am

   Imagine being a Seahawks fan a year ago, and seeing the team you live and die with getting jobbed like that? I don’t think Bears fans have to worry about that happening this year. Colts fans, however, may have something to think about, beforehand.

6. Chad says:
   

   January 28th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

   Do you really believe this crap? You think the refs cost the Seahawks the game? Did you watch the game? IF the Hawks don’t fall for a stupid gadget play when Randle-El throws a touchdown and if the lay one finger in Willie Parker and don’t let him run 77 yards untouched for a TD, the Hawks win the game.

   The worst thing the NFL could do is be proven to be frauds. Then the entire league would go under.

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