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OT: Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake (Atlantic)

TheC
NUCat320 said:
@AdamOnFirst , @Purple Pile Driver , were you avid gamblers prior to the launch of free, legal, online outlets?

I’ve had friends who regularly gambled through ‘their guy’ (I never investigated further), but it was mostly football Saturdays and Sundays, considered decisions, never spur of the moment. It was, say, part of the Friday afternoon routine. Weird, not my bag, but not particularly destructive or risky.


The primary problem with ‘the apps’ is that they’re so good at separating you from cash. Changing in-game odds, low-odd parlays, all built to make you feel good for making the bet, whether you win or not. So different from what it looked like ‘traditionally’.

I tend to come from the same place as @TheC*, where limitations on advertising, perhaps allowable bets per day, perhaps types of bets allowed on apps, would probably be good things.





*On most issues, I think I have a similar viewpoint to TheC, except that I don’t call for the OC, the DC, the Head Coach, the PA announcer, and the entire training and equipment management staff to be fired by the end of the first half. When the Cats are bad, it’s gallows humor for me only.
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Yeah, but come on..... that PA announcer is terrible! Talk about clichés. And can that voice be any more annoying?? If they don't fire his ass by the end of the day, then we are not serious about playing winning football!!*


* I really have no idea if our PA announcer is terrible. I'm sure he's great.
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Recruit Roundup: Johnson runs wild again with 233 yards, 5 TDs

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Recruit Roundup: Johnson runs wild again, with 233 yards, 5 TDs

RB Ronny Johnson now has 400+ yards and nine TDs the last two games. He leads off this week's Recruit Roundup.
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Running back Ronny Johnson somehow one-upped his performance in the last roundup, rushing for five touchdowns last week. I cover his big game, defensive end Jonah Hayes leading his team in tackles, wins from the 2025 and 2026 quarterbacks, and more.
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rowdy Ronny Johnson, running wild for 5 touchdowns.

Do you guys remember when Al Bundy ran for 4 touchdowns in one half in high school?

Those were the days.

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OT: Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake (Atlantic)

Purple Pile Driver
fcmchi said:
What about the integrity of the games? Since it will be almost impossible to monitor every referee/umpire, player, manager/coach betting will be effecting the outcomes of the games. Just a matter of time if it hasn’t happened already.

We NU fans had a taste of gambling changing outcomes in the ‘90’s. Dennis Lundy was caught up in that affair.

He even admitted in 1993 after the Ohio State game at Dyche Stadium to running to the wrong hole on the two point conversion that would have tied the game with almost no time left.

Was that a mistake or intentional so as to keep his legs from getting broken?
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Yes, there will be another scandal. Has been fixing going on for over a century.
NUCat320 said:
@AdamOnFirst , @Purple Pile Driver , were you avid gamblers prior to the launch of free, legal, online outlets?

I’ve had friends who regularly gambled through ‘their guy’ (I never investigated further), but it was mostly football Saturdays and Sundays, considered decisions, never spur of the moment. It was, say, part of the Friday afternoon routine. Weird, not my bag, but not particularly destructive or risky.


The primary problem with ‘the apps’ is that they’re so good at separating you from cash. Changing in-game odds, low-odd parlays, all built to make you feel good for making the bet, whether you win or not. So different from what it looked like ‘traditionally’.

I tend to come from the same place as @TheC*, where limitations on advertising, perhaps allowable bets per day, perhaps types of bets allowed on apps, would probably be good things.





*On most issues, I think I have a similar viewpoint to TheC, except that I don’t call for the OC, the DC, the Head Coach, the PA announcer, and the entire training and equipment management staff to be fired by the end of the first half. When the Cats are bad, it’s gallows humor for me only.
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The vast majority of my current sports gambling consists of fantasy sports betting not actual game play. I am also far more likely to bet player props than individual games. The lines are too good to make money consistenly. However, I believe if you are good at analyzing individual player performance coupled with some basic knowledge of team trends you can win at fantasy and player props.

The key is I NEVER bet more than I can afford to lose and I NEVER chase a losing bet with some in game non sense. It’s a hobby to me not a ways to wealth.
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OT: Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake (Atlantic)

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@AdamOnFirst , @Purple Pile Driver , were you avid gamblers prior to the launch of free, legal, online outlets?

I’ve had friends who regularly gambled through ‘their guy’ (I never investigated further), but it was mostly football Saturdays and Sundays, considered decisions, never spur of the moment. It was, say, part of the Friday afternoon routine. Weird, not my bag, but not particularly destructive or risky.


The primary problem with ‘the apps’ is that they’re so good at separating you from cash. Changing in-game odds, low-odd parlays, all built to make you feel good for making the bet, whether you win or not. So different from what it looked like ‘traditionally’.

I tend to come from the same place as @TheC*, where limitations on advertising, perhaps allowable bets per day, perhaps types of bets allowed on apps, would probably be good things.





*On most issues, I think I have a similar viewpoint to TheC, except that I don’t call for the OC, the DC, the Head Coach, the PA announcer, and the entire training and equipment management staff to be fired by the end of the first half. When the Cats are bad, it’s gallows humor for me only.
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Where we stand post-Washington debacle

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NU is 2-2 after four games, having split in the way that all reasonable Cat fans expected.

Compared to mid-August,
Indiana looks tougher
Maryland looks the same
Wisconsin looks weaker
Iowa probably the same
Purdue looks weaker
OSU and Michigan both look like 1 in 100
Illinois looks better

And, Northwestern looks worse than I expected. I expected some dynamism in the offense, but neither Henning nor Kirtz have made many plays, and the tight ends have regressed, and the line questions have not been answered (or perhaps they have, unsatisfactorily).

ESPN lists Purdue (50/50 matchup predictor) and Wisconsin (56 for the Badgers) as tossups.

Illinois is 70%, Iowa and Maryland and Indiana both 80+.

Lots can change between now and the end of the year, but the fact is that it needs to change in the next 12 days.

I sincerely hope Indiana comes to Evanston 5-0 and ranked. That win would give the Cats nice momentum and nice publicity , and would probably not turn out to be as impressive at season’s end as it seemed at the time.

Getting ahead of myself? Yup.

Go Tigers Go Tigers Go
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