I find it hard to believe a 17 pt favorite would give away a Championship. If not fixed….inept?
Joe Namath and the Jets did not play that well
Maybe inept, but fixing usually does not involve the whole team. If it's football, then you bribe kickers, WRs, and the QB.
Okay, I skimmed the first half looking for key plays. The most famous seems to be the flea flicker. The Colt receiver was, apparently, wide open (they didn't show how wide he was open because, I guess, instant replay was not used much by the broadcasters). But the play by play guy said Orr (the WR) was on the ten yard line and could have walked in. Instead, the Colt QB Earl throws it to an apparently blanketed receiver. It's gets picked off.
It was speculated that QB Earl Morall did not see his wide open receiver (Orr) because the Florida A&M marching band was in the end zone. The speculation was that the band was wearing blue just like the Colt receiver was wearing blue, so Orr was lost against the same color back drop. I say baloney because I watched this several times. The marching was NOT wearing blue. They were wearing RED.
Another thing. I replayed the flea flicker several times. Morrall did not even look the way of his wide open receiver. He was looking the entire time at his blanketed receiver, but he throws the ball anyway.
One more. I saw one series where the Colts were in the red zone. It was the one in five where they did not score. They attempted a 27 yard field goal. If I remember right, the kicker is on the right hash, meaning he needs to angle the kick. He doesn't angle it. He actually kicked the ball so straight that he was sure to miss it. I'm guessing that if he was a fixer, then he'd be scared to even come close. That is why he was so far off. It looked blatant. It was a lousy 27 yarder missed by a mile. Come on.
I am going to look some more. I'm not saying those plays confirm suspicions, but it does look ridiculous. Til later...
