With all the betting and huge sums of money involved in college sports, I am beginning to wonder about the integrity of the game. Further, with some player making big money though NILs, others, at less underwritten universities, want to get their 'share' or the prize. The integrity of the game comes into question.

The latest example of my and my friends scratching out heads here in PA, was the Penn State SMU game.

The SMU quarterback on the first drive, on fourth down in the red zone, had two great options. 1. Hit a guy wide open at the goal line. 2. Run for the first down. He threw the ball brutally behind the receiver....no score....change of possession and big momentum swing.

Oh well just a bad throw from a good quarterback...it happens.

Next possession...he has a man WIDE open about 3 yards down field. He throw the ball 4 yards to his right into the arms of a PSU linebacker for a easy pick six.

We begin to wonder.

A possession (or two) later, and equally bad throw with two other receivers wide open....another pick 6.

The man was literally responsible for a 21 point swing in the first quarter....game over. I wonder what his teammates were thinking.

Anyway, one wonders about the integrity of the game....sadly

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Martha, I see what you're what you're getting at, but given that Pedo, er, Penn St were heavy favorites, wouldn't it be more suspicious if the Penn St QB was throwing up lollipops since the big money would be on SMU winning outright?

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And I'm not sure if the SMU Texas boys were used to playing in that Penn St. cold front.

Heck, I'm not even sure SMU is used to playing that level of talent, as I'm not sure what conference they're used to playing in and then had an extremely weak ACC schedule in their first season in the ACC.

As these Super Conferences are brand new and we saw SMU and Indiana both get into the playoffs on surprising easy schedules.

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I would urge you to a watch the replay of those plays. I would think a puckered up Jr.HS player could have made those throws.

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