Houston paid a visit to Marshall last night. This visit should, without a doubt, be investigated by the NCAA and the bookmaking authorities!

Some of you may think, "well, this guy just always thinks someone is rigging a game or there is some sort of fix all the time." Well, this is NOT a coincidence.  Tennis players were investigated for unordinary patterns in wagering and results. An NBA referee has been charged with contributing to the result of the NBA game. Why aren't more of these things looked at? They are most certainly happening!

Look below. You will see the line and total from last night's Houston/Marshall game.  For those of you that don't quite understand it, the leftmost is where the line/total started, and the rightmost is where it ended. You can clearly see a big drop in the total for the game and all of this on the day of the game. The total went from 62.5 on gameday to 60.5. This means there was heavy money being put on the under.

Now, it's gametime! Let's take my DVR and just fast forward to the 4th quarter with 2:25 remaining. Houston is down 37-23 and Marshall has received the ball at Houston's 39-yard line. Keep in mind, Houston is only down two touchdowns, is very capable of throwing bombs, and has three timeouts remaining.

Marshall runs the ball on 1st down. No timeout is called. Marshall runs the ball on 2nd down, no timeout is called. Marshall runs the ball on 3rd down, no timeout is called, now with 1:14 remaining and 4th down coming up.  Houston lets the clock run and Marshall turns the ball over on downs.

Houston still has 45 seconds left to go. Let's throw a deep pass, try to score and onside it... No.  Houston runs two draw plays and the game is over. Houston walks off the field with three timeouts to use in the locker room.

Anyone remember the total again? Bet down to 60.5. The game ends on 60. 

How a team like Houston that is a scoring machine cannot call one timeout in the end is ridiculous. How Houston can run draw plays down two touchdowns with a little time left is ridiculous. How this game is not being investigated by the NCAA and whomever else is just more ridiculous.

First it was versus Pittsburgh... Now it was at Washington.  Twice Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel has called suspect plays. Extremely suspect to those of you out there (and I know there is many) that like to bet that thing called "the spread!"

September 14, 2008 the Browns were at home taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Pittsburgh had a 10-3 lead with 3:21 remaining in the game. It was 4th and 7 from the Steelers 20 for the Browns after a seven minute drive. Now, remember, it's 10-3. You need to score a touchdown. What does Romeo do? He kicks a field goal. It's now 10-6. Oh, and by the way, the spread was CLE +6.5.  Can someone else explain to me what a field goal does in that situation? You're not setting up for another field goal, because you'd still lose by a point. When you are down at your opponents 20 yard line, and you haven't been down there much all night, there is no excuse but to try and tie the game with so little time remaining. The only one I could find was.... to cover the spread...

...and then there was October 19th!

The Browns make a trip to D.C to take on the Washington Redskins. Cleveland trails 14-3 with 5:47 remaining in the contest. The Browns have the ball at the Redskins 3-yard line, after getting stuffed 3 straight plays. You need 11 points to tie this game... That's a touchdown with the two-point conversion, AND a field goal. Romeo Crennel decides let's go for the touchdown after already getting denied three straight plays instead of kicking the field goal which we need anyways. Oh, wait a minute... the Vegas oddsmakers made it Cleveland +7.  If we kick a field goal, it will only be 14-6, and that won't cover the seven!!! We can't do that! So let's go for it. They get stopped again.

Just eleven seconds later, Cleveland recovers the ball on a Clinton Portis fumble. A repeat situation... the Browns get stuffed three straight plays. There is now 2:44 remaining and to stay alive the Browns at least need a field goal. But, nope, Romeo needs to cover, so let's try for the TD again! Derek Anderson wound up throwing a pass in the endzone to Cribbs good for six!

The Browns scored and Romeo covered....again.

Manny Ramirez could have been off the field... Manny Ramirez could have been out of the dugout and most likely not even seen until next season. Instead, the Philadelphia Philles took the high road and are showing they can still take down the Dodgers even with Manny.

Let me set this up for you. Game Three of the NLCS. Tension is rising when Shane Victorino almost gets clobbered in the head with a fastball. While the inning comes to an end, both benches empty and Manny gets in the middle of things... Screaming who knows what! Well, I am sure we can all assume he was saying some beautiful words directed at certain Phillies.

The next time Manny Ramirez stepped into the batters box, we all could have heard the words, "Gone!" It just wouldn't have been a Ramirez HR. It would have been home plate umpire Mike Everitt speaking to Manny Ramirez and Phillies pitcher J.A Happ. 

There is no doubt in my mind that Manny Ramirez would have charged the mound if pitcher J.A. Happ was directed to throw at him.  Manny would have been gone for the rest of the NLCS, and the Phillies would have lost J.A. Happ.  Instead though, the Phillies took the high-road and just let it go.

There would have been critics galore ripping Charlie Manuel, manager of the Phillies, for instructing such an operation with the clear knowledge of the end result.  Now, he only has one critic saying, "what if?"

In the end, Charlie Manuel may get his wish: No Manny in the dugout after Game 5. For that matter, no other Dodgers either. The Phillies can head to the World Series on Wednesday night.