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Toledo Was in the Dark About Point-Shaving

... And the University of Toledo appears to have been just about the only one.A fantastic, exceptionally long and detailed article on the Toledo point shaving investigations and probably scandal from Mike Fish and George Traber at ESPN.com. The article covers so much ground this post won't do it justice, but one aspect...

Point Shaving Can Only Be Limited

Whatever is actually happening in the Toledo point shaving scandal is unclear with charges dropped (for now). It has renewed interest in point shaving and the college games. Some Las Vegas sports gambling experts are suspicious of the Toledo football team's performance in the '05 season. Lopsided betting to one side or...

This Is Why Legal Gambling Helps

Has it really been 7 years since the last misguided attempts by college coaches and the NCAA to try and ban legal gambling on college sports. Cynically, I expect that the Toledo point shaving scandal that is now blossoming will renew calls for the sort of ban. They will cite the gambling on college sports as being the...

Point Shaving at Toledo

I keep going back and forth as to whether point shaving schemes at smaller schools make more or less sense. On the one hand, the programs and the players draw a lot less scrutiny as to the actions. Making it easier for things to come in under the radar. The counter-argument is that these smaller programs hardly see the...

Tick...Tick...Tick...

That sound you hear (suspend disbelief for a moment, please)---it's the 2006 college football season quickly approaching. We are now a mere six days and a few hours from Aug. 31, the new season's genesis. The slate of games' for that Thursday hold only modest promise, but as a true college football nut I'll find a way to...