There is no way that Nantz, Packer, or for that matter any CBS announcer covering March Madness will ever mention the pointspread. This is college hoops. How many pointspread scandals have there been in the last decade, at least a handful. This is the entitiy that wants to ban pointspreads from all newspapers. They strictly instruct CBS not to mention any pointspread related matters. They want to make it seem pure. In fact, I would not be surprised if not mentioning a pointsprad is written into the television contract.
Anyway, it was not meant to be a flippant remark, rather just the real facts of the game.
Anyway, it was not meant to be a flippant remark, rather just the real facts of the game.
Mosi: I agree he was just trying to make comment about the real facts of the game as he saw them...and I agree that he wasn't trying to make a flippant remark. By definition, a flippant remark isn't planned. That's what makes it flippant.
The fact is he was saying it was over before it was over. Obviously, after the fact, everyone points to the fact it covered the spread, but really it's more than that. It was highly unlikely, but what if a foul happened during Duhon's shot? The refs could have given Duke a foul shot and in essense the chance at a four-point play to force overtime. Or what if a UConn coach or player ran on the floor to celebrate their win and was given a technical foul?
And no one can honestly say that neither of those scenarios is impossible. If you think that, go ask Dwayne Rudd or Joe Pisarcik/Larry Csonka or the Stanford band or the Kentucky football team that lost to LSU two seasons ago (and the CBS crew that posted the final score with UK winning)...need I go on?
bigbaddy04: Every Duke winner I've talk to has said they know they got lucky with the last shot...that's pretty obvious (though there's no reason to be belittling them like that since they were on the right side most of the game), but UConn bettors would have been far more luckier to cover the way the game went. They barely got clear of the number for the final 11 seconds before Duhon's shot, and somehow their backers feel they got robbed? It doesn't add up to me.
The fact is he was saying it was over before it was over. Obviously, after the fact, everyone points to the fact it covered the spread, but really it's more than that. It was highly unlikely, but what if a foul happened during Duhon's shot? The refs could have given Duke a foul shot and in essense the chance at a four-point play to force overtime. Or what if a UConn coach or player ran on the floor to celebrate their win and was given a technical foul?
And no one can honestly say that neither of those scenarios is impossible. If you think that, go ask Dwayne Rudd or Joe Pisarcik/Larry Csonka or the Stanford band or the Kentucky football team that lost to LSU two seasons ago (and the CBS crew that posted the final score with UK winning)...need I go on?
bigbaddy04: Every Duke winner I've talk to has said they know they got lucky with the last shot...that's pretty obvious (though there's no reason to be belittling them like that since they were on the right side most of the game), but UConn bettors would have been far more luckier to cover the way the game went. They barely got clear of the number for the final 11 seconds before Duhon's shot, and somehow their backers feel they got robbed? It doesn't add up to me.
