Top 10 NFL betting screw jobs of 2008

Did you ever match 6 numbers on your lottery ticket, only to find out that the ticket was for next weeks draw?  Did you ever marry the girl of your dreams, only to find out that it was really just a dream.  Did you buy a $1000 Plasma, only to find in on sale the next day at $600?  Well then this threads for you!

Here's are the top 10 NFL betting screw jobs of this years regular season the way I see it.  Keep in mind that these are just ATS screw jobs and not O/U or Money line screw jobs.  The lines I used are the closing lines on the covers NFL scoreboard, so your lines might have been a bit different.

Screw job #10

Week 6: Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans -3

Down by 5, Houston scores a last second game winning touchdown with 3 seconds left, putting them up 29-28. All the need to do is convert a 2-pt conversion for the push....they don't.  Texas win but don't cover.

Screw Job #9

Week 7: San Fransisco 49ers +10 at New York Giants

How do you give up a safety at your own 20 yard line?  San Fran found a way!  49ers down by 10 inside of 5 minutes and has the ball at their own 20 yard line.  Maybe a late drive could result in a cover or a push.  Nope, a QB sack results in a fumble which results in a San Fran  wide receiver coming back to kick the ball out of his own end zone for a safety which results in a 12 point Giant lead/victory,.

Screw Job #8

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Bizzaro Week 16 Lines

Indianapolis Colts -6.5 at Jacksonville Jaguars   I know Indy's the hot team, and Jacksonville is not playing that good at home this season, but why is indy getting so many points?  When was the last time Indy won game game by a touchdown on the road....never.  The Jags have only lost big at home vs good teams like Tennessee and Minnesota (a tough underated road team despite their road record).  Heck the Colts couldn't even cover 6.5 in Cleveland how can't they do it in Jacksonville?   San Fransisco 49ers -5.5 at St. Louis Rams   Really?  Forget their road play, the Rams have been competitive their last 2 at home vs the Fins and Hawks.  Yea the Niners played a couple of good games lately vs the Jets (slumping) and Bills (slumping) but came back down to earth in Miami.   Miami Dolphins -4 at Kansas City Chiefs   Miami's won 3 in a row, the Chiefs are 1-9 in their last 10.  This was a team that was blown out by the Bills at home last month.  They kept it close vs San Diego, but the Chargers aren't really in playoff contention....but the Fins are   New York Jets -5 at Seattle Seahawks   The Jets have been playing bad football the last 3 games.  Seattle's playing better lately especially in their last 2 home games where they've lost close games to Washington and New England.  If the Jets can't win in San Fran, what makes you think the could cover 5 in Seattle?  Better... [More]

Classy's Rules (21-25)

Classy Rule #21:  Systematically Randomize the NHL Draft.  In other words make it so that each team gets the #1 pick once every 30 years, the #2 pick once every 30 years.......the #30 pick once every 30 years.  Why should teams get rewarded with good talent year after year for being lousy year after year.  Is it fair that Detroit gets punished for their success year after year by drafting low every year.  Is it fair that Tampa Bay gets a Stanley cup one year and gets a first overall pick 4 years later (and maybe another one after this year)  Is it fair that the Bluejackets get to draft in the top 8 year after year after year and they get rewarded for making 'mostly' crumby draft picks by giving them more high draft picks.  Is it fair that the core of Pittsburgh's team is built on many years of sucking?  It's a shame that most of these high profile young players end up playing in American cites that don't give a shit about hockey.  Places like Columbus, Atlanta, and Tampa to name a few.

Classy Rule #22: If the TV program doesn't fit the the name of the TV Channel, then it shouldn't be on that channel.  Why is ECW wrestling on the Sci-Fi Channel?  Since when did A&E become the Fox reality TV channel?  Does MTV or Muchmusic air music video's anymore?  And why don't these 24 hour news networks barely report important news?  This sort of leads into my next rule........

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Classy's Rules (16-20)

Classy Rule #16: No more text messaging on sports TV shows.  Have you ever read some of those juvenile messages some of these idiots type up.  - trade Jason Blake for a bag of pucks.....- Only dumb women watch CFL in Toronto, bring on the NFL at Skydome baby.....-Avery should quit the NHL and wrestle in the WWE.  Good lord.  Can't these text messengers find something else better to spend their 50 cents on.  A new brain perhaps?

Classy Rule #17: TLC (The Learning Channel) shouldn't be allowed to air programming during dinner hours.  I don't want to watch 'Man with 200 pound red tumor on his face' while i'm eating Cauliflower.  I don't watch to watch 'Half man half tree' while i'm looking at the outer layer of my baked potato.  And I don't watch to watch white puss flowing out of the arms of the 'The Man Whose Arms Exploded' while i'm eating my New England clam chowder.  I know what you're going to say "why do you just change the damn channel?"  Well I can't, because I just have to stay tuned to see if these circus freaks get cured at the end of the show.

Classy Rule #18: The LA Clippers and LA Lakers must play their home games in different arenas.  Every game should have a home team and a road team.  So which one is really which?  (Don't respond by explaining this to me, cause I already know.  I'm just sayin......)

Classy Rule #19: The CFL needs to change their playo... [More]

Classy's Rules (11-15)

Classy's Rule #11: Get rid of the The Score Television Network please.  Their programming sucks, their in house experts are boring, and their television personalities are irritating to listen to when they're describing sports highlights.  Can somebody tell these idiots that the first rule of comedy is that you have to actually be funny.  If you want to spend more time telling bad jokes and less time talking about sports and describing highlights, go find work somewhere else.

Classy's Rule #12: No more posting In-Game threads on covers.  If you look hard enough there are websites out there that provide up to the second scoring (cbs sportsline, NHL.com, covers scoreboards, etc.)  By the time your finished typing in which team just scored, it's probably old news to everbody else on-line

Classy's Rule #13: Get rid of those Subway commercials involving that dumb monkey.  This the worst, more inncoherrent marketing idea to sell food, that i've ever seen in my life.  It's not trendy, it's not stylish, it's not cool, it's just stupid.  Unless your selling monkey flavored subs, just drop it and go back to the drawing board.

Classy Rule #14: Fans are no longer allowed to vote for starters in any All-Star game.  As of now, the entire NHL Eastern Conference starters are all Montreal Canadians. Yi Jianlian a 10 point, 6 rebound per game player had a good chance of being a starter in the NBA east thanks to the 1.3 billion p... [More]

Classy's Rules (6-10)

Classy's Rule #6: No more 24 hour sports channels in Canada please.  Last August TSN 2 came out and what's the first thing I saw on it....Poker.  What's on the TSN main network at the same time....Poker.  What's on The Score Television Netowrk.......Poker.  What's on Sportsnet......red bull airplane riding.  You know maybe if these sports network would just stick to airing sports instead of Poker, Wrestling, spelling bees and cup stacking, we wouldn't need to put up with so many useless sports channels out there.

Classy's Rule #7: Ben Roethlisberger has give back his superbowl ring.  It's bad enough my Seahawks lost but it's even worse when the mainstream media now says that Ben Roethlisberger is a championship quarter back or that Ben Roethilsberger won the superbowl.....he threw for 123 yards, 2 interceptions, and had a passer rating of 22.6.  That's not winning a superbowl that called leeching off your supporting cast.  And until someone can intelligently explain to me what 'managing a game' means then I am 100% right on this one.   And in case you haven't figured it out, no, I'm still not over it!

Classy's Rule #8: After the opening bell of round 1 rings, UFC fighers are not allowed to touch gloves in the middle of the ring.  I paid 40 bucks for this.  Save the sportsmanship for before and after the fight, and just get on with kicking each other's ass.

Classy's Rule #9: Poker can no longer be con... [More]

Classy's Rules (1-5)

Classy Rule #1: If you havn't made the NFL playoffs in 9 years, you no longer have the right to broadcast your games nationally (Example: Detroit and Thanksgiving)   Classy Rule #2: Stop talking about how a West Coast NFL team has a disadvantage playing in an eastern time zone.  "Well you see Tom it's a 1pm kickoff, that means their body clocks are still stuck on 10am...bla bla bla bla bla..."  You've got 6 days rest in between games, surely you can find time to adjust somewhere within that 144 hour time frame.   Classy Rule #3: Cover's posters can no longer post scantily clad women as their pic anymore.  Yea I get it, you're a man who likes beautiful woman, you're so cool, you were the captain of your high school football team, only the best looking woman are allowed to hang out with you in real life, you're not gay.   Classy Rule #4: When a cover's poster title's his thread "I'm desparate in life, I need winners or else something bad will happen to me".  Don't advise him to stop gambling!  The world needs humor and so do we here at covers.  These types of posters are usually the most funniest to read weather it's their bad financial situaion or their lack of good grammar.  Besides why should Justin TV be the only place where on-line suicides take place.   Classy Rule #5:  Now that the Bengals offically suck, Chad Ocho-Cinco must legally change is last name back to Johnson.  You have... [More]

No more Thanksgiving Football in Detroit Please

Over the past million years, it has been a tradition for Detroit and Dallas to host nationally televised games on Thanksgiving day.  Dallas has a tradition of winning and have had many great hall of fame players and minds like Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, Emmit Smith, Tom Landry, and Jimmy Johnson to name a few.  The Detroit Lions have a history of.....well......nothing lately.  New rule, if you haven't made the playoffs in over 8 years, you not longer get national television coverage...deal?