Books Don’t Always Lose When The Line Moves Win

The books scored a victory on many Saturday college games, but the public came back Sunday to exact some revenge with wins in the Chiefs, Bears, Giants, Colts and 49ers contests.Another week is in the books starting with a washout on Monday.  The book won with the Dallas/Carolina total and of course lost the side with Dallas covering the game and the second half, but the books did pick up the first half Carolina and the under to make it a treat.

Well, books move games as most of you know off of certain groups and pretty much let the masses bet as they want.  That’s why many of those college Vegas reports you guys see on these monster lines moves from 12 to like 8 and the dog covers 8 that the book lost, 100% not true it took a few bets during the week from respected groups that made the line sink down but 75% of the action was taken at the bottom number and most of it on the chalk, that’s just how it works.  I use an illogical number move just to show you the myth that books lose money when line moves win. In the afternoon the house did well with Denver winning late and the Saints game staying under to make Sunday another long wasteful day.

Packers Vs Chiefs Super Bowl 1

The original of these “Super” contests pitted Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers (13-2) in opposition to Hank Stram’s Chiefs (12-2-1) and was played before 61,946 fans in Los Angeles’ 100,000-seat Memorial Coliseum. The television audience for this game is likely to have been about 60 million viewers. The game featured an unlikely hero in Green Bay wide receiver Max McGee. McGee was only a backup and did not receive much playing time. In fact, in 14 games during the 1966 season he had caught only four passes for a total of 91 yards.

Rumor has it that Max had spent most of the previous night out on the town partying and was in no shape to play football, especially a championship game. But he felt secure in knowing the only way he would get into the game was if Boyd Dowler got injured. Just moments after entering the game, he caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Bart Starr to cap off an 80-yard drive that gave the Packers the lead early. On the day, McGee caught seven passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers went on to succeed the first Super Bowl versus the Chiefs, 35-10.

Rebuilding the Chiefs

For quite sometime, the Kansas Chiefs haven’t been performing well and there are currently on the path to rebuilding their team. One of their first move to turn their organization around is to recruit the Arizona Cardinals’ offensive coordinator, Todd Haley, as their head coach.

While Todd Haley is a great addition to their team, there still is a lot to do to improve the team. It’s just a beggining of a team rehabilitation program.

Another thing that they have to deal with is running back Larry Johnson. They still don’t know what to do with him, and a trade would be difficult. His age, along with what comes with him off the field would make him of less value, and the Chiefs wouldn’t get much in return. A better option for them would probably to release him.

They also need to fill the quarterback position. They have the number 3 pick, so they would be able to get someone like Mark Sanchez. If ever Tom Brady is able to play, then they probably have a chance of getting Matt Cassell.

Why Have You Forsaken me?

It has been a big question so far whether or not Kurt Warner would continue to play football. He’s been aching to retire for quite a while now, and every little thing could push him to do so.

The Cardinals had a great ‘08 season. For the first time in history, they have reached to Superbow but the problem is that it might take a long time for them to return. One of the most important pieces that made them so successful was offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Now, he was hired by the Kansas Chiefs as their new head coach.

As a quarterback, it’s important that you get along with the offensive coordinator you are working with. Especially if you’re a veteran like Warner, it would be difficult to adjust your game according to someone else’s style. Warner says that he wouldn’t want to take a step back and that if ever he retires, the departure of Haley wouldn’t be the main reason, but surely a big factor in his decision.

Hopefully all goes well for the Cardinals because as of now, it seems as though they are slowly losing their personell, in spite of having the most cap room in the NFC.

New Head Chief

Just like with everything, we have to move on and look if there are greener pastures out there.  The Cardinals had an amazing run last season, and it was thanks to their unstoppable offense. This could easily attributed to Warner, Fitzgerald, Boldin, and the others but the one that had orchestrated it all it non other than offensive coordinator Todd Haley.

It was during the NFC championships that we witnessed how fired up Haley can get, when he had a moment with Boldin; but that’s ok and it’s all part of the game. Now that the Superbowl is over, everyone is hiring galore.

For the past 2 seasons, the Kansas Chiefs have only won 6 games and are looking to rebuild their team. One of their moves is to hire Todd Haley as their head coach. This is a great idea, considering what he had shown the NFL during the last few seasons, and he will be enough to turn around the  Chiefs.

So what will become of the Cardinals? It really is difficult to say at this point in time. Hopefully Warner does not retire, and Boldin does not leave the team when his contract expires in two years.