re: Professional sports being 'fixed' or at least influenced...

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My team won, so no salt here. But I cannot fathom how any sane, rational human being who watched the SECC couldnt recognize a hand in the officiating of that game. It still amazes me that our guys didnt just give up after the 1st half

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I get your frustrations with the calls and would have screamed the same thing if they were the other way around. However, outside of the roughing the passer call, I can't think of any calls that weren't replayed to show an infraction. Maybe Auburn got away with infractions that weren't called, but I don't buy that Georgia did nothing wrong to warrant getting those flags.

But Auburn winning would have made it more difficult for Alabama to get into the CFP. It would make more sense for the SEC to influence the game in Georgia's favor for money purposes.

Further, Vegas knew something about Georgia that day and moved the line in your favor. Auburn was up by 30 just three weeks earlier before a late, late touchdown and at best was a pick-em by kickoff. How did Vegas know?

And the game was a 6 point contest in the 4th. Auburn was marching down the field before KJ's fumble. Easily could have been a 1 point game with a last minute drive by Georgia making it a close "pick-em" game like Vegas predicted. And Vegas would have won a lot of money in that scenario if Georgia scored as a lot of the public bet went to Auburn.

So again, how did Vegas know to predict the game that accurately?