Boise State rolls over Toledo

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09/17/2011 - Toledo, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kellen Moore went into the Glass Bowl and broke Toledo's spirit, throwing for a robust 455 yards and five touchdowns to carry No. 4 Boise State to a 40-15 victory.

Moore completed 32-of-42 passes and connected with Tyler Shoemaker on three scores. Doug Martin had 192 yards from scrimmage and a TD for the Broncos (2-0), who had nearly two weeks to prepare for the road tilt following their win over nationally-ranked Georgia.

Adonis Thomas ran for 65 yards and a touchdown for upset-minded Toledo (1-2), while Terrance Owens passed for 201 yards with an interception in defeat.

The Rockets, coming off a heart-breaking 27-22 loss at Ohio State, were facing the highest-ranked team ever to visit the Glass Bowl.

They shot out of the gate poised for an upset, forcing a three-and-out and scoring on their first touch on a well-designed screen play for Danny Noble, who went untouched on a 24-yard pitch and catch.

A successful fourth-down conversion halted Toledo's momentum and extended Boise State's next drive, which ended in Shoemaker's 26-yard score.

The Broncos gave the Rockets a taste of their own medicine a little later, as Martin took a short screen and turned it upfield en route to a 71-yard touchdown.

It stayed 13-6 -- thanks to errant extra points by both teams -- until the Broncos scored in the final minute of the second quarter. Moore nearly fumbled into the end zone on 2nd-and-goal from the two, as replay showed the Heisman Trophy hopeful to be down by contact before he coughed up the ball. On the next play from the one, Moore threw a jump ball in the right corner of the end zone that Shoemaker snagged.

Toledo managed a 35-yard Ryan Casano field goal before the halftime gun, and stopped the visitors on downs early in the third quarter.

Owens led the Rockets down the field and in position to score, but a tipped ball wound up in the hands of Chase Baker for an interception at the Boise State 11-yard line.

Moore then went to work, hitting 6-of-7 passes for 60 yards on the ensuing march, including a 12-yard touchdown to Kyle Efaw with 6 1/2 minutes left in the third.

Jermaine Robinson's interception and 60-yard return gave Toledo life later on, but Austin Dantin fumbled the ball away inside the Broncos' 10.

Shoemaker's third touchdown, a 17-yarder over the middle, essentially sealed the outcome, though Thomas and Drew Wright exchanged TD runs of one and eight yards, respectively, to cap the scoring.

Game Notes

This is the 10th-consecutive Boise State class to win 40-or-more games during their career...The previous highest ranked opponent to visit the Glass Bowl was No. 9 Pittsburgh in 2003...The Rockets had been 4-0 at home against teams ranked in the top-25.

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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.


That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.

A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."

It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.

The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.

So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."

Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't. Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.

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Seriously.

The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.

The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.

Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."

The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.

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