Posted on 12/29/2025 12:18:55 PM PST by Red Badger
I’m absolutely flabbergasted, and you will be too.
So, before I started writing for the day, I was looking for value in sports bets just to get a few in before the evening grind. One of the ways that I do this is by scrolling down my Twitter timeline, scanning for numbers and seeing if anything pops. From there, I get all scientific with it, but that’s another story for another day.
I want to tell you what I came across while doing this, and it will absolutely blow your mind. (I actually took a break from looking for bets to get right on this, that’s how insane this is)
There are this Twitter account named @NFL_is_scripted, and there’s only 10 tweets that it’s published, with all of them being connected to Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers. The Broncos ultimately won this game, 24-10.
@NFL_is_scripted started out their short series of tweets saying that it found evidence that the NFL has “scripts” for their games.
We’ve found evidence that the NFL creates “scripts” for how some of their games should go. Here’s what’ll happen in SB50:
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
They then proceed to tweet out what will happen in Super Bowl 50, and you can verify it yourself at ESPN, they literally got everything correct. Mind you, it posted this information (Feb. 1—3, 2016) days before SB50, which was held Feb. 7, 2016.
Broncos kick a field goal
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Brandon McManus kicked a 34-yard field goal — 1/1.
Denver: fumble returned for TD
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Malik Jackson scored a touchdown by recovering a fumble in the end zone — 2/2.
Carolina rushes for a touchdown
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Jonathan Stewart punched in a one-yard touchdown run — 3/3.
Broncos hit a field goal
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Brandon McManus kicked a 33-yard field goal — 4/4.
Broncos hit a field goal
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Brandon McManus kicked a 30-yard field goal — 5/5.
Panthers hit a field goal
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
Graham Gano kicked a 39-yard field goal — 6/6.
Denver rushes for a TD
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 1, 2016
C.J. Anderson scored a 2-yard touchdown run (Broncos also got a two-point conversion) — 7/7.
@NFL_is_scripted also dished out before the Super Bowl that Denver was going to win (8/8) and by a 24-10 score (9/9).
Denver will win.
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 2, 2016
Final score: 24 – 10
— NFL is Rigged (@NFL_is_scripted) February 4, 2016
I don’t even know how to react to this … my mind is completely blown … and quite frankly, I’m starting to think maybe the league is rigged. (And FYI, I couldn’t find any verifiable evidence that any tweets have been deleted. This appears to be a real situation.)
What the hell is going on?
My flabbers are totally gasted!
We May Have Found Evidence That NFL Is Rigged ... Since It Began
Offensive holding and defensive pass interference or defensive holding can be called on EVERY play.
Sometime it’s called, sometimes it isn’t.
Thanks !
referees? Remember Jerry Markbriet? Every time he worked a play off game there was a weird call that swung a game. Convinced me to never bet on a game. I just watch the play of individuals anyway, never team play and outcomes.
I still drive it. Been paid for a decade on...
Look the other way? Maybe to their Bank Account app?
Rigged? I suggest another word which rhymes with "rigged".
My wife swears the Mafia pays them to throw games.............
I wonder how many Refs have bank accounts in the Seychelles or the Grenadines?............
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The outlandish results of the cowboys for the past 30 years are a great indication of rigging. No other NFC team comes close to their level of Charlie Brown exclusion
They are the third most penalized team for the past 20 years.
They are the most penalized team for the past 5.
They are by far the most valuable sports franchise in the world - valued at over 10 billion dollars. All other sports gain championships with money— including the Texas rangers.
For 30 years they almost. . .
and they will definitely next year. ?!?!
ESPN Dallas hater Stephen Smith and prospective Democrat presidential candidate sits with Jerry Jones in his luxury box.
Some weird deal has been made. Romo and Aikman were destroyed by holding penalties against their front lines but statistically were like dak among the best quarterbacks ever. Romo and aikman always get to call nfl games.
I saw the change shortly after all the hubub about head injuries and helmets were redesigns, rules changed. Seemed like a ballet after that.
I think all the actions are actions that happen all the time, and often by the same top players. That so and so would kick a field goal? If that so and so is known as the usual field goal kicker and knowing the likelihood that his team would kick a field goal sometime during the game, it only makes for any easy prediction and not a script. Same for most the other plays I imagine, once you are an experienced watcher and you have the stats.
Then all an X poster has to do for their list is eliminate all the predictions that did not happen and post the list as a script.
And then, there’s the Las Vegas group that controls much of the game.
Super Bowl XLVII, power outage.
I hope Guido didn’t get electrocuted when he chopped through the power lead outside.
Poorly coached teams take a lot of penalties. They wind up out of position a lot, and they aren’t taught the small stuff.
And Stephen A doesn’t hate the Cowboys. ESPN just likes to put him opposite Skip, who slurps the Cowboys incessantly and delusionally. Anybody that ever winds up on TV opposite Bayless sounds like a Cowboys hater just by pointing out that Skip is full of it, because he’s always full of it.
I would comment on this thread if Arizona had a professional football team.
Cowboys have had many coaches in 30 years. They go elsewhere and do great. Magical.
Stephen hates the cowboys and especially cowboys fans. It’s all theater hiding the fact that the cowboys are the nfl despite this charade
This years Dallas KC game was the biggest viewership of a regular season game. Dallas beat last years Super Bowl matchup back to back but alas so close but once again not even n the playoffs. Maybe next year.
La chargers have the highest false starts of any nfl team but have among the lowest total penalties this year. Magic.
NFL knows exactly what it is doing. Great theater. Dallas fans never give up. There is no way 10 billion dollars could do this bad without intentionality. No other sport worldwide has this weird 30 year quality gap.
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