Orten gross passing yards...how many?

American · Dec 31, 2004

I played Orten's gross passing yards over 280.5. Yahoo had him at 273, so I thought I lost, but now I see ESPN has him throwing for 281. Does anyone know how they are grading that one?

assassin · Dec 31, 2004

under is the winner.

cbs sportsline

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American · Dec 31, 2004

Thanks.

assassin · Jan 1, 2005

error seems to be blamed on ESPN showing the wrong yardage of 283 (which was copied by Don Best)

Run the play by play and you get 271 at CBS and 273 at ESPN (espn credit +1 yard on the 3rd completion shtat was actuall -1 yard)

Amazingly 12 reception show different yardage between ESPN and CBS, but they all cancel out (except the -1/+1) for 271 or 273.

later

American · Jan 1, 2005

Thanks Assassin. Those bastards at ESPN gave me false hope. I should sue them. They hurt me in a way.

lander · Jan 1, 2005

ESPN has done that to me a few times with SCORES. I had a college game at +3.5 and those dumba*sses show the final 77-72, then it turns out it was really 77-74. The also suck for NFL stats -- use NFL.com for those.

bastards.

American · Jan 1, 2005

They probably due that intentionally from time-to-time, just to jerk off the gamblers, who are 95% of their audience. What a coincidence that it always is on a game that is on the spread.