VEGAS UPDATE!
In a statement on ABC News a Nevada Power Company offical said "there was no report of a motorist damaging any Nevada Power transformer." Lights outside the football field remained on as a soccer field in the complex was being used at the same time and was not effected by the power outage that ended the UNLV/Wisconsin football game. Local television reporters say that they will investigate further.
WAS THE FIX IN?
A rare NO ACTION bet occurred Saturday and people in Las Vegas are crying foul play. With over 30,000 Wisconsin fans in Las Vegas for the Badgers game with UNLV the Vegas sportsbooks were overwhelmed with Wisconsin money. Possibly the 'most one-sided action of the year' was how a sportsbook manager put it to me before the game. Then with Wisconsin in the lead 27-7 with 7:59 to go, the lights went out. Apparently, a motorist crashed into a transformer outside the Stadium and the rest of the game was cancelled because of darkness. The Nevada Sportsbooks rules state that a football contest must go at least 55 minutes to be official. Upon learning the sad news many of the
Wisconsin backers were screaming 'FIX'. What should be fixed is the UNLV
quarterbacking situtation where highly touted Jason Thomas fumbled three
times and threw two interceptions in the Rebels first six possessions in the first half.