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Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flee-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>

Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flee-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>

Decades later, Morrall watched the film for the first time and was subsequently interviewed about it, and gave an impression that he did not fully realize until he saw the film (which clearly shows his primary receiver uncovered and waiving his arm  near the end zone) that the receiver was so wide-open.<ref name="Morrall"/>

Decades later, Morrall watched the film for the first time and was subsequently interviewed about it, and gave an impression that he did not fully realize until he saw the film (which clearly shows his primary receiver uncovered and waiving his arm  near the end zone) that the receiver was so wide-open.<ref name="Morrall"/> Other than that game, Morrall was a clutch player who won Super Bowl V and had a lifetime record of 63-37-3 as a starter, completing 1,379-of-2,689 passes (51%) for 20,809 yards, 161 touchdowns, and 148 interceptions.<ref>https://www.colts.com/news/former-colts-great-earl-morrall-passes-away-12920587</ref>  He was also the placeholder for the rookie field goal kicker who gave the Colts the victory with 5 seconds left in Super Bowl V.

== See also ==

== See also ==