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The evidence is overwhelming that Super Bowl III was fixed by [[gambling|gamblers]] and yet the [[NFL]] did nothing to investigate.  The New York Jets were 18-point underdogs and the heavily favored Baltimore Colts had lost only 1 game in its last 31, including a 34-0 rout of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game.  Some consider this Colts team to have been the greatest ever.<ref name="Morrall">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kjq7mOQZk</ref>
 
The evidence is overwhelming that Super Bowl III was fixed by [[gambling|gamblers]] and yet the [[NFL]] did nothing to investigate.  The New York Jets were 18-point underdogs and the heavily favored Baltimore Colts had lost only 1 game in its last 31, including a 34-0 rout of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game.  Some consider this Colts team to have been the greatest ever.<ref name="Morrall">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kjq7mOQZk</ref>
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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 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>
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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>
    
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"/>
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