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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2988714

My first thoughts when I heard of these allegations were “You mean he could have covered even more?”  Gradkowski is one of my favorite college players, a monster vs. the pointspread, and a guy that I wagered on quite a bit at Toledo.  In all games Gradkowski started from 03-05, he logged an 18-13-3 ATS mark, including a 14-9-2 mark in conference play.  He’s from my neck of the woods (Pittsburgh), and of course, he’s now in the NFL as a backup, after starting as a rookie in Tampa.  I remember that Fresno game very vividly, as I received word from a friend who knew a family friend that told me that the doctor simply wouldn’t clear Gradkowski to play.  I even shared it with some of you shortly before the line started to adjust.    The game was a Tuesday or Wednesday game, and Toledo had the previous week off.   The injury happened late in the previous game 10 days before, and it was a foregone conclusion that it was a mild concussion  and he would play.  Appears now that the injury is being investigated. 

While they’re at it, I’d like to ask the Feds to take a look at the Norhtern Illinois game, in late ‘05 when Gradkowski, in his last home game played his worst game ever as a Toledo QB, losing by 18 as 9.5 pt. chalk (unfortunately I was on board for that one!)