J. J. in Phila
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Boxing is the sport we usually associate with gambling because it only takes one boxer to fix a fight. A college football team, by contrast, will play around 35 players during a game. Unless a star player is on the take, a fix is unreliable.
Plus, even if an organized crime syndicate had its hooks in a star player or coach at Penn State, Paterno would have pulled the player or overruled the coach if he was not performing well. Paterno wanted win (perhaps too much). So I think we can safely rule out gambling. JMO.
I'll save all my sports questions for you.
There were some point shaving scandals in other sports, but I didn't see any with college or professional football.
Edit: I found one in the NFL in 1946.