Worst Gambling Bad Beats Of The Weekend

[HacheMan]

[h=1]Worst gambling 'bad beats' of the weekend[/h]Rob Nelson

Rob Nelson of ESPN Stats & Information revisits the worst of the bad beats from the weekend's gambling action.
Note: Closing lines are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and pick percentages are via Wunderdog sports.

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[h=2]Saturday[/h]Tulsa Golden Hurricane at East Carolina Pirates
Closing line: East Carolina minus-14
There was an even split of action on this game, and the 50 percent of bettors who took East Carolina are wishing that they had been on the other side. While the Pirates shut Tulsa out through three quarters, they couldn't stop them when it mattered in the fourth.
East Carolina led 23-0 entering the final quarter but allowed Tulsa to score the next 10 points, cutting its lead down to 13. The Pirates needed to respond if they were going to cover, and James Summers did just that. Summers' six-yard touchdown run put East Carolina up 20 with 1:23 left. All the Pirates needed to do was keep the Golden Hurricane out of the end zone.
That was easier said than done. Tulsa's Dane Evans had been held without a touchdown pass all game until he connected with Keyarris Garrett for a 47-yard score. That touchdown, along with Redford Jones' extra point, cost East Carolina backers the cover.
Final score: East Carolina 30, Tulsa 17 (Tulsa covers)

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TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa State Cyclones
Closing line: TCU minus-21, Over/under 68.5
It seemed like the 22 percent of bettors who wagered on Iowa State and the 72 percent who bet on the over were on the right side. Unfortunately for them, the "right side" is not always the winning side.
The Cyclones led 21-14 in the first quarter and were covering by 28 points. Not only that, but it was looking like the total might go over in the first half. It didn't. The scoring slowed down in the second quarter, and TCU led 24-21 at halftime. Still, both Iowa State plus-21 and over-68.5 were looking good as the first half came to a close.
Iowa State drove into TCU territory on every one of its second-half possessions, but the Cyclones didn't score on any of them. The third-ranked Horned Frogs outscored Iowa State 21-0 after halftime, and the first quarter proved to be a tease for those who bet on either Iowa State or the over.
Final score: TCU 45, Iowa State 21 (TCU covers and game goes under)

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Arizona State Sun Devils at Utah Utes
Closing line: Over/under 51.5
After three quarters, Utah was in danger of being upset by Arizona State, and the 35 percent of bettors who took the under were feeling good. That all changed in the fourth quarter.
The fourth-ranked Utes took control of the game in the final 15 minutes, turning a four-point deficit into a nine-point lead. With Utah leading 27-18, the total was at 45 and those who bet on the under needed to avoid a late Arizona State touchdown. When the Sun Devils turned it over on downs with 1:33 left, it looked like that late touchdown would indeed be avoided.
All Utah had to do to run out the clock was to get a first down, but on third-and-five, Devontae Booker got well more than that -- taking it 62 yards to the house for a touchdown. It marked the second-longest rush of Booker's career. Andy Phillips nailed the extra point and the total went over by half a point.
Final score: Utah 34, Arizona State 18 (game goes over)

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[h=2]Sunday[/h]New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts
Closing line: Patriots minus-8.5
No game had more action on it than this Sunday Night tilt, with 82 percent of bettors taking the Patriots to cover. Why wouldn't you take New England in this spot? Not only had Andrew Luck never beaten the Patriots in four tries (including playoffs), but the Colts had also failed to cover in all of those games.
After trailing by one at halftime, the Patriots scored on their opening drive in the second half and took control of the game when Tom Brady hooked up withLeGarrette Blount for an 11-yard score early in the fourth. With just over three minutes left, the Patriots, leading by 13, needed just one more stop to preserve the cover.
New England had stymied the Colts' offense in the second half, having not allowed Indianapolis to score since the 2:38 mark of the second quarter. The Colts broke loose on their last drive of the game when Luck found Griff Whalenin the end zone with 1:19 left. Whalen's first touchdown since 2013 left New England backers feeling quite deflated.
Final score: Patriots 34, Colts 27 (Colts cover)

 

[Enfuego]

How about Temple -20? Score with about 1:15 to go to cover the 20 and you guessed it...a holding call that brought it back. Temple then took a knee.

 

[loomis41973]

Wouldnt call any of them bad beats

 

[wilbur]

Giants +3 1st half.
Stay tuned

 

[Illini]

Pats was a bad beat? LOL

 

[RunMaker]

these are always good threads.

sometimes tips us off to future games.

 

[M.Saracen]

Michigan ML the worst I've seen in years.

Seahawks ML in teasers was rough.

 

[Illini]

Were the Giants a bad beat? Should have been up 17-0 minimum. The whole concept of bad beats is dumb.

 

[TheFunkMonkey]

A wild scene in Vegas after Michigan-Michigan State
7h - COLLEGE FOOTBALL


David Purdum, ESPN Staff Writer


The reactions in Ann Arbor and Las Vegas to the wild Michigan State-Michigan ending Saturday night were equally awesome.


We'll start in Vegas, where a bettor at Sunset Station's sportsbook was left digging through the trash for his Spartans ticket; a $30,000 money-line bet on the Wolverines turned into garbage and a $50 eight-team parlay that included Michigan State on the money line turned into $11,000.


"I was out in the book and a guest yelled, 'Oh my god, I threw my ticket away,'" said Sunset Station sportsbook director Chuck Esposito, who didn't think the bet was that big, but didn't know the exact amount. "I did see him in line a short time later, cashing with a big smile."


Esposito said it was standing room only in his book when Michigan State's Jalen Watts-Jackson returned a fumbled punt snap for the winning touchdown on the final play of the game.


"I can't remember the book being as loud for a non-championship game in any sport," Esposito told Chalk on Sunday. "If you think the crowd in Michigan was loud, you should have been in our books. Many guests are still talking about it today."


Michigan was around a 7-point favorite and nearly 1-3 favorite on the money line at most Las Vegas books. The point spread was not impacted when Watts-Jackson scored the winning TD, but a bevy of money-line bets were in play, and the bulk -- but not all -- of them were on Sparty at better than 2-1 odds.


At the Mirage sportsbook, Jay Rood, vice president of MGM race and sports, heard the crowd erupt all the way in the back office. ESPN.com's Andrew Feldman was on the scene and joked that, judging by the crowd's reaction, he was one of five Michigan fans in the room at the Mirage. The rest were Spartan supporters, some more heavily invested than others. A $20,000 money-line bet on Michigan State paid around $50,000, in addition to multiple four- and five-figure money-line bets on the Spartans, and took a significant chunk out of the book's bottom line on Saturday.


"We were going to lose, because the sharp play was on plus-7.5, and [Michigan State] was going to cover," said Rood, who was in the back office of the Mirage sportsbook when the play happened. "But once we gave up the money line, it pressed it a good six figures above that. We went from [losing] a little bit to taking a pretty bad loss."


At William Hill's Nevada sportsbook, 93 percent of money-line bets were on Michigan State, causing a "bad, but not devastating" hit, according to director of trading Nick Bogdanovich.


The majority of bets at CG Technology's sportsbook were on Michigan State plus the points, but a mid-five-figure bet on the Wolverines to win straight up evened the book out a little bit.


"Essentially, he bet like $30,000 to win $10,000 [on Michigan]," Jason Simbal, CG Technology vice president of race and sports, said. "We needed Michigan to cover or Michigan State to win [straight up]. That ended up actually helping us.'


Simbal said the Alabama-Texas A&M game was a bigger decision for the book and was on the biggest TV in the back office at the M Resort sportsbook, but the reaction from the crowd in the book made everyone turn their attention to the Michigan-Michigan State ending. Among those celebrating was a bettor who added Michigan State on the money line to a $50, eight-team parlay that paid $11,000.


Ed Salmons, head oddsmaker at the Westgate SuperBook, said he wasn't watching the ending either, but he certainly heard it.


"I'm in the back, way in the back, and it was unbelievable," Salmons said.


Hugh Citron, oddsmaker at the Stratosphere, said he heard a loud yell in his book. Bismarck Leon, sportsbook manager at the Rio, said the public was heavy on the Michigan State money line at his shop.


"When Michigan State scored on the final play, the crowd went insane," Leon said.


There was more disbelief than pandemonium in the press box at a stunned Michigan Stadium.


"I'm not sure anyone sitting up there was exactly sure what had just happened in the moment," said Nick Baumgardner, Michigan beat writer for MLive Media Group, who was the press box on deadline. "I remember hearing someone shout, 'I think this guy's going to score.' Then someone else shouted, 'There's no time left on the clock.' Then about 30 people shouted, 'What the hell even happened?'"


Jim Harbaugh knows the feeling.


While Michigan State's miracle win hurt multiple Vegas books, the Wolverines losing helped futures odds. After opening at 100-1 before Jim Harbaugh was hired, Michigan was one of the most popular bets to win the national championship. The Wolverines, along with Texas A&M and LSU, were the only three teams that would cost CG Technology money on their odds to win the national championship, Simbal said.


The Wolverines were 10-1 to win the national championship at the SuperBook entering the weekend, but dropped back to 60-1 after the last-second loss. Michigan State improved to 10-1 this week.

http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id...cene-las-vegas-michigan-state-michigan-ending

 

[Willie99]

Pats was a bad beat? LOL

they "took the air out of the ball" after going up 13 with 12+ minutes to go. Three strait 3 and outs, the Colts broke through on their 4th and final opportunity

and what led to the 4th opportunity? the Colts may not have gotten that chance save for a delay of game penalty on 2nd and 4

The Colts had an awful fake punt, the Pats gave up a fluke pick six

The Pats dominated the game statistically until they laid down, with the Colts evening things up against the 3 man rush "prevent" defense in the final minutes

Pats attempted one pass, incomplete, after going up 13. Ran 8 out of 9 plays. Very much out of character for them, they're usually passing regardless of score.


Not an awful beat, nowhere close to a worst ever beat, but a bad beat none the less

 

[Willie99]

every week I seem to have a game on that list

 

[Willie99]

PS: from 3 minutes left in the 2nd qtr until 5 minutes left in the game, the Colts amassed 39 yards and 3 first downs

or

the entire 2nd half they amassed 40 yards and 3 first downs until there was less than 5 minutes left and they trailed by 13

 

[Willie99]

I own another one, sure to make this list

Auburn +7, loses by 8 in the 4th OT after driving 50 yards ish in the last 30 seconds of regulation to kick a FG and send it into OT to begin with (I can't even count how many times one stop ended that game)

I make this list, compiled by ESPN else, each and every week I swear

 

[HuskerFan1]

that was by far the worst of the day but if you had indiana that wasnt pretty either. that final score might be the most misleading ive ever seen.

UMASS was pretty bad as well big dog leading big early and then just an avalanche of points for toledo

today was one of those days

 

[Enfuego]

MTSU/LT Over 63

Score at half was 35-10.

They scored 16 in the 2H.

 

[SundayTiger]

I own another one, sure to make this list

Auburn +7, loses by 8 in the 4th OT after driving 50 yards ish in the last 30 seconds of regulation to kick a FG and send it into OT to begin with (I can't even count how many times one stop ended that game)

I make this list, compiled by ESPN else, each and every week I swear

Tough to lose like that in OT. The Stanford/USC game, when Luck was there, ended in 3OT and USC won by 8. I had Stanford +7.5 that day, will never forget that one.

 

[Daigo23]

UMASS... up by 18 at HT and lost by 16...spread was +14.5

 

[tanner12oz]

that was by far the worst of the day but if you had indiana that wasnt pretty either. that final score might be the most misleading ive ever seen.

UMASS was pretty bad as well big dog leading big early and then just an avalanche of points for toledo

today was one of those days

we had Toledo in the contest I wrote it off at the half..

 

[RenoChazz]

How about Florida State moneyline?

 

[Redagger029]

How about Florida State moneyline?

+1 ... that would be me.