Ultimate Bad Beat
For those people that bet on college football, last Saturday's Utah/USC game was the ultimate in bad beats. USC was favored by 8 for most of the week leading up to the game. The lines I saw were 8, 8½, and 9.
Late in the game, the score was 17-14 USC. Utah was lining up for a game-tying field goal. If Utah makes it, the games goes into overtime and Utah is going to beat the spread (even if they lost in OT, they would most likely lose by less than 8 - I guess it would be technically possible for them to lose by 8, but then it's a push). If Utah misses the field goal, they lose by 3 and beat the spread. It was blocked, and USC ran the block back for a touchdown as the clock ran out. That makes the score 23-14, and USC covers. Except all the USC players run onto the field and get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and the ref says the touchdown doesn't count. So the game ends 17-14 with Utah beating the spread.
But that's not the end of the story. A couple hours after the game, the Pac-12 conference comes out and says that the touchdown should have counted. So they said that the final score was 23-14. USC covers.
But think about the possibilities. Some casinos started paying out the Utah tickets and after the final score changed, continue paying the Utah tickets. Some casinos switched and payed the USC tickets (how many people tossed their tickets when the TD was taken away?) Off shore casinos can basically make their own rules and ended up deciding that the TD counted (rumor has it that there was more money on Utah, so that's why they flipped - it helped their bottom line).
Late in the game, the score was 17-14 USC. Utah was lining up for a game-tying field goal. If Utah makes it, the games goes into overtime and Utah is going to beat the spread (even if they lost in OT, they would most likely lose by less than 8 - I guess it would be technically possible for them to lose by 8, but then it's a push). If Utah misses the field goal, they lose by 3 and beat the spread. It was blocked, and USC ran the block back for a touchdown as the clock ran out. That makes the score 23-14, and USC covers. Except all the USC players run onto the field and get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and the ref says the touchdown doesn't count. So the game ends 17-14 with Utah beating the spread.
But that's not the end of the story. A couple hours after the game, the Pac-12 conference comes out and says that the touchdown should have counted. So they said that the final score was 23-14. USC covers.
But think about the possibilities. Some casinos started paying out the Utah tickets and after the final score changed, continue paying the Utah tickets. Some casinos switched and payed the USC tickets (how many people tossed their tickets when the TD was taken away?) Off shore casinos can basically make their own rules and ended up deciding that the TD counted (rumor has it that there was more money on Utah, so that's why they flipped - it helped their bottom line).
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