Moose is loose: top 5 bad beats of the week (Dec 4 – Dec 11)
Written by Brandon Crusan ( @cruz0210 )
#5 Cowboys vs Giants
Closing line Dallas -4.5
Final score New York 37-34
With 5:41 left in the 4th Romo hit Bryant for a 50 yard TD giving dallas a 12 pt lead and all but Icing a cover for dallas backers. Well like we’ve seen so many times before against Dallas what can go wrong, does go wrong. Eli Manning Hit Ballard for a TD with 3 minutes left cutting the lead to 5 leaving Cowboy bettors still looking good but everyone with a Dallas ticket was asking the same question; How will they blow it this week? On 3rd and 6 with 2 minutes left Romo missed a wide open Miles Austin that would have cemented the Dallas cover. Mcbriar then shanks a 33 yard punt, giving Eli great field position, and 6 plays later the G-men had a 37-34 lead that held up for the cover.
#4 Bengals vs Texans
Closing line Cincinnati -2.5 and total 38.5
Final score Houston 20-19
With 2:33 and a 19-13 lead, The only way Bengals bettors could lose was if Rookie QB TJ Yates went 80 yards with 0 timeouts: Guess what, Yates came of age in the River City. With 12 seconds left Cincinnati was called for a questionable PI penalty that gave Houston the ball on the 6 yard line. On the next Play Yates hit Kevin Walter for a TD and a Houston outright win that also put the game over the total.
#3 Ball St vs Butler (College Hoops)
Closing line ball st -3.5
Final score Ball St 58-55
Ball St had a 58-54 lead with 3 seconds left in the game: avoid the 3 and this bet cashes no problem. However, easier said than done and for reasons still unknown, they opted to foul Butlers Ronald Nored with 1 second left and Nored hit 1 of 2 ft’s giving Butler backers a 1/2 pt cover.
#2 Washington vs Duke (College Hoops)
Closing line Duke -8
Final Score Duke 86-80
With just over 7 minutes left in the game Duke had a commanding 71-52 lead and and Blue Devil bettors figured the cover was in the bag. It was at this pt Washington implemented the “Hack A Plumlee Strategy.” Mason Plumlee went on to shoot 2-11 from the line, letting Washington chip away at the double digit Blue Devil lead. With 8 seconds left and a 9 pt lead, Terrence Ross grabbed a rebound off a missed Dawkins Ft, took the ball coast to coast and pulled up for a 3 at the buzzer. The result? Nothing but net and a Huskies cover despite not having been inside the number since the first half.
#1 Colts vs Ravens
Closing line 16.5
Final Score Ravens 24-10
With 2″36 left in the game, Baltimore faced a 3rd and 2 on their own 23. Plain and simple a Ray Rice first down would put the game away but the mighty Scarlet Knight RB was stuffed. Down 21, Indy called a time out forcing a Raven punt. The Colts hadn’t done anything all day so there was no way they could go 76 yards in 2 minutes against a vaunted Ravens D to cover could they?? Orlovsky chiped his way down the field, finally hitting Jacob Tamme on the last play of the game for a meaningless TD…however far from meaningless to anyone left holding a Baltimore -16.5 ticket now useful only as a Vegas style souvenir
