There were some truly terrible hits with college football betting and NFL betting this past weekend. A summary can be found below.
Northwestern sure looked like a good college football pick for three quarters at home against undefeated Michigan State. The Wildcats were underdogs by 5.5 points on the betting line and quickly jumped out to a 17-0 first half lead and things were looking absolutely great. Unfortunately, things did not end well. They were outscored 21-3 in the fourth quarter to lose the game outright, but it was the Spartans’ final touchdown that upset Northwestern’s bettors. Already up 28-27 thanks in large part to a converted fake punt attempt, Michigan State was able to take control at the Northwestern 31-yard line with just over a minute remaining after the Wildcats fumbled on downs. Instead of running out the clock, Spartans RB Baker broke loose on third down and scored a meaningless TD. Except it wasn’t meaningless to those who took Northwestern. After covering the first 59 minutes of the game, the Wildcats now trailed 35-27 and did nothing in their final drive to break the hearts of everyone who sided with this bad beat. Now it’s important to note that in their last two games, Michigan State trailed at the half both times only to outscore both underdogs 51-10 in the second half while gaining nearly 500 total offensive yards.
The NFL’s worst pick of the weekend had to go to either who had the San Diego Chargers minus three points over the New England Patriots, or if he gambled late, he could probably get the Lightning Bolts minus just 2.5 points. This will be important later. Well, as San Diego often does, they played horrible football for three quarters and found themselves down 23-6. Cue the return. After a quick score to cut the deficit to ten points, they recovered a short shot and quickly scored again to cut the score to 23-20. With two minutes remaining, they held New England on a failed fourth-down conversion attempt (typical of Belichick) and this was after the Chargers thought they had returned a fumble for what would have been the game-winning TD (the officials understood the correct call) and took possession of the ball in midfield. They quickly advanced the ball to the Patriots 30-yard line only to stop. No problem though, as they could kick a field goal, force overtime, and still cover the spread. Of course, because this is the Chargers, there was a five-yard false start penalty and kicker Kris Brown hit the ball off the post.
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