Some things are part of your daily sports betting rituals, such as checking the first game for the 10th time while you constantly wonder why you didn’t take it easy this weekend. From the trash-talking friend who came too soon and has now killed your mojo to the incredible group text greeting memes, we’re here for the good and the bad together. Let’s fill some buckets with tears of joy and sorrow.
SAD-day
Dear. Lord. What. A game. For the second time this season we’ve had a “Game of the Century” end in an Alabama game, and surprisingly… it’s also the second time this season the Tide has lost that type of game. Alabama got the first down in overtime, but after the game with that touchdown, LSU decided to go for the win instead of the chance to play more bonus football.
LSU WINS! BAMA’S PLAYOFF HOPES ARE OVER!
LSU (+375 ML) ✅
OVER (57.5) ✅
pic.twitter.com/S7EqSpX0LE— Odds Shark (@OddsShark) November 6, 2022
The world needs a simulcast where the 2-point conversion commentators are on opposite sides of the money line bet, just to capture the drama we were all feeling in the moment. 75 percent of the money bets at Caesar’s for this game were on the Tigers, so even more of America was rooting against the Tide than usual. Finally, some of us know what it feels like to beat Alabama.
5 buckets because you love or hate Alabama, you’re crying right now.
Does misery love company? Heck, that’s why this column exists. So let me speak for all of us (myself included) who put safe money on Tennessee to upset Georgia.
Feels like ’98…
Tennessee has the highest percentage of ticket AND holders of any team today in the @BetMGM.
According to @ActionLabs_HQ data, Tennessee (+9) has 70% of the tickets in Georgia. pic.twitter.com/xiY1r95Vqk
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) November 5, 2022
Do not? I mean, I’m the idiot who bet not only on Tennessee, but on the bottom (65.5). I absolutely should have listened to my good friend Elle Duncan before, so I’m sure I should listen to her speak now.
This TN chat 💩 has been hilarious – I bet how old money looks at new money when they buy a Lambo with all the money. You worship very excited, but you have no substance in your wallet! 😉#GoDawgs
— Elle Duncan (@elleduncanESPN) November 5, 2022
3 very personal tears knowing I have to refresh my account now. Bank robbers.
I love a good comeback story. Until that good comeback story results in an epic badass that has the entire community in shock. Troy wore their Trojans suits, hiding for most of the game, until the last play of the 3rd quarter. Down 17-0 at that point and 17-7 to start the fourth, things went from weird to worse for the Ragin’ Cajuns. With the game tied, Troy put himself in position for the game-winning field goal, which made Louisiana bettors feel spicy at +3.5. A loss doesn’t matter as long as they cover, right? Someone forgot to tell Kimani Vidal.
Check out this great footage of Kimani Vidal’s game winning layup for Troy to beat Louisiana with 5 seconds left!! pic.twitter.com/bpz8Kk17oN
— CFB Transfer Portal (@TPortalCFB) November 6, 2022
Vidal cruises in for the amazing feat with five seconds left on the clock, and Troy’s punters celebrate the win, the cover and the collective groan of punters everywhere.
3 buckets of tears “I can’t believe I bet Troy @ Louisiana”.
What do the best have in common with members of the College Football Playoff Committee? Everyone was wrong about Clemson. The most heated commentary post the initial CFP rankings focused on the committee’s decision to place Clemson at No. 4. Apparently, not only was the committee wrong, so were most of us.
70% of the money @CaesarsSports was at Clemson -3.5 tonight 😬 pic.twitter.com/Oj0nay8FXZ
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) November 6, 2022
70 percent of you just announced to the world that you haven’t seen a Clemson game this season and took a hit as massive as the Tigers’ playoff shot.
2 buckets should have known tears better.
The college basketball season ends this weekend, and let’s be honest, SMU beating Houston 77-63 on the court, not to mention on the court, would have been surprising.
SMU and Houston combined for 140 points, more than three of the four SMU-Houston basketball games played in 2021 and 2022.
– Dave Wilson (@dwil) November 6, 2022
Before the start, the total of this game was 66. The match scored 91 in the FIRST INDUSTRY.
0 buckets — because all the tears were used as hydration during the end zone celebrations.
NOTE ON THE NIGHT-HAT
Remember when today started and we thought we knew what to expect from Saturday’s slate of games? Just remember that 6 teams started today at odds shorter than 40-1 to win the national championship at Caesars Sportsbook. 3 of those teams (Alabama, Tennesee and Clemson) lost. The good news is that the NFL is going to be a lot easier to predict, right? I have to go get us all more buckets.
Philly not so special
On Wednesday morning I fully expected the entire city of Philadelphia to be hungry. After an absolute blowout by the Astros in Philly’s first home game in a World Series in more than a decade, the joke was true. Now, we all know Philly fans are loyal to their core, so why bet on one of your hometown teams when you can bet on two? That’s exactly what one sports book decided to allow the city of brotherly love.
.@DKSportsbook offered a bet last night on the 76ers made 3-pointers combined with the Phillies hitting. The over/under was 19.5.
The 76ers made 19 three-pointers in a loss to the Wizards.
The Phillies had 0 hits in Game 4 of the World Series.
[h/t @jgreesontfp]
— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) November 3, 2022
Yes. The 76 did their part. Surprisingly. The problem is that in the World Series
5 buckets of tears that are shed and cleaned up with cheese bread from Gino’s.
The Philly Not So Special – continued
I mean, I don’t want to give the ending away here, but this isn’t Empire Strikes Back where the sequel is better than the original. No, this is Ghostbusters 2 with pink slime and a bunch of people wondering why they wasted their money. The Eagles entered Thursday Night Football with the weight of the betting world on their shoulders.
Fear not, it’s the Turrible Texans! It’s the Eagles! Our wallets will soar! No. Heck, even halftime bettors (-430) couldn’t get any love when the Eagles missed a field goal as the game went into the half tied at 14. But wait! As a ShamWow infomercial, it just got worse.
bad shot had the eagles just kicked the extra point 😭 pic.twitter.com/pRIH8jNbay
— Breezzy (@BreeezzyTurner) November 4, 2022
Breezy is feeling all our pain. A late Eagles outfield spurred Philly to go for two instead of taking the easy points, hitting the bottom and reminding us all that it wasn’t just the Phillies who lost Thursday night.
4 buckets — and sorry to bring up the loss again, Philly fans.
Got a bad one of your own? Let me know on Twitter @jasonfitz.
