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NFL bad beat: Jake Elliott's missed 29-yard field goal cost a bettor about $238,000
Yahoo ^ | October 22, 2020 | Frank Schwab

Posted on 10/23/2020 6:30:31 AM PDT by C19fan

A 29-yard field goal for a professional kicker — or a college kicker or most high-school kickers — should be automatic. Keep that in mind.

On Thursday, a bettor made a big play on the Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants game. He or she put $250,000 on the Eagles -3 in the first half. The payout would have been $488,095.25.

OK, back to the 29-yard field goal.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; football; gambling; nfl
LMAO!!! I love these bad beat stories. P.S.: Any stories if the infamous Bagman who makes big bets with cash against Rutgers is back in action?
1 posted on 10/23/2020 6:30:31 AM PDT by C19fan
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As a correction the infamous gambler is titled Duffle Bag Boy.


2 posted on 10/23/2020 6:32:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

How about this bad beat at Gulfstream three years ago?

https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article192080974.html


3 posted on 10/23/2020 6:32:52 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Pop culture, false education, media: brainwashing mechanisms of the left)
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To: C19fan

That game was so ridiculous. The whole NFL East is dumb. The team leading the division (Cowboys) have a losing record.

Eagles had no business winning that game after playing grabass throughout.


4 posted on 10/23/2020 6:42:00 AM PDT by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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I was wondering what would be the theoretical least amount of wins required to win the division.


5 posted on 10/23/2020 6:42:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Children visiting the practice field at the Atlanta College Hall of Fame Museum kick farther than that everyday.


6 posted on 10/23/2020 6:43:24 AM PDT by cnsmom
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Piss on the NFL and anyone who watches them.


7 posted on 10/23/2020 6:47:00 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: C19fan

Gosh, a story on Free Republic about the unamerican activity called the NFL. How droll.


8 posted on 10/23/2020 6:51:05 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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I figure it’s 4.

Each team goes 3-3 in the division then loses the other 10 games.

Hmmm....3-12-1 could still win.

Four teams tied at 3-13?

Eagles did beat SF, tied Cincy
Cowboys beat Falcons

So it does require 4 wins.


9 posted on 10/23/2020 7:01:08 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Migraine; Impy
Eagles had no business winning that game after playing grabass throughout.

...except they didn't play grabass for the final 6ish minutes.

That's the great thing about sports...you get destroyed if you don't play the entire game. Or, as was said so eloquently...


10 posted on 10/23/2020 7:02:46 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: C19fan

About a decade ago a kicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL shanked a 16 yard field goal attempt that kept his team from going to the Grey Cup.

When he got back home somebody had dumped a one-ton load of manure on his front walk.


11 posted on 10/23/2020 7:46:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: C19fan

The bookies (or rather the money men behind them) are going to win - one way or another.


12 posted on 10/23/2020 8:01:41 AM PDT by PAR35
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That’s true but it has nothing to do with the outcome of the games. In general they don’t care which side wins or loses; they make money by equalizing bets each way and paying out less than even money to the winners.


13 posted on 10/23/2020 8:06:32 AM PDT by stremba
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To: DoodleBob

I see you this jerk’s 200K and raise you the 4 fantasy points my opponent with the Eagles D got at the end of the game cause that clown Jones let the ball get popped out of his hand.


14 posted on 10/23/2020 2:37:12 PM PDT by Impy (Thug Lives Splatter - China delenda est)
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I'm sorry for your loss.

That said, I haven't felt that happy about an Eagles game ending since the double doink. What was even more inspiring was that Brandon "I strip-sacked Brady, too" Graham did the deed last night.

15 posted on 10/23/2020 2:45:23 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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