Time for the way too late worst beats of last year. I will keep them short, but not sweet. Here they are, in order:
1. Jets +3.5 on 1/8: Miami kicked a field goal with 18 seconds left to go up 9-6. The Jets had been covering all game. Then, it was time for pitchy-pitchy woo-woo. A safety with no time left made it 11-6. The broadcast signed off without updating the score. It left a sliver of hope that there was not a safety given (it wasn’t clear and obvious), but ultimately the final score was 11-6.
2. Stars ML on 1/18: Dallas was up 3-0 against the Sharks. San Jose had lost 32 of their 45 games entering this contest. However, the favored Stars let San Jose come back and rally for an improbable 5-3 win. I can only imagine what odds a live money line would have been at 3-0.
3. Boise State -14 on 2/11: The Broncos were up 23 with under 2 minutes remaining, and 24 a short time earlier. Turnovers and a technical foul helped Wyoming close on an 11-0 run. They were able to backdoor a cover and close the final margin to 12. Six late free throws and two field goals down the stretch. One of them was a three. Absolutely ridiculous. This was worse than another Boise bad beat in January when they won by 10 and I didn’t buy it down from 10.5 to 9.5, which would usually be my strategy. One Boise bad beat is enough.
4. Mavericks -4 on 2/26: A 27-point Mavs lead turned into a 111-108 Lakers victory. Teams had been 0-138 when trailing by 27 that season until the Dallas collapse.
5. Angels -1.5 on 4/27: Shohei Ohtani improved to 4-0, but squandered a 5-0 lead. The Angels won 8-7, and didn’t cover the run line. He nearly became the first starting pitcher in modern major league history to hit for the cycle, but his eighth-inning fly ball was caught on the warning track. It remained just a one-run lead for the Angels, and they only won by a single run against dreadful Oakland.
6. Texas-Baylor over 48.5 on 9/23: There were 44 total points scored with 5:36 to play in the third quarter. That needed final touchdown never came. SVP featured the game in his bad beats segment.
7. Chargers-Chiefs over 48.5 on 10/22: It was 24-17 at halftime. I needed 8 more points in the second half, and didn’t get it. The final was 31-17. I could have bought a point, teased, or just taken the Chiefs like an intelligent person. Kansas City fumbled in field goal range at 24-17. The Chargers then drove down to the Kansas City 8 before Justin Herbert was picked off. No points on either drive proved costly.
8. Suns ML on 10/31: Phoenix was up 20 at home on the pathetic Spurs. Kevin Durant was stripped late to set up the winning score. Or, fouled without a call. Depends on your point of view. They actually played again in Phoenix two days later. After initially staying away, I went in again. San Antonio couldn’t possibly pull this off twice in three nights. They did. The Spurs improved to 3-2. Then, they lost 18 straight and 23 of 24.
9. Thunder ML on 11/1: I get in the car and Oklahoma City is up 49-27. Final score? 110-106 New Orleans.
10. Michigan -32.5 on 11/4: The Wolverines were dominating Purdue. It was 41-6. The Boilermakers scored on fourth down from the Michigan 24 with 18 seconds remaining for their only touchdown. This game also made SVP’s bad beats.
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