Bad beat: Stanford kicks meaningless 61-yard field goal as time expires vs. Cal to flip the total
Stanford Kicker Joshua Karty's 61-yard field goal as time expired didn't affect the outcome of the game against Cal, but it mattered to some bettors.
Anyone with a ticket on over 46.5 total points in Cal’s win over Stanford on Saturday got a miracle win.
Stanford had the ball and trailed 27-17 in the final seconds. With two-possession deficit impossible to overcome, Stanford coach David Shaw sent out kicker Josh Karty for a 61-yard field goal attempt to try to make the score more respectable.
Karty drilled the career-long field goal to cut the final margin to seven. And made those with the over incredibly happy as the point total ended up at 47.
We don’t need to tell you that Karty’s kick is a brutal beat for under bettors. Heck, it’s probably a worse beat than if Stanford had completed a Hail Mary TD pass with no time remaining. We’re used to crazy TDs to affect the total at the end of games. But field goals that don’t matter to the outcome of the game? Those are exceptionally rare.
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