Who’s ready for another wild weekend of winning or whining? All of us! Who learned our lesson last weekend? None of us! So, with that, the action didn’t waste any time making the collective betting community yell with joy or pain.
World Cup
Bad beats aren’t reserved for football only! They can also happen in football. Or futbol? That’s right, I’m making “soccer guy” angry out of the gate with jokes on jokes, but there was no joking about France taking on Poland in the World Cup.
If you’re like me, you were today years old when you figured out what a “clean sheet” is. But everyone who had money on this game certainly knew after a handball penalty resulted in an extra goal that put Poland on the board. Leave it to The Bear to professionally point out the bad beat here.
France to keep a clean sheet goes down in Bad Beat annals! @StanfordSteve82 @notthefakeSVP@chrisfallica December 4, 2022
If you ask me, though, I like Michael Taylor’s take even better.
There has to be someone that had a parlay bet with a france clean sheet that threw their phone through the TV@MichaelDanger19 December 4, 2022
I’m not sure how to say “Why does this always happen to me?!” in several languages, but I feel like the language of angst was universal for people all over the world who tried to convince themselves that this is part of the joy of watching?
Four buckets filled with mini soccer balls.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons
This person on social media is mad.
@steelers wtf. Did fitzpatrick take the under.. no reason for him running outta bounds. You owe me $250 jerk@Justlistenfolks December 4, 2022
Why?
Well, Minkah Fitzpatrick sealed the game with a huge interception, but rather than try to score, this happened:
Minkah Fitzpatrick picks off Mariota and rather than walking in for a TD, selflessly gives himself up to secure the W!@MainTeamSports December 4, 2022
That decision not only kept the game under the point total (42.5), it also enraged fantasy fans all over the internet.
Daaaaawwwwwwggggg Minkah Fitzpatrick just CHOSE not to run in a pick 6 😭 as a Steelers defense owner:@Tikitorch097 December 4, 2022
Five buckets filled with some angry betting tears, angry fantasy tears and Falcons fans’ tears.
Washington Commanders at New York Giants
OK, a 58-yard field goal attempt not going in is far from a bad beat. But when a game is tied at 20, the point total is sitting at 40.5 (where 70% of bettors took the over) and the overall outcome ends up being a tie between two hated division rivals, it truly does end up feeling like the ultimate in unsatisfying results.
Graham Gano misses the potential game-winner and the Commanders and Giants tie 20-20… Pain for Over 40.5 bettors 😓
@ActionNetworkHQ December 4, 2022
Both of these teams are stuck in the hardest of spots. They’re just OK enough to make us want to think we know what we’re doing every week, and they’re just bad enough to prove us wrong along the way.
Three buckets of division-hatred tears.
