Imagine that you made a wager that the total points scored in last Thursday’s South Alabama – Northwestern State game. would exceed 59. Great contentment as the halftime score is 52-10 in favor of USA. A total winner by halftime! Until it wasn’t. When South Alabama ran up the score to 87-10, the coaches agreed to not play the game’s final 9 minutes.
Uh oh! Betting services have a general rule that a game must be played for at least 55 minutes for there to be action. It seems beyond cruel for this ticket not to cash. Believe it or not, USA had 6 touchdowns called back due to penalties.
This stoppage brought back memories of a Wisconsin visit to UNLV in 2002 for a night game. With 7:41 to go, the electricity went out. The coaches agreed to call it a night. Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Conspiracy theorists had a field day with the outage but no villanous plot was ever uncovered.
Bettors are used to bad beats. But for this wager not to cash takes bad luck to a new plateau.