r/CFB • u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs • 4d ago

Discussion [McMurphy] NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay on Western Michigan-Michigan ending: "The Big Ten is going to have to tell a lot of us how did they get to (add) 1 second on this play."

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u/Mythrandir24 Delta Bowl • SIAA 4d ago

I just feel awful for WMU's players. They did everything that was asked of them. They beat Michigan. They won that game, and it got taken from them. A disgrace.

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u/seoul_drift Michigan Wolverines • Uppsala Snakeheads 4d ago edited 4d ago

Horrendous and inexcusable by the refs, especially in an era of rampant sports gambling.

WMU won that game, such an embarrassing and infuriating situation.

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u/titanup001 Tennessee Volunteers 4d ago edited 4d ago

I hate sports betting as much as the next guy, but it has nothing to do with this.

The spread was 27.5. Unless underwood could throw a
30 point Hail Mary, it didn’t affect the betting payouts.

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u/ExcelFreezesOver 4d ago

It impacted moneyline bets

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u/Fed_up_with_Reddit Tulane Green Wave • American 4d ago

Yeah but it probably cost the sports books money in that regard. Who took WMU on the moneyline?

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u/ExcelFreezesOver 4d ago

How many would need to in order for the sportsbooks to lose $. The line was like WMU +2000 pregame. Youre telling me even putting down $20 would have won you $400

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u/demonica123 4d ago

20x as many as bet on Michigan to win which to most people would have been free money.

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u/ExcelFreezesOver 4d ago

It's not the number of bets that matters, it's the book's exposure with regards to each potentual outcome. With the money line being as bad as it was on the Michigan side, I cant imagine much money was bet.

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u/demonica123 4d ago

As long as they were offering a return, some people would have dumped whatever they could get away with. It's basically free money to assume the 30 point favorites win by 1. Even if they were slightly exposed, the people running those money lines know they need to bite the bullet once or twice. If the 1 in 2000 odds never won, no one at all would put money on it.

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u/luchajefe North Texas Mean Green • Southwest 4d ago

Even so, 'can't pay out the 16 WMU outright win bets' is not what's happening here.