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Lock of the Century Eleven seasons. Seventy-seven methods. One ladder.

Bad Beats

Every bet here died inside a field goal. The bigger the stake, the higher it ranks; the closer the miss, the more it stings. 490 of them since 2015, including 112 lost by exactly half a point. Pour one out.

The hall of pain

DateMatchupTierBetLost by
Sep 1, 2018Bowling Green at OregonFree moneyBowling Green +33.50.5
Sep 7, 2019UTEP at Texas TechFree moneyUTEP +34.50.5
Sep 3, 2021Old Dominion at Wake ForestFree moneyOld Dominion +31.50.5
Sep 9, 2023Ball State at GeorgiaFree moneyBall State +41.50.5
Aug 29, 2019Georgia Tech at ClemsonFree moneyGeorgia Tech +37.01.0
Aug 29, 2019Texas State at Texas A&MFree moneyTexas State +33.01.0
Sep 11, 2021Eastern Michigan at WisconsinFree moneyEastern Michigan +26.01.0
Sep 5, 2015UL Monroe at GeorgiaFree moneyUL Monroe +35.51.5
Sep 10, 2016Nevada at Notre DameFree moneyNevada +27.51.5
Nov 19, 2022TCU at BaylorFree moneyTCU -2.51.5
Sep 5, 2015UTEP at ArkansasFree moneyUTEP +33.02.0
Sep 1, 2022New Mexico State at MinnesotaFree moneyNew Mexico State +36.02.0
Sep 30, 2017New Mexico State at ArkansasMillenniumNew Mexico State +17.50.5
Nov 4, 2017Iowa State at West VirginiaMillenniumIowa State +3.50.5
Oct 6, 2018Kentucky at Texas A&MMillenniumKentucky +5.50.5
Dec 31, 2020Mississippi State vs TulsaMillenniumTulsa +1.50.5
Sep 10, 2021Kansas at Coastal CarolinaMillenniumKansas +26.50.5
Sep 11, 2021North Texas at SMUMillenniumNorth Texas +22.50.5
Nov 6, 2021Wake Forest at North CarolinaMillenniumWake Forest +2.50.5
Nov 12, 2022LSU at ArkansasMillenniumLSU -3.50.5

Heartbreak by season

SeasonBeats ≤3Staked units torched
202556101u
20244071u
20234899u
202250101u
202147101u
20202548u
20194078u
20184783u
20174173u
201655114u
20154174u