[indio]

The Howard Bison, a traditionally terrible 1-AA team, in one of the weakest 1-AA conferences, just beat UNLV in Las Vegas as probably the biggest underdog to win with an offered price that I can remember. A 45 point underdog and a staggering +55000 ML, the Bison beat the Rebels 43-40. When I saw the scoreline in the 4rth quarter, I was lucky enough to find a great stream at themw.com and got to watch the last 6 minutes.

I recall Texas State beating Houston (beating them badly in fact) a few years ago as a huge dog, and of course, everyone remembers Stanford beating #1 ranked USC ten years ago as a 41 point underdog, but this is the biggest priced underdog winning in college football that I can recall.

Congrats to the Bison.

According to the sbrodds data, Howard had been 600-1, so while that ML may have moved with the spread change, I would like to think that somewhere, somebody put a $25 flyer on the Bison at 600-1.

[gojetsgomoxies]

wasn't there a georgia game in last few years where the bulldogs ending up winning very late where it was 2500 to 1? obviously if you could have booked it.

the two big wins i can remember are stanford over usc (bizarre today to think stanford was so horrible) and app state (but i don't actually think this point spread/ML was that massive)

[Mac4Lyfe]

I recall Texas State beating Houston (beating them badly in fact) a few years ago as a huge dog, and of course, everyone remembers Stanford beating #1 ranked USC ten years ago as a 41 point underdog, but this is the biggest priced underdog winning in college football that I can recall.

I was urging folks in SBR to pound Texas State several years ago. Guys thought I was crazy but I was telling them to take the ML. Several guys tailed for a huge profit. I can't even remember what the ML was but it was large. That was a great day.

[gojetsgomoxies]

I was urging folks in SBR to pound Texas State several years ago. Guys thought I was crazy but I was telling them to take the ML. Several guys tailed for a huge profit. I can't even remember what the ML was but it was large. That was a great day.

i think i remember you touting that specifically................. you've given some really good big underdog and/or FCS vs. FBS advice

[gojetsgomoxies]

btw, me thinking there was a 2500 to 1 underdog that almost beat georgia is probably faulty memory, probably the same as this ML, 500 to 1 or so

anyone know what game that was vs. georgia.. i tried to find it but couldn't

[Mac4Lyfe]

One of my best capping moments...

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...l#post15860132

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...00-ml-bet.html

[Mac4Lyfe]

i think i remember you touting that specifically................. you've given some really good big underdog and/or FCS vs. FBS advice

I moved to Heritage and they don't offer a lot of these huge ML dogs, so I don't really even look at them the last couple years. I need to go back to 5D just for those plays because they are fun as hell when they hit.

[Mac4Lyfe]

btw, me thinking there was a 2500 to 1 underdog that almost beat georgia is probably faulty memory, probably the same as this ML, 500 to 1 or so

anyone know what game that was vs. georgia.. i tried to find it but couldn't

They escaped a scare by Ga Southern back in 2015. The game went to overtime. I can't remember the spread but it was high.

I remember the game because it was the exact situation that Florida had when they lost to Ga Southern. Coming off an emotional hard fought game where the team got a lot of bumps and bruises plus looking ahead to a rival the week after. Ga Southern plays that triple option, cutting your legs and waiting for you to make mistakes in defensive alignment. I was telling my UGA friends that the game was a trap and they laughed me out of the building until the game went into overtime and they were shitting their pants.

[indio]

btw, me thinking there was a 2500 to 1 underdog that almost beat georgia is probably faulty memory, probably the same as this ML, 500 to 1 or so

anyone know what game that was vs. georgia.. i tried to find it but couldn't

You're probably thinking of last year when they played 1-AA Nicholls. According to the Gold Sheet, Nicholls was a 53 point underdog in that game, so if a 45 pt dog is 500-1, your guess of 2500-1 for a 53 pt dog might be accurate. I remember that game well. Nicholls scored to make it 24-26 with 3 minutes left and they had all 3 time outs left. The kickoff couldn't have been better as Georgia only made it out to their own 7 yard line, and Nicholls forced a 3rd and 7 at the 10 yard line. Alas, the Bulldogs completed a 9 yard pass to move the chains. They then forced a 3rd and 3 at the 26 yrd line, but Georgia picked that up too and ran out the clock. The Nicholls St. Colonels played great that day, especially on defense vs. the #9 ranked Bulldogs in Athens.

[indio]

They escaped a scare by Ga Southern back in 2015. The game went to overtime. I can't remember the spread but it was high.

I remember the game because it was the exact situation that Florida had when they lost to Ga Southern. Coming off an emotional hard fought game where the team got a lot of bumps and bruises plus looking ahead to a rival the week after. Ga Southern plays that triple option, cutting your legs and waiting for you to make mistakes in defensive alignment. I was telling my UGA friends that the game was a trap and they laughed me out of the building until the game went into overtime and they were shitting their pants.

Actually, Georgia Southern was only a 13.5 pt dog in that game. They had a real good team that year. They could run on anybody and the market knew it. The game he was referring to was last year against 1-AA Nicholls when Nicholls almost beat them in Georgia as a 53 pt dog.

[RavensFan2k3]

That's awesome. That's my alma mater and the quarterback is Cam Newton's younger Brother

[beefcake]

Well hell Baylor lost too and Liberty team was about 55-1.Imagine if you had Both in a parlay...😳😳😳😳💰💰💰💰

[ZINISTER]

Howard played the Akron Zips a few years ago. The team was a joke. The cheerleaders put on a Great Fockn Show! Those girls shook those Swoop Coolers! Best Cheerleaders EVER! I'm stoned, but very memorable...

[gojetsgomoxies]

You're probably thinking of last year when they played 1-AA Nicholls. According to the Gold Sheet, Nicholls was a 53 point underdog in that game, so if a 45 pt dog is 500-1, your guess of 2500-1 for a 53 pt dog might be accurate. I remember that game well. Nicholls scored to make it 24-26 with 3 minutes left and they had all 3 time outs left. The kickoff couldn't have been better as Georgia only made it out to their own 7 yard line, and Nicholls forced a 3rd and 7 at the 10 yard line. Alas, the Bulldogs completed a 9 yard pass to move the chains. They then forced a 3rd and 3 at the 26 yrd line, but Georgia picked that up too and ran out the clock. The Nicholls St. Colonels played great that day, especially on defense vs. the #9 ranked Bulldogs in Athens.

this is one of the biggest reasons i love the internet so much. you can throw a vague recollection of something out there and get a really high quality answer back fast

and it seems like georgia was never in grave danger of losing but it was very tight..

lastly, completely the opposite of most recollections. usually events are much more distant than i think. this one is much more recent than i thought

[DwightShrute]

That's a lot of money to shell out to end up on the wrong side of the biggest point-spread upset in college football history.

[Rich Boy]

Well hell Baylor lost too and Liberty team was about 55-1.Imagine if you had Both in a parlay...

Apparently some guy at covers parlayed both for 10 bones at 5dimes to win 500k but tony will only cough up 100k unreal

[Mac4Lyfe]

Apparently some guy at covers parlayed both for 10 bones at 5dimes to win 500k but tony will only cough up 100k unreal

Which is why I moved to Heritage...

[gojetsgomoxies]

someone parlayed liberty and howard? wow

[gojetsgomoxies]

parlays are hugely popular but that's usually or often combining huge favourites..

parlays are "ALL" bets......... but what about "OR" bet where you'd take 15 big underdogs and your payout would depend on how many and which hit. i.e. you could play 2 of 15 UD's to hit and get paid 40 to 1. my sense is while it might be +$EV for casinos it would have too much tail risk. it was fun sweating all those teams that had nice leads over powerhouses. and then you had poor FCS teams leading and beating poor FBS teams.

[gojetsgomoxies]

funny toronto, ontario, canada parlay story and it's completely true as i remember it vividly.

the sports lottery was new at the time......... you had to parlay a minimum of 3 teams.
so the government being new and stupid allowed you to bet on english soccer games that had already finished. they had no or few safety checks, risk triggers, generic boilerplate
specifically there were 2 english soccer games you could bet on that were finished........ government sports lottery took a big $$$ hit BUT were so lucky that the most popular high odds game i.e. huge favourite, to complete your 3 team parlay missed. syracuse football as i recall. donovan mcnabb days.


i can only imagine what would have happened if you could have bet on 3 english soccer games that had finished. people were going to loan sharks, mafia, drug dealers etc. to get $100K to bet on these parlays.

[indio]

Apparently some guy at covers parlayed both for 10 bones at 5dimes to win 500k but tony will only cough up 100k unreal

After looking at who claimed to have hit it over at covers, the fact that he's a known degenerate liar, the fact that his original post said he got Liberty at +20000 and Howard at +25000 (both erroneous numbers), and the fact that he never posted an actual screen shot of the ticket (and now he claims he's locked out of his account), we can come up with the following lines.

He's telling the truth...... + 32500
He's lying..................... - 97500

I am pretty sure that 100k is the maximum parlay liability for the book on games involving non FBS teams, so that part is pretty standard. And certainly reasonable.

[atsKing]

Which is why I moved to Heritage...

what a bullshit statement...
1st, most serious books have a cap on parlay payouts. for this exact reason of someone playing the long shots and getting lucky. 2nd, how could you bitch about a bullsh!t $10 bet that paid out $100k. see if any other books would pay that... NOPE! thats why certain books don't even offer high $L odds. but if this more than likely fake $10 parlay that hit $500k but only paid $100k instead. is why you left 5D, then I am more than positive. Tony is happy that someone that can see the future left his sports book, LMAO...

[Mac4Lyfe]

what a bullshit statement...

5Dimes made an error on my account and wanted to charge me to fix their own error. It was like $30 - $50 bucks, I don't even remember the amount but it had nothing to do with me and they charged me for their own mistake. I talked to Tony and he refused to reverse the charge. I still have several hundred dollars in that account but if I can't trust you with a little, I damn sure won't trust you with a lot. So yep, I can see the future.

[BigDofBA]

I was urging folks in SBR to pound Texas State several years ago. Guys thought I was crazy but I was telling them to take the ML. Several guys tailed for a huge profit. I can't even remember what the ML was but it was large. That was a great day.

I remember that.

[gojetsgomoxies]

Mac4Lyfe seems outstanding on big underdogs and i would assume he'd have simply amazing knowledge of local texas teams (being right there and being a former big time player)

[Mac4Lyfe]

mac4lyfe being a former big time player

fify

[ZINISTER]

It was Morgan State cheerleaders! SuperFreaks!

Howard played the Akron Zips a few years ago. The team was a joke. The cheerleaders put on a Great Fockn Show! Those girls shook those Swoop Coolers! Best Cheerleaders EVER! I'm stoned, but very memorable...

[Enkhbat]

it shows that nobody should be 550-1 underdog.

[rm18]

Grambling had a 21-3 lead as a +100000 dog last year but the Qb got hurt and they stopped scoring.

[advantageU]

One of my best capping moments...

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...l#post15860132

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...00-ml-bet.html

I am going to follow this system closely

[advantageU]

That's a lot of money to shell out to end up on the wrong side of the biggest point-spread upset in college football history.

I am new to college sports. Can you explain how this works, the fee paid by UNLV? Is this similar to a Billionaire inviting an MTV pop star to sing at a private party, something like a 'show fee'? Does the outcome of the game influence the amount paid?

[rm18]

Outcome does not matter, it happens a lot I think basically the reason it works is better teams and one with bigger crowds can gross more revenue so it makes sense for both parties. If the game was at Howard the stadium would of made a lot less money.