There are two football games that i was on the right side of however had i been one the other side of those 2 plays, i would say it can’t get any worse
Game 1. Dolphins vs Bills. many many many years ago!!
Dolphins were a -2.5 favorite trailing by 5 and with no time left on clock Miami scores a touchdown to win by 1. however the extra point is needed but that still doesn’t save me being that i had dolphins -2.5 meaning i still lose by a half. Buffalo decides to walk off the field and go in their locker room and not return for the extra point. So Miami lines up with their quarterback behind center and no defense at all in front of him, and instead of him taking a knee, he decides to walk in the end zone for a 2 point conversion and a Dolphins cover!
Game 2... Thursday night Chiefs against i don’t remember. I have chiefs - 4 i believe it was. Chiefs were down 6 or 5 and with 8 seconds left they score a touchdown to go up but game over because chiefs didn’t cover. well the opposing team on the final play of scrimmage from their own 20 yard line decided to lateral the ball over the field with no time left and Houston of the Chiefs finally picked it up after many chiefs failed to fall on it and end the game, and Houston walks into the end zone for the chiefs cover.
Had i had been on the other side of either of those 2 games i would have quit sports investing because it don’t get worse than either of those finishes
Now let me tell you why a kicker missing Fg and extra points for covers doesn’t faze me
Ya see, back in 2008 i decided to make the largest wager i ever made in my life to that point on a first half play In the Super bowl between the Colts and Bears. 80k on the Colts first half!!
and here i am dead in the water with zero chance of winning this bet until Peyton connects on a deep ball and puts the colts in Bear territory with 4 seconds left for Mr automatic at that time Viniateri who happened to never miss field goals that year, never mind chip shots which this was.
I started spending the 80k i just won as the ball was being snapped, promising my mother a new car and bedroom set she wanted. except one problem. I watched the ball go wide left instead of straight through the uprights!!
My worse loss ever and not because of the economics but because i would have never ever ever expected Mr. Automatic Viniateri to miss that east chip shot!
so today, nothing fazes me. i’ve seen it all to be fazed after either a win or a loss. yesterday’s kicked missing 4 fg and an extra point and watching our receiver drop the ball in the end zone at the end of the game is not even close to the worse i have ever seen to faze me.
the loss sucks but nothing that can’t or won’t be made back!!