Who had BYU -40. For the absolute worst bad beat of all time

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Yeah man I was thinking the same thing. I saw BYU was up 52-10 and I'm like oh they're gonna cover then by the skin of their teeth with like a minute to go checked a few mins later and saw 52-13 final and I'm like Idaho is a bunch of fucking assholes. That game had to have been fixed. What jerkoffs go for a field goal down 42...and it's not like they were looking for points to prevent a shutout. That's bullshit.

guys lets just let the guy vent seriously you can justify anything with "oh ya - that made sense you idiot" but come on that was a pretty unique way to lose

if you want serious - watch CNN - covers is for degenerates

Thorpe, was with you on both.  So sick that Buffallo didn't make the 2 point conversion.  Didn't know about the FG in the first (was watching game cast).  Bad beats even out in my opinion.  BYU was sick, but like I said, evened out my lucky one with Tulane/Memphis over.

Not the OP but gonna put my two cents in.  To think of it this way is silly in my opinion.  The spread is the FINAL score spread.  Logically, you would only cover the spread towards the ending of the game, especially such a big spread like this.  Did BYU cover the halftime?  yes.  was BYU covering the 3rd quarter?  Yes (proportionately thinking 3/4 of 40 is 30).  To say it wasn't a bad beat because BYU didn't get up by 40 BEFORE the 4th seems illogical to me.  Now if the spread was 7 and BYU was losing the entire game or something, different story. 

As to the comments about WHY BYU kicked it and didn't go for it on 4th, I can see both sides.  it was 4th and 2.  You can either go for it and most likely get the TD or you can just kick it.  Either way, you are gonna score points.  I think scoring a TD in that situation is worse than kicking a FG but could agree with either choice.  Of course, you couldn't just take a dive and not get the 1st, that would be the ultimate slap in the face.  IMHO. 

It was a bad beat...definately not a "fix".  I would believe it more that Jason Gesser (HC for Idaho) had money on the game.  Absolutely NO REASON to try that fieldgoal.  going for the TD would be more valuable, experience wise.

Also, the fact that Gesser decided to punt but then decided to take the points after the muff?  that's an absolutely contradictory thought process.  Why would you give up the drive and punt, then all of a sudden decide it was so important to kick the FG?  You already basically waved the white flag by punting. 

Or Gesser could be an absolute IDIOT. 

thorpe...minor correction, it was 4th and 2 from the 4 so they could have made another first.  But agree, most coaches would have called a run on 4th, no a kick.  Again, only thing I could think of is BYU though 3 was less humiliating than 7...or Mendenhall is a dick....I vote later...