One of the best matchups in college football on Saturday served up arguably the worst bad beat of the slate to sports bettors.
Oddsmakers made No. 21 LSU a 5.5-point road favorite in their SEC showdown at No. 23 Missouri.
Trailing 42–39, and facing with second-and-10 from their own five yard line with only 41 seconds remaining in the game, Missouri quarterback Brady Cook went back to pass.
While attempting to complete a pass downfield, LSU safety Major Burns jumped the route and intercepted the pass, returning it 17 yards for a touchdown.
House Call For @majorburns6 📳
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 7, 2023
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Missouri backers, who were just seconds away from cashing their investment on the home underdogs, instead watched as LSU extended their lead to 10 points, covering the 5.5-point demand by sportsbooks.
The crazy bad beat, which resulted in Missouri’s (5–1) first loss of the season, left sports bettors lamenting the crushing pick-six on social media.
An all-time bad beat for Missouri +5.5 bettors😬
— SportSense Entertainment (@SportSenseEnt) October 7, 2023
A pick-6 with under a minute ago seals the win and the cover for LSU 🐯pic.twitter.com/qXV6OAPaYZ
Missouri with an absolutely horrendous bad beat
— Austin Raubuch (@TheRealRobo3) October 7, 2023
Missouri +5.5 was an all time bad beat. Smh
— Joe B (@_Mojo_Joe_Joe) October 7, 2023
Devastating bad beat in Missouri. Devastating.
— Aurelius (@Aurelius1946) October 7, 2023
Missouri just had the worst bad beat ever OMG man 🤬
— Still I Rise 🙏🏾 (@MGambit7) October 7, 2023
I had Missouri at +5. Down 3 with :34 seconds to go, LSU pick-6s into a back door bad beat. Unreal. 😂
— The Reverend KFidds (@KFidds) October 7, 2023
A brutal beat for Mizzou +6 backers, as LSU gets a pick-six with 34 seconds left.
— Ben Fawkes (@BFawkes22) October 7, 2023
LSU hadn’t been covering ALL GAME.
Final score: LSU 49, Mizzou 39 ✅pic.twitter.com/CG4pAwpE0B
Throwing a pick 6 against LSU’s defense gotta get your scholarship revoked😭😂😂 https://t.co/nIWc8WiBSY
— Will (@WillHayes_24) October 7, 2023
All Missouri had to do was not give up a defensive touchdown and I'm cashing out. Mizzou +6.5 was my lock of the day https://t.co/7zw9hJ1Lpa
— Broncos Tank For Caleb Williams (@DRoseDaGreat) October 7, 2023
