A late score fails to change outcome of Wyoming-Boise St. game but delivers a bad beat instead

Detailing how a late score led to a bad beat.

Nothing quite screams ‘Friday night’ like a plan that falls apart at the last second, which is exactly what happened last night for all the bettors that had Boise St. covering the spread at home against Wyoming.

The game naturally took the backseat to the other sporting events that held the center stage on Friday, which included the Warriors-Bulls and UCLA-Vilanova games that occupied the national television audience. However, the Mountain West football clash between Boise State and Wyoming provided one of the more annoying bad beats of the season.

The Broncos led Wyoming 23-7 late in the fourth quarter with just 15 seconds remaining in the game. A 16-point deficit was unlikely for the Cowboys to overcome given how little time they had to orchestrate a comeback, but they tried anyway. Wyoming WR Isaiah Neyor took a 15-yard pass from Levi Williams, evaded a couple of tackles, and scampered up the sideline and into the endzone for a 74-yard touchdown with four seconds remaining. Now down 10, the Cowboys would attempt and fail to convert the 2-PT conversion, leaving their deficit at two possessions and too far out of reach.

WYOMING (+13.5) WITH A 74 YD TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BACKDOOR COVER

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— br_betting (@br_betting) November 13, 2021

No big deal, right? Wyoming scored a worthless TD late in the game but would still end up dropping its fifth game in the last six, while Boise won and stayed within striking distance of first place in the Mountain division of the conference.

But as the touchdown was worthless to the two teams, it was plenty meaningful to bettors as the score 16-point margin finished at 10, killing the Broncos’ 13.5-point line and providing a bad beat to start the college football weekend.