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What are the craziest sports odds you remember seeing?
Posted on 1/8/25 at 8:32 am
Posted on 1/8/25 at 8:32 am
The one that has always stood out to me was back around 2000 when betting Tiger to win tournaments was only paying 1:1! Just even odds against an entire field of players.
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Posted on 1/8/25 at 8:33 am to Kingpenm3
That was at the peak of Tiger’s dominance. Are you sure you saw this? 
Posted on 1/8/25 at 11:24 am to Kingpenm3
Buster Douglas was a 42-1 underdog
Posted on 1/8/25 at 12:09 pm to Kingpenm3
I’m sure someone had Leicester 5000-1 to win the Premier League as a lark…
Wonder what you could get for Nottingham Forest this year
Wonder what you could get for Nottingham Forest this year
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:08 pm to chalmetteowl
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I’m sure someone had Leicester 5000-1 to win the Premier League as a lark…
I don’t think anything could ever top this
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:14 pm to Kingpenm3
1995 Nebraska was playing Iowa State or some Big12 nobody and the spread was - 47.5.....
I was wondering, who the frick would bet this but lookin' back I would've taken the dog and points if we had Online Sportsbooks back then.
I was wondering, who the frick would bet this but lookin' back I would've taken the dog and points if we had Online Sportsbooks back then.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:18 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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I would've taken the dog and points if we had Online Sportsbooks back then.
No you wouldn’t, they were one of the GOATs
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:22 pm to Paul Allen
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That was at the peak of Tiger’s dominance. Are you sure you saw this?
Tiger was -125 to win the 2007 Masters.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:25 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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1995 Nebraska was playing Iowa State or some Big12 nobody and the spread was - 47.5.....
I was wondering, who the frick would bet this but lookin' back I would've taken the dog and points if we had Online Sportsbooks back then.
Ohio State was -52 vs Rutgers in 2019
Posted on 1/8/25 at 1:27 pm to chalmetteowl
This was at the height of running up the score mania to impress voters and it was frowned upon....but never stopped "Dr. Tom".....still would take the points, never knew if a team would take their foot off the gas.
Paterno was maddingly famous for playing his backups once Penn State got up by 3 TDs and the final results were always closer than the actual game and lazy voters routinely punished him for it.
Paterno was maddingly famous for playing his backups once Penn State got up by 3 TDs and the final results were always closer than the actual game and lazy voters routinely punished him for it.
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:07 pm to Kingpenm3
Leicester City's preseason odds the year they won the Premier League. Even the odds at the midway point around Christmas were crazy.
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:24 pm to KosmoCramer
He was also -120 when he ran away with the u s open
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:49 pm to Paul Allen
quote:Pretty sure you don't understand what he's saying
That was at the peak of Tiger’s dominance. Are you sure you saw this?
Posted on 1/8/25 at 3:40 pm to castorinho
Back in 2007 USC was favored by 41 points over Stanford and Jim Harbaugh. Final score 24 - 23 Stanford.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 4:22 pm to dblwall
In 2017 Howard University was 600-1 or 45 point underdog @UNLV. Howard scored 45 points and won by 5.
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Since 2005, there have been 254 games featuring point spreads of 40 or greater, according to sports betting database BetLabSports.com. Before Saturday, 40-plus-point favorites were 253-0 straight-up.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 4:41 pm to Kingpenm3
There was an undefeated horse at Evangeline Downs when I worked there (college summer job) as a teller. People were putting huge money on him. I bet $1 on the longshot to win. It won and paid out $400ish.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 5:38 pm to TigerintheNO
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Since 2005, there have been 254 games featuring point spreads of 40 or greater, according to sports betting database BetLabSports.com. Before Saturday, 40-plus-point favorites were 253-0 straight-up.
Stanford beat USC as a 41 point dog in 2007, ESPN
Posted on 1/8/25 at 5:51 pm to Kingpenm3
werent rams 20,000 to 1, when trent green hurt his knee, the bag boy was going to be QB, and dick vermeil was crying about greens injury, and won the super bowl?
Posted on 1/8/25 at 6:29 pm to SabiDojo
quote:You sure it was +500000 odds? I’ve never seen odds that long posted anywhere ever on anything.
I’m sure someone had Leicester 5000-1 to win the Premier League as a lark…
I thought it was +10000. Which was the odds of Arizona State to win the big 12 this year, which they did.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 6:41 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
Yes it was 5,000 to 1. You can Google it. It was absolutely unfathomable that a newly promoted side could win the EPL. There is nothing in US professional sports remotely comparable. It’s like New Mexico winning the CFP. The Rams example cited above was +20000 which is 200 to 1.
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 6:44 pm
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