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Rob Nelson of ESPN Stats & Information revisits the worst bad beats from the weekends gambling action.Closing lines are courtesy of Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, and pick percentages are via Wunderdog Sports.SaturdayAppalachian State Mountaineers vs.?Toledo RocketsClosing line: Over/under 60Saturday was a bad day to be betting overs in college football, as all six bowl games went under the total. However, no loss was felt by more people than the one in this game, where 78 percent took the over.Appalachian State and Toledo entered the fourth quarter tied at 28, with the 56 combined points just four shy of the closing over/under of 60. The first drive of the quarter ended up with a failed fake field-goal attempt by Appalachian State. The Mountaineers would end up making a field goal on their next drive, taking a 31-28 lead with 5:14 left.Toledo proceeded to drive down to the Appalachian State 8-yard line before a pair of mistakes would cost both the Rockets and those on the over. After lining up to go for it on fourth down, Toledo took a delay-of-game penalty, even though it still had a timeout. Then, after being pushed back five yards, Rockets kicker Jameson Vest missed a 30-yard field goal that would have tied the game and sent the total over.Final score: Appalachian State 31, Toledo 28 (Game goes under)South Carolina Gamecocks at South Florida Bulls Closing line: South Carolina -10.5Less than two weeks before these schools will meet in the Birmingham Bowl, they met on the basketball court in Tampa. South Florida was looking to pull an upset and led by six at halftime. For those who bet the Bulls, they entered the final 20 minutes with a nice 16.5-point cushion when factoring in the spread.South Carolina would erase the halftime deficit and led 64-61 with 6:35 left. While things looked good for those on South Florida, the underdogs would go cold from the field. The Bulls didnt make a field goal in over six minutes and by the time?Bo Zeigler?ended the drought with 29 seconds left, it was too late. South Florida lost by 11 and failed to cover by a half-point.Final score: South Carolina 77, South Florida 66 (South Carolina covers)Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs.?Purdue Boilermakers Closing line: Purdue -1.5For the second straight Saturday, Notre Dame blew a halftime lead and ended up failing to cover as an underdog. Two weeks ago, it was against Villanova. This past weekend it was Purdue.The Fighting Irish led by as many as 17 points in the first half, and entered halftime up 52-38. Purdue started its comeback early in the second half, outscoring the Irish, 12-2, in the first three minutes. The Boilermakers ended up taking their first lead of the game with just over 10 minutes left and eventually won by five. It was a rough second half for Notre Dame, who followed up a 52-point first half with just 29 the rest of the way, including only four points in the final five minutes.Final score: Purdue 86, Notre Dame 81 (Purdue covers)SundayPittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals Closing line: Over/under 46The 56 percent who took the over in this game must still be wondering how they lost their bet. The Bengals jumped out to a 20-9 halftime lead, and the score could have easily been much higher, but both teams settled for a combined five field goals in the first half.That trend continued in the second half, as the Steelers managed only?Chris Boswell field goals on each of their first three possessions. On Pittsburghs fourth possession, it finally found the end zone when Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Rogers hooked up for a 24-yard score. That touchdown put the Steelers up 24-20, but they failed on their two-point conversion try -- which would have equaled the over/under of 46.As for the Bengals, they didnt do anything offensively after halftime, with their four second-half possessions resulting in three punts and an interception. Fittingly, the game would end on 13-play, 75-yard drive by Pittsburgh that culminated in a Roethlisberger kneel-down inside the Bengals 10-yard line.Final score: Steelers 24, Bengals 20 (Game goes under)Brooklyn Nets at Philadelphia 76ers Closing line: 76ers -1.5In a game that featured two of the NBAs worst teams, the 62 percent who took the 76ers are wishing they had avoided the action entirely. Like many NBA games, this one came down to the final seconds. The 76ers led 106-101 with eight seconds left and were looking good to cover the 1.5-point spread.Off a timeout, the Nets cut the lead to two after a Bojan Bogdanovic 3-pointer. Ersan Ilyasova proceeded to make a pair of free throws to put Philadelphia up four with four seconds left. Those who bet Philadelphia simply needed to avoid a meaningless last-second 3-pointer. They would have no such luck as?Jeremy Lins bucket from behind the arc cut the final margin to a single point, costing those on the 76ers.Final score: 76ers 108, Nets 107 (Nets cover) Calgary Flames Shirts . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Calgary Flames Gear . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Flames Jerseys China .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys . Despite dominating possession, Schalke needed an own goal from Nicolas Hoefler for the breakthrough a minute before the interval. The Freiburg midfielder misjudged Jefferson Farfans corner and bundled the ball into his own net. Australias team performance chief Pat Howard, the man held ultimately accountable for the fortunes of the national side, has reached out to former opening batsman Chris Rogers for advice on how to scotch the bleeding of the Test teams currently hapless top six.Howard also admitted that he, the coach Darren Lehmann and the national selection panel were under pressure to keep their jobs unless results improved. Appointed as a result of the Argus review in August 2011, he said that there needed to be renewed focus on the defensive and tactical skills of batsmanship to get through difficult days like the one experienced in Hobart on Saturday.It needs more focus. Thats simple, Howard said. Chris was fantastic, you go back to what he and David Warner did at the Oval [in 2015], I think it was 14 runs off 10 overs, they read the situation really well. That patience and adaptability to read the situation there. Ive really been impressed by Chris insights and comments and I was before.Hes got a good insight into the game ... weve talked to him about coming and talking to people around that, both technically and mentally, and about a year ago he worked with our Under-19s. Its a fair comment and something to drive some of our thinking.The position of Australian batting coach has changed hands this year, following Howards decision not to grant an improved contract to Michael Di Venuto, who held the position with some success for the previous three years. Di Venuto, who has been in Hobart this week, then took the job as head coach of Surrey, and the role was handed over to the former England batsman Graeme Hick, an internal appointment via his role at the National Cricket Centre.Before this Test, Hick admitted he had his work cut out to build the relationships necessary to be an effective batting coach for the team. The rest of Lehmanns support staff, including the assistant coach David Saker and the fielding coach Greg Blewett, are all relatively recent appointments. Rogers has said that the spate of batting collapses pointed to deeper issues within the team, and in the domestic structure beneath it.I think good sides always find a way to fight when theyre in trouble, and the Australian side at the moment, when they lose a few wickets its just a collapse, Rogers told ABCs Offsiders on Sunday. All 10 wickets have fallen, weve seen it now two Tests in a row I think for 86 in the first Test and now 85 in this Test, and you dont see that [often]. So theres something fundamentally wrong I think with the side, theyre obviously lacking confidence. Theres no doubt the talents there, but they just cant find a way to fight, and thats really disconcerting.Speaking to particularly a few of the older guys, past players, theres a bit of a thought that maybe we should push to return to how the Sheffield Shield used to be - just pick the best sides, the best players and see who wins. We have this system now where were trying to identify players and push them through. But weve been doing that for a fair while now and it doesnt seem to be working, the performmances havent really been there to justify it.dddddddddddd I think its about now finding that winning culture. Weve perhaps lost that, and whether we need to find that at the level below, maybe thats the way to go.Howard stated, among other things, that Australias traditional Gabba start - where they had not lost a Test match since 1988 - had to be moved for commercial reasons, namely an effort to build the audience for a Brisbane match via the avenue of a day-night Test. But he also said the team had to be adaptable enough to cope. The team does like starting in Brisbane obviously but we just talked about adaptability and being able to play in different conditions at different times, Howard said. Brisbane has been a Test match that has struggled in other areas of the game over the last couple of years and they look to do something different.Id like to have games in Brisbane to support the team at times, there were other aspects as well, but we also need to adapt and I dont want to look for excuses. We want to look for excuses at times and look for easy answers, and I dont want to go down that track. Whatever you get overseas, whatever you get at home, do your homework, do your preparation get ready to adapt to the situation and the conditions on offer.Like the national selectors, Trevor Hohns and Mark Waugh, Howards contract expires at the end of June 2017. The selection chairman Rod Marsh has already indicated he will vacate his post at that time, but Howard said there had been no discussion about finding his replacement any earlier than that. He did indicate,d however, that the entire panel may be refreshed at that time.Its important to note that Rod and I had that discussion well before the Sri Lanka tour, Howard said. This has been well in train and [his replacement] hasnt been contemplated, we announced it a couple of weeks ago, and it was just confirming what all of us had known for a long time.Weve always had different guys on different tours. Trevor Hohns and Mark Waugh will go on and their contracts are due up at the same time as well, so they may not be staying either. I appreciate the pressure comes on Rod, he knows that this comes with the role, but there are people in that situation all the time and every time you say someone is not going to stay and you exit them straight away it doesnt respect the work that they are doing at the time.Howard also defended the decision to extend Lehmanns contract until 2019 in August. This is a great challenge for his coaching, I think hes in uncharted territory for him as well and weve talked about that, Howard said. This is a great chance for him to reinvent.Hes been contracted through past 2019, which is a huge year in the calendar, Ashes away and a World Cup back-to-back. Weve got a young captain with a coach thats wanted to give the team and squad some stability. I make no apologies for that, I made the decision and I take accountability for that. ' ' '