Never in the history of...
Don't you hate it when you are sweating a sporting event and the network shows the graphic:
"Never in the history of the sport has the event necessary for you to lose your bet occured."
It's funny how often this happens. It's usually little things, like ABC showing how Parcells was 89-0 with a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter... saying "Parcells has never in his career lost a game with a 14 point lead in the 4th quarter." They showed this stat seconds before Washington scored the first of their two touchdowns in the last few minutes of the game earlier this year to win.
The most memorable one for me, though, was when Jason Seahorn became the first player to return an onside kick for a touchdown. The Giants had won the game, but were not going to cover... and I was flying on the Jags. The Jags had to try an onside kick with a few seconds left and they put up the stat for no apparent reason. The Giants didn't need to score to win, but somebody in the booth felt compelled to point out that an onside kick had never before been returned for a TD. It was the only way the Giants could cover.
That one took the place of Bret Favre's intentional safety in the playoffs several years ago at the end of the game where he had to literally run as fast as he could for 30 yards just to get into his own endzone for no particular reason other than to fail to cover. With a few seconds left, an anouncer mentioned that he may be able to run out the clock by running all the way back and taking a safety. They then posted the stat that no NFL playoff game had ever before ended with a safety as the final play.
I love sports betting.
Irieguy
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