There was no drama surrounding the outcome in Saturday's season-opener between No. 2 Penn State and Nevada, but there was plenty of gambling drama as the game came to a close, with Penn State and Under bettors both getting handed a painful bad beat in the closing seconds.
Penn State was a 42.5- to 44-point favorite over the Wolf Pack, with the total floating between 54.5 and 56.5 all week and for the majority of the game it looked like the Nittany Lions would roll to a cover with the under holding up. However, the Wolf Pack signed up for 60 and had their best offensive drive of the game with reserves going against reserves in the closing minutes.
Trailing 46-3, Nevada looked like it might be content to run out the clock initially, but then called a timeout before a fourth-and-6 in