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Ben Burns: Bad Beats October 19th

Bad Beats: How do you blow a coverage when you are in basically your Hail Mary defense?

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

Ask the Washington Huskies.

With 13 seconds to play in a tie game with Arizona State, the Huskies allowed not one but two Sun Devil receivers to get behind their defensive backs deep. Arizona State quarterback Danny Sullivan simply dropped back and heaved a 50-yard winning touchdown pass to a wide-open Chris McGaha.

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Ben Burns: Bad Beats October 13th

Bad Beats: Ego check for Ray Lewis and Brandon Meriweather

Ben Burns
Ben Burns

Maybe we were bullied too much on the playground, but puffed-up egos really piss us off here at Bad Beats Central.

Losing a bet because someone can’t keep their ego in check and feels the need taunt or excessively celebrate is infuriating.

Take Ray Lewis for instance. Does anyone in the NFL not know this guy is a hard-hitting, physical bad ass?