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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.ThursdayWashington Redskins at Dallas CowboysClosing line: Over/under 53In what ended up as the highest NFL total in Week 12, those on the under didnt have much to be thankful about after this one ended.After a scoreless third quarter, the Cowboys led 17-6 -- 30 points shy of the closing total of 53. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Kirk Cousins hooked up with Jordan Reed for a 5-yard touchdown, marking the start of a wild final 15 minutes. The teams continued to exchange touchdowns throughout the quarter, and those who bet the spread were also on the edge of their seats, with the Cowboys closing as a 5.5-point favorite.Trailing 31-19 at the two-minute warning, Cousins found Reed for another score to send the total over. The teams combined for five touchdowns in the final 15 minutes, as the 34 points marked the second-highest scoring fourth quarter this season.Final score: Cowboys 31, Redskins 26 (Total goes over)FridayWashington Huskies at Washington State CougarsClosing line: Over/under 62.5Much to the dismay of the 76 percent of bettors who took the over, the total ended up going under by half a point. It certainly didnt look like there was any chance of that happening after Washington took a 28-3 lead in the first quarter.More than anything, what ended up costing those on the over was Washington States inability to finish drives. The Cougars had three drives reach inside the Washington 10-yard line that they didnt end up scoring on.Final score: Washington 45, Washington State 17 (Game goes under)?SaturdayMichigan Wolverines at Ohio State BuckeyesClosing line: Over/under 45.5The 113th edition of The Game had everything -- a College Football Playoff berth on the line, a game that lived up to the incredible hype, overtime and plenty of controversy. It also ended up as a tough beat for those who took the under.After Ohio State failed to take the lead with a touchdown on its final drive, Buckeyes kicker Tyler Durbin -- who had missed his first two field goal attempts of the day -- tied it up at 17 apiece with one second left in regulation. Michigans Jourdan Lewis put a scare into the home fans at the Horseshoe with a 45-yard kick return on the final play of the fourth quarter, but was tackled at the Ohio State 43-yard line. The game was heading to overtime, the last thing anyone who bet the under wanted to hear.Ohio State took just two plays to find the end zone and went ahead 24-17. Those 25 yards marked the longest TD drive of the game for the Buckeyes. Now Michigan needed a touchdown to extend the game, while the 51 percent on the under needed a stop. It all came down to a fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line, as Wilton Speight would find Amara Darboh in the back of the end zone, forcing a second overtime. That touchdown sent the total over, as bettors on the under came up a little short.Final score: Ohio State 30, Michigan 27 in 2 OT (Game goes over)Minnesota Golden Gophers at Wisconsin BadgersClosing line: Wisconsin -14If you had Minnesota at +14, a push had to feel like a loss after this one ended. At halftime, the Gophers led 17-7 and were seeking to end their 12-game losing streak against Wisconsin. If you include the 14-point spread, the 43 percent who took Minnesota had a 24-point cushion at this point.After a Badgers field goal, the score was 17-10 heading into the fourth. However, Minnesota couldnt stop the run down the stretch, allowing 136 yards and three touchdowns on the ground in the final quarter. The last two scores came within a 27-second span, making this push a tough pill to swallow for those on the underdog.Final score: Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 17 (Game pushes)Minnesota Vikings Apparel Clearance . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Kirk Cousins Vikings Jersey For Sale .ca. Hey Kerry, big fan of yours, just finished reading your book. I think that we all saw the Canucks/Flames line brawl just after puck drop. 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Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night.COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Blue Jackets won another game with a strong finish.Jack Johnson, Cam Atkinson and Seth Jones each had a goal and an assist as the Blue Jackets beat the New York Islanders 6-2 for their sixth straight win.Josh Anderson, Brandon Saad and Lukas Sedlak also scored for Columbus and Sergei Bobrovsky had 25 saves.Ive never been on a team thats been in this position at this point of the year, Johnson said of his teams surge. And Ive been in the league 10 years. You really appreciate it when youre having a season like this.Josh Bailey and John Tavares scored for New York, which had earned a point in a season-high five straight games (4-0-1). Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves until he was pulled after the Blue Jackets scored four consecutive goals in the third period.Anderson put Columbus ahead 3-2 at 2:19 when he picked off a defensive pass and banged it in from the slot seconds after coming onto the ice for his shift.Saad, Sedlak and Jones scored in a 5-minute span to make it 6-2 with 5:37 to go.Youre not going to play good when you make dumb decisions with the puck, Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. It has nothing to do structurally. It has nothing to do goaltending-wise. We just made some bad decisions.New Yorks third-string goalie Jean-Francois Berube then replaced Halak and stopped the one shot he faced in his season debut.The Islanders came out quick and it took Columbus a while to get going. New York took a 1-0 lead 5:59 in when a defensive pass by the Blue Jackets Sam Gagner at the boards was deflected by Bailey, and the popup was bobbled by Bobrovsky into the net. Bailey was given credit for an unassisted goal.We just had to keep on playing, get our feet, simply our game, and I thought we did a good job with that, Columbus coach John Tortorella said of the Blue Jackets slow start. Weve done a good job of that all year long, as far as just trying to play and not worry about what happened.Thee Blue Jackets tied it up on a power play with 6:01 left in the first when Johnson wound up from just inside the neutral zone and fired a bullet past Halak.dddddddddddd It was Johnsons first goal of the season.Columbus Brandon Dubinsky and New Yorks Travis Harmonic went to the penalty box for 5 minutes each when both threw down the gloves and threw punches near the end of the first quarter.Columbus took a 2-1 lead when a speeding Atkinson took a pass from Johnson in the neutral zone and beat Halak on the breakaway 10:16 into the second. New York tied with 7:28 left in the period when Tavares lifted the puck over Bobrovskys pad from in front of the net.The Blue Jackets took off in the third period.After Anderson gave Columbus the lead for good, Saad made it 4-2 on a wrister from the high slot at 9:23.Sedlak, who scored his first NHL goal on Friday night, scored another when he tapped in a loose puck with 7:21 to go. Jones capped it with just over 5 1/2 minutes remaining.Our mindset is, whether were down by a goal or up by a goal, were still trying to press and get the next goal. Atkinson said.Game notesColumbus is 9-1-1 in its last 11 home games. ... Blue Jackets F Nick Foligno was a scratch because of illness for the second straight day. Oliver Bjorkstrand was called up from Cleveland (AHL) on Friday to replace him. ... The Blue Jackets loaned D Dalton Prout to Cleveland on a conditioning assignment. ... C Ryan Strome was back in the lineup for the Islanders after missing one game due to illness. ... Islanders scratched G Thomas Greiss, D Scott Mayfield and LW Anthony Beauvillier. ... Bobrovsky has allowed two goals or fewer in 18 of 23 games.UP NEXTIslanders: Host Washington on Tuesday night.Blue Jackets: At Edmonton on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game trip to western Canada. ' ' '