Daily ReportProfit on Month £131.06
Outstanding Bets £4139.56
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aia1Hxq-NDNWdFk3UmlTSXMzTjRBTVNfOWRndVFsZHc&usp=drive_web#gid=30 The game started so well for our bet, Roethlisberger under 265.5 passing yards. With 3 minutes of the first half to go the Texans led the Steelers 13-0 and the Steelers offense was stuck in first gear, under pressure from the Houston defensive line and unable to get anything going
Roethlisberger had 45 yards
Helped by two turnovers and a big reception, the Steelers then became the first team in 12 years to score 24 points in the last 90 seconds of a half. They led 24-13 at the half
note the wide reciever Antonio Brown threw for a touchdown. little was i to know how crucial that would be...
Roethlisberger had 110 yards
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In the second half Pittsburgh began to click and they were 27-16 up, driving with under 5 minutes to go
With 3.39 left, they had the ball on the Houston 30 yard line.
Roethlisberger already had 260 yards.
They ran for a yard on first down
They attempted a throw into the end zone on second down, incomplete
They threw a short pass on third down
All the while the Texans were using time outs to stop the clock, to have time on the clock for when they got the ball back, needinjg to score twice
That third down pass went for...
5 yards
Pittsburgh kicked a field goal to go 30-16 up. Houston on the spread looked screwed. Points unders were screwed.
Roethlisberger had 265 yards. We were about to be screwed
Houston got the ball back and immediately drove down the field. We needed them to take enough time off the clock that Pittsburgh got the ball back with under 2 minutes left. They could then kneel down and run the clock out without attempting another pass
They scored to go 30-23 down, with 90 seconds to go
They attempted an onside kick to win the ball back. They kicked, the ball bobbled and there was an almighty scramble
If Pittsburgh got the ball, game over. Kneel three times
If Houston got the ball, a chance to score and take it to overtime and our bet sunk in overtime
On the Pittsburgh hands team was Darius Heyward-Bey. Who? A player drafted by the Raiders, famously high, with hands of stone. What on earth was he doing on the onside kick team? The onside kick went straight at him. He fumbled it and chaos followed
The referees began to seperate players
Eventually, the ball was visible, in the arms of a Pittsburgh player
Roethlisberger trotted onto the field, had the ball snapped three times with the clock running, knelt each time and Pittsburgh won 30-23
He finished with 265 yards and we had a £25 winner, by half a yard. A very lucky fluke result conditiioned by game flow suiting unders
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Pittsburgh went to 4-3 on the season, a game behind the AFC North leading Ravens. I truth this looks a team in transition (for the third year) and not the best ante-post conference and superbowl bet, but a win is a win
Elsewhere last night relegation bet WBA, helped by the excellent Berahino, gained a 2-2 at home to Man U
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Feeding yesterday's Lord Ashcroft poll into Electoral Calculus LAB would secure working majority of 28 with 31% of vote
of course seat numbers are not decided by national share of the vote, its 650 local battles with incumbency and tactical voting to think of, but the figures remain supportive for our LDbets
Incidentally, Ladbrokes offer 6-1 (only) the Greens will out-poll the Lib Dems at the General election
Tonight, this starts
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