The Oklahoma vs. Navy game was the kind of bizarre bowl game that we come to expect around the holidays. But the end of the game proved the b a costly one for the majority of bettors.
The over/under on the game was 44.5 points. And Oklahoma scored a touchdown in the final seconds and was an extra point away from making it 21-21, and the game likely going to overtime. But either way, it as nearly certain the over 44.5 was going to hit.
Instead, OU elected to go for the win, which meant no matter what, the total number of points in the game was going to come in under 44.5. According to John Ewing with BetMGM, 67% of the bets in this game were on the over.
The Oklahoma Sooners first season in the SEC ended with a dud after they wrapped the season in Fort Worth and fell to Navy 21-20 in the Armed Forces Bowl.
The Sooners jumped out to a 14-0 lead with touchdowns on their first two drives, and then did not score the rest of the game. OU’s offensive drives then went like this: Two turnovers on downs, two punts, a fumble, missed field goal and a touchdown in the final seconds. But as noted, OU went for a two-point conversion and a win, but QB Michael Hawkins took a sack, which essentially sealed the win for Navy.
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Meantime, Navy scored a touchdown in the second, third and fourth quarter. Navy’s go-ahead touchdown came with under five minutes to play in the fourth quarter as Blake Horvath’s six-yard run capped off a 12-play, 66-yard drive to put Navy in front.
Just two weeks after a dominating win over Army for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, the Midshipmen (10-3) reached 10 wins for the sixth time. The last 10-win season had been in 2019, which had been their last winning season.
