Dave Portnoy called Rutgers -29.5 over UMass the easiest bet of the year. Four days later, he's admitting on air it was a bad bet.
Dave Portnoy makes Rutgers over UMass his mortal lock. On Pick Em Week 1, the night before the card went out: Rutgers to win by 50, the easiest bet of the year, he says twice.
“I think it could be the easiest bet of the year I honestly do, Rutgers. I think Rutgers is going to win this game by 50.”
Barstool's Pick 'Em card puts Portnoy on Rutgers -29.5 for the opener.
I made my 1st bet of college football season and it may be my strongest play of the year. Rutgers -29.5 to beat umass by 40 plus
UMass starts hanging with Rutgers and Portnoy already sounds nervous. Ev's already crowning UMass QB Pop Watson MVP of the upset before it's even an upset.
Look at this UMass offense! Pop Watson is COOKIN’
Umass is apparently way better than Rutgers and nobody told Rutgers they had a game today. They are totally asleep What a joke
The rout is on, and Barstool's trash-can mascot rides onto the field to rub it in. Barstool's own mascot cruises onto the field mid-blowout, and Will Compton needles from the sideline that the SEC doesn't have a Rutgers.
OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO UMASS??? POP WATSON FOR HEISMAN
Umass is kicking the ever living shit out of Rutgers.
I’ll say this The SEC doesn’t have a Rutgers
Rutgers pulling up for another season of college football
Portnoy owns the freezing cold take and apologizes on camera. Three minutes into the season, by his own count - and Dani Jackel's reaction says it all.
I apologize to everybody who followed me on the Rutgers pick. I’m not gonna point the finger at Greg Schiano or Rutgers for the most pathetic effort Ive ever seen. The buck stops with me. I will work to earn your trust back #rutgerssucks
Final gun: UMass wins outright as a 29.5-point underdog, its first power-conference win since 1978. UMass closed as a +2200 moneyline underdog, hadn't won in 677 days, and hadn't beaten a power-conference team since 1978.
UMass just took Rutgers to the woodshed. A true wire to wire ass kicking. What a way to break a 16 game losing streak.
UMass was a 29.5 point underdog tonight They’ll pick up their FIRST win vs. a current power conference opponent since November of 1978
Portnoy escalates: disband the whole Rutgers program. Less than two hours after apologizing, he's calling for the death penalty instead.
Not only do I think Rutgers football should be kicked out of the Big 10 I think the football program should be disbanded
The morning after: fireworks, donors, and a fan getting grilled on the phone. Recaps land on the "world's saddest fireworks show" and a donor gut-punch, plus a live call with a Rutgers fan branded "Assault!"
Bad day to be a donor to Rutgers athletics… (H/t: @Brett_McMurphy)
Rutgers lost as 30 point favorites but no one was stopping them from post game fireworks
Portnoy, on camera: Rutgers ruined my entire football season. Two days on, clipped by Viva La Stool: he says he is in a dark place and the season is already over before Week 2.
Rutgers loss on Thursday night has already ruined the season for Dave.
Portnoy puts on a scarlet R and renews the call for Schiano's job. Two days after the apology, he's turned the loss into a costume and a fresh demand — Schiano still has his job and that's apparently its own disgrace.
I am wearing a scarlet R to remind myself to never bet on Rutgers again. The fact that Greg Schiano hasn’t been fired yet is a disgrace
Portnoy, mid-boast about his track record, gets handed the receipt and doesn't fight it. Portnoy is in the middle of touting his own history of picking national champions before the season starts when Brandon Walker cuts him off with the number: Rutgers -29.5, his very first bet of the year. Portnoy doesn't argue the line or the loss — he just calls it a bad bet and lets it stand. It's the first time the story shows him saying it flatly, without the disband-the-program heat of the days right after.
“Nobody in the history of the last 24 years, has been more right about football than I have” -Dave Portnoy “Your first bet of the season was Rutgers -29.5” -Brandon Walker “That was a bad bet” -Dave
