The new year is only a day old, but we already have an early leader in the clubhouse for the worst bad beat of 2021.
When the Rose Bowl Game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame kicked, off, the Crimson Tide were favored by 19 points (or somewhere in that vicinity, depending on where you prefer to get your lines). Alabama controlled the game the entire way and led, 31–7, early in the fourth quarter and appeared on its way to covering the spread.
Alas, somebody forgot to close the back door.