By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 01:44 EST, 7 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 7 January 2014 Almost a winner: Auburn alum Mark Skiba bet $100 on Auburn to win at 500/1 odds, they led after the third quarter but ultimately lost the game An Auburn fan almost won more than $50,000 for placing a bet on Monday's BCS National Title game before the teams playing in it were even decided. Mark Skiba bet on December 1 $100 that Auburn would win the BCS Title Game at 500/1 odds - the payout would have been $50,100 if the Tigers had won. But his chances were dashed after Florida State University scored the go-ahead touchdown to put FSU up 34-31 with only 13 seconds remaining.
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Florida State beat Auburn 34-31 to win the last-ever BCS National Championship game
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Quarterback Jameis Winston led the team to victory on his 20th birthday
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He overcame a tumultuous season that saw him facing rape allegations to winning the Heisman Trophy as college football's best player
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Florida State won all 14 games it played this season to go undefeated in winning the title
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The wild game also saw an Auburn fan almost win more than $50,000 on a bet placed more than a month ago
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