Posted by Johnnymac 9:49 PM
What a way to end the football gambling season. I didn't have a good feeling for either team today - I was rooting for Chicago but figured Indy was going to win, but I had absolutely no idea about the point spread so I stayed off of it. In the end I wanted to have SOME action on the game, so I ended up with two bets:

1.) A friend of mine at work and I wanted to do a prop bet on Devon Hester scoring a touchdown; I was against, he was for. I initially offered him 5-2 and he wanted 6-1. We deadlocked for a while until we found an online sports book that was offering 5-1 on a kickoff or punt return touchdown, but without the interception or fumble return. We negotiated a bit more and agreed on 4-1 for $10 for ANY touchdown, including interceptions and fumbles.

I was $40 down after 14 seconds had passed in the first quarter. Wow.

2.) OK, well, I still felt good because despite everyone's dire predictions about the weather, I expected a high scoring game - because a.) the Super Bowl always seems to be, b.) both teams scored a lot of in the playoffs, and c.) predictions about the weather being a factor never seem to pan out in the pros for some reason (college is a different story). So... the net result of that was a small $20 with a separate coworker on the over set at 48 points.

Naturally, Indy was up 29-17 and 4th down inside the Chicago 25 with two minutes left in the game. A figgie makes it 15 and forces Chicago to score twice and go for two...

So Tony Dungy decides he's afraid of the blocked FG and runs up the middle and turns it over on downs, Rex Grossman does more of the same (meaning, jack shit) and the Colts when the Super Bowl. Awesome.

I hate good coaches.

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Posted by  Padilla, at 9:22 AM, February 06, 2007  

Flip the coin.......I had squares of 9 and 7, winning $50 via Dungy's wise decision, the Bears' run defense, and the utterly predictable Rex Grossman.

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