Monday, April 03, 2017

Whoops

On Saturday morning I learned the news of Mississippi State beating UConn the night prior. The Huskies were 21 1/2 point favorites and as we all know, hadn't lost a game since about the time I last posted something on GTB. 111 games straight. Last loss sometime in 2014. And the two teams played each other last season with the Huskies coming out on top by a mere 60 points. What were the odds of an upset? Long to very long. On Friday I remember seeing the money line on one of my degenerate gambler Twitter feeds. To win $100 on UConn simply winning the game you'd have to put down $7,000. No joke. Conversely if you had the wherewithal and spare coin to take a flyer on Mississippi State, that same $100 would nab you $2,000. Veddy Nice!!!
I rarely wager outside of college football but I do follow gambling related stories. Here are a couple of lads who wagered on the Friday night game. One found himself on the right side of luck. The other...nope. These are just the two that we know about. One big bet I would place would be on the likelihood that there were many others that wagered on the game and for much bigger dough. It isn't hard to imagine pretty boy Floyd (Mayweather) dropping $100,000 on the upset for the chance to collect a $2M payday. I'm guessing our readers stayed away.

18 comments:

Mark said...

I've felt like a big enough degenerate the few times I've bet on baseball. Women's CBB is a bridge too far.

zman said...

MSU losing to USC has to hurt. It would be like Duke losing to Kansas in 1991 after beating UNLV.

Squeaky said...

All you DC folks need to find your way to this beer happening next Monday. Some truly amazing breweries from up north and one from VA. Like Bissell Brothers, Trillium and Other Half. Tremendous selection for the discerning beer snob.

http://www.trilliumbrewing.com/trillium-events/cbc-churchkey

TR said...

I am in Napa for a work conference for a devastatingly short 48 hours. It is so nice out here that it makes me wonder what the hell I am doing w/ my life. It's 78 degrees, totally sunny, and every window shows a beautiful rolling hill w/ vines on them. And even the air smells amazing, w all the vegetation.

https://youtu.be/1i6rAXNvDSM

zman said...

I expected this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiOuroHPxRQ

Dave said...

don't worry, a few more years of global warming and it will look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HClM8YvNljo

you'll be loving 40 degrees and raining . . .

rob said...

mark, what did you tell coach few today?

Whitney said...

Joel Berry reminds me of Raffi from The League

Mark said...

Just reminded him that his team'a strength lies in their depth. And to trust his guards down the stretch.

rob said...

the stretch may not matter if they don't wake the fuck up

rob said...

and that depth is really gonna matter

Whitney said...

This is the worst played national championship game that will ever be.

Mark said...

This basketball game. She is no good.

rob said...

she is garbage

Whitney said...

How many airballs and hideous bricks tonight? A million?

TR said...

Pretty happy to see Jared Kushner arrive in Iraq. Always helpful to have a privileged son of a billionaire land in a strife-filled region. Hopefully we'll have Jim Dolan land in Darfur soon.

rob said...

merry teejmas, everybody

T.J. said...

teej might even post something in a moment