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Originally Posted by dalakhani
As a funny side note, we saw Pete Rose in there...TWICE. Being there for BC was understandable but betting philly park on a monday at 9:30 a.m. PST was a little sad.
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I can't make fun of him for that ....
I was behind all day Monday until Kaper Lake first time for Scott Lake in a dirt sprint. I was amazed he paid 5/1 against that field. He didn't exactly perform like Shake You Down though .. was very fortunate to win.
I was hanging around the sports book on Monday Night conflicted about should I watch the football game and root for Pittsburgh because Denver is 1 game up on NE and has a tiebreaker for a playoff bye week- or should I go out and see more naked girls.
Everyone was saying "The Over has cashed every single Monday Night game but one." ... They were also telling me the over had moved like 2.5 points higher for this game from where it opened at. So.. it sounded like fish were driving the total up and not rational thinking by sharp people.
So, I get to thinking .. wait a second .. the Pats are the only NFL team I watch .. and Denver's D did such a masterful job at disguising coverages against them. They basically shut them out in the 2nd half. This game is in Denver ... that game was in Denver.
Why does this game have to go over?
So, I stand around by the betting lines close to kickoff listening and asking people who they like .... and a flood of dummy's come in to bet mostly on Pittsburgh ..and almost everyone who plays a total likes the over.
That cinches it for me ... all the squares like the over... I'll stay here bet the under and watch the game.
There's NOTHING more miserable than watching a game when you have the under. You're basically rooting for handoffs up the middle, holding penalties so long as the team isn't backed up, and a false start by the O-line after a running play by the offense is like the equivlant of hitting a home run in baseball.
I should have the stupid bet won ... but an injury by a Pittsburgh player saves 40 seconds of clock...because when there is an injury with under 2 minutes to go .. the players team gets charged with a timeout. After that, instead of running and icing up the win and ending the game ... Pittsburgh decides to throw a TD to Hines Ward.
Now, I basically feel like defeat is inevitable. Pittsburgh's D is either going to soften up and give a charity TD in the final minute because they're so far ahead ... or shaky Orton will throw a pick six to that hairy bastard from USC in the Steelers secondary.
Orton throws an INT and the Pittsburgh player takes a first step and move like he's determined to take it to the house .. than finally goes to the ground after he sees he won't have an easy TD return.
I won the bet, and it really wasn't even a decent sized bet to get excited about, but it still took all the fun out of watching the game.
I'm not a football bettor .. I know the game, and know how to watch it, but have no idea how to handicap it. If I ever bet an under again ... I swear I will not watch the game.