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what is the craziest sports bet you have ever made?

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January 23, 2012
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This ESPN commercial got me thinking. Everyone knows someone who has made some crazy-ass sports bet they had to follow through on. We mock and praise them at the same time for being a man and following through with the bet … Or just mock them, but whatever.

My favorite comes to light once a year. Los Juggernaut and one of our best friends have a life-time standing bet on the yearly USC vs. Notre Dame college football game. Loser has to do the Polar Bear plunge on New Year’s Day in Newport, R.I. Los Juggernaut obviously cheers for the good guys aka Notre Dame and our buddy likes that bunch’a cheatahs in Southern Cal.

But the bet is growing. This was only the second year they did it, but the stakes are literally being raised by the day. First the loser just had to do the swim. Pretty shitty to go one hundred yards into the blistering cold ocean when the water temp is about 40 degrees. Then they decided they would have to wear the opposing teams jersey. Sounds pretty good to me. That’s fair, right?

Bu what did they do? They took it even further.

Now the loser has to wear the other teams jersey the whole week between Christmas and New Year’s. These kids are mental. Hardcore sports fans don’t get any better. Or do they?

We want to hear your best bets/ craziest stories.

I’ll tell you what, if that sack of shit team the Giants makes it to the superbowl against the Pats, I’ll make a bet with anyone who proposes one.***

***I wrote this blog on Friday, and I’ll stick to my word. So please…if you are serious about a bet I want to fucking hear it. Please submit your bet in the comments section or send to toomuchfire@gmail.com.

Rules for the bets I would take:
1. You must be a REAL Giants fan, not a loser bandwagon Jets fan.
2. I’ll fucking do anything short of hurting myself so bring it bitches.
3. We need to have some sort of shake/agreement.

STAY. HOT.

best rivalry of the weekend

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October 22, 2011
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This weekend marks my favorite rivalry of the year and one that I have some dignity riding on. Two of the most storied programs in college football Notre Dame and the University of Southern California square off for the 83rd time for the first night game ever played at Notre Dame Stadium. As a Fighting Irish fan, there is no question who I will be rooting for Saturday at 8 PM EST.

For the past decade or so under the direction of Chuck Weiss and Ty Willingham and Bob Davie the Irish have lost some of their swagger and were in a bit of a rut, but why is this still a great rivalry?

You’ve got an all-time record of 43-34-5 (advantage ND) with two programs that have combined for 22 National titles (11 each) and winning percentages of .700.

The dignity part is an annual bet between a friend and I where the loser must do the polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day in Newport, R.I. Last year was the first year of the bet and this year the ante has been upped:

  • If Notre Dame wins, said friend will be sporting a Joe Montana (or pink Brady Quinn) jersey into the ocean for his 2nd straight plunge.
  • If the Trojans win, I will be visiting Newport donning an Orenthal James Simpson jersey.
(ed. note — can’t wait to personally see you take the plunge, los o.j. juggernaut…)

How flawed is the college football ranking system?

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October 10, 2011
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Beyond Common Sense

So down in the state of Texas this was what people here consider the most exciting weekend of the college football season, the Red River Rivalry.

Oklahoma entered ranked #3 — well deserving of the rank. Some would even argue they should still be # 1 or #2. So maybe it has its flaws, in that a team that started the season #1 and hasn’t lost got over taken.

LSU beat much better teams. I am fine with them hopping OU, but that’s not important.

Texas entered ranked #11. This is where the flaws really start. Texas, a team that barely beat a sub par BYU team at home and has not beaten anyone of note with all their hard games still ahead of them after suffering a 55-17 defeat to Oklahoma. In fact, with the exception of the Kansas Jayhawks, Texas could easily lose the rest of their remaining games. So why was Texas ranked 11? A friend made a good point saying that they may have fixed the rankings to get better ratings. Would you rather watch the #3 team play the #11 team or the #24 team (where Texas probably belonged)?

We also had Florida State ranked #4 preseason. After playing two warm-up games, (I thought teams were only supposed to play one?), they were all primed for their big early season showdown with the Sooners. Florida State lost 23-13 … Respectable, I’ll give them that. Then this last weekend they lost to Wake Forest. Wake Forest lost to Syracuse who hasn’t been good since the Donovan McNabb/Quinton Spotwood era. So what does that say about the ability to pre-rank teams? Should there even be pre-ranks?

There is the argument that a team ranked out of the top-15 can kiss any prayer of playing for the National Championship goodbye. It’s more than an argument. It’s a fact.

Observe a school like Clemson, who started the season unranked. They are now 6-0 after defeating ranked teams three straight weeks, including hammering Virginia Tech 23-3 on the road. I am not saying Clemson is the best team in the country or deserves a top three ranking right now but if there were no pre-ranks, where would they be right now?

Or look at my least favorite college Boise State (that blue field is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever seen). They started the season ranked #5. They sit at #5. After traveling to Georgia and coming out with a W week one, and winning all their game since they were jumped by Wisconsin in the rankings. I think Wisconsin is that good and has a chance to run the table but that doesn’t justify them jumping another undefeated team who has wins against as many ranked opponents as them. One.

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Could LeBron earn back everyone’s respect?

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October 5, 2011
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Apparently today LeBron James practiced with a high school football team — and it has NFL.com doing a story about if he’s going to try out for the NFL. I’m 200% positive he won’t try to play football, he would be stupid to.

BUT, with all the talk of “could he?” and NFL players coming out and saying they believe he could (Greg Jennings and Marcedes Lewis), I’m a slight believer that he could. Most likely just a publicity stunt going to a high school practice since he’s not playing overseas and everyone is talking about Kobe but it got me thinking.

LeBron lost everyone outside of Miami’s respect with that whole decision thing and the majority of humanity thinks he’s an asshole. I do cheer for the Celtics but not the reason I hate LeBron — I just don’t think he should have left Cleveland and stand firm that Jordan was in a different league. Everyone has their reason but mainly I think it has to do with NBA players are not nearly as likable as NFL players unless you’re Dikembe Mutumbo (ed. note – inserting wag of finger).

Could trying to play in the NFL earn him credibility and respect back? Granted, we all know he would hold an hour press conference and try to play for the Browns (yes, all those idiots in Cleveland would buy his Browns jersey) but if he made the team, would he earn your respect? Maybe you didn’t lose respect for him but it would put him in a different class. This wouldn’t be like Ochocinco trying out for an MLS team. I would think it’d be legit.

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