Looks like I've lost the New England v. New York Wager. I guess that would make me the sucker. Congratulations Peter. And bonus credit to Peter for saying that the giants were going to win by a field goal. Of course, if you hadn't welshed on your own offered bet of $50 with no spread you would have done better. HA HA! thats what you get! I think its the universe telling you not to welsh on bets.

The check is in the mail. Well not really. Its Sunday so no mail, but tomorrow for sure. Well, not for sure, but I intend to send it tomorrow. No guarantees though. I'm totally doing it this week, just not yet! God Damn it Peter, Lay off!

I would like to go on record as saying its awfully inconsiderate of the Pats to not only fail to cover my modest spread of 4.5 but to go ahead and lose. Shame, shame.

Hey! Are any of you with me in thinking that the last snap was retarded? At some point cant you let the losing team just give? Is it really super necessary to see Eli on his knees with his face in the center's butt for the sake of 1 second of clock time?

I wanted the the Patriots to win. Then we know that the 2007 New England Patriots were the best team ever to lace 'em up. No longer would we have to compare the '72 Dolphins to the '89 Niners, or ponder how the Ditka Bears compare to the Aikman Cowboys. The 2007 Patriots are the best ever, no more discussion. Well Suck, the inane debate continues. Whats worse... its the beginning of the Which-Manning-is-Better debate.

If your one of those who thinks gambling is an ugly taint on sports, I ask you, What says "fan" like putting your money where your mouth is?

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# posted by Max : 2/03/2008 07:27:00 PM 1 comments

I've got The Patriots at even odds but I had to give away 4.5 points. The Wager is for $25.00. I think I got myself a good deal, in-fact a great deal. So I'll not embarrass the dufuss who I made the bet with by exposing his name. Sucker.

DEAR IRS AUDITOR and MONTANA STATE GAMING COMMISSIONER: The wager spoken of above is not for actual currency. Instead we have agree to bet a non-monetary commodity, our immortal souls. Specifically $25.00 worth of soul. Soul betting isn't covered by the gaming commission and souls aren't taxable so this wager doesn't concern you.

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# posted by Max : 2/03/2008 02:03:00 PM 0 comments

I'm sure some of you are laboring under the notion that baseball is this great sport. I'll admit is has its points but it could use some help; and who better than me (someone entirely unfamiliar with baseball) to do the helping.

1st - put the name on the uniform. If you want encourage new viewers make it easy on them. I know that lots of teams have away jerseys with names, but come on! All names all the time.

Baseball needs to be converted from a 54 out game into a 54 minute game. Each side gets three minutes every inning. The pitcher has a 20 second pitch clock from the end of the last "action". The game clock would stop at the end of the action/play/pitch Batters would be simply s-o-l if they weren't ready when the pitch was thrown. The game clock would start when the pitch was thrown and stop when the pitcher got the ball again. Stealing, and checking base runners would also take time off, but you could only check a runner twice (after that it would be a license to steal) There would be three 90 second time outs in a game. A single pitch out would walk a batter instead of 4.

Base runners should be able to do more than run bases, If the runner wants to he should be able run from 1st to home to take out a catcher so that the guy coming from third scores. A batter (if he gets wood on the ball) should be able to also sprint over to third to help the runner from second. I suppose there would be no reason not to just charge the mound, but hey a few fast balls inside fixes that problem. In fact if a fast hitter can confound the outfielders there no reason why he cant just stay out there and cause trouble if they choose to let him be and continue the game (but I don't see why they would).

Rainouts are for wimps.

Baseball has developed some cool visuals over the years to help understand things like the nuances of pitching at batting but still... no reason to dally longer than 20 seconds between pitches. There is just only so much that can be said about ball two high and away. Some will say that it will burn out pitchers. Who cares? Athletes are an expensive but ultimately discardable commodity. Since the sacrifice play wouldn't be a huge sacrifice it would better to pitch to all the batters, regardless of how many steroids they take. And what makes baseball players so special. They should be allowed some real contact now and then. And I'm talking more that the freak event a catcher happens to be in the base line.

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# posted by Max : 6/11/2006 01:38:00 PM 0 comments

Someone at the Montana Standard Staff wanted my predictions on the SuperBowl. The following drivel is what they got.

The teams are largely the same. Both have top five QBs, Both have top 5 Run Defenses, Both have mediocre pass defenses, both have good RBs. The Seahawks led the league in sacks with 50, but the Steelers had 47. Both Teams are OK on 3rd down. The Seahawks beat 5 teams with winning records this year, the Steelers beat 6 (including playoffs) But then again, the extra Steeler victory came in their extra playoff game.

In favor of the Seahawks:
They've played one fewer game in the playoffs. Seattle is running better than Pittsburg in the playoffs. Mike Holmgren has been to and won a super bowl before. The Seahawks won their Division. The Seahwaks went 5-2 vs. opponents with winning records as opposed to 6-5 for the Steelers. Pittsburg didn't beat the Broncos in the AFC Conference Title Game as much as the Jake Plummer self-destructed with 4 turnovers.

In favor of the Steelers:
In the playoffs the Steelers are doing better with penalties and turnovers. The Steelers competed in a harder Division and a tougher Conference. The average Steeler victory came against a 8-8 opponent. The average Seahawk victory came against a 7-9 opponent.

The Deciding Factor:
The Steelers run the 3-4 Defense and the Seahawks run the more traditional 4-3. The Steelers have seen 4-3 defenses all year long and have proved themselves repeatedly. The Seahawks on the other hand have seen very few 3-4 defenses and have struggled against them.

Score: Steelers 24 Seahawks 13

If you have any sense you will bet your life savings on my advice alone.

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# posted by Max : 1/30/2006 09:33:00 PM 0 comments

The name of the local 1/2 A hockey team is the Butte Rough Riders. I'll pause for a bit so you can make your own hockey/Butt(e) jokes. ... Unfortunately they are 4 and 27. Fortunately they are on a streak, having won 3 of the last 4 games. One against a #1 opponent and the other against a #2 team. Robert and I attended a game recently against last place Kent. What a hoot; a 12-2 ass whooping. After a slow first period the Rough Riders seemed to really gel. 8 bucks for a few hours of watching these kids beat the crud out of each other, worth every penny. The Rough Riders play pretty rough, and I suspect it intimidates a number of the other players, and the ones who aren't intimidated end up committing foolish retribution penalties. The Rough Riders, one more reason Butte is awesome.

Butte Rough Riders. I'll post some pictures next time I go to a game.

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# posted by Max : 12/19/2005 09:25:00 PM 0 comments