Sorry, UK bettors. Even though I bet the Hogs -5, I really do feel sorry someone has to lose a bet that way. I knew my only chance to win was if Arkansas scored at the top of an OT and held Kentucky scoreless at the bottom, but I never expected to have it happen 3 times. I wrote that game off at least a half dozen times throughout the OTs. I can't even describe what it feels like to win this one...more disbelief than elation. I feel like I aged about 3 decades during the OT. All 7 OTs lasted what...an hour? More?
In the past week...I've had Tennessee -2.5 over Alabama in the 5OT game, South Florida -2.5 in 2 OTs Friday night, and now the Hogs tonight. If stress really does take years off your life, I won't live to see 40 at this rate (currently 28).
In the past week...I've had Tennessee -2.5 over Alabama in the 5OT game, South Florida -2.5 in 2 OTs Friday night, and now the Hogs tonight. If stress really does take years off your life, I won't live to see 40 at this rate (currently 28).
jduece,
I happened to have had a vested interest in all three games and not only watched all of them but lost this one.
In real time I am 56 though tonight I do feel closer to 96, but I'll be just 56 tommorrow morning again the good Lord willin.
Tonight I do feel somewhat closer to knockin on heavens door. But last night I felt like I was a kid playin out there again after the last play. Went to that one with Fish. Sometimes I do even feel I have to stop watching the end of these kind of games. I'm even starting to turn away from extra point attempts.
But I know I won't really stop watching them, so why even talk about it. Hell, all three of those games were a damn good legal rush and I've made it this long. If I change my habits I figure it might kill me, cause the habits haven't done it yet.
I don't know what it's like to die but I do know whats it's like to push the envelope a bit and live on the edge. Doin' that just feels like life to me. And at my age it's a precious thing to be lived to the fullest.
And now having gotten that off my chest and gotten over what Red called a "brutal loss", I'll just go pleasantly to sleep and hope I live to see a whole bunch more of these kinds of games. Some I'll win, some I'll lose and some of the bases will get rained out.
Really ain't a life or death thing at 1% to 2% of bankroll. Goin much over that is what's likely to kill you.
Goodnight my friend, enjoy your win and remember you might be one game away from your "baddest beat". Put it all in perspective and you will not only live to be 40 but probably twice that.
I happened to have had a vested interest in all three games and not only watched all of them but lost this one.
In real time I am 56 though tonight I do feel closer to 96, but I'll be just 56 tommorrow morning again the good Lord willin.
Tonight I do feel somewhat closer to knockin on heavens door. But last night I felt like I was a kid playin out there again after the last play. Went to that one with Fish. Sometimes I do even feel I have to stop watching the end of these kind of games. I'm even starting to turn away from extra point attempts.
But I know I won't really stop watching them, so why even talk about it. Hell, all three of those games were a damn good legal rush and I've made it this long. If I change my habits I figure it might kill me, cause the habits haven't done it yet.
I don't know what it's like to die but I do know whats it's like to push the envelope a bit and live on the edge. Doin' that just feels like life to me. And at my age it's a precious thing to be lived to the fullest.
And now having gotten that off my chest and gotten over what Red called a "brutal loss", I'll just go pleasantly to sleep and hope I live to see a whole bunch more of these kinds of games. Some I'll win, some I'll lose and some of the bases will get rained out.
Really ain't a life or death thing at 1% to 2% of bankroll. Goin much over that is what's likely to kill you.
Goodnight my friend, enjoy your win and remember you might be one game away from your "baddest beat". Put it all in perspective and you will not only live to be 40 but probably twice that.
Ha...so true, Mr Jones. Anyone who has done this for a while can start rattling off bad beats they've suffered until they're blue in the face. As unbelievable as it is though, improbable wins and bad beats usually balance each other out in the long run. It's easy to bitch and moan that the whole world is against you when you lose a game like that, but chances are you've won just as many like this as you've lost. For some reason, people remember their losses a lot more vividly than their wins.
I'm not so sure any of us can really change our habits. The line "you can't run from who you are" in the movie Rounders couldn't be any more accurate. If sports capping is one of your hobbies and you don't send yourself to the poorhouse doing it, chances are you'll be doing it until your last days. I figure since I can admit to myself that I'm in this for the long haul, I better play it smart and stay within a bankroll...
Good luck today in the pros, brother...unless you happen to be opposite of a side I'm betting.
I'm not so sure any of us can really change our habits. The line "you can't run from who you are" in the movie Rounders couldn't be any more accurate. If sports capping is one of your hobbies and you don't send yourself to the poorhouse doing it, chances are you'll be doing it until your last days. I figure since I can admit to myself that I'm in this for the long haul, I better play it smart and stay within a bankroll...
Good luck today in the pros, brother...unless you happen to be opposite of a side I'm betting.
