Huh, I'd never heard of a football square. Sounds cool though. I do like to gamble, actually, but not so much just placing straight bets. I like pools, pick'ems, knockouts, things like that.
Oh, and every year I put $10 on the Royals to win the AL pennant. Think I got 125-1 odds this year. On 2/5/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know you have seen them, I just don't know what you'd call them in this > context...football squares? > > You know, like this: > > You create a 10 X 10 grid, people pay, say, 10 buck s per square, fill in > their name in the squares. When all squares are filled, you draw numbers > and write them down the left of the grid (10 of them) and across the top > (10 > of them again). All squares now have "coordinates". Your coordinates are > your numbers. The "Y" coordinate is the NFC Team, the "X" the AFC team. > Money is won at the end of each quarter, if the last number of the score > for > both teams match your numbers, you win. > > I had 4 (NFC) and 9 (AFC). The score, if Automatic Adam had made the damn > kick at the end of the half, it would have been 14-19, and I would have > made > a tidy profit. > > That's OK, I parlayed the Bears team under (21) and the Colts to cover the > 6.5 pt spread and did very well. > > Yes, I like gambling. It makes sports that much more fun. Surprised > you're > not into it, actually. > > On 2/5/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So explain to a gambling amateur what a square pool is??? > > > > On 2/5/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I was not aware of the Puppy Bowl...wait, actually, now it's coming > back > > > to > > > me. Dammit. I *know* that Prince would have paled in comparison. > > > > > > Grossman should have been pulled. I think that would have been > classic. > > > > > > Stupid Vinateiri. I had 4-9 in my square pool, and he missed that > field > > > goal at the half (!) to make it 14-19. I think that was the only FG > he > > > missed during the playoffs, and it cost me $250. Asshole. > > > > > > > > > -- > > She's a PhD in "I told you so" > > You've a knighthood in "I'm not listening" > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226811 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
