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250-1 Shot-Do You BELIEVE in Miracles?

Postby Stallion » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:53 pm

Excepts from a Marshall Story-Danny Sheridan really must not like SMU-those are really really astronomically-I wonder if it meant 25-1.

NOTES: The Herd is featured in an article in USA Today on Conference USA, with a picture of McClellan making a tackle at Tennessee and a smaller picture of Snyder. Danny Sheridan makes the Herd a 25:1 choice to win the league and ahead of only UAB(100:1), Rice and SMU (250:1). UCF and Tulsa are the favorites at 2:1, while East Carolina and Memphis (3:1) are next, followed by Houston and Southern Miss (5:1) and Tulane/UTEP (15:1)
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Postby ThadFilms » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:55 pm

Yes!


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Postby ponyboy » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:56 pm

I'm not a betting man and really don't believe we'll win the league any time in the next couple of years, but I'd lay money on the 250:1. Ridiculous.
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Postby RE Tycoon » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:57 pm

So you're telling me there's a chance?

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Postby ponyboy » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:58 pm

Absolutely. What if JJ repeats here what he did in his first year at Hawaii?

By the way, I don't know who the bigger doofus is, Trump or Lloyd Christmas.
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Postby RE Tycoon » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:04 pm

One man's doofus in another man's lucky SOB

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I personally can't stand the guy. The avatar is tongue and cheek, I figured most people on the board wouldn't know who Sam Zell is.
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Postby Stallion » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:05 pm

even 50-1 seems excessive in this Conference. Now I think Tulsa could end up being a pretty strong team but injuries can derail any team. Otherwise, all the other schools in the West are all pretty much equally mediocre. Its different than say Baylor winning the Big 12 which might really be a 250-1 Shot.
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Postby RednBlue11 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:09 pm

id put 10 bucks on that and come away with a cool 2500
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Postby Stallion » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:10 pm

check your math
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Postby RednBlue11 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:11 pm

haha whoops :shock:
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Postby NickSMU17 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:28 pm

No way is that line right....
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Postby 03Mustang » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:47 pm

RE Tycoon wrote:One man's doofus in another man's lucky SOB

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I personally can't stand the guy. The avatar is tongue and cheek, I figured most people on the board wouldn't know who Sam Zell is.


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Postby ThadFilms » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:00 pm

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Postby J.T.supporta » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:38 pm

RE Tycoon wrote:So you're telling me there's a chance?

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Re: 250-1 Shot-Do You BELIEVE in Miracles?

Postby SMU2007 » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:27 pm

Stallion wrote: Danny Sheridan makes the Herd a 25:1 choice to win the league and ahead of only UAB(100:1), Rice and SMU (250:1). UCF and Tulsa are the favorites at 2:1, while East Carolina and Memphis (3:1) are next, followed by Houston and Southern Miss (5:1) and Tulane/UTEP (15:1)


Those odds are idiotic. Bodog doesn't have anything on C-USA but here are some lines for comparison:

Baylor to win Big 12- 70:1
Duke to win ACC- 100:1
Vandy/UK to win SEC- 50:1
KState/Ok. State to win BCS Championship - 125:1

In other words, there's absolutely no way that SMU could be 250:1 to win C-USA. Probably 250:1 to win BCS...
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