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...second plan, however, seemed promising. While I don't know anything about football, I do, as a Jew with pushy parents, know an awful lot about the importance of a good college education. So I asked Manteris to post this proposition bet: Will the first person to score a touchdown have attended one of the Top 100 schools in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings? Manteris thought for a moment. "I don't want to say your bet is stupid," he said. "But it is unique...
...sports books he runs for Station Casinos. Manteris, author of Super Bookie, was responsible for making proposition bets a huge business when, in 1985, he offered 20-to-1 odds at Caesars Palace that an incredibly fat defensive lineman named William (the Refrigerator) Perry would score a Super Bowl touchdown. Unfortunately for Manteris, there was a rare outpouring of public affection for the obese, and when the Fridge scored, the casino lost six figures. "But it got media attention," says Manteris. "From that moment on, Super Bowl props became a big deal." Unfortunately for Manteris, guys who run casinos...
...looking at the board, it seemed a little weird that Manteris' team of statisticians set the odds at exactly even. I was about to bet $100 that the first touchdown scorer had gone to a good school when my old Stanford roommate, Ben Wu, decided to run the numbers. According to Wu and perhaps this Excel document he sent me that I can't follow, there's only a 46.1% chance that the first touchdown will be scored by someone who went to a Top 100 school. Which did not stop me from placing my bet. Because real gambling...
...field--is a reflection of my family name. He said to me, 'Mr. Kraft, I've made a lot of money. I want to win. I want to be a Patriot.'" Moss took a pay cut, has been a model player and caught 23 touchdown passes, breaking Jerry Rice's single-season record. He roams the locker room in a T shirt that reads BE HUMBLE, OR GET HUMBLED...
...Bucks were leading 14-12 in the game, and had the ball on Northwestern's 1-yard line. But the Bulls not only kept the Bucks out of the end zone, they marched 99 yards with just one timeout left, converting two fourth-down plays, to score the winning touchdown with just 18 seconds remaining...