Pro Bowl

I thought my $2 bet on the under during the Pro Bowl of 99.5 was a pretty good bet. The original over/under was 72. Well, of course they just hit 100 points. At least my $1 bet on the Afc at +6 was good. Can someone remind me to take the over next year on the Pro Bowl?

Take the over next year on the Pro Bowl.

I stopped watching tonight when, for the fifth time in the First Half, I saw a player laughing after screwing something up... :-(

Gee Now I really feel old. I can remember when the best players actually played in the PRO BOWL. And tv commentators would post the MVP with about 5 minutes to go. One year it went to Jim Brown, and Johnny Unitas threw a TD pass to win the game in the last seconds. Next year Johnny U won it and Jim Brown had a big run in final seconds to win the game. The next year they would announce the MVP after the game was over. LOL

You would have to pay me a large sum of money to watch the Pro Bowl.

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You would have to pay me a large sum of money to watch the Pro Bowl.

But it's the closest thing to football at this time of year! :)

Alternatively: Isn't it odd not to watch it before rather than after the Superbowl?

Here in Australia they always set the over/under on the Pro Bowl way way too low...the last couple of years it has been in the 60's....this year it was at 73.....we make money on it every year :)

I almost turned it off immediately after turning it on.

I turned it on during the last two seconds of the review of the rules changes.

Excuse me? Rules changes? Is that like a baseball Old Timer's game where they change the rules so that a batter cannot get a walk or a strike out? What kind of mamby-pamby guys are playing the Pro-Bowl that there needs to be rule changes?

I turned it off after the second time the commentators noted that the fans are booing because the players aren't giving it their best effort.


But I do have a question:

When the players introduced themselves, they mention the college they used to play for. If anything, shouldn't they mention the team they currently play for?

I used to lay about 250 that the first score would be a touchdown, as almost all of them are. However, I think last year there was a missed field goal attempt first, which scared me off doing that this year (unfortunately). My NFL data does not include the pro bowl, which don't consider to be a legitimate football game.

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Excuse me? Rules changes? Is that like a baseball Old Timer's game where they change the rules so that a batter cannot get a walk or a strike out? What kind of mamby-pamby guys are playing the Pro-Bowl that there needs to be rule changes?

I turned it off after the second time the commentators noted that the fans are booing because the players aren't giving it their best effort.

I've no idea what the average NFL salary is. But many of the players at the Pro Bowl get big salaries. Maybe not the linemen, but just about everyone else. now, a career-ending injury can take palce in any game. It's a small, but ever-present risk. Why risk it in a game that's worth a mere fifty grand if you win, 25 grand if you lose?