Thanks guys.
Definitely had fun texting the number -- and just the number -- $791,409.21 to my best friend Dean back in Pass Christian, Mississippi on New Year's Day.
For anyone that's interested, there’s info on pulling up the interview by Musburger at post #37 also in this thread.
http://forums.eog.com/index.php?thr...ate-supercontest-update.7460299/#post-7483363
Still haven’t listened back to it, but enjoyed the heck out of doing it at the time.
I still have a ways to go before I match or exceed Steve, as he does have those back-to-back SuperContest Classic wins. (And I'll be trying.) The thing that he did that really impressed the heck out of me was a “Beat Bogdanovich” series that John hosted on I think it was a Leroy’s Friday radio show a decade or so back. Fezzik was impeccable in how he worked his way around both the betting board and the rules of that particular H2H matchup. Both guys came out of that one looking highly sharp, to me anyway.
I’m not a big fan of the tout business in general – and in particular the BS and shenanigans that often goes along with it, albeit not necessarily so. But I can’t blame them for the existence of the business itself at least when there are all those people out there who want to pick your brain for picks, for free, if you have any kind of apparent success. After a while, it has to get to feel like, “well, if you want the benefit of my homework without having to do your own, then . . . .” So there's always going to be touts, although some more scrupulous than others.
Me, though, I made a commitment to my day job employers through September 2020 and I plan to honor my word (and, yeah, it does pay well, so it’s not exactly like I’ve joined the Peace Corps, lol). But I don’t plan on going tout once I’m out, as I’d much rather have the freedom to bet for myself and then go do what I want. I like being able to define when quitting time is.
(Well, unless of course someone has a very, very compelling offer.)
Thanks again, guys. It was very nice payday, and a nice accomplishment, after the 15 years here, and the years before that working on trying to beat the NFL while in Louisiana. Looking forward to taking another shot at it this coming season.