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Subject: THE BET III - FINAL LIST - THE BETTING WINDOW IS CLOSED!
From: f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin)
Date: 16 Dec 1992 05:24 MST  
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[Origins of THE BET III, now lost in the swamps of forgetfulness, but likely
a reaction to the "xFC TEAMS SUCK" threads]

This gave me a great idea for a bet, the most vicious type of bet possible.
Really down to basics here.  It is AFC vs. NFC: Which conference will win
the Super Bowl?

Those NFC fans who dare to bet that a team possibly not even their own
will beat any AFC representative should take this bet.  Likewise, those
AFC fans who are convinced that an AFC team's strength is equivalent to
that of any team the NFC can send to the Bowl should take this bet also.

The loser of this bet will not be able to post ANYTHING (woof or otherwise)
to r.s.f.p from the final second of the Super Bowl on January 31 until the
opening kickoff of the 1993 regular season.  The lucky winners of this bet
will have unlimited woofing and anti-woofing privileges, as well as the
opportunity to post preseason previews of their favorite team, flames of
stupid prediction posts, relentless mocking of the bet's losers, and so on.

I propose we name this "THE BET III", out of respect to the plucky Dolphin
fan who organized the highly successful THE BET and THE BET II wagers.  I
understand he is now hiding out in a Montana survivalist camp after losing
THE BET II.  Such bravery deserves to be commemorated.

Deadline for entry was December 15.  This was because (1) I won't have this
account during the winter break; (2) this is not a bet on specific teams,
but a bet on conferences: whose teams rule, whose teams suck.  Riskier, yet
more exciting for everybody.

Bettors, dig in for the next 6 weeks.  Your wager is now set in stone.
No backing out.  No pussyfooting with the rules.  If some disaster happens,
and the Super Bowl turns out to be Green Bay vs. Buffalo (for NFC bettors),
or San Francisco vs. Cleveland (for AFC bettors), YOU ARE STUCK!  Serves
you right for your allegiance to silly little football conferences!

BTW, the enforcement procedure for this bet shall be the honor system.
After all, we here are all honorable.


                                   THE BETTORS

                           Name                 Pick
                           ---------------------------
                           Kevin Barnes         AFC
                           Shane Bell           AFC
                           Chad D. Bergerson    NFC
                           Frank Bilotti        NFC
                           Jason Bittle         AFC
                           Adam Bonin           NFC
                           Kurt Bose            NFC
                           Jason Brown          AFC
                           Joe C.               AFC
                           Michael P. Colburn   NFC
                           Thom Craver          AFC
                           Phil Dietz           AFC
                           Mike Falkner         NFC
                           Greg Franklin        NFC
                           JONNY B. GOODE       AFC
                           Galen F. Gawboy      NFC
                           Mike Gleason         NFC
                           Scott Grissom        AFC
                           William Hargreaves   NFC
                           Thomas Kettler       AFC
                           Nitin Khanna         NFC
                           James E. Kist        AFC
                           Derrell Larocque     AFC
                           Keith Lewis          NFC
                           Jim Livesey          NFC
                           Geoff McElhanon      NFC
                           Karl Mosgofian       NFC
                           Charles Nahm         NFC
                           Satish Nair          AFC
                           Matthew Narby        AFC
                           Tracy Persky         NFC
                           Robbie Po            NFC
                           Jeff Roberts         AFC
                           Kerry Rodden         NFC
                           Ashish Sagar         NFC
                           David Shao           AFC
                           Snoopy               AFC
                           C. Swartzentruber    NFC
                           Eric Sybesma         NFC
                           Abhay Thorat         NFC
                           Nur Touba            NFC
                           Dan Valentine        AFC
                           Dan Whitesell        AFC
                           Erik Witte           AFC
                           Barry Trottier       NFC
                           Rene Zandbergen      AFC

AFC Bettors: 21
NFC Bettors: 25
Total Bettors: 46

Have a happy holiday, everyone.  And may your favorite NFL team play hard,
no matter whether it's going to Pasadena or not.
-- 
Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin  "People that are really very weird can get into
f67700241@ccit.arizona.edu   sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact
Keep circulating the tapes.      on history." -- Dan Quayle, on Malcolm X

"Father yes son, I want to kill you.  Mother, I want to----WUAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
	-- Jim Morrison, waxing poetic on family values
"The President scores much better than Bill Clinton."
	-- Dan, comparing Bush's record of marital infidelity to Clinton's

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