Sucker Bets

I don't remember how this started today, but I was involved in a discussion about Iowa basketball while eating lunch this afternoon. The person who started the conversation (an Iowa grad - but not Hawkeye), insisted that Iowa was the #2 in the 2006 NCAA tournament when they lost to Northwestern State in the first round. Somehow, I remembered that Iowa was in fact the #3 seed playing their first game in Detroit (well...Auburn Hills to be exact). The Iowa grad was so confident she was right that she was willing to place a bet. Given that I am always willing to accept sucker bets, I decided to wager a cup of hot chocolate (I keep my stakes low). The peanut gallery sitting around us decided that the stakes were lame. Since I knew I was right, I volunteered that I would grow a mustache if I was wrong, as BuckeyeBoy has been requesting for months.

I hate to disappoint all of you, but there will be no mustache. Although I tend to express strong opinions on occasion as if they are fact, I was right this time. I know, you're all probably shocked. I'm still not sure how I remembered that pointless fact, but let it serve as a lesson to never challenge me on sports trivia.

Of course, I would never have made such a lopsided bet if I thought I could be wrong.