Should I make this bet on the michigan game?

no.1IrishFan

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Ok guys here goes, my wife and I recently bought a new house and it has a really cool den. We have been trying to decide what to do with it and being such an ardent ND fan I suggested we make it a Notre Dame room. She is a big michigan fan and will not even consider the idea, she wants to make it into a freakin scrapbooking room. We have been arguing about this for two months now and she finally made me an offer.If ND beats michigan this year I can have my Notre Dame room but if we loose then its a damn scrapbooking room for her and her friends. I believe in the Irish as much as anybody guys but do I take the bet or not? I believe we will win but I mean really think about it, is the risk worth the reward?
 
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Yes, without question, bet the house that ND beats Michigan this season!!!
 

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Im with ya bro im just kinda nervous. Do you know the kind of hell its gonna be for me if we somehow loose.
 

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Maybe you should try and make it into a ND and Michigan room. I think we will beat Michigan but that scrapbooking room sounds like it could be brutal.
 

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Take the bet. If we lose and she turns it into a scrapbooking room, then redo another room in the house ND style...The Master B-room, the Living room, etc. She might reconsider. Besides, how much room could it take for scrapbooking? Buy her a big rubbermaid storage container and write Go Blue on it... she could keep all her stuff in there and leave it in the closet!
 

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I say take the bet. If you don't take the bet it will probably be turned into a scrapbooking room anyway. At least that's what would happen with me.
 

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no guts, no glory man..............GO FOR IT!

If ND loses, you've always got the garage to make your ND room.
Besides, scrapbooking > Michigan. No offense to your wife.
 

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Take the bet. Hopefully she won't be so mad that she will really let you do it.
 
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I just do not see any way that Michigan beats ND this season. You are safe.
 

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I just do not see any way that Michigan beats ND this season. You are safe.

He also doesn't see us losing to USC, and he probably thinks we could beat the Patriots with 2 arms tied behind our backs, so take his advice with a grain of salt. (GD93 would have been PERFECT for those 'Da Bears' skits in the 90's on SNL. )

As for Michigan, they have the ability to beat us, make no mistake about it. New coach, new system, awful QB's for their system, and that gives us a huge advantage. But they still have Michigan athletes (superior to our upperclassmen), and their teams will have far more discipline under the new regime. And we just came off a 3-9 season in which friggin' Navy beat us for pete's sake, and almost every team was much more physical. (Don't hate me; I'm only being real here.)

Having said that, I wholeheartedly think we'll win this game. I'm flying in for this game so we better win!!! I like what another poster alreay predicted: 24-14. Take the bet, but don't think it's in the bag. Better yet, take the bet after the SDSU game. You'll be able to see Michigan twice and ND once, and have a better feel for what might go down. Good luck!
 
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What did this fan ever decide to do? Did he take the bet?
 
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NDinLA not sure why you do not like my optimism, I wish more Irish fans were like me. We are going 11-1 and you heard it from Golden Domer93.
 

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GD93.....please.......just...........stop.........with..........the...........predictions!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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NDinLA not sure why you do not like my optimism, I wish more Irish fans were like me. We are going 11-1 and you heard it from Golden Domer93.
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Are you for real? First off I wrote the original post like 2 weeks ago, so I don't know where this comes from. Second of all, it's stupidity, not optimism. Why, before we saw all our competitors suck this weekend, did you think we'd go 11-1? Have you EVER given any reasons besides "I'm just optimistic"??? You said we'd beat USC for Pete's sake!

Let me ask you this: Would you ever predict ND to go anything less than 10-2? I highly, highly doubt it. You're so 'optimistic' that you couldn't bear to do it. I mean, the friggin' board moderator called you out when you changed your prediction from 8-4 to eventually 11-1. You couldn't even bear your own prediction until you changed it to 11-1. So if ND goes 11-1, you making that prediction bears no weight whatsoever because, as WWB already pointed out, you haven't backed it up with any facts. Any blind man could say his favorite team will go 11-1. DID YOU EVEN SEE ONE GAME LAST YEAR??? (Ummm, we went 3-9 and lost to Navy.)

I know I sound like an a**hole, but dude, it's friggin' annoying. You're bragging about this, even though your first prediction was different and changed 4 times and you got called out? I mean, 500 posts in a month, and maybe 10 of them brought something to the table. I've been reading this site for 2 years, finally joined the same month as you because it is such a great site, and to me, many of your posts embarrass this site. I feel like yelling, "Da Bears!" every time you post (that's for the SNL fans out there---"Who do you think would win in 100 meter dash, Ditka or Carl Lewis? DITKA!").

I'm no big sh*t either, but I feel like at least I have a functioning, realistic brain when I read/post. ND fans should be passionate (and are), and they should be optimistic--to a point. Don't be foolish; that just makes the rest of us fans look like the idiots in the SEC!:gbanana:
 

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Hey guys im gonna take the bet I really just needed to see scUM play first. After that performance wich was much worse than what the final score would have led some to believe, there is no way I can turn down the bet. Besides I got to thinking about it ,if I dont take the bet then im gonna be that guy who didnt believe in his team enough to put his money where his mouth is. Thanks for all the advice guys and I will let all you guys know how my ND den turns out cause were gonna kill michigan!!!!
 
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My friend...I applaud your testicular fortitude and offer you reputation points as a true Notre Dame fan. Hell, anyone with that much guts is ok in my book. Make the bet and get your ND room!!!
 
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I can't beleive this is a question deserving of comment but here goes. You are in a Win-Win situation and don't recognize it. We will win the game but even if we don't, you will have a very happy wife. And a happy wife usually shows her gratitude in a variety of ways....you win again! ND 31 MI 10
 
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Is it sad though that given the choice, i'd actually rather see ND win tomorrow? Hehe
 

no.1IrishFan

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Is it sad though that given the choice, i'd actually rather see ND win tomorrow? Hehe

LOL, I hate to admit it brother but im with ya on this one. I can get laid anytime but we only see scUM once a year and its been a few since we beat them. Ill take the win and a dirty magazine 2morrow!
 

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Hey guys just wanted to give an update, well we killed Michigan and I won the bet obviously. The den is coming along great it looks very good in navy blue and serves as a constant reminder to my wife to never again doubt my Irish. All I need now is a big stencile of the interlocking ND logo so I can paint that part gold.Thanks for all the help guys and girls.Go Irish!!!
 
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