As we have come to know, there are never any certainties in sports.  We all love David vs. Goliath stories, even more so when David wins.  However, watching this year’s Super Bowl with a few friends, who know that the biggest David vs. Goliath story was in our own house. 
   
Several of our friends are Giants fans, which was going to make this game very nerve wracking, but one of our other friends has a unique trait of his own…compulsive gambling.  That’s right, David vs. Goliath, or in this case, the gambler vs. the house.  Now, in this case, the house doesn’t always win, but if you challenge him enough, his win total is quite top heavy (kind of like Pamela Anderson.  Speaking of Goliath sized objects….never mind). 
   
Being as I am a Dolphins fan, I was pretty impartial to the outcome to this game, although with Miami having the only unbeaten team in NFL history, it would be nice to see the Giants ruin the Patriots season.  With that being said, I was stuck between 2 totally different fans.  Let me recap the events of this year’s amazing Super Bowl...

As we start to mosey on into the living room to watch the beginning of the game, our friend the gambler (we’ll call him CG for Compulsive Gambler from this point on) was already ecstatic.  The game hasn’t even started, and here he is going nuts.  “What happened, is Tom Brady not playing?” we asked.  “No, I bet on tails, and the coin toss came out on tails!!!”  Now, we didn’t know betting on the coin toss was even an option.  All we were used to was picking either team with or without the spread, and betting on the over or under of total points scored in the game.  This coin toss thing was a bit much we thought, but knowing our friend, we weren’t all that surprised.  So, with his night off to a good start, the game begins.  The Giants receive, and start the game off.  First play of the game is a rush by Brandon Jacobs for 3 yards.  Our friends that are Giants fans are mildly excited for a decent start.  However, CG is going nuts yet again, “I bet the under on distance of Jacobs first run.  The over/under was 3.5, and I took the under!!!!”  Once again, we are just dumbfounded, that we’re all of 5 seconds into the game, and he has won 2 bets.  Something tells me he would’ve bet on whether Eli Manning wears boxers of briefs if there was an option to do so. 
   
Once the game gets going, CG quiets down, but the Giants fans are making some noise now that they are up 3-0.  As the 1st quarter comes to a close, the Patriots are driving, and Brady throws a pass to tight end Ben Watson in the end zone, but there is a penalty against NY for pass interference.  Everyone is not happy with this call, CG and Giants fans alike.  Why is CG upset one might ask?  “I bet that New England would have committed the first penalty tonight.”  Now his bets seem to be getting more and more obscure, and we really are wondering if he bet on Eli’s under garment situation. 
   
The game is moving along with New England up 7-3, and the Giants are driving right after the 2 minute mark, but their drive stalls out, and they decide to punt.  The Giants fans slouch back in the couch, but CG now moves to the edge of his seat as Jeff Feagles punts on 4th down.  The punt gets downed at the 11 yard line, as is the case with most Feagles punts over the course of his career, and CG now sits back with everyone else.  As halftime rolls around we start to watch the Tom Petty concert, which was pretty darn good.  Petty looks like he still can rock! 

But I can’t enjoy it as much as I’d like, being as I’m sitting near CG. 
All I can think about is what is he betting on now???  As the fans rush the field to be near Tom Petty’s stage, I’m thinking to myself “Did he bet on the over/under on how many people get trampled?”  Watching Tom Petty, I forget about CG, until I see fireworks going off inside the domed stadium in Arizona.  “Did CG bet that a firework will hit a fan???”  Now don’t get me wrong, CG isn’t a bad person, but I just wonder what goes on inside his head sometimes.  So, as we all get our snacks for the start of the 2nd half, we resume our positions on the couches and get ready for one of the best 30 minutes of football I can ever recall.