Not that I would ever endorse gambling...
But if that sort of thing does interest you there's an online sports book that's taking bets on where Jim Harbaugh will be coaching next year.
If you're an optimist, a wager of $100 on Michigan will pay $900 when Jimmy ultimately follows his heart back to Ann Arbor. If you're more like me and feel the need to hedge against emotional devastation a $100 wager on the NFL will pay $150 if the unthinkable occurs.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:35 PM ^
Well that sucks.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
Does not coach in 2015 season? Wtf?
December 5th, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^
It is plausible. He gets fired by SF. Doesn't want to coach in college. Doesn't like NFL options this year and sits at home next year while collecting $5M+ from the 49ers.
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December 5th, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
Harbaugh doesn't strike me as a sit-at-home kind of guy.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^
Aw yeah I'm sure he's just great being a stay at home Dad traveling between his kids between ex and current wife.
Now that would be a fun sitcom.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
Baugh in the Burbs
Imagine him
- in the stands at a Little League game
- behind someone with three too many items in the express lane
- picking up his khakis at the dry cleaner
- at parent teacher conferences
- playing a couple rounds of Pictionary with the neighbors
I'd watch.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:28 PM ^
almost as much as I want him to come to Michigan.
December 6th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
Harbaugh collects $5M while spending the year climbing Everest, Kiliminjaro, Denali and Aconcagua.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:37 PM ^
I only use Bovada, but damn it's hard to believe they'd throw away money like that. How is "he's not going to be coaching" have better odds than Michigan?
December 5th, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
I've been thinking about starting an account somewhere again. BETUS isn't as good as it used to be.
Bovada is pretty good?
December 5th, 2014 at 7:51 PM ^
Yes, bovada is pretty good. I've been on it for a few months now, no problems.
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December 5th, 2014 at 8:06 PM ^
Yes. I have had payouts between $400-3000 and it's always been reliable. It seems shady but all the checks have cleared. So I can't complain.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
Nobody would take the check Bovada sent me. The machines couldn't read it or anything. Were the checks they sent you from a bank in Canada?
December 6th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
Yes they were. You couldn't use them in an ATM though. Had to go in to a real teller.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:43 PM ^
I also like how any other NCAA team has an 11% higher payout. I worry he might take the reins at Ferris...
December 5th, 2014 at 8:34 PM ^
Go bulldogs!
December 5th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
I saw a couple days ago that Brovada had Michigan as a 2 to 1 favorite.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/03/jim-harbaugh-is-bov…
December 5th, 2014 at 7:39 PM ^
So what is to stop you from betting $500 on the NFL and $100 on michigan since those seem like the only 2 options. No matter who wins you get a net increase
December 5th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
What you should do is go big on the best bet and hedge with the longshot.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
Your handle is SFBlue and you're missing Ann Arbor?
JIM?!?!?
December 5th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
Firstly, odds can (drastically) change and depending on the sportsbook and what you are gambling on, the odds you initially bet on may not be locked in.
Secondly, those who place their bet almost solely over what will net them a profit are either morons, addicts, professionals, or people who are just missing the best part of gambling: the suspense and thrill of seeing if a reckless (yet ideally affordable) decision will pay off.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:43 PM ^
I know one guy who could make a lot of money off of this.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
Colin Cowherd!
December 5th, 2014 at 7:47 PM ^
That's actually a really good point. Rarely do you get to make actual Vegas bets on something you control. I think Harbaugh should throw a cool million down on Michigan and then take the job. That could cover his first year's salary.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
I guarantee this prop has a very low maximum. Probably around $500 max
December 5th, 2014 at 8:06 PM ^
Don't rain on my parade.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:50 PM ^
Till Zellicheck?
December 5th, 2014 at 7:47 PM ^
Bet a few hundred on Harbaugh to go to the NFL. If he goes you'll win some money to sooth the pain. If he comes here, you'll be so happy, you won't miss the few hundred.
BTW, they don't seem too optimistic about him coming here with those kind of odds.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
It has more to do with what the average bettor will think. I'm guessing not too many people outside of the Michigan universe think that Harbaugh will go back to college.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:55 PM ^
But you can't bet JUST on the NFL
You can bet on Oakland, the Niners, OR any other NFL team. Those are all 3 individual bets. You would have to lay 4 bets to cover all of the likely options (Michigan or anywhere in the NFL)
December 5th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
I'm gonna say the barren wasteland that is the Oakland Raiders is out.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
No chance he stays with the 49ers either.
December 5th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
I find it strange that all of these national sports radio guys and many "experts" have said they "know for a fact" that Harbaugh isn't going to Michigan. What sucks is that these guys won't take any responsibility if Michigan is able to pull this off.
At this point, Florida and Nebraska have done UM a favor by deciding quickly. Michigan can afford a little patience to make sure they do their dilligence with Harbaugh, and if he says no they might be using their time currently to have a great plan b in mind.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:10 PM ^
I funny understand the lingo/rules but it's so blatantly designed to always be a win for the house. I can think of only a few bets where Vegas/bookies lost their ass: Buster Douglas over Tyson, I assume App st vs UM and....? I went count the millions of point based bets over the years. In fact, I may be a gambler if it was just a flat out odds or "pick the winner" game. I'm pretty good at calling upsets.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
missed autocorrect. I dont gamble, not funny gamble. It's lazy of me. I'm sorry.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
I don't think there was any line on that game since App State was a 1-AA team at the time.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^
I'm a gambling noob, esp in regard to lines/points
December 5th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^
A fair number of books even said flat out, as I recall, that they would not offer a line for this game because their wasn't much of a point in their estimation - as far as anyone knew then, it was a colossal mismatch. There are sites where you can get the lines on most every game played on September 1st, 2007, but ours is notably absent.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^
Of course it's designed to be a win for the house, otherwise there would be no houses. That's like saying a restaurant is set up so that the money you give them is actually more than it costs them to make the food. Because that's the point.
All casinos are set up to make money, but in the long term for a large sample size. Depending on the game, the house wins between 51 and 58 percent of the time. The trick is to figure out how to be in the 42-49% that wins more often than not.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
To get up and walk away when up or not go in and say "I'm gonna win it all back".
December 5th, 2014 at 8:33 PM ^
That's not quite true. Vegas loses big all the time. They just win big a lot more of the time.
December 5th, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
buy Michigan @ +900 and sell "any other NCAA team" @ +1000. That's just stupid.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^
How about endorsing prostitution? Meth labs? hoke is a dope - dope is for dopes (and criminals)
December 5th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^
How about endorsing prostitution? Meth labs? hoke is a dope - dope is for dopes (and criminals)
December 5th, 2014 at 9:52 PM ^
Wow
What are the lines for this on other sites? this is worth the gamble even without the hedge, even though the hedge is the correct move...
I've never used this site, anyone ever get a payout from them? These odds are too good not to toss a little bit of loot at.
December 5th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
250 max bet, btw.
December 5th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
Took me a while to get money in and the odds dropped by the time I did so... still made the bet since my money was tied up in there...
Also, note that the $100 bonus you get for depositing doesn't work on this bet. So I'll have to find something else to bet on in the next month.
December 6th, 2014 at 1:04 AM ^
Odd, Bovada is no longer taking bets on Jim Harbaugh's coaching destination. Maybe too many bettors were betting on Jim to Michigan (considering the odds dropped down to at least 9/2)?
December 6th, 2014 at 1:05 PM ^
Ha. I love what happened to this thread: Jim Harbaugh 2015 Coaching odds suspended after a stream of bets on Michigan moved them from 8-1 to 2-1 yesterday afternoon
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