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Bet on It: Why those favoring Texas A&M against ASU are correct

September 4, 2015
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The cell phone buzzed just as the Aggies left the football field with a 31-14 lead over South Carolina last season.

My wife, Irma, was calling from Nashville.

“You bought a table, right?” she asked.

I did not.

She seemed exasperated. She started speaking in Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish, but idiota sounded familiar.

Last year a College Station furniture company offered a complete refund on items sold during game week if the underdog Aggies defeated ninth-ranked South Carolina by 10 points. I’d expressed so much confidence in an Aggies victory that Irma instructed me to purchase a new dining table.
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