I'm remembering Jim Courier about 20 years ago losing in the first round...early 90s? I'm thinking he had just won the French and then lost at Wimbledon to a qualifier. Someone ranked about #300 in the world.
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GunShard
SBR Posting Legend
03-05-10
10031
#72
I wonder if anyone bet that 57 to 1 odds.
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LT Profits
SBR Aristocracy
10-27-06
90963
#73
Originally posted by gummo
Stanford over USC was the first thing I thought of. What was Chaminade over Virginia with Ralph Sampson?
There was no line on the game, Chamainade was a Division III team at the time and Virginia was ranked #1 in the country. Sampson was like 7-foot-4 and I don't think Chaminade has any player taller than 6-foot-6
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Sportsbetting123
SBR MVP
03-01-08
1400
#74
I would say maybe top 20 ever.
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stevenash
Moderator
01-17-11
65684
#75
Wasn't Buster Douglas +4450?
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Boscoe
SBR MVP
02-08-10
2811
#76
Originally posted by beefcake
I think a book in the Valley Elah had David at 1,000-1 to beat Goliath.A few goat-herders threw down a few bucks on him and then retired to a nice Villa on the Red Sea..
phillistine bookmakers lost their asses that day.
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LT Profits
SBR Aristocracy
10-27-06
90963
#77
Originally posted by stevenash
Wasn't Buster Douglas +4450?
Still less than Rasol's close at Bookmaker and 5 Dimes
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TheCentaur
SBR Hall of Famer
06-28-11
8108
#78
Originally posted by Boscoe
phillistine bookmakers lost their asses that day.
No way, philistine books made a killing. It's well known philis loved betting chalk and half the nation had Goliath in a parlay
