November 11th 1995, a day i'll never forget

[Brock Landers]

This remains a red letter day for me in my sports betting history.

I had just started, with ESB, in early 1995 after seeing their ad in the DRF.

Nov 11th stands out though as it was my first BIG winning day and truly could have been for many others, see if you guys remember these particular games anyway.

1)Northwestern -8 1/2, They win 31-20 over Iowa as Ismaeli returns a fumble like 60 yards to go up 11 in the waning minutes of the game

2)Ohio St -17 1/2 vs Illinois, Eddie George rushes for 300+ yards as the Buckeyes crush Illinois 41-3

3)Nebraska -25 vs Kansas, Big Red roll that day, ALSO 41-3

4)Kansas St -20 1/2 vs Iowa St, K-St crushes Iowa St 49-7

and to close that day...

5)Florida -20 at South Carolina, remember getting home from my shift at TGI Fridays and seeing Spurrier say "sorry about the score" to the sideline reporter as the game ended, Florida CRUSHED USC 63-7!

I won a 5 team parley for 500 bux, at 20/1.


Wanted to add MSU that day (but decided against it) at -1 vs Indiana, they cruised 31-13!


Truly a day i will never forget!! Kind of like Nov 5th 1955 in Back to the Future....The planets were aligned right that day for sure.

You guys ever have days you remember details so well from? That time in my life was just perfect, if i could go back to one day, i'd probably pick this one, not just because of the win, i had my life in perfect order that day in every area you could imagine!

[ryanXL977]

if phils win today, this will be my day to remember

[Brock Landers]

i was at work from about 5 till 10:30 that night as a cook at TGI Fridays in Champaign, had my handy ATS pager watching the scores all night.

I remember getting the payout check, for about 8,000 a few days later from ESB. My girlfriend at the time about passed out LOL

It was something else thats for sure.

[fiveteamer]

I remember Nebraska was pretty good in 95.

[Brock Landers]

I remember Nebraska was pretty good in 95.

i believe the consensus is that was the BEST team in college football history, the 95 Nebraska Cornhuskers

[Brock Landers]

i'm a historian, have a thing for dates and teams and games in particular..So don't mind my past yearings. I love that sort of thing

[avssakic]

just recently lost a 6 team parlay in cfb by 1 game. flippin fresno st lost to hawaii

[tacomax]

I remember getting the payout check, for about 8,000 a few days later from ESB.

Ironically, due to the rarity of a cheque from ESB, an uncashed $8000 cheque would be worth a lot more today. Might be the only cheque they ever issued.

[Chi_archie]

wait.. you worked as a cook at TGI friday's AND had enough money to make a $500 dollar 5 team parlay?

[Nicky Santoro]

wait.. you worked as a cook at TGI friday's AND had enough money to make a $500 dollar 5 team parlay?

i think he might have meant that he won his parlay for a total of 500.. so it was like a 25 dollar parlay approx.. not 500..

[InTheHole]

No...I think it was a 500 dollar parlay "I remember getting the payout check, for about 8,000 a few days later from ESB. My girlfriend at the time about passed out LOL"

25 for 500 is nothing.. My biggest memory was towards the first end of my gambling career about 9 months ago lol....Giants @ 330 for about 350 and a ridiculous prop at 1 for 9 "Giants score first and win the game. Still working with that bankroll...only diffrent is unfalliblee money managment.

[Chi_archie]

yeah, like inthehole said, I kinda assumed it was 500 for about 10,000 since there was the 8k check mentioned..

I figure 500 for a 5 team parlay back in 96 must have been about 3 months worth of 5 hr saturday night shifts. Big balls..

[Brock Landers]

wait.. you worked as a cook at TGI friday's AND had enough money to make a $500 dollar 5 team parlay?

500 was about my whole bankrole at that point in time, made good money as a cook while in college, had more than almost anyone i knew!

The job was a source of funds, and i had just found those handy Credit Cards which until a few years ago, ruled my life. I've since dumped ALL credit cards

[Stumpage]

Nice post Brock.....However, the most amazing thing is that ESB actually paid somebody.....

[Brock Landers]

Nice post Brock.....However, the most amazing thing is that ESB actually paid somebody.....

i don't think they started stiffing anyone till around 2000 or so, back in the early days i always got paid, as did any of my friends who played there.

the fed ex man paid many visits to my apartment then

[Chi_archie]

I think march 9 2009 is a day Sammy will never forget

[tacomax]

[Bill Dozer]

i was at work from about 5 till 10:30 that night as a cook at TGI Fridays in Champaign, had my handy ATS pager watching the scores all night.

I remember getting the payout check, for about 8,000 a few days later from ESB. My girlfriend at the time about passed out LOL

It was something else thats for sure.

$8000 from ESB wow. You truly won twice. I recall there was a time when they were actually booking wagers. By the time I was with SBR they were full blown stiffs.

[pavyracer]

I had a 2 hour long poop session at a public toilet on 11/11/95. Anyone care to know the details? I will never forget that day. I had to call the firemen to pump water down the drains 3 times because of a massive event and the city was on water cuts to save water. What a day it was...November 11 1995!

[pat venditto]

Brock also went bald on november 15th, 1995. Or so the bible says.

[Fischnasty]

bobby and pat were also born on this day

[Extra Innings]

This is the Brock Landers WE have been waiting for.

[Jimmy0607]

I had a 2 hour long poop session at a public toilet on 11/11/95. Anyone care to know the details? I will never forget that day. I had to call the firemen to pump water down the drains 3 times because of a massive event and the city was on water cuts to save water. What a day it was...November 11 1995!

[Brock Landers]

This is the Brock Landers WE have been waiting for.

[Extra Innings]

Those were the days!

[BatemanPatrickl]

Wow 15 years of losing. Most peopel would have quit after 1. Salud and phuck the haters.

[Brock Landers]

Anniversary basically this weekend's games, looking to hit big, teams rounded totally into predictable form

[tripleblack1705]

Brock, I was fukkin 7 years old on that day lol

[Brock Landers]

Brock, I was fukkin 7 years old on that day lol

i was 21, time of my fukkin life.

[unusialsusp5]

great date 11/11/95 to start the documentary/reality show on brock landers life as a degenerate chalk monster gambler. it all went downhill from there. but with the infusion of cash from the reality show a comeback is in the works.

[Brock Landers]

Bumped for the anniversary. 15 years ago today. WOW, i'll never forget the Northwestern win and more importantly, Cover.

[Brock Landers]

Great idea to make me think of this day Archie!!

[Rio DiNero]

Never forget the good times.

[chilidog]

Back in 95 I was a junior in high school. Where the hell have the years gone??

[BigDeem5]

Bango!