Fun with Vinny

With the NFL season fast approaching, I saw this as an opportune time to play everyone’s favorite annual game, “Pick the Return of Vinny!”

In “Pick the Return of Vinny” you get to place bets* on when Vinny Testaverde will get up off of what seems to be the world’s most uncomfortable couch, call an NFL team, and start that following Sunday.

The game works by me giving you the odds, and you can send in the money to place your bet*. All bets* must be placed and all funds must be received by Thursday, July 24th, the day before NFL training camps begin.

You can send the money for your bets* to:

James Westfall
Wichita Falls, TX 76308


Odds on when Vinny will come back:

1000 to 1: By the start of the playoffs.
750 to 1: By the end of training camp.
600 to 1: Week 8.
500 to 1: When Eli realizes that there are so many more important things to life than football. (Like having his new wife touch his genitalia. Obviously a completely new concept to him.)
400 to 1: Before Brett Favre.
300 to 1: When Jon Gruden finally takes over the world with his army of backup quarterbacks.
200 to 1: When Tom Brady sprains his thumb, leading Bill Belichick to rip off his remaining quarterbacks’ heads, and eat out their souls out of pure anger.
100 to 1: The Bears’ third practice.
50 to 1: The Bears’ second practice.
1 to 1: The Bears’ first practice.
1 to 10: Before Rex Grossman ever gets on the plane.
1 to 100: As soon as Lovie Smith reads this blog and remembers that his options at quarterback are Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton.


Odds on who Vinny will play for:

1000 to 1: The Patriots
975 to 1: The Colts
950 to 1: The Cowboys
300 to 1: The Panthers
100 to 1: The Giants
50 to 1: The Packers
1 to 1: The Buccaneers
1 to 1000: The Raiders
1 to 100,000,000: The Bears

Remember to get your bets* in before the start of training camp.

Have fun and good luck!




*All money sent in for bets will not be actual bets so much as they will be fees for the fun and enjoyment of playing the game. Make all checks payable to James Westfall, and add as many zeros as you can fit in the little box. If you bet correctly, you will not be sent any winnings, but will forever have the satisfaction of knowing that you won. And every man truly believes that that is the most important thing in life. Except of course, for Eli.