# The Run to Super Bowl Licks (LIX). 2024 NFL playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [December 9, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410 "2024-12-09T18:14:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/261 "2025-01-20T20:07:31Z")
Ravens were slight favorites over the Bills; wouldn’t call it an upset though. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/262 "2025-01-20T20:08:23Z")
That’s why I said going by the bracket, not Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/263 "2025-01-20T22:11:12Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Looking at the bracket, it has been all chalk except for the Commanders. At this rate it will be the Commanders beating the Chiefs I’d be tickled pink if that happened. I’m a Colts fan but I live in Virginia and a lot of my church friends are Washington fans. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/264 "2025-01-20T22:37:03Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > At this rate it will be the Commanders beating the Chiefs That works for me. (Washington football fan since about 1958). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/265 "2025-01-20T22:41:50Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > That works for me. (Washington football fan since about 1958) I’m with you on that (but a relative newcomer, a Washington football fan since about 1971) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/266 "2025-01-21T06:02:22Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I’m with you on that (but a relative newcomer, a Washington football fan since about 1971) Just before Super Bowl VII, then. Billy Kilmer and Larry Brown and Pat Fischer and Charley Taylor and Mike Bass and Coach George Allen run into an undefeated Miami Dolphins team. I remember that game. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/267 "2025-01-21T13:03:21Z")
Yes indeed. My first taste of defeat in a big game! (there would be many more to come) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/268 "2025-01-21T15:11:26Z")
hey! garo gave washington a touchdown in that game. dolfan here. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/269 "2025-01-21T15:17:38Z")
Good old Mike Bass. Outscored the entire Washington offense. [Garo Yepremian Epic Super Bowl Fail! | NFL’s Worst Plays Ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-pxMm_UdY4) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/270 "2025-01-21T15:30:58Z")
oh man, that was a game. yepremian was a great kicker. not so good as a quarterback. kicker is a very lonely and bipolar position. garo was able to turn that play around and had a good post football career. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/271 "2025-01-21T16:09:42Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > garo was able to turn that play around and had a good post football career. I guess he did, but I wasn’t aware of the good things he did until I Googled him just now after your post. But every football fan who knows his name remembers him for that SB gaffe. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/272 "2025-01-21T16:50:33Z")
luckily not a gaffe that lost the game. he always had great interviews. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/273 "2025-01-21T17:54:28Z")
Note at one point he was the career leader in field goal percent. I’ll give him credit, he did learn his lesson. After another block a few seasons later, instead of picking it up he simply kicked it out of bounds. Yeah it was a penalty but better than giving up another TD. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/274 "2025-01-21T18:41:19Z")
Garo’s Gaffe cost a 17-0 team the possible 17-0 final score. Instead, it was 14-7. At least he could eventually poke fun at it. • Only because they won. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/275 "2025-01-21T18:43:49Z")
And he almost passed for a touchdown too. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/276 "2025-01-22T13:29:10Z")
The opening money line bet at Caesars sportsbook on the Chiefs/Bills game was Chiefs -115. This means that if you bet $115 on the Chiefs to win, and they won the game, you would make $100 and take home $215. The line at Caesars is now Chiefs -135. Why? Well, in large part because one bettor placed a $1.3 million dollar bet on the Chiefs to win the game. The bettor will win a million bucks if the Chiefs win. > **[Bettor Places Gigantic $1.3 Million Wager on Chiefs vs. Bills in AFC...](https://www.si.com/betting/bettor-places-gigantic-1-3-million-wager-on-chiefs-vs-bills-afc-championship-game)** > > We only have three games left in the NFL season and one bettor doesn’t want to leave anything on the table. They’re shelling out over $1 million on Chiefs vs Bi ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/277 "2025-01-22T14:26:37Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The opening money line bet at Caesars sportsbook on the Chiefs/Bills game was Chiefs -115. This means that if you bet $115 on the Chiefs to win, and they won the game, you would make $100 and take home $215 Minus means you lay $115 to get $225 back. You’re describing +115 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/278 "2025-01-22T14:50:38Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Minus means you lay $115 to get $225 back. You’re describing +115 No, I’m describing -115. Put in the numbers on this website, and you’ll see that I’m right. If the odds were +115, and I bet $100 and won, I would take home $215. > **[Betting Odds Calculator & Converter | The Action Network](https://www.actionnetwork.com/betting-calculators/betting-odds-calculator)** > > The betting odds calculator allows you to input your stake & odds in American, Decimal, or Fractional formats to quickly calculate the payout for your bets. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/279 "2025-01-22T14:51:36Z")
See here: [Sports Betting Odds: How They Work and How To Read Them](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/042115/betting-basics-fractional-decimal-american-moneyline-odds.asp) > [@Investopedia](#): > > ## How U.S./Moneyline Odds Work > > [Moneyline](https://www.investopedia.com/money-line-bet-5217219) odds (aka “American odds” or “U.S. odds”) are popular in the U.S. > > - **Favorites** : Denoted with a minus (-) sign. The number shows how much you need to bet to win $100. > - **Underdogs** : Denoted with a plus (+) sign. The number shows how much you’ll win if you bet $100. Damn, Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410/280 "2025-01-22T15:23:28Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Minus means you lay $115 to get $225 back. That’s not how minus OR positive work in betting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-run-to-super-bowl-licks-lix-2024-nfl-playoffs/1011410.md?page=15)