How the World Will (Won't) End

I got this from Chad Millman's gambling blog in ESPN insider. Figured you all need to know.

"And finally, if you're convinced the end of the world is near, you can now get a piece of that action. Inspired by the apocalyptic movie "2012," bookmaker.com is offering odds on how the world will end, if it does end in 2012. Here are the options:

EARTH WILL BE HIT BY AN ASTEROID OR METEOR +750
AS A RESULT OF A NUCLEAR WAR +100
A PLANET WILL COLLIDE WITH OR PASS BY EARTH +1000
EARTH WILL BE SWALLOWED BY A BLACK HOLE +1200
EARTH'S POLAR CAPS WILL MAKE A SUDDEN SHIFT +1300
THE SUN WILL GIVE OFF SOLAR FLARES +3000
IT'S NOTHING, JUST THE MAYAN CALENDARS RESETTING I -450"

All I want to know is if people are putting up any money, since you might be able to draw interest off of it for a couple of years. No matter what happens the guy holding the money will have significant upside.

Speaking of predicting the future, I teased PITTSBURGH and the OVER, and baltimore and the OVER this morning. I think this works out to PITTSBURGH(+3), OVER 36, and
baltimore(+9), OVER36. Watch, now the final will be 17-16.

Both of these teams are trying to squeeze their way into the playoffs, where I'll be looking to go against either of them. The Ravens' demise should be easy to predict, while you will probably be able to get more favorable odds fading the Steelers, but the latter has a habit of winning games they shouldn't, so proceed with caution.