re: What kind of degenerate bets on preseason games?

I have absolutely nothing against gambling, although I confine my own speculation to the ponies. In preseason games, you don't know how long the starters are going to play, you don't know how hard they're trying to win, just way too many variables in an already uncertain proposition. For instance, last night in the Saints game, Baltimore won on the goal line when the Saints hadn't worked on their goal line defense in camp yet, according to the announcers. In a preseason game last year, one team went for a hail mary TD at the end of the game instead of the percentage play of kicking a FG to send it into Overtime. The coaches had seen enough and wanted to get home instead of playing the scrubs for another 15 minutes.

I guess I am sounding a little judgemental, but it seems to me you might as well just bet on the flip of a coin or some other random event. Under the circumstances, analysis and statistics are of very limited usefulness.