{"id":471,"date":"2020-06-05T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankvaccariello.com\/divi5test\/?p=471"},"modified":"2020-08-02T22:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T02:03:26","slug":"i-made-a-bet-with-a-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankvaccariello.com\/divi5test\/stories\/i-made-a-bet-with-a-marine\/","title":{"rendered":"I made a bet with a Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

New year\u2019s day 1995 was spent at Municipal Stadium rooting on the Bill Belichick coached Cleveland Browns over the Bill Parcells coached New England Patriots. But I had a little extra to lose on this game.<\/p>\n

\"\"While on the air at 102 ZOO earlier that week I had made a bet with the local Marine recruiter on the outcome of the game. I can\u2019t recall his name, but we\u2019ll call him Gus. Gus was from the Massachusetts area and was a big Patriots fan. He was a regular caller and a really good guy.<\/p>\n

So, in my typical overconfident way, I made a very public bet with him. If the Patriots won, I would have to do a five mile Marine-style hike in full pack with him. If the Browns won, Gus would have to do a pushup for every offensive yard gained by Cleveland. What made it even more fun is that we were both at the game and I knew where he was sitting.<\/p>\n

Not only did the Browns win, but they racked up 379 total yards in offense. Not bad for wet weather game.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the kicker, no pun intended, but I made Gus do those pushups in Center Court of the Ashtabula Mall. While I did live reports back to the radio station. Of course he made short work of them, but it was all in good fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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