Local Furniture Store Betting Big Texas A&M Will Beat South Carolina by 10

The Texas A&M/South Carolina game is one of the most anticipated games of the early part of the college football season. You have two ranked teams going head to head, one of them expected to contend for a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoffs, and the other looking to prove it is much more than Johnny Manziel.

South Carolina being the No. 9 team in the nation and Texas A&M No. 21 will be favored, but a local furniture store in College Station thinks the Aggies will win.

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Should they do so by 10 or more any fans that buy something from now until the day before the game (August 28) will get whatever they buy for free (via The Eagle):

“You can buy just a sofa or a whole new living room,” said Chris Clark, director of marketing for the Wilks Group. “If the Aggies win by 10 or more we’ll cut you a check for the amount.”

Wow.

 

'Bets' like these are starting to become quite common. They are designed to test your faith in your team. They typically require you to come in and spend a good chunk of change, but if your team is as good as you think you'll get it all back.

 

Tempting, huh?

 

These guys--Ashley Furniture---are taking a different angle. Rather than count on people in a college town (like College Station) to spend a lot of money they are going for bulk sales by putting no minimum purchase requirement on it.

 

When you consider the trouble Texas A&M has on defense and the uncertainty with a new quarterback playing against a solid South Carolina team (that is also in need of a new QB, but has a strong defense) it is pretty tempting.

 

Heck--if I lived in College Station I'd definitely buy something (but nothing big; that would take away from my beer budget).

 

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