Ever make a bet with your buddies that you immediately regretted? Well, The Action Network's Danny “The Don” Donahue did that during the AFC Championship game … twice.
An avid Patriots fan and Southie resident, The Don can often be found in local bars polishing off a few brews with his contemporaries.
With the Chiefs and Patriots facing off to decide who represented the AFC in the Super Bowl, he tossed on his Pats jersey and hit the watering hole.
His first bet came at the end of the first half, when the Patriots were driving down the field as time was winding down. It must have seemed like a perfect time to make a random bet with himself, as he declared, “I will buy a Phillip Dorsett jersey if he scores on this drive.”
Brady drops it right in to Dorsett for the touchdown late in the first half!
(Via @NFL)pic.twitter.com/McDQyauJVj
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) January 21, 2019
Hey, that’s a win in my book. Who wouldn’t want a Phillip Dorsett jersey? One-hundred bucks well spent if you ask me.
Later in the game, his gambling itch caught up to him again. The time was 10:05 p.m. ET. Overtime had just begun. Wetsuits were on his mind, as I'm sure was the case with most folks.
I’ll wear wetsuit to the super bowl if we do this
— Danny Donahue (@dannyjdonahue) January 21, 2019
If they did it, he would "wear wetsuit."
THE PATRIOTS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL 😱 (via jerdmegd/IG) pic.twitter.com/ep8PJCfzSk
— Overtime (@overtime) January 21, 2019
They did it, and he will wear wetsuit.
Anybody got a good wetsuit guy
— Danny Donahue (@dannyjdonahue) January 21, 2019
(Still accepting wetsuit guy applications.)
Will his Patriots fandom and sudden betting urges catch up to him again on Sunday? Will he actually make a bet with another human being rather than against himself?
Let's just hope they win for his sake.
P.S. – Added bonus of wearing the wetsuit? He'll be nice and warm if he decides to go for a celebratory dip in the Chucky River if (when) the Pats win.
