On the run

Reasons it's acceptable to drink before noon

1) Haven’t gone to sleep yet

2) On vacation (Must be actual traveling vacation, standard days off do not qualify.)

3) Killing time in an airport (Business or personal travel)

4) Tailgating

5) Sunday brunch

6) Attending a sports championship game or tournament (Full day qualifies, even if event starts after noon)

7) Viewing any sporting event that starts at or before 1 PM EST

8) Hunting/Fishing

9) Holidays (Thanksgiving, St Paddy’s, etc.)

10) Personal events/Celebrations (Weddings, funerals, birthdays)

11) More than 100 miles from home

12) Within the city limits of Las Vegas or any college town (Applies to non-residents only, likely redundant to #11, but sometimes only one applies and you need to be covered)

13) Participating in leisure sports tourney (Golf, bowling, billiards, darts, etc.)

14) Killing a mean hangover (Void if prior to going into work)

15) Divorce (Valid for the longer of one week or two days for every 10% of wealth lost)

16) Job loss (Valid for one week, then get your lazy butt up and find something new)

17) Being diagnosed with a terminal illness

18) Armageddon (Over 6" of snow in less than 24 hours counts)

 
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Overall: 77-67-3


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Overall: 37-32-1


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Overall: 39-31-1

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Houston +8 over Philadelphia (Starting off on the wrong foot here)
TENNESSEE -3 over Jacksonville
GREEN BAY -10 over San Francisco
Buffalo +6 over MINNESOTA
NEW YORK GIANTS -7 over Washington
NEW ORLEANS -7 over Cincinnati
Cleveland +4.5 over MIAMI
Chicago -5.5 over DETROIT
Denver +9 over KANSAS CITY
Oakland +13 over SAN DIEGO
St Louis -3.5 over ARIZONA
Atlanta -3 over TAMPA BAY
Dallas +5.5 over INDIANAPOLIS
SEATTLE -6 over Carolina
BALTIMORE -3 over Pittsburgh
New York Jets +4 over NEW ENGLAND