Do you remember that one kid at your school who you could get to do almost anything just by betting him he wouldn't do it? I'm not especially proud to admit it, but I was that foolhardy child. And I'm even less excited about disclosing that I have failed to grow out of that stage by the age of 25. You probably won't get me to eat some of the stomach-turning things they eat on Fear Factor (I'm picturing the African cave-dwelling spiders and the massive boiled buffalo testicles), but it's still tough to turn down a challenge.

I'd like to take a moment now to apologize to my stomach for the stretch I went through in college where I accepted some particularly stupid bets. For example, the time I ate an entire pack of Listerine PocketPacks strips in one try. After getting past the initial stage where it felt like an arctic wind was blowing through my eyeballs, my stomach began to disagree with my having done the equivalent of swallowing a shot or two of mouthwash.

Or when I tried to eat one of those packets of peppers Pizza Hut gives you with their food. Much to the amusement of my friends who had been egging me on, I spent the next two hours icing my lips and tongue down. Sadly, I could continue with these stories for another page or so.

Fast forward to the present.

I recently made a bet with my co-worker, John Eisel, concerning the outcome of the Jan. 24 CSU- Wyoming basketball game. Having faith in CSU, my alma mater, I agreed to the terms before even researching the teams' records. Luckily for me, the two Mountain West teams appear to be evenly matched. If you want to see the fallout from the last bet we made, just look at the photo accompanying this story.

Well, we've upped the ante a little this time. If Eisel's Cowboys lose, he'll be looking sheepish around the office while wearing a CSU shirt and a pair of ram horns, and if my team fails me, I'll be doing my best to look rugged in a Wyoming jersey and a cowboy hat. Win or lose, I'll be posting a photo of the loser once we find out the result of the game.

If you have a story about a not-so-smart bet you have made in the past, I'd like to read about it. I'm sure there will be a lot of those wagers being made with March Madness fever beginning to take hold of people across America. You can share your stories right here at YourHub.com whenever you feel like it.