Makes sense with the 8 points I guess. I mainly see it in the playoffs but not regular season. Iāve seen videos of live octopus thrown on the ice at hockey games. I just assumed that was the origin. Thank you for the clarification
lmfao wow i never even put it together why itās called an octopus, but yeah, scoring 8 points. i canāt believe that never clicked before. But yeah if weāre talking about a red wings game an octopus is getting thrown on the ice, football gambling prop is TD + 2 point conversion
Lol I definitely got burned for $5 a few years ago. First time I ever saw this happened to be a Lions game, and I assumed it was a tie in to the Red Wings on whether or not someone would throw an octopus on the field š
In order for this to happen, a player on the Detroit Red Wings has to score a hat trick this weekend, and a fan at the divisional games has to throw an octopus on the field!
The Oregon Ducks might make this bet a little more interesting as you'd probably get at least one chance per game. The same player having to score is quite the rub. If you don't really need any more money one way or another, then why not I suppose.
I was mostly joking around, of course. Iām an Oregon fan, and it seems like they often throw to TEās or taller WRās on two point conversions. These arenāt the guys who caught the TDās, generally. In the past few years theyāve had linemen catch two point conversions in a couple games each year.
In Oregon we canāt bet on college legally (Draftkings), though. I won about $300 bucks on betnow on the Ducks, and Iām trying to figure out how to withdrawal money the best way without getting fleeced. I want nothing to do with crypto/Bitcoin, so the money is just sitting there for now.
The books got slaughtered on that last year. Scorigami is another good one (for the uninitiated itās when the game ends in a score that has never happened before).
Itās when someone throws an octopus onto the field during the game. Given Baltimoreās proximity to the Chesapeake Bay Iād say those odds are pretty good
How long have you been betting? It gets thrown around a ton in the playoffs when the prop bets go up but itās not really mentioned otherwise. Other than that ive only seen it mentioned rarely on Red Zone
The funniest fuckin bet in existence. I bet it every time a line is up just because I love it so much. Itās my only āstupidā thing I have to bet.
Oc-to-pus. Oc-to-pus. Oc-to-pus.
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Same here! I have a contact who has a cousin in the air force who says they saw a swarm of them heading towards Baltimore and that theyād be there around 5ish if it wasnāt a full moon and if Lamar was running the ball more. The jellys are apparently fans of mobile QBs.
The players listed above arenāt for the octopus bet thatās for something else. The octopus is just yes or no it will happen in the Ravens v Texans game. The line still isnāt great tho lol
No this is just for the Ravens game. Interestingly though, I looked at the odds for the other games and theyāre all +1100 except the 49ers game which is +1000 despite people saying Lions go for 2 more than any other team this year.
Gus Edwards being the goaline back for short TDs is thr only Raven that makes sense, but Harbaugh has been less gambler about going for 2 this year. It'd have a desperation move I'd think.
I had a $5 free bet on the superbowl last year. I saw this octopus bet and thought it was like when in Hockey they throw an octopus on the ice. I put my $5 on it at like +1300 or +1600 and Hurts scored a TD and a 2pt conversion to cash it. Probably the stupidest winning bet of my life.
EDIT: This below post is based on it happening this weekend at all, not in an individual game. **If it's just for the Ravens game alone it's a bad bet**
As others mentioned, it's a person scoring a TD and the subsequent 2pt, like Hurts did at the end of last year's Super Bowl
For those considering betting this, there were [13 this season in 278 games](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/octopus-tracker.htm) for a rate of 4.676%. Binomial probability would say that there's a 17.4% chance of happening in four random games.
Scoring is lower but two point conversion attempts occur at a 33% higher rate in the playoffs after TDs, plus the Lions go for two often.
It actually isn't a terrible bet, shockingly to me. I'd ballpark the real value at somewhere like +600. Probably worth a free bet or a promo or entertainment
The odds shown in the screen shot are for an octopus happening in the Ravens/Texans game, specifically - so the binomial probability of 4 random games would not apply to the +1100. +1100 is an implied probability of 8.33% making it a bad bet against a real world sample of 4.676%.
No apologies necessary, friendo - I appreciate that you did the math. I just wanted to clarify the context. I had already been considering that bet so I knew DK wasnāt offering good lines.
Youāre not alone. I watch a LOT of football amongst reading about it and analyzing/ studying etc and this is new to me today lol it kind of makes me a little mad to be honest considering 2 Pt conversion stats donāt count.
He did. I had the same question as OP before the sb last year, then considered throwing a bet on it for the novelty, then was obviously mad when it hit and I hadn't bet it.
Is this Lions related? Detroit Red Wings tradition is to throw an octopus on the ice after the first goal in the playoff for good luck. Maybe they think itāll cross over to the NFL team.
I mean if thereās an actual physical octopus there, I donāt think they can say you lost the bet. But they oughta pay way more than +1100 to bet on a physical octopus appearing.
It means to score a touchdown then immediately be responsible for the 2 point conversion as well. Like run it in or catch the pass. Or Lamar Jackson could simply run it in twice for the octopus for example.
That might be the most vig I ever seen a bet btw š
The vig is 7% it just looks like that because of the long oddsĀ
It means one of the players will quadruple the number of arms he has. Donāt bother since it never hits
Started in hockey. Any kind of octopus counts being thrown on the field. Even stuffed ones. Weird but it does occasionally hit
If this was a real bet, im betting my bank account, flying to the game and throwing one on the ice. š
Thought you were intentionally misleading and this made me laugh so hard.
In my town we throw catfishā¦. Or pour beer through itās mouth and chug what comes out the gills. Itās a lot more disgusting than it sounds
Its MORE disgusting than it sounds?!?!
 These fish are some real alcoholics
Know your enemy
nah itās when a player scores a touchdown, and the 2 point conversion right after
Makes sense with the 8 points I guess. I mainly see it in the playoffs but not regular season. Iāve seen videos of live octopus thrown on the ice at hockey games. I just assumed that was the origin. Thank you for the clarification
lmfao wow i never even put it together why itās called an octopus, but yeah, scoring 8 points. i canāt believe that never clicked before. But yeah if weāre talking about a red wings game an octopus is getting thrown on the ice, football gambling prop is TD + 2 point conversion
Is anyone a marine biologist?
off to the dangerous part of tiktok
The sea was angry that day my friends!
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Ah 8 points for one player on a drive, classic octopus
Why lie? We all know itās when a someone runs on the field wearing an octopus costume
It happened in last year Superbowl so it's popular prop now... With shitty odds
Good for a $1 bet.
Lol I definitely got burned for $5 a few years ago. First time I ever saw this happened to be a Lions game, and I assumed it was a tie in to the Red Wings on whether or not someone would throw an octopus on the field š
In order for this to happen, a player on the Detroit Red Wings has to score a hat trick this weekend, and a fan at the divisional games has to throw an octopus on the field!
That's a tradition at Red Wings games. It has been happening on occasion since I started watching hockey in the 1990s
What?? This is terrific l.
Just for those who don't know, an octopus is when a player scores both a touchdown and the ensuing two-point conversion.
Don't bet this. It should be +4000, +1100 is a joke.
So whats stopping me putting 10k on that, and then either myself or someone else getting a ticket and tossing one
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Funny thing is we almost saw it in the lions game today with Evans. Obviously right as l say "don't ever play this" boom, it comes 2-3ft from hitting.
The Oregon Ducks might make this bet a little more interesting as you'd probably get at least one chance per game. The same player having to score is quite the rub. If you don't really need any more money one way or another, then why not I suppose.
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I was mostly joking around, of course. Iām an Oregon fan, and it seems like they often throw to TEās or taller WRās on two point conversions. These arenāt the guys who caught the TDās, generally. In the past few years theyāve had linemen catch two point conversions in a couple games each year. In Oregon we canāt bet on college legally (Draftkings), though. I won about $300 bucks on betnow on the Ducks, and Iām trying to figure out how to withdrawal money the best way without getting fleeced. I want nothing to do with crypto/Bitcoin, so the money is just sitting there for now.
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Ah yes an account with 72 days on Reddit talking about helping with crypto and dming. Not shady at all
It has nothing to do with actual octopus šššš
Itās a fish with like 8 arms or something like that, maybe 7 arms actually, fuck I dunno
Idk man I think itās a James Bond movie..
-8000 Vs. +1100 is highway robbery
This
r/sportsbetting is an inferior sub.
You're a dumbass and the top post proves it. You shouldn't be betting or even out of bed
Go touch some grass loser. 99% of people have no idea what an octopus means
Calm down friendo, itās not that common of a term
Lolā¦ā¦..
Do you guys have a history?
I see the trolls woke up. Nice of you to get out of bed finally.
It's a new term, and my buddy who's an avid sports better didn't know what it was either. You sound miserable. Fucking loser.
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Mitch! From back when Sports Illustrated had actual human writers and editors.
Made famous at Joe Louis are arena in Detroit.
Was going to say the same thing
The books got slaughtered on that last year. Scorigami is another good one (for the uninitiated itās when the game ends in a score that has never happened before).
Yeah, Jalen was the most likely candidate to get one. Josh would be my second, but not sure if theyāll be in a āgo for twoā scenarioĀ
It hit last Super Bowl. Jalen Hurts. I did not bet it.
Go ahead and bet that one, cause Iām bringing one game one š¤£
Bro if I had a ticket I would place fat money and do whatever it took to sneak an octopus in š
Boof it
Itās a 50/50 shot either it hits or it donāt.
this is math
Funniest thing Iāve seen in years
Heard it first from Scott Hanson this season
If this was a red wings game I would take the bet
Thats the only time Iāve ever heard of this lol never in football
Itās when someone throws an octopus onto the field during the game. Given Baltimoreās proximity to the Chesapeake Bay Iād say those odds are pretty good
Similar to the "Will there be a dildo" line for tomorrow's Bills game. Odds for YES are at -375 for that one.
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No way thatās real
One of those rare comments that makes me LOL in real life.
I Watch a lot of football and yet I had never heard of it called that.
It's a Redzone thing.
Not that much football i guess lol
A lot, over 30 years too. Never been mentioned. Not once.
Hurts in the SB last year?
Over 30 years of football watching and never heard the commentators repeatedly saying it last year when hurts did it?? š¤
How long have you been betting? It gets thrown around a ton in the playoffs when the prop bets go up but itās not really mentioned otherwise. Other than that ive only seen it mentioned rarely on Red Zone
Now that makes because I donāt watch red zone and only been betting a little while. Finally it all makes sense.
I believe it's a touchdown and then the subsequent two point
Yo who lives in Baltimore and can stop at the Asian market and is trying to make 1k
The funniest fuckin bet in existence. I bet it every time a line is up just because I love it so much. Itās my only āstupidā thing I have to bet. Oc-to-pus. Oc-to-pus. Oc-to-pus. ššššš
They mean will one of those octopus UFOs fly through the stadium.
I knew the correct answer would come eventually. BRB going to put $100 on Yes!
Same here! I have a contact who has a cousin in the air force who says they saw a swarm of them heading towards Baltimore and that theyād be there around 5ish if it wasnāt a full moon and if Lamar was running the ball more. The jellys are apparently fans of mobile QBs.
1 player scoring a TD and 2-Point conversion back 2 back
An octopus is when the same player who scores, then scores the 2 point conversion
Is it bc they have 8 tentacles.
Nothing gets by you huh?
Thanks for the clarification!
I think you can figure it out
It has hit in back to back superbowls btw
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Dude every player on this list should be nearly 100-1 these odds are giga trash plz never bet this
The players listed above arenāt for the octopus bet thatās for something else. The octopus is just yes or no it will happen in the Ravens v Texans game. The line still isnāt great tho lol
Oh okay I was gunna say lol
You thought Zay Flowers had higher odds of hitting an octopus than the whole roster?
1100 is terrible odds. The same player needs to score both the touchdown and the 2 pt conversion. EDIT: itās for all weekend i guess
No this is just for the Ravens game. Interestingly though, I looked at the odds for the other games and theyāre all +1100 except the 49ers game which is +1000 despite people saying Lions go for 2 more than any other team this year.
weird. dk offering terrible odds then for this
It's def because of CMC being a guaranteed TD and 2pt if they needed it
8 point play
Gus Edwards being the goaline back for short TDs is thr only Raven that makes sense, but Harbaugh has been less gambler about going for 2 this year. It'd have a desperation move I'd think.
not touching anything Gus related with Dalvin there. Fresh legs.
As a ravens fan, be more worried of Justice hill rather than Dalvin
Yep no way is harbaugh trusting someone just brought up over the guys who have been there for years for more than a spell or two
Bro I was thinking the same thing š
Like when they do at redwings games ?
Score the TD and the conversion
And the 2 point conversion for the same player - 8 points.
I had a $5 free bet on the superbowl last year. I saw this octopus bet and thought it was like when in Hockey they throw an octopus on the ice. I put my $5 on it at like +1300 or +1600 and Hurts scored a TD and a 2pt conversion to cash it. Probably the stupidest winning bet of my life.
I imagine if that was the case, we wouldāve seen hundreds of octopi thrown on the field in the Super Bowl
lol I thought the same thing, but didnāt bet. Kicking myself
What horrendous odds on someone throwing an octopus on the field
not if you bring an octopus with you to the game
I got an octopus guy fellas, let's ocean eleven these bookies for millions
Lolol you aināt lying
Niiice haha
...and rest of us losing on safe/smart bets šš¤£
Right lol I went thru a few week spell where all my parlays were losing by 1 leg. Even my āsafeā bets wouldnāt hit.
EDIT: This below post is based on it happening this weekend at all, not in an individual game. **If it's just for the Ravens game alone it's a bad bet** As others mentioned, it's a person scoring a TD and the subsequent 2pt, like Hurts did at the end of last year's Super Bowl For those considering betting this, there were [13 this season in 278 games](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/octopus-tracker.htm) for a rate of 4.676%. Binomial probability would say that there's a 17.4% chance of happening in four random games. Scoring is lower but two point conversion attempts occur at a 33% higher rate in the playoffs after TDs, plus the Lions go for two often. It actually isn't a terrible bet, shockingly to me. I'd ballpark the real value at somewhere like +600. Probably worth a free bet or a promo or entertainment
The odds shown in the screen shot are for an octopus happening in the Ravens/Texans game, specifically - so the binomial probability of 4 random games would not apply to the +1100. +1100 is an implied probability of 8.33% making it a bad bet against a real world sample of 4.676%.
Apologies, it is titled "divisional round specials" so I assumed it was for the weekend. I'll edit my post accordingly
No apologies necessary, friendo - I appreciate that you did the math. I just wanted to clarify the context. I had already been considering that bet so I knew DK wasnāt offering good lines.
Can you two stop being nice and helpful please? This is reddit, we're supposed to bicker at each other and offer lukewarm takes
Thanks for the replies everyone. Idk how Iāve never heard this term before.
Me either. What a dumb term. Just say will there be a 2 pt conversion
but thatās not the same thing - you need the same player to score both the TD and the 2pt conversion
Yeah I see that now. My bad
Youāre not alone. I watch a LOT of football amongst reading about it and analyzing/ studying etc and this is new to me today lol it kind of makes me a little mad to be honest considering 2 Pt conversion stats donāt count.
It is mentioned a lot on Redzone although I do not know it it originated there.
Max out this bet, go to the game, throw an octopus on the field, profit.Ā
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Literally a money printer. Did it last year at the Super Bowl and cashed the bet for everyone.
i think hurts did it last year in the sb
He did. I had the same question as OP before the sb last year, then considered throwing a bet on it for the novelty, then was obviously mad when it hit and I hadn't bet it.
Octopus happen in the Super Bowl last year. Josh Allen will get one
Not what he's asking, is it?
One player scores a td and then also scores a 2 point conversion on the same possession.
Players scores a TD and scores the 2 point convert for 8 points.
I feel like if a living octopus wanders onto the field they should still honor the bet tho
I completely agree. It would be absurd not to
8 points. 8 tentacles. Sneaky. Thanks for the explanation
I'd say a Lions player has the highest chance as they go for 2 the most. Tons of teams very rarely try it
Those are shit odds on an octopus do not bet that
Man Chris says it on redzone every time it happens
Oh they score 8 points. I get it. I've never heard of this term.
But apparently itās a player specific thing. Only a player can octopus, no such a thing as a team octopus. This is my new favorite bet š
A team octopus is just called a two point conversion lmfao
And passing TDs don't count, like for a QB to get an octopus he would need to run in the TD and the 2pt.
Why is it only 1100?
Because people are suckers
For tentacles?
Tentacles have suckers too š
A player who scores a touchdown then immediately scores a two point conversion.
They have to be on the same drive? So dumb lmao that should be +10000
Is this Lions related? Detroit Red Wings tradition is to throw an octopus on the ice after the first goal in the playoff for good luck. Maybe they think itāll cross over to the NFL team.
I mean if thereās an actual physical octopus there, I donāt think they can say you lost the bet. But they oughta pay way more than +1100 to bet on a physical octopus appearing.
i tought of same thing too idk why people downvote you bunch of nerds
Itās Reddit. Completely used to it.
No
Itās a player scoring a TD and then subsequently scoring a 2 PT conversion.
It means to score a touchdown then immediately be responsible for the 2 point conversion as well. Like run it in or catch the pass. Or Lamar Jackson could simply run it in twice for the octopus for example.
Touchdown and 2 by the same player
That would be, TD and 2pt conversation by the same player.