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Features, NFL News, Top PostsSuper Bowl bets we wish we could make
You know the Colts are favored by 5.5 points. You know the over/under number is 56. You know Peyton Manning is the odds-on favorite to be named Super Bowl MVP. You may even know that you can bet on the coin flip – odds are (duh?) 50/50 (we’ve got a ton on heads).
But wouldn’t it be great if someone could come up with Super Bowl odds, point spreads or bets for some of these oddball propositions? Check ’em out and tell NFLPosts.com what you think:
Wager: Number of times Brett Favre’s retirement will be speculated about by CBS?
Over/under: Once for every citizen of Kiln, Mississippi (that’s 2,040 by the latest count)
Wager: Will Reggie Bush go the distance Sunday?
Odds: Against the Colts – 6/1
With Kim Kardashian – 1/1
Wager: TMZ will break the news about Brett Favre’s retirement plans during the Super Bowl broadcast.
Odds: Yes – 100/1
No – 1/1
Wager: TMZ will break news about the existence of a Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush sex tape during the broadcast.
Odds: Yes – 5/1
No – 5/1 (and dropping)
Wager: How many times will we see Peyton Manning smile?
Odds: Once – 1/1
Two or more times – 100/1
Wager: Over/under on the number of cheerleaders Tiger Woods has taken to the end zone?
Betting line: Too high to mention
Wager: Percentage of times Haiti will be mentioned in the same sentence when Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon or Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma are discussed?
Odds: 100 percent – 25/1
50 percent – 10/1
5 percent – 4/1
Wager: Percentage of bars in Republican states where the phrase “to hell with Haiti” will be uttered when the story of Garcon, Vilma and their respective families from the earthquake-ravaged country is mentioned?
Odds: 10 percent – 100/1
100 percent – 1/1
Wager: Pete Townshend will wink at “rough boys” in the audience during The Who’s halftime show?
Betting line: Yes, from his generation – 50/1
Yes, from Peyton Manning’s generation – 5/1
Yes, from Tim Tebow’s generation – 2/1
No, he’s not into that – Do you really think not?
Wager: The Who’s setlist at halftime will consist of …:
Odds: The Kids Are Alright, My Generation, Baba O’Riley – 3/1
Won’t Get Fooled Again, Pinball Wizard, I Can See for Miles – 8/1
You Better You Bet, A Quick One While He’s Away, Louie, Louie – Yeah, right
Wager: What will cause the most heart attacks in the French Quarter on Sunday?
Odds: A Saints victory – 10/1
A Colts victory – 7/1
An overdose of jambalaya, etouffe and chicken fried steak – 4/1
The unexpected early kickoff of Mardi Gras revelry and the sudden, merry discarding of bras – 2/1
More Super Bowl XLIV predictions, previews and news
Super Bowl blueprints for Colts, Saints
Why Manning’s Colts will rout the Saints
The Super Bowl XLIV preview published eight weeks before the game
Bet on Super Bowl XLIV – Colts vs. Saints!
