Gambling is fun. Gambling on sports is great, and gambling on the NFL is like crack. I think its the fact that pro footbal offers so many different things to bet on. More than any other sport because of the complex nature of the game itself.
Betting on the Super Bowl takes shit to a whole new level though. I don't know if this is the seventh sign of the appocolypse or just a fun phenomenon but you can bet on anything. They call them Prop Bets and they get crazy.
Everyone knows you can bet on the coin toss (weather it will be heads or tales and who will win). But on Bodog.com, and plenty of other places inculding sports books in Vegas, you can bet on things like team to get the first penalty (I like Pittsburg). Thats not that crazy right? How about the team to call the first time out (I like Arizona), how about will at least one quarter be scoreless (I like yes).
Oh, it gets much much better. What will the TV rating be, a Neilson over or under 42.5 (I like over, I have no fucking idea what that means). How much would you put down on: How many times will Al Michaels and John Madden refer to Ben Rothlesburger as "Big Ben", over or under 5 (I like the under, I really hope its the under, that's a wack nick name). Bare with me for two more...
What will the color of the Gatorade be that is dumped on the winning coach (I like Orange at 3/1 odds) and, my personal favorite: How long will it take Jennifer Hudson to sing the national anthom, over or under 2min 1sec (this is a tough one, I'm going over, for all the obvious reasons).
I didn't make any of that up, seriously. You can bet real money on it. And if you do, well there are obviously better things you could be doing with your money but; Shit, its a free country.
Take a look: Team Prop Bets (check out the individual one too).
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