Place Your Bets!

Ahh the Super Bowl. One of the greatest times of the year. While many football fans are grabbing the chips and wondering how the commercials are going to be, I'm more fascinated with a different aspect of the game.

The gambling side. Now while I don't usually bet on the game, I do usually throw my ten dollars into a squares pool, with the hopes of the score ending with a 4 or 5 at the end of the 1st quarter. I usually get screwed and never take home any money.

But more importantly than any office pool or winner buys the other lunch bet, there's the ever popular props bet. For those that don't know, a props bet is something absurd about a particular event that you wouldn't normally bet on. Examples range from how many times Mike Tyson refers to himself in the third person to what quarter a streaker will run onto the field in the Super Bowl. (Don't laugh it happens a lot.)

But instead of jumping on a sports betting web site or calling up your local bookie, take a look at some of my favorite prop bets of the Super Bowl that rarely pertain to the game at all. I'll even give you some great odds. (Taking any and all action, because these bets favor the house.)

2 to 1 odds: Someone will ask, "Are there anymore chips?"

4 to 1 odds: A female guest will ask the group, "What's a down?"

5: Over/under that someone will say "That was the best commercial so far!"

4: Over/under that someone will say "That commercial was good but not as good as that other one!"

11: Over/under that the toilet flushes.

3 to 1 odds: Someone mentions they like what "you" did with the bathroom.

3 to 1 odds: Someone will ask after drinking a soda/beer, "Do you recycle?"

8 Seconds: Over/under that Christina Aguilera will hold the "Brave" part of the National Anthem.

7 to 1 odds: Someone will mention the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction incident while watching the Half Time Show.

4: Over/under how many times Aaron Rodgers (The Green Bay Quarterback) is compared to Brett Favre.

5 to 2 odds: They replay the catch by Santonio Holmes from the last Super Bowl the Steelers were in.

50 to 1 odds: Someone makes the comparison that Mike Tomlin looks like Omar Epps from House.

And one of my all time favorites:

6: Over/under that someone will ask what the score is? (This one makes me incredibly upset because the TV is on. Just Look! And if it's a commercial you shouldn't be talking anyway. Save the chit-chat for the game.)