Super Bowl-related betsPUBLICATION: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSDATE: 01-30-2008 HEADLINE: Super Bowl-related bets: From mundane to odd Have anything to add to the randomness? Send it to gkrizak@express-news.net Gaylon Krizak's UTILFTY INFIELDER LEADING OF^ Super Bowl-related bets: From mundane to odd In these trying economic times, I take comfort in some of the sound fmancial advice I receive - unsolicited, mind you - via e-mail. No, we're not talking about mysterious missives from desperate African governmental officials. I'm not falling for that again. For example, I now know of a way to turn a $1,000 investment into enough dough to put my 14-year-old through college, and all in just one day (the moneymaking, that is; not the getting-through-coUege part). All I need is for Britney Spears to go streaking across the field during the Super Bowl, and voila! Just make the check out to me. Or, if I really want to be prepared and collect enough to matriculate the 3-year-old as well, FU simply invest the fuU amount of the Federal Economic Stimulus Bribe we're aU gonna get any day now, then sit back and wait for the first Super Bowl touchdown celebrant to moon the crowd. Ch-ching! For the quickest and easiest depositing methods available, sign-up today at BetUS.com, "for over 14 years they have been the World-Wide Leader in Online Sports, Poker and Casino Gaming!" Always receive great odds, huge bonuses and fast payouts only at BetUS.com! BET ON FOOTBALL! First time deposits receive $75 free with a $200 deposit! Yes, these and many, MANY more sound financial options are available at an online betting site near you. I got the two examples cited above from BetUS.com!, whose press contact, Charlie Bernard, dutifuUy sends me similarly quirky information each week. Not being a gambler by nature, I confess to normaUy filing them away unread. But this time - I mean, how could anyone look away from such sure things? Think about it this way: Would a Tom Petty-Michael Jackson halftime duet be worth $100,000 to you? AU you have to do is wager $1,000 on it at the current (as of the late-Monday-morning e-mail I got, anyway) odds of 100/1, and if they team up ... weU, as Tom sang, "Even the losers get lucky sometime." (Correctly betting on that song to be Tom's halftime opener, by the way, would turn $1,000 into $2,500.) Most footbaU games - or, indeed, contests in any sport - are just games. You know, the kind where what happens on the playing surface is what matters most. But between baUyhooed debut commercials and daylong pregame shows and "prop bets" such as these, the Super Bowl long ago ceased to be one of those. As Charlie's e-mail puts it: "The Super Bowl is not just a game but a national two-weeklong spectacle and celebration." Sometimes, it's almost as if the game (more often than not, a snoozefest) gets in the way of the party. That, to many, is where the prop bets come in - thi natural way to merge most of the Super Sunday ele ments and, if you're lucky, profit from the conspicuous excess. . Those who want to be boring and just bet on the game certainly have plenty of avenues. You'd be hard-pressed, for example, to find a Super Bowl party without some low-stakes "squares game" based upon the score at the end of each quarter. BetUS.com offers a wide range of relatively routine game-related prop bets, from whether each team wiU score on its first possession (7/2 yes) to the number of receivers who wiU catch a Tom Brady pass (six, at 11/2, is the favorite) to how many yards the Giants wiU total (a stiff New England effort on defense could pay off big at 85/1 - provided the Giants gain fewer than 101 yards). But maybe you're one of those folks who tunes in for the commercials. No sweat. What do you like as the first beer commercial to air during the halftime break: Bud Light (2/3), Coors Light (3/2) or MiUer Draft (7/1)? Bud Light also is the co-favorite at 4/1 to be the first product of any kind advertised at halftime. The other? GoDaddy.com, which, as best I can teU based on my years of Super Bowl viewing, seems to manufacture buxom women doing nothing in particular. Or maybe you just want to see Tom and the Heartbreakers at intermission. There are at least 27 odds based on Petty's show alone, ranging from, as mentioned, which song he'U sing first ("Free FaUin' " at 3/1 leads the pack) to the likelihood of Tom Frenchkissing a fan (5/1) or having his hair faU out (100/1). I presume that refers to aU of what's left of it; no word on whether a few strands would constitute a "push." In the end, however, it aU stiU revolves around a footbaU game. And when it's over, either the historyseeking Patriots or the confident-underdog Giants are likely to celebrate by dumping at least one cooler of some kind of icy sports drink over their jubilant coach's head. And you, sitting numbly at home, glad it's finaUy over for another year, wiU be able to take solace in one piece of wisdom I now pass along free of charge: A purple liquid (16/1) would _ pay off better than a clear one (3/1). TRIVIA Yeah, sure, you do great on those Super Bowl trivia quizzes everyone trots out this time of year. But, in keeping with today's theme, let's see how you fare in this Super Sunday Non-GameRelated quiz: (And no matter how you do, don't call or e-mail me. I wish you well, but there are no prizes.) Last week's answer: The Spurs' best rodeo-road-trip record was 8-1 in 2003, The worst was 4-4 last season. ELISE AMENDOLA/ASSOCIATED PRESS 1. In the wake of Janet Jackson's notorious "wardrobe malfunction" during the XXXVIII halftime show, a rejected cold-remedy commercial the next year featured which actor's exposed backside? a) Mickey Rooney b) Mickey Rourke c) Mickey Mouse d) Mickey Finn CHRIS MCQRATH/QETTY IMAGES 2. During which Super Bowl did the famous Joe Greene jersey-tossing commercial for Coca-Cola debut? a) XIII b)XIV c)XV d)XVI ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO 3. How did Bears QB Jim McMahon greet a helicopter crew hovering over a pre-XX practice in New Orleans? a) With a sunny smile b) With his dog, Pluto c) With a Mars bar in his hand d) With a big, white moon 20TH CENTURY FOX 4. Before XIII, what word did Cowboys LB Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson assert Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw couldn't spell "if you spotted him the C and the T" a) Cat b) I'd like to buy a vowel, Pat c) I thought it was the C and the A d) The name of one of the drugs Henderson was on at the time SIMON DAWSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS 5. Which of the following questions actually was asked during Super Bowl Media Day? a) Do you believe you can win? b) If you were a tree, what type of tree would you be? c) Does it seem a little strange answering football questions in a baseball stadium? d) All ofthe above MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS 6. While Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform in Glendale, who's favored in Sunday's Lingerie Bowl V at an undisclosed location nearby? a) Those seasoned LB vets, the L.A. Temptation b) The gritty home-venue heroines, your Phoenix Scorch c) You're kidding, right? d) What channel is that on? --- by BetUS PR at 1800-sports.com on February 05, 2008
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