For many of the NFL season, severe prop bettors hunch over spreadsheets or statistical charts that break down on-field performances.
However this week, it’s as a lot about random coin flips, Gatorade baths and possibly getting a stopwatch on previous performances of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Welcome to the bizarre — however wildly in style — world of Tremendous Bowl LIX novelty betting props.
There are two methods to strategy these offbeat wagering alternatives.
For a lot of, they’re a lark — a enjoyable probability to place a couple of dollars down on both a random or unknowable final result. For instance, the results of the opening coin toss is at the moment the preferred prop on the BetMGM sportsbook, with 53 per cent of bettors having a hunch about heads. (Statistical evaluation: Heads has come by way of in three of the previous 4 Tremendous Bowls. Does that imply tails is due?)
For folks, Tremendous Bowl novelty prop bets are an invite to go deep down some very uncommon web rabbit holes.
Pull up the sport movie. Zoom in shut. What color Gatorade was the Eagles’ gear supervisor stocking again in Week 13? What in regards to the Chiefs? They’ve poured purple Gatorade in victory after the previous two Tremendous Bowls, however it was orange once they received again in 2020.
Assume Kansas Metropolis would possibly go retro? Orange is a +400 underdog to be the color of this yr’s Gatorade tub. Purple is at the moment the best choice at BetMGM at +225.
After which there’s the nationwide anthem. How lengthy will it go?
The patron saint of over bettors is Alicia Keys, who in 2013 turned in a efficiency of the Star-Spangled Banner that was 156 seconds in size. (Neil Diamond, however, will need to have had a airplane to catch in 1987: 62 seconds!)
Feeling like New Orleans native Jon Batiste would possibly milk it a bit? Perhaps flip the “residence of the courageous” into the “hoooooome of the braaaa-yaa-yaaaaaaaave?” You will get -105 odds on the BetMGM sportsbook that the anthem will go longer than 120.5 seconds.
Right here’s the difficult half should you’re digging into Batiste’s previous performances: the super-talented multi-instrumentalist by no means appears to play the anthem the identical method twice. Generally he performs it on guitar. Generally he tinkles the ivories for an hour or two earlier than attending to the “O say are you able to see.” For all we all know, he might present up Sunday and play it on a three-nozzled bloozer from a Dr. Seuss guide. Good luck!
Need to up the diploma of issue even additional? Attempt moving into the top of this yr’s Tremendous Bowl MVP. The sport is over. The MVP trophy is in your fingers. You step to the microphone. Who do you point out first?
Is it your loved ones? Your group? Your followers? Not going, based on the oddsmakers at BetMGM. As an alternative, the heavy favorite to be cited first by the Tremendous Bowl MVP is none aside from … God (-210). The second alternative: teammates (+325). The longest odds (+2000) are on the MVP’s coach being referenced first.
A number of different in style Tremendous Bowl props at BetMGM:
- Variety of songs carried out by Kendrick Lamar throughout the halftime present (beneath 10.5 songs is the present favorite at -125)
- First tune of Kendrick’s halftime efficiency (Humble is the best choice at +150)
- And naturally… Will Travis Kelce suggest to Taylor Swift? Frequent sense says no. However hey, it’s a really good worth of +800 should you suppose it’s going to occur!
