Super Bowl 2012: National Anthem and Top Prop Bets to Consider

One of the most interesting things about the Super Bowl is the wide number of exotic prop bets that bookmakers will come up with in order to bring all sorts of action in on the game.

These range from relatively standard things—such as who will score the first touchdown—to the bizarre, where you can wager on an over/under for how long the national anthem will go on and if the singer will wear a headset or use a hand-held microphone.

Right now, the prop bets are limited as the different oddsmakers are busy figuring out exactly how to set their lines, but there a few that have snuck out early.

Coin Toss

You can take either side of the coin at -105 odds, which isn’t the full vigorish but you’ll still have to pay a little juice to have the book take it.

There’s also the option to pick which team will win that toss at the same odds.

Just keep in mind, tails never fails.

Anthem Time

This isn’t out yet, but last year Christina Aguilera’s performance of the song was set at over/under 1:54 seconds. 

Gamblers got extremely lucky who bet through Sportsbook.com because they actually paid out BOTH sides of the prop due to various time calculations coming in at 1:53 and 1:54.

Hopefully it’s a can’t-miss bet again when Kelly Clarkson hums the tune this year.

There are going to be so many more prop bets coming out in the next few days as bookies finally get some time to make them and there will literally be hundreds of them before kickoff on February 5.

Stay tuned here on Bleacher Report throughout the week as we will highlight some of the better bets and funnier props as they are available.