Super Bowl Prop Bets: Oddities You Can Tempt Friends to Wager On

On Super Bowl Sunday, the surrounding elements are more entertaining than the game itself. 

Now, that isn’t a knock on the contest because over the past few years, showdowns have been classics; everything else is just that good. Here are a handful of championship-title props to bet on with your friends that you don’t have to pay attention to the actual game to wager on.

6. Kelly Clarkson Will Screw Up National Anthem

The pressure will be on for the original American Idol. Last year, Christina Aguilera forgot the words to the national anthem. Unless Clarkson wants to become a YouTube sensation and a Twitter trend for the rest of the night, her performance better be flawless.

5. On-Field Fans Will Get More Hyped for LMFAO than Madonna

What is the age range for the vast majority of fans that surround a Super Bowl concert? An educated guess would say 24 and under. Madonna is the bigger name by far, but when today’s youth hear Sexy and I Know It, they’ll go nuts.

According to Carrie Schedler of ABC, 11 people were injured at an LMFAO concert on Friday night.  Foreshadowing?

4. Nicki Minaj Will Make a Fool of Herself

For the sake of the 100 million-plus watching, hopefully this year’s Super Bowl halftime show doesn’t end up being a Janet Jackson-rerun. Half of what Nicki Minaj raps about is her plastic surgically created body; I’m just saying…

But on that note, let’s shift focus on to some conditional postgame props.

3. If Giants Win, Tom Coughlin Will Smile

Coughlin has only been spotted smiling twice in his entire life: New York’s Super Bowl victory in 2008 and on his wedding day. Of course, the only reason that he smiled on his wedding day was because a drunk dude slipped and fell on the dance floor. But in all seriousness, Coughlin’s poker face will be put to the test if the Giants knock off the Patriots again.

2. If Patriots Win, Tom Brady Will Cry

Tom Brady is an emotional guy. If the Pats win their first Super Bowl since 2005, Brady shedding a tear of joy or two or a thousand isn’t out of the question. He waited six rounds to get drafted, seven years to win another title…

1. If Giants Win, Antrel Rolle Will Inspire DJ Steve Porter

A former Miami Hurricane, Rolle believes talking trash is part of the football experience. He talked before the Giants faced off against the Patriots in the regular season and displayed confidence going into this week. If Rolle grabs the mic on the Super Bowl podium after the game, DJ Steve Porter will be watching like he was when Bart Scott found Sal Paolantonio.

David Daniels is a featured columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer.

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