Super Bowl 2015: Patriots vs. Seahawks Live Stream, Odds and Prediction Guide

Today's the day, folks. It's Super Bowl 2015 this Sunday, a promising, titanic matchup between a long-running Massachusetts-based dynasty and an emergent empire from the Pacific Northwest.

This one's for all the marbles, er, Skittles. The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks truly were the best teams in their respective conferences this season, in spite of their early-season struggles.

This game could prove to be an instant classic, although many thought that's what we were going to get last year when the Seahawks' historically great defense went up against the Denver Broncos' historically dominant offense.

Instead, America witnessed a 43-8 slaughter in Seattle's favor. Don't expect that to happen again. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady always show up in the big game. They may not win every time, but few, if any, coach-quarterback combos in league history have displayed more championship mojo.

This is a big game for oddsmakers, and the list of prop bets is long. Here's a look at the Super Bowl viewing info and odds, followed by a quick prediction guide for the contest's biggest stars.

Super Bowl 2015 Matchup Info, Live Stream and Odds

Date: Sunday, Feb. 1

Location: University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

Time (ET): 6:30 p.m.

Matchup (Spread): New England Patriots (-1) vs. Seattle Seahawks

Money Line: NE 100-107, SEA 100-103

Over/Under: 47.5, Over 100-101, Under 100-109

TV: NBC

Live Stream: NBCSports.com

Prop Bet-Based Prediction Guide

How Many Touchdown Passes Will Tom Brady Throw? (Over/Under 1.5)

Seattle boasts the most highly esteemed passing defense in the league, but its run defense isn't very far behind in terms of efficacy. In other words, it's pick your poison for the Pats on Sunday—and that means putting the ball in the hands of Tom Brady more often than not.

The Legion of Boom is a threatening unit, but the Pats have had great success this season on screens, quick hitters to the outside and shallow crossing routes. Of Brady's 565 passing attempts this season, 387 of them were thrown less than 10 yards downfield, per ESPN.com.

His accuracy and practice on the short routes will have the team turning to him in the red zone to get the ball over the goal line. The Green Bay Packers struggled to finish off drives against the Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game, but a healthy Brady will fare better than a hobbled Aaron Rogers.

The legendary signal-caller threw 25 TDs against just two picks in the red zone this season. Look for him to cash in twice Sunday—but no more than that.

Prediction: Over

How Many Rushing Yards for Russell Wilson? (Over/Under 40.5)

There's one area of the Seahawks offense that Belichick has surely been obsessing over in preparation for this game. It's called the mesh point.

The read-option game run by Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch figures to be instrumental in this contest. The likes of Rob Ninkovich, Dont'a Hightower and Jamie Collins have a monumental task in front of them in setting the edge and containing Wilson, who rushed for 849 yards during the regular season.

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Sure, the third-year quarterback has slowed considerably in these playoffs, rushing for just 47 yards total in two contests, but with the team liable to dial back the passing after his four-interception game against the Packers, Wilson could be running the ball early and often in this one.

He's also liable to bust out a big gain or two on broken passing plays. Belichick spoke admirably of Wilson's elusiveness and awareness on the field.

"[He] has an instinctiveness; he just knows where people are. It looks like he's going to get tackled and he doesn't," Belichick said, via ESPN.com's Mike Reiss. "You think that he doesn't see them, but he sees them. He just knows they are there. He has an uncanny sense of awareness of what is around him, good or bad."

Prediction: Over

Will Rob Gronkowski Score a Touchdown? (Yes 10-17, No 7-5)

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Seattle has presumably been scheming to stop the irrepressible Pats tight end for two weeks now, but Rob Gronkowski is at borderline folk-hero status at this point in his career and will be a factor in this game—but not as a luxury decoy.

The Washington Post's Neil Greenberg detailed just how tough it is to cover Gronk, even for the Seahawks secondary:

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If it were that easy, perhaps Gronk wouldn’t have caught 82 passes for 1,124 yards and 12 touchdowns this season. Or been the matchup nightmare he was in the playoffs against the Ravens, where he made seven catches for 108 yards and a score. He didn’t rack up much yardage against the Colts in the AFC title game, but he did catch a touchdown in the third quarter to pile on the score.

Gronkowski led all tight ends in yards per route run (2.53) and is one of Tom Brady’s most frequent red-zone targets.

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Gronkowski may not have a monster day, but Brady just can't help but pick this guy out in the passing game. In 15 regular-season games, Gronk racked up double-digit targets seven times, per ESPN.com. He also picked up nine targets three more times. 

He's going to get his looks in this game, and no one should be surprised if he punks Kam Chancellor or Earl Thomas at least once on a short fade or slant for a red-zone score.

Prediction: Yes

Rushing Yards for Marshawn Lynch? (Over/Under 92.5)

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Remember that zone read we talked about? Well, Wilson must be feeling pretty confident in his team's scheme, as he had no problem laying out his strategy when it comes to meshing with Lynch.

"In terms of our zone read, I'm honestly trying to give the ball to Marshawn 99 percent of the time," Wilson said, via ESPN.com's Terry Blount. "That one percent, I'll take if it's just wide open for me. I want to feed the beast. I want to hand him the football."

Few things make sense in this crazy, modern world. Handing the ball to Beast Mode is one thing that does.

Lynch seems to just get stronger with age and stronger as the game goes on.

Season	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
2011	15	285	1,204	4.2	12
2012	16	315	1,590	5.0	11
2013	16	301	1,257	4.2	12
2014	16	280	1,306	4.7	13

Quarter	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
1	60	246	4.1	2
2	66	270	4.1	4
3	77	416	5.4	1
4	74	355	4.8	5
OT	3	19	6.3	1

The Patriots could come out with a five-man front and announce a run blitz on the Jumbotron, and few would be surprised if Lynch busted through the silver and blue wall on the way to one of his trademark rushing rumbles.

The Ravens had no problem gashing New England's defense time and time again with inside handoffs to Justin Forsett in the AFC Divisional Round. Having Wilson in the backfield only makes things tougher on this defense, as Lynch can either bounce things to the outside on the read-option or take his usual plunges up the gut for tough yards.

Look for Seattle to lean heavily on the 28-year-old back, who has as good a chance as anyone at defining this Super Bowl and deciding the outcome.

Prediction: Over

Note: Odds courtesy of Odds Shark and updated as of Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET. A full list of prop bets can be found here.