Super Bowl Time

no bet for me, but I cheer for to Tom Brady get the revenge

No bets for me because I don't watch any of the games but I think the bet about Madonna's hair color is funny. I wonder if any ufos will be spotted again? lol

No wagers for me for the big game. I have made very few sports bet all my life, and I think I have a 100% failure rate when it comes to betting on games involving my team. As my Patriots are in it this year, there shall be no betting for moi.

One would have to think that someone is due for a Gatorade bath though, no? How can they NOT do that when celebrating a Superbowl win?

GO PATS!

Any thoughts on what the outcome will be?

You can always try the old chestnut of betting a few bucks against your team. That way whatever happens you win. And given your 100% failure rate you might be able to jinx the Giants!

Right back at you, Slim - it has been too long

You know, if I had to make a bet I would actually go with the Giants. There's just something about the roll they're on that scares the bejesus out of me. Plus if that pass rush seriously disrupts Brady - which I think it will a la the Superbowl a few years back - then the Patriots vaunted offense will be seriously hampered. Couple that with our terrible, terrible pass defense and we have a recipe for a Giants victory.

I'll go with 27-23 for the Giants and another heartbreaker for my Pats.

I am the superstitious type....I might just go throw a few dinars (that's our currency here) on the Giants, after all

I think one thing the entire world can agree on is that the game will be fantastic and that it will follow on the heels of the superb AFC and NFC champtionship games. The worst thing that can happen is a blowout, which is usually the case. All of the Patriots Superbowls of the last decade have gone down to the very, very end and I think this one will too.

Seriously, all of you looking for a great game to get you into the sport should think about tuning in!

Maybe some of you is lucky enough to be going to Lucas Oil Stadium, but for those who are not as fortunate as you are, I've just got the news that there is a smartphone app for free to download I guess it's only on android devices, enabling you to get all the necessary info: and stay tuned all the time: http://android.blogvasion.com/2012/02/super-bowl-app-hits-android-market...

I hope it helps, I downloaded it on my sisters Android, yet not of top quality, but as it's free we can't demand a lot. Anyway, is anyone of you going to attend Super Bowl? Most of all I'm interested in the advertisements presented there as I know it's the most expensive event for placing an ad ....

GambleMaster, although I consider myself a fairly big fan of the Patriots, one of the teams participating in the final, one has to be a whole bigger level of fan and/or wealthy to get a ticket to that game. That or you have to have some connections in some fairly high up places.

I would also be much more interested if the game were in a place that's got a bit more to offer than Indianapolis. Not sure why the organisers strayed from the tradition of having it in a nice warm weather locale.

I plan on watching the game here in Serbia. It starts at 12:30 am and will wrap up around 4:00. I will get up for work about 3 hours later That will be one of those days at work where the goal will not be to top on form, but rather to just avoid disaster. I will have a couple of friends come over for pizza....no tradition of buffalo wings here I'm afraid!

As for the commercials, they almost always disappoint on the whole. There's usually one or two excellent commericals, five to seven decent-good ones, and the rest are all quite forgettable. Best to just YouTube them after the fact!

Here are the predictions from the world of ESPN, the leading sports media organization in the United States: http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2011/story/_/page/superbowlpicks12/super...

I did not count them up but they appear to split 50-50 and nobody is picking anyone by more than 4 points. It's going to be great!

Just have to make my wily bet against the Pats....

I have taken up your suggestions and decided to put a small amount on the Giants to win it outright. Just a bit of hedging I suppose!

As I predicted, the game was great, went down to the very end, and was won by the Giants by four points. Maybe I am not as bad at this as I thought That, however, is small consolation for the heartbraking loss. The Giants simply made plays that the Pats did not, and my hat goes off to them.

I have this forum to thank for giving me the idea and then subsequently encouraging me to put a bit of money down on the hated Giants. It was nice to pick up 15 euros, but when I turned in the successful ticket stub I kind of felt a bit dirty. Should I?

More importantly, should this signal the beggining of a trend of betting against the team or individual I root for?

Don't feel dirty collecting your winnings - think of it as compensation for pain and suffering!

Alright I need you NFL followers to explain this to me because I only saw the highlights, not the full game. Why did the Patriots let the Giants score when they were winning the game? Were they worried the Giants would just use up the clock and kick a field goal for 3 points in the last second to win it? Surely trying to stop that is a better option than handing the game to them on a plate? It was bizarre seeing them open up and let the guy through who then tried to stop himself from scoring. It was like both teams were trying not to win it.

My son wanted the Patriots to win, because the Giants beat the Packers. Yeah, he is a big cheesehead, lol!

I would definitely try to force them to make the shot. Imagine the pressure on the kicker in the last second of the Superbowl. But it looks like both teams decided that missing the kick was less likely than a miracle touchdown, and they ought to know a lot more about it than me!

I was screaming at the TV to let the Giants score earlier than they let them. From my point of view, it was really the only option on the table. At that distance, the field goal would pretty much have to be blocked outright and that must happen fewer than 5% of the time.

It's funny how it came down to that actually. Apparently the Giants quarterback was screaming to the running back as he handed him the ball to not score, and the RB who ran it in was then apparently sweating bullets during the Patriots final drive because, had the Patriots come back, he would have gone down in history as the one who threw the game away.

Apparently, when asked what his team would have done had the player gone down on the 1, a Patriots defender said something along the lines of 'we would have picked him up and carried him in.'

I've been thinking about this one and its hard to wrap my head around. Its kind of contrary to what you are playing the game for to let the other team score like that. Does it happen often?

I realised that in rugby union and league, the team that concedes a try (equivalent of a touchdown) receives the ball from the kick off. So the same situation should never occur, because if you let the other team score they are going to get the ball back (unless you are hoping that they would drop it from the kick off or some other very unlikely occurrence).

If I would have known there were all those "fun" bets, I may have tried, lol. Where do you bet on the unique items above, B'Slim. I will have to gear up for next year. haha

Hope you had a fun party!