So there a foobaww game today, and a lot of folks may be interested in watching is, as it is their duty as Americans. Since most of us have no horses in this race (woah – deep joke, with the Colts!), we thought it would be prudent to put together a guide for the Cleveland (and Ohio) sports fan. If you want to join Jacob this evening, he’s going to be liveblogging the game along with Don Delco and some other Cleveland sports bloggers at the Plain Dealer’s website – we’ll provide a link later on.
First things first – if you want recipes for good food for the game (and just because Mr Cleaveland asked), check out Black and Gold Chotchkes. Yes, it’s written by a Stiller fan, but she’s also quite cool and puts up pretty awesome recipes. Since I’m no Bobby Flay by any stretch of the imagination, I leave you with this one suggestion.
Next, we have the players who attended college in Ohio:
Troy Evans, LB, NO – Cincinnati
Pierre Garcon, WR, Indy – Mount Union
Anthony Gonzales, WR, Indy – Ohio State (Inactive)
Tyjuan Hagler, LB, Indy – Cincinnati (Inactive)
Malcolm Jenkins, CB, NO – Ohio State
Daniel Muir, DT, Indy – Kent State
Lance Moore, WR, NO – Toledo
Will Smith, DE, NO – Ohio State
Usama Young, S, NO – Kent State
*If anybody on either team played their HS ball in Northeast Ohio please let me know and I’ll add them to the list.
Lastly, we will list some of the odds and prop bets available at BoDog here. I am not going to suggest any sort of wagering, as I am no KGB. But, if you do feel like you want to bet some of your mahhhney on this, the bettingest day of the year, these are the different things you can bet on.
Game odds
Colts -6
O/U 56.5
Saints O/U 25.5
Colts O/U 31.5
Prop bets (i.e. fun things)
Carrie Underwood Nat’l Anthem O/U – 1:42. I would have made the prop ‘How Many Young American Men Will Discover They Are Heterosexual during Carrie Underwood’s National Anthem’, and set it at 40,000.
How many players arrested during SB week: O/U 0.5
Color of Gatorade dumped on winning coach (Yellow is favorite at 1:1)
How many times CBS will show Archie Manning DURING LIVE GAME TELECAST (kick to final whistle) – 2.5 (odds with Eli are the same). I’d take the Archie bet over the Eli, even though they’ll likely be sitting together in some sort of cushy press box made of thrones.
Kim Kardashian shots during game – 2.5 (This is like free money. The only way she’d get on TV more is if her brother is on the Colts, and she wore some horrific amalgamation of the two jerseys).
Live shots of Bourbon Street – 2 (This one also seems like free money). Fun thing you can do if you are having bevvys during the game – have a shot of bourbon, for every shot of Bourbon Street. It just makes too much sense to not do!!
Mentions of Hurricane Katrina during telecast – 3 Seriously. Free money.
Times Pete Townshend does the windmill move – 5. This one is tricky, along with the “what will they smash their guitars on first” bet.
There are a boatload of other wagers available, but just reading through all of them made me feel like a degenerate and since I like you all so much, I won’t subject you to that feeling.
Author: Denny
Denny is a Northern Ohio native and Ohio State alumnus who currently lives in (and therefore blogs from) Washington, DC. Because he lives in the District, he clearly does not understand anything about Cleveland sports. You can follow Denny on Twitter.Denny has written 279 articles for Waiting for Next Year.
The OVER on the Townshend windmill move is a lock. ROTATE YOU OLD BASTERD! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
The Beacon Journal has Usama Young as a Kent State Product. I am hoping that Garcon from a D-III powerhouse has a huge game
“just reading through all of them made me feel like a degenerate”
This is surprising. I’ve never taken you for the squeamish type, Denny.
That Kardashian bet is a lock on the over. I’d almost parlay it with the bet that she wears a black top just to make it fun.
I love a good prop bet. Gotta start with heads or tails. I’ll take tails.
Agree Frowns on the Pete windmill…it would be a social crisis if he didn’t.
Speaking of bad Who lyric puns, what’s the line on how often someone will attempt to squeeze obscure Who lyrics into the broadcast? (See what I did there?)
@ AD6 – had him from Kent in my draft, and he didn’t get transcribed correctly somehow. Good lookin’ out.
@ Frowns – not squeamish, just not a feeling that I like too much. I have lots of buddies that are quite observant of betting lines, etc., it’s just not my thing.
Who will the Super Bowl MVP of the Game thank first?
Wager is on Interview done with the Super Bowl MVP on field during the Trophy Presentation only. Max $50 no exceptions.
God – 9/5
Family – 14/1
Teammates – 21/20
Coach – 11/1
Does not Thank Anyone – 19/10
What will happen with the Stock Market the day after Super Bowl XLIV?
Simply predict whether the New York Stock Exchange Index will be up or down at the end of trading Monday February 8th . Max $50 no exceptions.
New Orleans Saints Wins Market Up – 11/4
New Orleans Saints Wins Market Down – 15/4
Indianapolis Colts Wins Market Up – 3/2
Indianapolis Colts Wins Market Down – 9/4
If any member of the Who smashes their guitar what does the guitar hit first?
For fan to be the winner it must be a human fan. If he hits two at the same time then all wagers are no action. Max $50 no exceptions.
Floor – 1/6
Speaker – 5/1
Microphone – 6/1
Drummer – 200/1
Fan – 200/1
Excuse me while I take about 10 consecutive showers.
I understand. The black diamonds aren’t for everyone.
Denny, you’re pimping cuisine tips from a Stillers fan? Don’t they like put cole slaw and fries on their burgers?
/tries futilely to come up with Mayo pun/double entendre, can’t, and bags it.
@ Mr C – Miracle Whip. You were looking for Miracle Whip.