Off to Tampa Bay we go for Super Bowl XLIII, otherwise known as Super Bowl 43, otherwise known as the Super Bowl for the 2008-09 season. On top of the fact that it will pit the champion from the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC), the Super Bowl will be the most watched event of the year as well as the heaviest bet event of the year.
Online sports betting handicappers know that betting the Super Bowl is a little different than betting a regular football game. For the Super Bowl, there are plenty more bets than just the regular point spread. Sportsbook odds will be several pages long as every sports book will post plenty of propositional bets on everything you can think of. From whether the coin toss will be heads or tails, to an over/under for how long the anthem will take to sing, to whether the first play from scrimmage will be a run or a pass, you can find odds on anything for the Super Bowl.
While there are plenty of gimmicky-type propositional bets, there are also a lot of propositional bets that present good value to the average online sports betting sharp. For example, while there might be no edge betting on whether the coin will land face up or face down, there are edges in betting the other props that are not normally offered for regular season games.
Props such as who will score the first touchdown, head-to-head rushing, passing or receiving statistics, or over/under for field goals present more options for the bettor. For example, if the matchup is between two passing teams, betting the over on the sack total would be shrewd since both teams will be dropping back to pass a lot. If it’s a battle of two defensive teams, then betting the over for field goals might be a smart decision. The bottom line is there are more options and that benefits the bettor.
So when the Super Bowl lines are out and you are surfing through the sportsbook odds, make sure that you examine everything that’s offered to you before you make your decisions. Since the Super Bowl is so popular, you have plenty more betting options to choose from and smart bettors take advantage of everything that is offered.
