Shirts and Skins: Super Bowl Betting Edition
by Bodog Sportsbook | Jan 30 2008
Q:Will the Patriots be perfect? Or can we expect a Giants upset?
Mark - The only way the Giants win this game is if Tom Brady can’t play because of his ankle injury. And even then the Patriots have enough talent to get the job done. New England is the best team in the history of the game; New York is a good team on a roll. That roll ends Sunday.
Alicia - Everyone thinks the Patriots will win hands down. Great team, great players, Pro Bowlers, records. They’re like a striking force that’ll cream you if you so much as breathe in their direction. To them, winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. Imagine what one of their defensive linebackers would do if you breathed on his helmet visor and fogged it up. Quite frankly I’d be terrified to take them on. Not only will they be the undefeated champs of the season if they win, Tom Brady will make millions from more modeling ads.
As much as I want to see Brady in those underwear ads, I have this unsettling feeling in my stomach. It could be from the entire box of cookies I just ate, but I think it’s because I feel like maybe the Giants are going to be Giant. I feel like I can picture the headlines: “A Giant upset for the Pats.” It’s as if their name will come true.
Q: Boston or New York? These two cities have been rivals for a long time, in baseball, football, basketball; what are a couple of moments that help define the intensity between the two cities? Are you biased one way or the other?
Mark - I’m not going to waste everyone’s time and rehash every Boston-New York sports memory that’s already been rehashed by the hacks in the mainstream media. Even as a big Boston fan I’m sick of the rivalry. Frankly, I wanted to see Green Bay in the Super Bowl, just so I wouldn’t have to talk about this. As Peter Griffin of Family Guy fame says: “Mets suck, Knicks suck, Yankees suck.” You can throw the Giants in there too if you like.
Alicia - I’m biased because I haven’t been to Boston. I’ve been to New York though and it was great with so much to do and see. It’s kind of dirty though so I’m willing to let Boston prove itself and maybe show me that it’s the best thing since sliced bread.
It seems that those hailing from Boston might need an anger management session. If you thought the Patriots were scary, you should check out Don Zimmer – from Boston, but was a Major League Baseball coach for the New York Yankees. One day he was mad as a hatter and tried fighting the pitcher, Pedro Martinez. Didn’t work out so well for Zimmer.
Q:Where would you rank Tom Brady in the list of all-time greatest quarterbacks?
Alicia - Even though Tom Brady is currently money in the bank, he’s a baby compared to other legends. In a year or two he’ll probably surpass Joe Montana to be No. 1.
Mark - If he wins this one, especially with a bad injury, he’s the greatest of all. And you can whine all you want about him only being 30 years old – the guy is a winner. He won with average receivers; he set records with great receivers. If the Pats win on Sunday, Brady will be a four-time Super Bowl champion, just like Joe Montana. If he wins the MVP, it’ll be for the third time, the same number Joe Montana racked up. And Brady has lots of time left.
Q:Pick one?
Robert De Niro or Matt Damon
Mark - De Niro. By a country mile. All you have to is watch
Casino, because every sports bettor knows Ace Rothstein is the king. Don’t believe it? Just ask Nicky Santoro: “He made his first bet when he was 15 years old, and he always made money. But he didn't bet like you or me, you know having some fun with it or shit like that? He bet like a fuckin' brain surgeon. He had to know everything, this guy. He'd find out the kinda inside stuff nobody else knew, and that's what he'd put his money on.” Damon had the hometown advantage at one point, but he ruined it all when he did
Stuck On You.
Alicia - Matt Damon. Have you seen the
Bourne series? Well, you should.
New England or Manhattan Clam Chowder?
Mark - New England, obviously. Red broth is for pussies.
Alicia - New England. It’s the original. It’s creamy and hearty. Manhattan chowder is brothy, probably because of the clam juice. Yes, clam juice, doesn’t sound that good, does it?
Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani
Mark - Ugh. This is like choosing between death by hanging or electrocution. I’m more of a Kucinich guy myself.
Alicia - Rudy Giuliani. Did you know he’s a knight? Queen Elizabeth gave him honorary knighthood status in 2002.
Q:Who will be the Super Bowl MVP?
Mark - Tom Brady. Again, the injury is the key. If he goes out there and gets the job done, it’ll be tough to give it to anyone else. The voters love heroic stories like that.
Alicia - Tom Brady. He’s the bacon to this team’s B.L.T. Without the bacon, it ain’t a B.L.T.
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