I was thinking about all the crazy and fun prop bets which people make on the Superbowl. Most are related to the game itself but a fair number are things like "What song will Bruce Springsteen Open his halftime set with?" or "How many times will Al Michaels cough during the broadcast?" A lot of these seem crazy given that they would be so easy to rig if the right people wanted to. Springsteen can pick whatever song he wants. John Madden can talk about food as much as he wants. The producer can show (or not show) whatever the object of the prop bet is as much as they want.
Even some of the things in the game are kinda easy to fix. There is a prop bet that Larry Fitzgerald will be tackled by his hair (yes, its true). What's to stop a Steeler from doing just that in the course of a play if they really want the bet to come true? And speaking of which, what exactly would constitute a "tackle" by the hair? Is merely touching the hair enough, or must the tackle itself result from a hard tug on Larry's Dreads?
This got me to thinking about another possible prop bet: What odd segment will the open up the official broadcast, in an attempt to make everyone realize that the Super Bowl is not just a game but a important life changing cultural event?
Let me explain.
Last year, the Super Bowl broadcast officially started with a montage where a bunch of NFL players and Armed Forces personnel recited the Declaration of Independence. Which is nice enough, but it was also kinda weird to be in the middle of beer commercials and inane pregame hype and suddenly BAM this serious montage comes on.
A few years ago was even weirder, with an ancient looking and earring sporting Harrison Ford reciting Dr. Seuss's "Oh, the Places You'll Go", with some help from Joe Montana and Jerry Rice.
So my question is what (if any) non football related opening NBC will do to kick off the "official" broadcast this year?
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