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Super Bowl LII prop bets we wish existed

Noah Frank | nfrank@wtop.com

February 2, 2018, 2:08 AM

WASHINGTON — For those who truly do not care about the outcome of the Super Bowl, the most compelling reasons to watch are to see what happens amid the game’s pageantry. Will a man in a shark costume steal the show? Will the lights go out? Will there be a “wardrobe malfunction,” a term that did not exist in our lexicon until Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s halftime performance in 2004?

After scanning the internet for this year’s collection of prop bets, we’ve decided once again, as we did last year, to offer a few of our own for Sunday’s game. View them in the gallery below.

In this Jan. 24, 2018 photo, pedestrians walk by the snow-covered American Birkebeiner International Bridge set up on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis in preparation for the upcoming Super Bowl festivities. The feeling in Minnesota for Super Bowl week will be a little darker and colder than normal, with the hometown Vikings having fallen one win short of playing in the championship game. Nonetheless, an army of 10,000 volunteers will put on their best smiles and try to show the celebrity and football world about Minnesota nice and embracing the winter (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Times outside temperature mentioned: Over/under 2.5 Honestly, this might be low. The projected high in Minneapolis on Sunday is 8 degrees Fahrenheit, which is cold anywhere, but is even pretty cold as far as high temps go in America’s most passive-aggressive city. Of course, the game will not be played outside. It will be played in the climate-controlled, billion-dollar, bird-murdering behemoth that the Vikings call home, the only reason the game is in Minnesota in the first place. Count on multiple checks between the indoor and outdoor temperature difference. The only question is how many times. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
AP Photo/Jim Mone
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 12: Honoree P!nk performs onstage during the 63rd Annual BMI Pop Awards held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 12, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI)
Number of known different colors in P!nk’s hair: Over/under: 1.5 P!nk — noted Eagles fan — is singing the national anthem. Might she forego her bleached blond or, you know, pink look to rock her team colors? If so, are we talking a multicolor ‘do? There’s always the possibility she could go with red, white and blue, but those are, uh, you-know-whose colors. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI)
Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI
Will Janet Jackson make an appearance during the halftime show? Odds: 10/1 Listen, don’t act like you’re not thinking about it. We’re all thinking about it. Even the Eagles are thinking about it. And now that we know there won’t be an *NSYNC reunion, the question will only get louder right up until the show itself. Would NBC dare to put Jackson back on the air? If so, what drama — scripted or otherwise — might unfold? (AP Photo/David Phillip, File)
AP Photo/David Phillip, File
BRAINERD, MN - JANUARY 26: Danny Chmielewski jigs for fish at the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza fishing tournament on Gull Lake January 26, 2008 in Brainerd, Minnesota. The tournament, billed as the world's largest ice fishing competition, attracted over 10,000 participants who competed for $150,000 in prizes. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Shots of people ice fishing: Over/under 0.5 This year’s novelty activity for the media who traveled to Minnesota was to go ice fishing. So, while it’s been hashed out on probably any sports outlet you consume already, it sure seems like NBC won’t miss their own chance to show off the local color. This is the Super Bowl — they’ve got plenty of B-roll and old clips to fill airtime, so if they’re gonna do this, it’s only happening once. It feels like it’s going to happen, though they may bury it in the hours of pregame features. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
Total number of “Dilly’s” in Bud Light ads: Over/under: 40 “Dilly, dilly!” It’s the phrase that the one guy in your friend group everybody secretly hates but for some reason keep around hasn’t stopped saying for six months. And it’s sure to be the centerpiece for the ad campaign of one of the Super Bowl’s most prolific advertisers: the beer everyone in your friend group not-so-secretly hates but still drinks anyway. One casino actually offered this bet at 12.5, and got so much action on the over that they pulled it. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Screenshot via YouTube
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick wears an Air Force sweatshirt as he speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Will Belichick’s sleeves be cut off? Yes: 5/1 I’ve seen a number of Belichick attire-related props, but none involving the most important facet: those sleeves. He seems to have cleaned up his look of late, and usually is better kempt for big games. So we have to go with some pretty heavy odds on this one, but it would be a tasty payoff. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 08: A fan of the Philadelphia Eagles is dressed as an eagle as he cheers against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half at Lincoln Financial Field on October 8, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
Will an Eagles fan run onto the field? Odds: 10/1 This might seem like steep odds, but consider how much tighter Super Bowl security is than basically any other American event, and how much people have to pay, even for the worst seats. Is someone really going to blow thousands of dollars on a lower bowl seat just to get carted off to jail and possibly tased on national television? Never say never! (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images
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In this Jan. 24, 2018 photo, pedestrians walk by the snow-covered American Birkebeiner International Bridge set up on the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis in preparation for the upcoming Super Bowl festivities. The feeling in Minnesota for Super Bowl week will be a little darker and colder than normal, with the hometown Vikings having fallen one win short of playing in the championship game. Nonetheless, an army of 10,000 volunteers will put on their best smiles and try to show the celebrity and football world about Minnesota nice and embracing the winter (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 12: Honoree P!nk performs onstage during the 63rd Annual BMI Pop Awards held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 12, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BMI)
BRAINERD, MN - JANUARY 26: Danny Chmielewski jigs for fish at the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza fishing tournament on Gull Lake January 26, 2008 in Brainerd, Minnesota. The tournament, billed as the world's largest ice fishing competition, attracted over 10,000 participants who competed for $150,000 in prizes. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick wears an Air Force sweatshirt as he speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 08: A fan of the Philadelphia Eagles is dressed as an eagle as he cheers against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half at Lincoln Financial Field on October 8, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

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