Clay and Buck Go Head-to-Head on Super Bowl Prop Bets

CLAY: Dub is in our Nashville studio. I had him pick prop bets. These are things you can wager on that have nothing to do with sports. He’s got four of them. Buck, you and I are going head-to-head to see who will do better on the Super Bowl. I will have no advantage. I have told Dub to pick things that you and I can equally win. Dub, can you hear us? Are you ready to roll?

DUB: I’m ready to roll, Clay and Buck. And I think it’s appropriate we start right here with this particular prop, the national anthem, over under. This is a famous Super Bowl prop. I play it every year. This year we have Mickey Guyton — who, full disclosure, I had no idea who this person was until yesterday. The over-under on the national anthem this year is one minute 35 seconds.

Now, a little context for you guys. Usually, the anthem takes about two minutes; so this is a pretty low number. Mickey has had some performances in the past where she clocks in at right around this so a little bit of past history, but a low number this year for the national anthem total.

CLAY: All right. How long the national anthem before the Super Bowl will last. You can gamble on this. This is a wildly popular bet. One minute 35 seconds over or under? I think it’s unpatriotic to take the under on the national anthem. I am, Buck, going to take over one minute 35 seconds. They will hit the stopwatch as she begins, and when she hits the final word, that is the official time. So I’m going over 1:35. You can take the same side, by the way. I’m going over 1:35.

BUCK: I think over is the safe bet, although I am a fan of brevity, especially during public speeches and public performances. You know what, Clay? I’ll let it ride! I’ll go under, just to be contrarian.

CLAY: All right. Dub, you’re gonna keep track on these. What’s the next one?

DUB: All right, next up, it has to do with the national anthem as well. The over or under on the number of planes during the flyover. The number is five and a half. Over five and a half planes or under five and a half.

BUCK: I’m going first this time, chief. First of all, what’s a half a plane?

DUB: Yeah, exactly.

CLAY: Five or six. So that way —

BUCK: Tells everyone how much betting I’ve done, by the way. Half planes flying. I know that.

CLAY: If you take over five and a half, you’re saying it’s gonna be six or more.

BUCK: Or six or more planes, baby. They’re flying. It’s America, loud and proud.

CLAY: I’m gonna go under. I’m gonna go under five and a half. Remember, they have a kind of a dome cover. So, I don’t think that they’re going to have as many planes as sometimes they might have. I’m taking the under here.

BUCK: Wait, it’s an indoor stadium? Well, now and then of course they’re not gonna have…! See, he’s got advantage even when there’s no advantage. I didn’t know this. It’s ridiculous.

CLAY: They are still gonna have the flyover. It’s gonna happen.

DUB: It’s more for the television audience.

CLAY: Yeah, it’s TV, it’s a TV production.

DUB: All right. Let’s move to the halftime show. This one is pretty funny. Will any part of Eminem performance by censored by the television crew?

CLAY: One billion percent he will curse or he will grab his genitals. He will do something. Maybe he’ll give the middle finger? What are the odds? What’s the payout?

DUB: You know it’s not as big of a favorite as you would think. Yes is minus 180.

BUCK: I gotta go with Clay on this one. I’m not taking the under when it comes to Eminem. No. No bueno.

CLAY: I would put almost every spare dollar to gamble that part of Eminem’s performance will be bleeped out or blurred out or whatever else. This is a guaranteed winner. All right.

DUB: This could be a blood bank here, Clay.

CLAY: Yeah, this could be the blood bank guarantee.

DUB: Absolutely. This is postgame, all right? What color will the liquid be poured on the winning coach? Okay, what color the Gatorade gonna be?

BUCK: Gotta be lemon-lime. I like the classic. Lemon-lime, baby. That’s how —

CLAY: What are the options? What are the payouts here?

DUB: I’ll go in order from favorite to least favorite. Orange is number one. Clear/water up next. Lime or yellow is third. Then red, then blue, then purple.

BUCK: I’m letting it ride on yellow.

CLAY: What’s the payout on yellow?

DUB: Yellow is plus 350. I think that’s probably where I would go, honestly.

CLAY: I’m gonna go blue because I think the Rams are gonna win. The Rams have a prominent blue color. What does blue pay me out at?

DUB: Blue will get you at four to one, Clay.

CLAY: Four to one. There you go. Those are all the bets. Dub, thank you for putting those together. Let me tell you again: If you actually are gambling, I love the Rams to cover the four; I like the under 48 and a half, and I like Aaron Donald to be MVP. By the way, these are fun. You can go bet ’em at FanDuel.com/Clay; $5 bet gets you $280 if you just pick the winner. It’s super simple. Have you ever gambled on the Super Bowl, Buck?

BUCK: Does it sound like I’ve ever gambled on the Super Bowl, Clay? I’m still trying to figure out what an over-under is.

CLAY: But you can buy squares, for instance. You’ve legitimately never put any dollar on any outcome of the Super Bowl?

BUCK: Clay, I found out that the Super Bowl was this weekend about four days ago; so, I’m not exactly up on this.

CLAY: So, would you even watch any of it?

BUCK: I mean, I might watch some of it just in solidarity with my fellow Americans who will watch some of it, although —

CLAY: I would love to know what percentage of our listenership will be gambling in some way, ’cause you can buy, like, a square if you go to a Super Bowl party, you know, where you guess at what the outcome of the game’s gonna be. A hundred million people watched. I don’t think there’s any other audience of more than 50 million doing anything in America in terms of television.

BUCK: In fairness — ’cause it kind of breaks with my thinking that a lot of professional athletic leagues are too woke and the people are —

CLAY: Yeah.

BUCK: I don’t agree with the messaging. You gotta see what the commercials and the halftime show are, ’cause everyone talks about that. I always find the halftime show is kind of disappointing. It’s usually… How many times can they pull out Steven Tyler and that other guy that’s always with the guitar with him like before you’re like, “All right, this is it? I mean, why don’t we have the Beatles, the Rolling Stones go out there?” Come on. The same thing.

CLAY: I’m pretty excited, honestly, for Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Dr. Dre, given the fact it’s in L.A.

BUCK: Are they doing it? I had no idea. No idea.

CLAY: Yeah, it’s like old-school nineties rap season. That’s what they’re bringing out.

BUCK: I’m gonna call my shot like Babe Ruth here. It’s gonna be… Wait, who’s in it again? The Bengals and the Rams.

CLAY: Snoop Dogg —

BUCK: No, no, the game.

CLAY: Sorry. Yes. Yes, Rams, Bengals. Cincinnati versus L.A.

BUCK: Cincinnati by seven, my man. That’s how this goes down. Cincinnati by a touchdown.

CLAY: There you go! From Buck.