All he wanted, Ben Roethlisberger said before the Super Bowl, was the ball in his hands and a shot to win at the end for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Roethlisberger got his wish, and bettors on both sides of the line anxiously wondered what would happen next.
The first thing one notices about the Lingerie Bowl are the uniforms. Tiny halter bra, tiny hot pants, hockey helmet, athletic shoes. OK, so you don’t notice the hockey helmets and athletic shoes.
The Tre’Von Willis-Jimmer Fredette rivalry was born when they were competing for Mountain West Conference player of the year honors last season (which Fredette won). The two since have traveled in opposite directions.
UNLV should at least try something different Saturday than what it offered Jan. 5, when BYU star Jimmer Fredette scored 39 points and the Cougars pasted the host Rebels 89-77.
Attending the Super Bowl is overrated. I would much rather watch the game in a Las Vegas sports book, and it just so happens that Mayor Oscar Goodman agrees. That’s no surprise, obviously, because Goodman is this playground’s top pitchman.
At halftime of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday, as most of America and a lot of the free world is getting up to use the restroom, the Los Angeles Temptation and Philadelphia Passion will line up in their dainty things for Lingerie Bowl VIII at the Thomas & Mack Center. Or, as I like to call it, the ultimate fantasy football game.
At polling places around Las Vegas — the sports books, in other words — some influential bettors are voting for Aaron Rodgers as the quarterback candidate most likely to win the Super Bowl.
