Super Bowl Poetry Prop Bets, from the EG Revue

538 reports that Vegas is taking bets on the poem Amanda Gorman is scheduled to read as part of the Super Bowl festivities. 

I'm not gonna lie: the idea of gambling on a poem about sports combines three of my six or seven favorite things, so I am intrigued. But the betting options on offer strike me as not all that interesting. For instance, I'm baffled that "neither" is not an option for which team name Gorman uses first. I would bet every penny of revenue generated by this blog on "neither."

So here, for your home amusement, are the EG Revue's wagering proposals for the Super Bowl poem. Note that I don't know how to balance odds correctly, as I am not an actual bookie, so the number are rough.

1. The first end-rhyme in the poem will be:

A. Masculine [last syllable of rhyme stressed; i.e. shade/wade] (-130)

B. Feminine [last syllable of rhyme unstressed; i.e. inherit/repair it] (+110)

C. There will be no end-rhyme (+1000)

2. Over/Under on usages of the word "field" (this includes "field" embedded in compound nouns, like "battlefield"):

A. Over 1.5 (-110)

B. Under 1.5 (-110)

3. Which of the following words will appear first in Gorman's poem:

A. Charge (+160)

B. Light (-150)

C. Brigade (+1000)

D. None of the Above (+120)

4. The primary denotative meaning of the first usage of the word "Montana" will be:

A. The state of Montana (+250)

B. NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana (+800)

C. Al Pacino's character from Scarface (+30,000)

D. The poem will not use the word "Montana" (-350)

5. Which will be longer:

A. The length of the poem, in seconds, with the timer starting when Gorman speaks the first word of the poem (+220)

B. The length of the first scoring drive of the game, in seconds of elapsed game clock, as recorded in official box score (-200)