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5-at-10: Friday mailbag with a slew of Super Bowl facts, picks and tidbits and a ton of gambling stuff

FILE - This is a general overall interior view of SoFi Stadium as the Los Angeles Rams takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. A late-season surge in COVID-19 cases had the NFL in 2021 looking a lot like 2020, when the coronavirus led to significant disruptions, postponements and changing protocols. The emerging omicron variant figures to play a role all the way through the playoffs, including the Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where California has always been aggressive with policies to combat the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)
FILE - This is a general overall interior view of SoFi Stadium as the Los Angeles Rams takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. A late-season surge in COVID-19 cases had the NFL in 2021 looking a lot like 2020, when the coronavirus led to significant disruptions, postponements and changing protocols. The emerging omicron variant figures to play a role all the way through the playoffs, including the Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where California has always been aggressive with policies to combat the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File) FILE - This is a general overall interior view of SoFi Stadium as the Los Angeles Rams takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. A late-season surge in COVID-19 cases had the NFL in 2021 looking a lot like 2020, when the coronavirus led to significant disruptions, postponements and changing protocols. The emerging omicron variant figures to play a role all the way through the playoffs, including the Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where California has always been aggressive with policies to combat the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

By Jay Greeson 9 min read

Let’s handle our business.

Here’s today’s A2 column from some round-headed fellow, and for our new visitors looking for an answer to the question posed on A2 in this morning’s fish-wrapper, welcome. All of those are real prop bets available on various online sites except “Which will be higher, Tiger Woods’ first-round score at the Masters or Cam Akers’ rushing total?”

This week’s Rushmores

Rushmore of drinks named after a person. We decided to do two, since I was not clear and brands like Dr. Pepper and Jack Daniel’s are people we suppose. Add Mr. Pibb to the list because I don’t want anyone thinking we’re uppity and favor folks with a title. Also, Jose Cuervo, although he’s no friend of mine. As for the others, the Arnold Palmer is far left, followed by the Shirley Temple, the Rob Roy and a Tom Collins.

Rushmore of iconic TV moments for musicians. Wow, Ed Sullivan landed two with Elvis and the Beatles. Loved the suggestion of Sinead O’Connor ripping the Pope’s photo on SNL, which all but ended her career in a lot of ways, but the final two in my mind are Super Bowl-related. I think the wardrobe malfunction during halftime is there and Whitney’s amazing lip-synched National Anthem is too.