Hamptons Super Bowl Primer: Manning, Madonna, Westhampton Beach

The Super Bowl is mere hours away, and fans in the Hamptons are hunkering down. Despite the confidence the East End is showing in Eli Manning and the New York Giants, oddsmakers are still favoring Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Our expert may not agree with that, so if you’re thinking of a Super Bowl bet maybe you’d rather consider…

•Prop bets, as they call them in Vegas. These are the weird, funny and freaky things you can wager on during the Super Bowl. From the coin toss to how many passes Eli Manning will complete to how many times we’ll see his brother Peyton Manning on TV to whether or not a live animal will appear during the halftime show, a casino will take your action. You can even bet on what color Bridgehampton homeowner Madonna’s hair will be during her halftime performance or whether there will be a…

•Wardrobe malfunction. And we’re betting against that. The first female halftime act since Janet Jackson in 2004, Madonna guaranteed “no wardrobe malfunctions” during halftime in 2012. Besides, there are bigger things to worry about once the second quarter ends, like…

•Flushing the toilet. An urban legend sparked by Scott Tissue warns that the synchronized bathroom break occurring when everyone gets off the couch at halftime means “more than 350 million gallons of water will flush through our toilets as an estimated 90 million people use their facilities. That amount of flushing equals seven minutes of water flowing over the Niagara Falls.” This is most likely pure myth, but just in case you need a plumber, look no further than…

•Dan’s List, the ultimate guide to everything you need on the East End for Super Bowl Sunday (and every other day of the year), from plumbers to potato chips. Admittedly, the one thing Dan’s List does not offer is somebody who can definitively tell us…

•What a Hoosier is. After two weeks of Super Bowl hype and breaking down every topic under the sun in the host state of Indiana, nobody has adequately—or even inadequately—explained the origin of the term Hoosiers. You can be sure that when the Big Game comes to New York, we’ll be sure to make sure everyone knows where Bonackers came from. You can also be sure that we’re thinking twice about inviting…

•Tim Tebow, who has picked the New England Patriots to beat the New York Giants. After all the love we gave Tebow here over the course of the season, this is the thanks we get? That’s okay, though. We’re not all that worried about who Tim Tebow picked to win, since you, dear readers in the Hamptons…

•Predicted the New York Giants would win the Super Bowl before the NFL playoffs even started. It’s true. Nearly 58% of our readers boldly backed Big Blue to go all the way back when the Green Bay Packers were the big favorites. And if the Giants make that prediction come true, we all owe a big thanks to…

•The Westhampton Beach Hurricanes. Last summer, amid the NFL lockout and uncertainty of whether we’d even get a season, it seems one of the Westhampton Beach High School team coaches spotted Eli Manning running laps on the track and invited the Giants quarterback to practice with the team. The next day Manning reportedly came out to play and, well, something must have clicked, because here we are, counting down the hours until Manning and the Giants take the field at Super Bowl XLVI.