Exotic Super Bowl prop bets have become a mainstay for the Big Game each year, and one of the most popular props that has nothing to do with the game itself is the length of the national anthem.
As we do every year, today we will analyze the over/under odds and recommend the best bet for country legend Reba McEntire's "Star-Spangled Banner" ahead of Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and the 49ers.
The big prop, of course, is the duration of the performance. Our friends at recently told us it once again ranks as one of the on the Super Bowl market. Bettors love whipping out their stopwatch apps and timing the duration, from the first word of "Oh say can you see..." to the last sound of "...home of the brave."
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Over the years, we've also seen props on whether a word will be omitted or forgotten from the song, what the anthem singer will be wearing, and who will be the first person the broadcast cuts away to during the rendition. This
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Let's get to the odds and discu s our best bets for the Super Bowl 58 national anthem performed by country star Reba McEntire. Good luck, enjoy the show, and go America!
What will be the length of the National Anthem?
OVER 90.5 seconds
UNDER 90.5 seconds
One year after southern crooner Chris Stapleton rocked the Super Bowl 57 crowd, fellow country legend Reba McEntire will sing this year's version of the Star-Spangled Banner. Stapleton's performance lasted a whopping 119.5 seconds, easily hitting the OVER for the third straight year. However, we have reason to believe Reba will cash for the UNDER crowd this time around.
McEntire has performed multiple National Anthems throughout her illustrious 40-year career, including a 78-second version at the 1985 National Finals Rodeo, a 66-second performance at the 1985 World Series in 1985, an 83-second rendition at the 1997 World Series, and a 90-second edition at a Cowboys game in 1999.
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McEntire is no longer a world-famous superstar amongst the younger crowd of Americans, so we doubt she will jump through vocal hoops or take many artistic liberties with her latest rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner." The "Queen of Country" is now 68, and she's still a simple Oklahoma gal at heart. She has a fantastic voice, but she's never been a showboater or diva.
Expect Reba to stay true to our national song, keeping it traditional while still warming the hearts of the nation with her awesome pipes. We're avoiding the crowd and going with the UNDER of 90.5 seconds, projecting her performance to last 86.5 seconds in total.
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It's always good to know the past in order to better understand and predict the present. Let's take a closer look at past Super Bowl national anthem performances, from the early days to the more recent renditions.
In the initial decades of the Super Bowl, the national anthem played a much smaller role in the event. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the "Star-Spangled Banner" was often sung by choirs, marching bands, and trumpeters. On some occasions, "America the Beautiful" replaced the anthem entirely.
Super Bowl 25 changed the game. Taking place in 1991 during the height of the Gulf War, the nation needed a rally cry. Star diva Whitney Houston delivered, blowing America away with her of the anthem. In many ways, that performance ushered in a new era of show-stopping anthems.
Here's some quick facts about Super Bowl national anthems:
All Super Bowls combined, theaverage national anthem length clocks inat 1 minute and 43 seconds. The average since Whitney Houston's performance at Super Bowl 25, though, is 1 minute and 57 seconds.
The longest Super Bowl anthem performance
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The shortest Super Bowl anthem performance came from Neil Diamond at Super Bowl 21, when he only took 1 minute and 2 seconds
The shortest Super Bowl anthem since Whitney Houston changed the game in '91: Jewel in 1998, in a tidy and quick 1 minute and 27 seconds.
Since betting odds have become available for the Super Bowl national anthem,the average performance has been 2 minutes.
The over on national anthem length is9-7-1 over the past15 years.
The over on national anthem length has cashed in four of the past five Super Bowls
The national anthem has gone over 2 minutes in eight of the past 11 Super Bowls
Finally, let's wrap things up with a list of every Super Bowl national anthem performance, from Chris Stapleton's performance in Super Bowl 57 last year all the way back to a marching band and choir arrangement in Super Bowl I back in 1967:
Super Bowl
Performer
Anthem O/U (seconds)
Anthem Length
O/U
57
Chris Stapleton
119.5
02:01
Over
56
Mickey Guyton
95.5
01:55
Over
55
Jazmine Sullivan & Eric Church
119.5
02:16
Over
54
Demi Lovato
115.5
01:49
Under
53
Gladys Knight
107.5
02:01
Over
52
Pink
120.5
01:52
Under
51
Luke Bryan
129.5
02:04
Under
50
Lady Gaga
142
02:22
Push
49
Idina Menzel
122.5
02:04
Over
48
Renee Fleming
143.5
02:03
Under
47
Alicia Keys
135
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02:36
Over
46
Kelly Clarkson
94
01:34
Push
45
Christina Aguilera
114.5
01:53
Under
44
Carrie Underwood
101.5
01:47
Over
43
Jennifer Hudson
124.5
02:10
Over
42
Jordin Sparks
107.5
01:54
Over
41
Billy Joel
104.5
01:30
Under
40
Aaron Neville & Aretha Franklin
N/A
02:09
N/A
39
Choirs of US Military Academies
N/A
01:53
N/A
38
Beyonce
N/A
02:09
N/A
37
The Chicks
N/A
01:33
N/A
36
Mariah Carey
N/A
01:56
N/A
35
Backstreet Boys
N/A
01:49
N/A
34
Faith Hill
N/A
02:00
N/A
33
Cher
N/A
01:55
N/A
32
Jewel
N/A
01:27
N/A
31
Luther Vandro s
N/A
01:53
N/A
30
Vane sa Williams
N/A
01:35
N/A
29
Kathie Lee Gifford
N/A
01:40
N/A
28
Natalie Cole
N/A
02:33
N/A
27
Garth Brooks
N/A
01:45
N/A
26
Harry Connick Jr
N/A
02:06
N/A
25
Whitney Houston
N/A
01:56
N/A
24
Aaron Neville
N/A
01:25
N/A
23
Billy Joel
N/A
01:26
N/A
22
Herb Alpert (on the trumpet
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N/A
01:34
N/A
21
Neil Diamond
N/A
01:02
N/A
20
Wynton Marsalis (on the trumpet)
N
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01:22
N/A
19
San Francisco Boys and Girls Choirs
N/A
01:21
N/A
18
Barry Manilow
N/A
01:34
N/A
17
Leslie Easterbrook
N/A
01:33
N/A
16
Diana Ro s
N/A
01:38
N/A
15
Helen OConnell
N/A
01:22
N/A
14
Cheryl Ladd
N/A
01:18
N/A
13
The Colgate Thirteen
N/A
01:19
N/A
12
Phyllis Kelly
N/A
N/A
N/A
11
NONE
N/A
NONE
N/A
10
Tom Sullivan
N/A
01:54
N/A
9
New Orleans Chapter of the Society for the Preservation of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America
N/A
01:22
N/A
8
Charley Pride
N/A
01:10
N/A
7
Little Angels of Chicagos Holy Angels Church
N/A
01:12
N/A
6
US Air Force Academy Chorale
N/A
01:10
N/A
5
Tommy Loy (on the trumpet)
N/A
01:13
N/A
4
Doc Severinsen (on the trumpet) and Pat OBrien (spoken)
N/A
01:26
N/A
3
Lloyd Geisler (on the trumpet)
N/A
01:27
N/A
2
GSU Tiger Marching Band
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
The Pride of Arizona, Michigan Marching Band & UCLA Choir
N/A
01:16
N/A