Okay, so here we are, finally: Super Bowl Friday. Have you been good and visited your sportsbook yet? No? Then go and go now, because there’s plenty of Super Bowl props to bet on, Super Bowl lines and Super Bowl odds and everything else you’d come to expect from the most bet-on sports event of the year. Me, I’m gathering up the girls, keeping tabs on my wagers, and going out to our regular downtown pub for some good old-fashioned pint-pounding and yelling at the bar’s widescreens. (This is sort of like our Thanksgiving — all diet bets are off! Bring on the wings and nachos!)

So where did my wager end up going, you ask? Plain and simple: the Steelers.

Troy Polamalu has got some awful hair, it’s true. But when it comes to being absolutely solid out there on the gridiron, this guy’s got it, and combined with the might of Big Ben, you’ve got two major reasons to bet on the Steelers. Take into account Pittsburgh’s great track record when it comes to Super Bowls, and you have a can’t-miss here. (Still, it’ll be nice to see Arizona put up something of a fight…will definitely keep the game interesting! I’ll settle for another blowup courtesy Anquan Boldin)

As for the rest of you at home, have fun, be safe, drink responsibly (or at least don’t drive after drinking irresponsibly), get thinking about how you’re going to handicap Super Bowl 44…cheers to football lovers everywhere — this is our weekend!

(pic from Two Parts Sugar on Flickr)