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As those $4 million, 30-second ads flash across flatscreen TVs this Super Bowl Sunday, brands that bet big on the final NFL game of the season will be more focused on what is happening on millions of small smartphone, tablet and laptop screens across the nation.
f you want to bet on the Super Bowl and be boring about it, you can simply wager on which team will win. But if you're feeling more adventurous, you can plunk down money on any number of obscure, oftentimes ridiculous options.
Super Bowl XLVIII kicks off Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET, pitting Peyton Manning and his Denver Broncos against the Richard Sherman-led Seattle Seahawks. It promises to be a hard-fought matchup featuring the game's best players, and will likely have no shortage of interesting subplots.
This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of Mashable as a publication. Let's start with the cheerleaders, because I'm constantly surprised by how little people mention them. For a foreign-born U.S.
Social media and the Super Bowl go together like Beyoncé and a power outage. The first Twitter-worthy moment of the Super Bowl season came early this year, when Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman lit up social media with a GIF-able outburst that tackled the news cycle and held it tight.
A commercial for gun manufacturer Daniel Defense won't be aired during Super Bowl XLVIII after FOX rejected the spot, according to GunsandAmmo.com. The one-minute ad was reportedly rejected due to NFL policy regarding prohibited advertising categories.
For many companies, expensive Super Bowl commercials have been worth their weight in gold. But in recent years, rejects - ads that were turned down, or "banned," by TV networks or the NFL - have drummed up plenty of buzz online. "It's a cheap way for businesses to get exposure," said advertising consultant Tim Burt who specializes in commercials.
