There are a couple of bets among the huge number of Props on the Super Bowl available at www.betED.com that give bettors a chance to win before the game even starts.
Those, of course, are the Coin Toss bets. The odds currently available at www.betED.com are: Will the coin toss be Heads (-110) or Tails (-110); and which team will win the coin toss? IndianapolisColts (-110) or ChicagoBears (-110).
Since Super Bowl XLI is being played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, it’s fitting that one of the most revered names in South Floridasports history will be on hand for the coin toss: Dan Marino. As well, Don Shula will hand out the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Super Bowl winner.
Marino, the Dolphins’ Hall of Fame quarterback, will toss the coin moments before the start of the game. Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history who led the Dolphins to five Super Bowls, will participate in the Vince Lombardi Trophy ceremony following the game. Shula will carry the Vince Lombardi Trophy, given to the Super Bowl champion, to the stage for its presentation to the winning team.
Marino joins an esteemed list of Super Bowl coin toss participants, including former Presidents Ronald Reagan (from the Oval Office in 1985) and George H.W. Bush; Marie Lombardi, wife of Vince Lombardi; and Pro Football Hall of Famers Earl Campbell, Frank Gifford, Red Grange, George Halas, Don Hutson, Tom Landry, Bronko Nagurski, Alan Page, Art Shell, and Gene Upshaw.
The two-tone commemorative flip coin is silver with 24kt gold highlights and is minted by The Highland Mint Company. The coin will feature the Super Bowl XLI logo on one side and the Vince Lombardi Trophy and competing team logos on the other.
Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, Marino ranks among the NFL’s all-time greatest quarterbacks. Marino, who was the 1998 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, holds 17 NFL records and is tied for six others. He played in 242 games, ranking first all-time in pass attempts (8,358), completions (3,686), passing yards (61,361) and touchdowns (420).
Shula has coached in the most Super Bowls ever (one with the Baltimore Colts, Super Bowl III, and five with the Dolphins, VI, VIII, VIII, XVII and XIX). Shula’s record as head coach of the Baltimore Colts from 1963 to 1969 and the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1995 is unmatched in NFL history. In 1995, he concluded his 33rd season as the winningest NFL head coach ever with a career mark of 347-173-6 (.665).
Pregame activities begin at Dolphin Stadium at 5:40 p.m. ET.
