Super Bowl 43: Betfair Picks Steelers, New Star Trek Movie Trailer

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It’s Super Bowl time! The Super Bowl is a fascinating piece of American culture. Why the day AFTER the Super Bowl isn’t a national holiday, I don’t know.

We’ve got everything you need to know – Super Bowl start time, odds, the new Star Trek trailer, and even where you can go to vote on your favorite commercials.

Super Bowl 43 will feature the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Arizona Cardinals. Betfair already thinks they know who the winner will be.

The odds on betting site Betfair give the the Pittsburgh Steelers a 69 percent chance of winning versus the Arizona Cardinals. Both were seen as long shots at the beginning of the season, when the Steelers were given a 4 percent chance of winning the Super Bowl, and the Cardinals were only given a 1 percent chance. I guess that’s why they play the games.

Commercials are also a huge part of the Super Bowl experience. If you would like to see the top 15 tech commercials for this year’s Super Bowl, you can see them here.

The big moment, however, that many Trekkies, including myself, will be waiting for is the debut of the new trailer for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie.

Well, wait no more – here it is…

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YouTube also wants you to vote on your favorite Super Bowl commercials.

Are these advertisers getting the most bang for their buck? Who’s ad will everyone be chatting about on Monday? Ultimately it will be you who decides: immediately after the Super Bowl ends this Sunday, log on to our Ad Blitz channel to view all of the big ticket ads, and vote for for the most creative, most memorable spots.

Voting is open until Wednesday, February 4th, and the winning commercial will be posted on the homepage on Thursday, February 5th. All the ads will live on the Ad Blitz channel afterwards.

Other factoids about Super Bowl XLIII…

Super Bowl XLIII

Date: February 1st, 2009

Location: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Pre-game Coverage: 4:00pm eastern NBC, Fox, ESPN

Super Bowl XLIII Kick-Off: 6:18pm eastern on NBC and NBC HD

Announcers: Al Michaels (play-by-play), John Madden (color), Andrea Kremer (sideline reporters)

National Anthem: Jennifer Hudson

Super Bowl XLIII Half Time Show: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Radio Coverage: Westwood One

Current Super Bowl XLIII Point Spread: Pittsburgh Steelers -7

Stadium Information: Raymond James Stadium is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This will be the second time the Super Bowl will be held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. However, Tampa Stadium did host the Super Bowl twice, in 1984 and 1991, respectively. Raymond James was opened September 20, 1998 when the Bucs beat the Chicago Bears, 27-15 and stadium also hosts Tampa Bay Mutiny MLS soccer games, University of South Florida home games, the Outback Bowl and the ACC Championship Game. Raymond James’ capacity is 65,857, but it’s expandable to 75,000 and the playing surface is natural grass.