The Super Bowl is the biggest sports betting event of the year, so expect all of the casual football fans to come out of the woodwork.

Take a break from your online super casino betting and get in on some Super Bowl action, here is a preview of two players who could be x-factors in the big game.

New Orleans Saints X-Factor: Reggie Bush

The New Orleans Saints have a very talented offense with plenty of weapons. We all know about Drew Brees, we all know about Marques Colston and we all know about Jeremy Shockey.

But if there is one player that needs to step up and have a big game for the Saints it is running back Reggie Bush.

Bush isn’t a traditional running back and he’s much more of a factor as a receiver and a special teams weapon and that’s what the Saints need. If he can bust a few big plays and make a huge play in the return game, the Saints will have a huge leg up.

Indianapolis Colts X-Factor: Austin Collie

The Indianapolis Colts x-factor is a lesser known product from BYU: Austin Collie. Collie is a rookie wide receiver and Peyton Manning likes to find him in the red zone and in the end zone.

On the year, he finished with seven touchdowns and he was a huge factor in the AFC Championship Game.

The Saints will be focused on the Pro Bowlers Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark, and up-and-comer Pierre Garcon. Keep an eye on Collie to have a huge game.

Dirty Harry is ready to do some Super Bowl betting, and the matchup between Indianapolis and New Orleans has the potential to be a shootout, led by the teams’ potent pivots. Here’s a look at the combatants.

Saints vs Colts betting – Sunday, February 7, 6:20 PM ET

The Saints are powered by Drew Brees, the small but deadly accurate quarterback who made the Saints the No.1 offense in the league in the regular season. However, they had problems moving the ball against Minnesota in the second half of the NFC championship, and only five turnovers from the Vikings kept them in the game.

The Colts are led by four-time MVP Peyton Manning, who was also the Super Bowl MVP in the Colts’ win four years ago. Manning showed all of his talents in the AFC championship game, shaking off a slow start to led Indy to the last 24 points of the game.

Indy is a 5.5-point favorite in this contest, and their defense has the speed to keep up with the Saints, especially in the front seven. The secondary sometimes gives up big plays, and the Saints have plenty of playmakers, but Indy has the discipline to not let them run wild. Look for another Super Bowl MVP for Manning, as well.

Superbowl odds picks: Colts -5.5

The Super Bowl odds are set but for this week, the main focus is the Pro Bowl. For the first time, NFL Commissioner Roger Gooddell has changed the Pro Bowl from the week after the Super Bowl to the week prior to it and there has been plenty of grumbling.

For some silly reason, the NFL is forcing the players from the teams that are Super Bowl bound to show up at the Pro Bowl and make an appearance. It doesn’t make sense for them to be apart from their teams when they have such a big game coming up, but I digress.

For the actual matchup this year, you have to side with the NFC. They have won two straight contests and they will have the far better quarterback rotation this year.

The AFC will be without its top three starters as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Philip Rivers will not be playing, which leaves Vince Young, David Garrard and Matt Schaub running the show. That’s not bad, but it’s not Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo and Donovan McNabb.

Quarterbacking is basically the only way to handicap the Pro Bowl and when you look at the rotations, it’s simple that the NFC has the edge.

Of note, keep in mind that this game will be in Miami instead of Hawaii.

Sportsbettin.com Review Pick: NFC -2

The Super Bowl odds are the main topic of conversation but the question which two teams will be there? In the AFC, the Indianapolis Colts are a heavy favorite, so it looks like they’ll be representing their conference where as the NFC is a much tighter tilt.

Minnesota Vikings @ New Orleans Saints

Bookmaker Odds (Bookmaker Review): Saints -3.5

The Minnesota Vikings could potentially be the more balanced team but they better figure out what’s wrong with Adrian Peterson. Dude has been chilling the last eight weeks of the season and doesn’t have a 100-yard rushing game in that time.

If the Vikings are to advance, it’s not going to be solely on the shoulder of Brett Favre. If they are to get to the Super Bowl, it’s going to be because Peterson shows up in the Championship game and finally does what we all know he’s capable of doing.

The Vikings defense is weaker than most people are willing to admit. In their last three road games, the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears hung numbers on this defense. Breaking news: the Saints are better than all of those teams.

The Vikings need to run it well and need to control the clock. Otherwise, this game smells like a blowout.

Super Bowl odds have Indianapolis as the favorites to win it all, while the New York Jets are the longshots. These two will meet in Sunday’s AFC championship game, and the Colts will have a gameplan to slow down the Jets.

The Colts are a 7.5-point favorite at home in this contest, and they’ll use the same gameplan that they used against Baltimore in their 20-3 win: stack the line. They refused to let running back Ray Rice beat them, and the Jets had 169 yards on the ground in their 17-14 upset win in San Diego. The Colts will put eight, maybe nine, players in the box and dare rookie Mark Sanchez to air it out. Sanchez had 20 picks in the regular season, including four games of three or more, and if the Jets have to air it out, they’re in trouble. Offensively, Peyton Manning has had success against New York coach Rex Ryan’s defenses when he was in Baltimore, and they’ll be tough, but the Indy offense has enough weapons to combat the Jets, particularly tight end Dallas Clark. Antonio Gates had a big day for San Diego, and the Colts will look at how the Chargers utilized him.

Bookmaker odds (bookmaker reviews) pick: Colts -7.5

The only thing bigger than Super Bowl odds right now is the Mark McGwire story, as the slugger finally admitted that he was taking steroids over the later part of his career. Does the apology matter?

I’m saying no, because, quite frankly, it took far too long for this to come out. Anyone with two eyes and a knowledge of the human body could see that McGwire was taking something. He says he was taking it to heal quicker from injuries, but he really hasn’t acknowledged that it had an effect on his play. That is a simply outlandish statement. Taking the steroids allowed McGwire to heal more, which allowed him to hit more homers. He also started hitting them more frequently, and longer, culminating in a 70-homer season in 1998. So to say that they didn’t affect his performance is, essentially, a lie.

Now, all that is needed is for guys like Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa to come clean with their admissions. In this day and age, I don’t think that it’s even a big deal anymore. Alex Rodriguez played like a guy without weight on his shoulders this season after he came clean, and it ended in a World Series ring. Someone should take that list and make some bookmaker odds (bookmaker reviews) for a prop.

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 _ lippers didn’t help themselves, shooting 55% from the line. This should be a closer game than before, but the Clippers are 5-10 on the road as of Tuesday, and West Coast teams have problems with the time change.

US sportsbook pick (US sportsbook reviews): New Orleans