VIDEO: Gladys Knight Super Bowl Over/Under National Anthem Controversy
Gladys Knight sang the National Anthem before the Super Bowl this evening, and when it concluded the standard belief was that it went OVER the 1:50 over/under. But, not so fast — there was a second ‘brave’ and now all hell might be breaking loose?
JUST IN: There's controversy over the Gladys Knight national anthem.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 3, 2019
One sportsbook graded the OVER as a win and then took it back.
Apparently, she might have said "BRAVE" twice.
First brave would have made it the UNDER. End of second brave would have made it the OVER.
Apparently this has happened before:
This would not be the first time there has been a controversy over the national anthem scoring.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 3, 2019
Christina Aguilera also said "brave" twice.
It's now scored after the first "brave" ends.
If you go by when Gladys Knight started singing — at the 12-second mark of the video above, and the first brave ends at about 2:01 — it’s very close. By those metrics, it’s either at 1:49 or 1:50 depending on how quick you are with the stopwatch.
Hope none of you are adversely affected by this craziness.