The 2011 Super Bowl, or Super Bowl XLV, is the 45th NFL championship game and played between the champion of the American Football Conference, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the champion of the National Football Conference, the Green Bay Packers. Played on February 6, 2011, the first Sunday of the month, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, hosts the game.c   The Packers are favored in the game with an advantage of 2-2.5 points over the Steelers.  The over/under for the game is set at 45.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/23/super-bowl-odds-2011-xlv_n_812844.html

Despite losing the 2010 Super Bowl, preliminary odds favored the Indianapolis Colts to win the 2011 Super Bowl, opening as a seven-to-one favorite to win.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4898311  Following the Colts were the San Diego Chargers at eight-to-one odds and the 2010 Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints at nine-to-one odds. The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers rounded out the top five at ten-to-one.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4898311

The longest odds were projected for the St. Louis Rams. Coming off a 1-15 season in 2009, their odds were 150-1 to win the Super Bowl.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4898311

Just one team in the top five of the projected Super Bowl XLV teams reached the game, the Pittsburgh Steelers.  The Steelers won the 2011 AFC Championship by defeating the New York Jets.  They also topped the Baltimore Ravens in the 2011 NFL Divisional Weekend.  The 2011 NFC Champion Green Bay Packers reached the Super Bowl by winning all thee of their postseason games by topping the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week

The Super Bowl is an annual event that crowns the best American football team in the National Football League and is one of the highest-bet sporting events behind the World Cup. Over $90 million is bet on the Super Bowl annually on one of several aspects of the game, including which team will score first, the over/under, number of passes thrown, point spread and other things.http://www.locksmithsportspicks.com/super-bowl-how-much-bet/