Prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21 to 10 in the 2006 Super I read an article in the LA Times written by Sam Farmer that used eleven indicators to determine which team will win the Super Bowl. Being the figure filbert I am I immediately began tracking this formula’s validity and comparing it with the ones that I use. The article claimed that the team which held the edge in most of the eleven categories had won the Super Bowl 29 of 38 years or 76% of the time. Denver’s Super Bowl XXXIII victory over Atlanta was not included because the indicators were 5-5-1. I must remind my readers that this impressive 76% win percentage is straight up and not against the spread. In 2006 the underdog Seahawks held a 6 to 5 edge over the Steelers but lost the game outright making this “Super” formula 29-10-1 (73%). In 2007 the Chicago Bears held a 7-3 edge over Peyton Manning and the Colts. We all watched Rex Grossman implode and hand the Lombardi Trophy to Tony Dungy and crew to post yet another “Super” formula loss making the
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