January 29, 2004
Super Bowl Survey
With a little more than 76 hours to go to kickoff, I've started making the first halting steps toward creating my Super Bowl Chili. My big game tradition started back in 1990 (which means this year's batch needs to be marked XXV) when I threw my first Super Bowl party, and while I don't traditionally play host anymore, my Super Sunday invitations usually come with a Chili clause.
In the meantime, here are a few interesting Super Bowl links. Peruse at your leisure, and leave your predictions for the BIG GAME in the comments box.
Allen Barra profiles Bud Goode, "the father of pro-football analysis".
Bill Simmons is keeping up with his Super Bowl Blog, even if lacks such niceities such as permalinks. Today's installment is pretty interesting:
For the past eight years, Sony PlayStation and 989 Sports have thrown a Super Bowl party together. For the past eight years, one star from each Super Bowl team has competed in the most current version of "NFL GameDay." And for the past eight years, the player who prevailed ended up winning a Super Bowl ring just a few days later.
Now that's pretty impressive. Eight-and-oh? According to the strangest man I've ever met in my life, ABC co-worker Rick Rosner -- a guy who has a "Born to do math" tattoo -- the probabilities against this happening are very high. Clearly, something creepy was happening here.
This year, New England's Troy Brown took on Carolina's Steve Smith. Who won? Click here to find out.
How many different ways can you bet on the Super Bowl? Ian and Al at Football Outsiders know the answer.
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