Elias Says...
The Elias Sports Bureau is the official statistician for every major sport, as well as the Worldwide Leader in Sports (which I'll refer to frequently just as "WWL"). They run an article every day giving a few tidbits from the previous day. Here are a few nuggets from the Super Bowl:
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- There have been 5 winning scores in the final minute of a Super Bowl, including Sunday night when Eli found Burress after a great inside move, with 35 seconds to go. The others include:
- Montana to Taylor in Super Bowl XXIII
- Adam Vinatieri twice, in Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XXXVIII
- The Colts Jim O'Brien (right) kicked a field goal with 5 seconds remaining to beat the Cowboys in Super Bowl V
- Peyton and Eli have become the second pair of brothers to start and win a Super Bowl. The other? Keith and Jim Fahnhorst, both with the 49ers, but in separate years.
- The Patriots are 84-1 in the regular season the past seven seasons when leading in the 4th quarter. Each of the past two seasons, they've blown 4th quarter leads in the playoffs. I'll try to find who the "1" is, but I do not believe it is the Colts. Both years were also with touchdown drives, which Brady has never had in the playoffs. They have all finished with a field goal to win.
This year made it 11 in a row after the Giants won the toss, and went on an almost 9 minute drive. The chances of winning 11 coin tosses in a row is 1 out of 2048, or 0.05%, assuming a fair coin. Maybe Congress can look into this as well when they meet with Roger Goodell.
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the dvd
by Rob L on
Feb 7, 2008 9:39 AM EST
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Yes...
No commercials, no pre-game analysis... just good ole' fashioned Colts ass kicking.
by the21eraser on
Feb 7, 2008 10:01 AM EST
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The Best are the NFL Greatest Games Though
by Colts Homer on
Feb 7, 2008 10:07 AM EST
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you mean John Fasenda
by Terry on
Feb 8, 2008 10:17 AM EST
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The other DVD
by Bluebulb1 on
Feb 7, 2008 9:41 AM EST
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If my count is correct the AFC has won 8
by WCG on
Feb 7, 2008 9:43 AM EST
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The "1" is
by Blueisgood on
Feb 7, 2008 10:17 AM EST
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The "1" was in the regular season
It was also the game immediately following the announcement that Charlie Weis was the new head coach at Notre Dame.
by mgrex03 on
Feb 7, 2008 10:25 AM EST
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Missed the regular season part
by Blueisgood on
Feb 7, 2008 8:08 PM EST
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Good stats.
And the DVD is something I must get, thank you for linking it.
by yellowsnow on
Feb 7, 2008 3:06 PM EST
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