Holy shit.....I hope these posts didn’t occur from Thursday nights outcome...
First the elephant walking past the couch.
The #’s aren’t perfect but they are really good. I don’t mind losing a game, I don’t even mind losing the 1st game posted, but I gotta admit that losing the 1st of the posted plays in that fashion, where the game is wrapped up 1st and goal from the 5 with Brees behind the controls down by 3 getting 2 and he throws an int in the end zone.......that hurt.
But that play just might have been the switch....I’ll explain...
Candylicker asked about the 20pt sb system, damn, I did the math and what do ya know.....whew....here we go, this might take a minute, I forgive anyone who falls asleep reading this.
First the “fast start” system...
Of the last 12 straight Super Bowls the team matching all 6 requirements after week 4 won the bowl 10 Times, twice it was won by a team matching 5 of the 6 (no one won matching less than 5)..the remaining teams who matched all 6 and have a legitimate chance are Pitt,kc and Atlanta.
The slew of teams matching 5 of 6 reads...Ne,jax,ten,phi,min,car,lar,sea,det and New Orleans.
Now let’s incorporate the “20pt” system....
I’m sure you remember how it works, a series of points are assigned to each playoff team based on their regular season games outcomes...+3 for wins holding opp under 14, +2 for wins allowing opp over 30, -3 for losses allowing opp over 30, -2 for losses allowing opp under 14...
Over the last 17 straight years at least one team has reached 20+pts 15 Times(twice no one reached 20),of the 15 years when a team reached 20pts, that team went to the super bowl 13 times...the 2 times where that team did not make it was in 2015 when Seattle +21 was beaten by Carolina in div round and 2009 when minn+20 was beaten in ot by New Orleans on the now infamous Brett Favre interception in the con champ game.
Let’s tie in this year’s numbers...so far through week 14 with 3 games to go we have....ready?
Jacksonville +18
New Orleans +16
Philadelphia +12
La rams +11
Baltimore +9
La chargers +9
Minnesota +9
Pittsburgh +9
New England +8
Seattle +8
Carolina +6
Atlanta +3
Starting to see anything?
When using the 20pt system to determine the winner, you simply take the sb participant with the lower #...since 05,(12 years), this method has produced the sb ats winner 10 Times 83%, it’s produced the su winner 10 times since 04 77%
Now putting them together....the teams who look like they got a good chance of going( based on the 20pt system)(13 of 15 Times) are Jacksonville, Philadelphia, or NEW ORLEANS....
....the team who has won the superbowl (based on the “fast start” system)(10 of last 12 Times) are atl, kc and PITTSBURGH....
looking at the #’s...so far....
New Orleans +16
Pittsburgh +9
So....Thursday’s late interception by Brees just may have been the best pass (and the switch) this year for his team igniting their Super Bowl run
Shits crazy and there are still games to go but you never know....and candylicker....thanks for making me dig around in this,this early...LOL.
I’ll pop up some games in a while.....
GAME.