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See post 2. It's a bit of a flawed way to look at things. The NFC won the Super Bowl, but they also took last place. One team does not reflect the entire conference.
This. Add in that the Colts are beginning to look like a team that is past its peak as well. Also some of the very best Steeler players are getting up there in age as well. Here's some of their stars and the age they will be in 2011. So while Big Ben is certainly in his prime, the backbone of that defense is aging.Farrior 36Ward 35A. Smith 35Hampton 34Harrison 33Keisel 33Clark 32Polamalu 30
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Its just that this is one of those boilerplate topics that pop up every couple of years and the conversation always goes the same way. Most people view it in terms of super bowl play only, then a little bit later others try to mix in other things like head-to-head, and then the debate goes back and forth and fizzles out.
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And this is the mistake. I will get slammed for this, but the bottom line is that the SB is one game. Anything can happen in one game. One call. One injury. One mistake. One funny bounce. An inch short. I think winning a SB, while important and while the goal, tends to be over rated a standard for assessing talent. It has no place in HOF discussions. And it has no place in comparing the quality of place from conference to conference. 2010 Packers and 2010 Steelers could play 10 and Steelers COULD win 8 of them. Of course, we can never know what would happen because unlike basketball and unlike baseball and unlike hockey, they only play one game. But it is quite possible that the better team loses.
Every one of those teams had a franchise QB, except BAL. Which is why I pointed out that the bulk of the young franchise and potential-franchise QBs currently reside in the NFC.
Teams out of the original NFL or franchised in the NFC that have Super Bowl losses to teams out of the original AFL or franchised in the AFC.Vikings 3 (4 Chiefs, 8 Dolphins, 11 Raiders)
There were 15 NFL teams and 9 AFL teams in the year the Super Bowl first started. That would give the NFC teams almost twice the chance to win (actually 62.5% to 37.5%) by having more teams. The NFC has won 73.3% of the Super Bowls, so they have done better than expected. When you adjust due to the fact that NO and TB were not in those initial teams and were added post 1966, their win rate drops slightly to 70% at 31-12. A 62.5% win rate would be 30-13. Bottom line, the NFC won 1 more Super Bowl than would be expected.
