Super Bowl Brain Dump
Super Bowl Brain Dump I may be in the minority, but I actually really enjoyed this year's Super Bowl, the last football game of the season. Last night, I had a bunch of different half-baked takes that raced through my mind and since I have a blog I figured I would share. Here's how I saw things after last night. 1. The Super Bowl Winner and National Champion Played Similar Ball Most people watching the game last night did not think about the Michigan team that won the national championship. They probably thought more about a team like the 2009 Indianapolis Colts who barely had 1,000 yards rushing as a team and relied on Peyton Manning to carry an offense with a diminishing skill group. I kept thinking about how Michigan decided that they were going to be a ball control offense to limit opponents' (mainly Ohio State) offensive possessions. With a lot of modern offenses, the scoring is inevitable. But if you only give a team 8 possessions instead of 12, 1 or 2 stops means a l...