Congratulations To The Packers

Another thrilling game, I got the MVP and the points right (for a change!), Green Bay scored first and last so it might be worth revisiting those concepts next season - if there is a next season.

It's interesting to note the following about Superbowls since the 1990 season:

* Winning teams have scored 31 points in three games since 1990 - Denver in SBXXXII, New Orleans in XLIV and the Packers in XLV.

* Nine of the last ten games have been decided by 14 points or less, last night's game was the sixth in the last ten years that's finished with a margin of victory of less than ten points.

* Seven of the last ten games have featured more than 44.5 points.

* Jordy Nelson's TD reception was the first time since SBXXXIX that a 'normal' play had opened the scoring - the scoring in four of the five games since then had been opened by a field goal. Mason Crosby's Field Goal was the first FG to be the last scoring play since Adam Vinatieri's last minute kick in SBXXXVIII.

* The favourites have won 15 of the last 21 games.

* 11 of the last 21 MVPs have been quarterbacks. Eight of those 11 players were starting QBs for the favourite.

I'm going to wait and see if there's going to be a 2011 season before making any predictions - negotiations concerning the Collective Bargaining Agreement are ongoing.