The Illuminated Donkey

For those of you who own squares in a Super Bowl grid pool, I’ve run the stats for the past 35 SB’s, plotting how many times each combination has occurred (it’s not as bad as it sounds; it only took about a half-hour). Anyway, there are no real surprises in the results, with the most-common winning squares being what you’d expect: 7-0 has come up 18 times out of the 140 quarters (I’m combining the two variants, AFC 7 / NFC 0 and NFC 7 / AFC 0 here, but I also did the breakdowns), with 3-0 coming up 12 times, and 0-0, 7-4, 7-3, 6-3, and 4-0 following close behind. On the other end of the spectrum, 22 of the 55 combinations have never happened. Of course, the recent addition of the two-point conversion opens the door to some unlikely combinations. Anyway, if you’re interested in your odds, drop me a line.