Teams that won and failed to cover their championship game when their opponent covered theirs are 1-6-1 ats in the SB as a favorite
Only winner 1981 49ers-1 won by 5
Those were the days before the Prevent defense . That was in the stone ages.
Now everyone plays prevent with 2-score leads and doesnt care... SF was up by 10 until they went into the prevent...giving the Lions the back- door TD in the last seconds..
Id rather bet on the team(SF) that SHUTOUT the opponent in the second half - and against the team(KC) that was also shutout in their win in th second half.
Bet there isnt any stat on that ever happening before the SB.????
Chiefs were shut out by Baltimore ... And won the game on a goal line fumble and 3 turnovers...
This game could be exactly like the second-halfs in the two Championship games...Ya Think?