Jackson Free Press

When working on this week's Super Bowl preview and prediction, I came across more information than I could fit in a single article for the paper. So, I figured with the big game just a couple of days away, why not share some of the rest of the information I found that I couldn't use in print.

Between the print article and the paper, you should be able to have plenty of stats and information to spread around at any Super Bowl Party you are attending. If you missed the print article http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/29/big-bowl-expectations/">here is the link.

Also, if you missed my rant this week, http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/29/bryans-super-rant-xlviii-style/">here is a link to it as well.

If anyone is hoping for the weather to warm up on Super Bowl Sunday, it is Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. In the playoffs when the temperature is under 40 degrees, Manning is 0-3 (to be fair as well all three of those games were on the road).

The coldest non-domed Super Bowl was at Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins 24-3. The game was played in New Orleans at Tulane Stadium and the high was 43 and the low was 24.

Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks quarterback, has only played in one game under 40 degrees. That was week 15 of this season against the New York Giants, in what will be stadium the game will be played in this Sunday. The Seahawks won that game 23-0.

Manning and Wilson will set a Super Bowl record when the game kicks off. The two quarterbacks will set the record for biggest age difference between two quarterbacks. There is a 12 year and 250 days difference in age between the two starting single callers.

At 25, Wilson would join both Joe Montana and Joe Namath also won the big game at the age of 25. The Seahawks quarterback also has the most wins at 27 (including playoffs) for a second year quarterback starting the Super Bowl.

Manning has the Super Bowl experience, which is good but Wilson has some recent Super Bowl numbers on his side. Quarterbacks with previous Super Bowl experience have been in 19 Super Bowls and those quarterbacks have a 10-9 record.

Wilson has the recent history on his side. The quarterbacks with experience haven't fared so well as the quarterbacks without experience have won the last three straight (Eli Manning over Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers over Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees over Manning).

Both these teams meet in the preseason this year. That is important if anyone tells you the preseason meeting doesn't matter.

This will be the seventh time, since 1994, teams who faced off in the preseason play in the Super Bowl. The team that won the meaningless game went on to win five of the six previous Super Bowls.

In the preseason Seattle beat Denver 40-10.

These two teams have meet 52 times in regular season play. That is the most for two teams facing off in the Super Bowl (because they used to division rivals, Seattle was in the AFC West from 1977 to 2001).

Seattle and Denver meet once in the playoffs, way back in a 1983 AFC Wild Card game . The Seahawks won that day, 31-7 over the Broncos.

A local furniture store is offering to let you have your purchases for free if the opening kickoff is run back for a touchdown. Don't go run out and get a ton of furniture.

There have only been eight kickoffs in the previous 47 Super Bowls run back for a touchdown. Only one of those eight was during the opening kickoff. In Super Bowl XLI Devon Hester ran the opening kickoff back for a touchdown for the Chicago Bears but Manning and his Colts prevailed 29-17.

Some other Super Bowl stats to know. There has never been a shutout or overtime in the Super Bowl.

In the booth for Fox will be Troy Aikman and Joe Buck. Aikman won three Super Bowls as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and Buck is dating a former Broncos cheerleader.

This is only the third time that animal mascots have meet in the Super Bowl. The other two were Bears-Colts and Broncos-Falcons. The horse mascot won both previous meetings.

Colts and Cowboys have some history linked to this game.

The Denver Broncos have been to seven Super Bowl in franchise history. Six of those seven appearances, the Broncos were led to the Super Bowl by a quarterback drafted number one over all in the draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Former Bronco great John Elway took Denver to five Super Bowls and was drafted by the Colts before being traded to Denver and now Manning who used to play for the Colts.

The only other Denver quarterback to lead the Broncos to the Super Bowl was Craig Morton who once led the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl. Morton took Denver to their first Super Bowl appearance but lost to his former team the Cowboys.

Wondering how the coin flip will turnout? In the last 47 Super Bowls, the coin turned up heads 24 times and tails 23 times.

Hey, the economy effects the Super Bowl. In the last 20 years, the city with the lower unemployment rate has won the Super Bowl 20 of the last 25 times.

Currently, Seattle has a lower unemployment rate than Denver at 5.8% to 5.7%.

Looking for a reason to root for the Seattle Seahawks? How about rooting for fullback Derrick Coleman who is the only deaf player in the NFL. The 23 year old fullback lost his hearing at the age of three.

If Seattle wins the Super Bowl they will be the second youngest team to win ever win the big game. With an average age of 26.4 years would only be second to the 1971 Miami Dolphins who averaged 26.3.

All the current NFC West teams are on a Super Bowl losing streak. The San Francisco 49ers also from the NFC West lost in last year's Super Bowl.

Denver is the "home" team in this year's Super Bowl and wearing their orange jerseys but don't think the "home" team has all the Super Bowl luck. Denver is 0-3 in the Super Bowl when wearing their orange Jerseys (lost to Dallas, Washington Redskins, and 49ers).

Teams that wear the white away Jerseys have won eight of the last nine Super Bowls and are 29-18 overall in the Super Bowl. Seattle will be wearing white.

Finally, it is hard to pick football winners. My mother picks using mascots, which actually works for her pretty well.

Some people use live animals to pick Super Bowl winners. For the last six years, both Eli the Ape and Buffett the Manatee have pick correct Super Bowl winners.

This year, Eli the Ape pick the Seattle Seahawks and Buffett the Manatee pick the Denver Broncos.

So it all depends on who you trust, an ape or a manatee. One animal will see their six game winning streak end.

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