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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Eagles win the Super Bowl ...

No, this is not news, but you don't have to wait for the season to even start to know how it ends. That is the fun of computer simulations, if you find those sorts of things entertaining.

Paul Bessire, a friend of the Daily News, at Whatifsports.com, has run the NFL season for FoxSports.com and has the Eagles beating the Patriots, 34-31, in the Super Bowl in Miami.

The site had the Eagles play the Patriots 1,000 times, with the Eagles winning 57 percent of the games with an average score of 33-30.

Among the interesting tidbits drawn from the box score of the simulated Super Bowl are touchdowns for rookies LeSean McCoy and Cornelius Ingram and two for Brian Westbrook. The Eagles' defense holds the Patriots to only seven points in the second half and David Akers wins the game with a 26-yard field in the final two minutes.

Tom Brady is named the game's MVP in a losing effort.

Whatisports also predicts the Eagles to easily win the NFC East with a 12-4 record, three games better than the Cowboys.

Now, if only it were that easy ...

Posted by Daily News staff @ 6:39 PM  Permalink | 48 comments
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Posted 07:32 PM, 06/20/2009
Nothing but the truth
I would love to see an Eagles win in the Super Bowl but after all of these close championship loses I don't think the public can handle another close game such as 34-31. If they do get to the SB we need to have a complete blowout something like 42-6
Posted 08:10 PM, 06/20/2009
HandNik
I'm sure the public would take a 2-0 win if that's how they got it. I would like to see them go 12-4.
Posted 08:12 PM, 06/20/2009
kmon
Maybe the ownership will count this as the real thing!
Posted 08:49 PM, 06/20/2009
the tru 1
if the eagles stay healthy this will be our year....on paper this looks 2 b the most talented team of the reid/mcnabb era...the d just has 2 continue 2 do its thing and we have never had this much talent on offense.....
Posted 09:31 PM, 06/20/2009
IgglesFan79
How many of those 1,000 games saw McNabb barf on the field?
Posted 11:29 PM, 06/20/2009
mainlinephan
BS
Posted 02:47 AM, 06/21/2009
phink
Did they account for the Patriots cheating like they did the last time we faced them in the Super Bowl.
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Posted 06:46 AM, 06/21/2009
jachanin
If "puke" and his hater brerthern continue to manifest their dislike (putting it mildly)for #5 with the same tired story I am going to change my user name to "Led by a QB who played spectacularly a whole game with a broken leg"...how come we never hear about that or other of 5's heroics??...because in spite of your skewed myopic attitude toward McN. there have been many great moments...it's just that you he-men can choose only selectively remember one incident...how convenient...and stupid...i forgot you guys are perfect he-men ..and he-men don't cry...
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Posted 08:30 AM, 06/21/2009
FireChief
Whatever, and you guys are quite boring!!!
Posted 10:05 AM, 06/21/2009
Repubrebirth
Can't wait for the virtual parade down Broad Street.
Posted 11:09 AM, 06/21/2009
arb
Great the eagles are the "gold standard" of whatifsports.
Posted 12:11 PM, 06/21/2009
Joe Funk
I guess all of those juvenile delinquents on South Street were the victory parade.
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