Eagles win the Super Bowl ...
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Eagles win the Super Bowl ...
Daily News staff
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.
Now, if only it were that easy ...
Comments (46)
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— Nothing but the truth- 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.— HandNik
- Maybe the ownership will count this as the real thing!— kmon
- 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.....— the tru 1
- How many of those 1,000 games saw McNabb barf on the field?— IgglesFan79
Comment removed.- Did they account for the Patriots cheating like they did the last time we faced them in the Super Bowl.— phink
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- 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...— jachanin
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- Whatever, and you guys are quite boring!!!— FireChief
- Can't wait for the virtual parade down Broad Street.— Repubrebirth
- Great the eagles are the "gold standard" of whatifsports.— arb
- I guess all of those juvenile delinquents on South Street were the victory parade.— Joe Funk
- How'd they make out with the two minute drill in that simulation? How many times did McNabb pick up the other team's phone?— psu05
- Were they playing with the 1960 roster?— Philly Fan in Kuwait
- Wow, Lurie and Banner must be loving this! They have won the Super Bowl without playing the games, without any McNabb drama and without spending a dime. Now if the city would only throw them a parade on Broad Street, they can become even bigger legends in their own minds than they already are.— woogie
- Whatever the team, Eagles, Patriots, Steelers.... odds are long against winning the Super Bowl in any given year. Dreams will be dashed for 29 teams.— tacklinjoe
- If the Eagles win the Super Bowl Billy Penn will do the Mummurs Strut down Broad Street.— The Marco Islander
- Been waitin a loooooog time— boltfan
This is the type of article that makes the McNabb clones wet themselves. Keep dreaming...— wokmaster- 12-4? We lose 4 games this year?— ziggy
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- That computer needs a urine test! When the regular season ends, lets all review this column!— GalRand
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I guess the Eagles are now the Silicon standard?— Mabus- Comment removed.
- the phillies won, the point is, it's just old...it's boring...So what...the truth is, the puking probably came from an over anxious stomach, due to all the adrenaline. Some people just get like that, some people do it over less. What's really stupid about the entire thing is that people cling on to it like it means something, but it's so old, it's just annoying for most of us to read. You know those really irritating kids back in school, who just would just keep bringing up the same thing over and over to fit in, yet they really didn't fit it, regardless? Yea...wow, I am annoyed by those same kids all over again. I mean honestly, evaluate yourself? Go to a bar and keep bringing up to the entire crowd week after week. Walk in and be like Guess what? McNabb puked years ago in the superbowl guys!! hahahaha Just cause you ain't got a face on here, doesn't make you less irritating, it just shows who you truly are, uninhibited.— MFPhils
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- sewell guy, that's a mouthful coming from a guy who still hasn't figured out how to post on a forum yet. Na Na Na...don't even try it. There are a ton of people on here who have never done it. Stop clicking the Submit button twice you moron. It's bad enough skimming over just one of your posts.— MFPhils
- Yea, I didn't get that thing about Bradley winning MVP either, lol...— MFPhils
I would love to see some sort of competency test done on a handful of commenters on this website. It begins with those of you that refer to Tom Brady as Tom "Bradley" - (that shows the level of sports knowledge you have and even worse than those that refer to Michael Irvin as "Michael Irving"). Can't some of you simpletons just realize that this is just a low level puff piece to draw interest of diehard Birds fans? And how long will it take McNabb haters out there to realize the vomiting was related to that hit he took in the chest earlier? As I like to say, some of you are just moronic.- Oh, and on the whole puff piece article, I'll take 12-4 but I'm predicting 11-5.
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- OK, Dierte, that one made me laugh
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- Matt Hasselback's movin the chains, Matt Hasselback's movin the chains— brmorgen81
- I would like the computer to analyze how many games the Eagles win when they give up 30+ points.— chasing history
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- The simulation actually has them going 16-0 if you go game-by-game, but the author compiling the article added some "balance" to the analysis by "qualitatively" assigning wins and losses to avoid such wide-ranging and unrealistic results (Eagles 16-0, Vikings 15-1, etc.)— reils
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- Dirty - How does it feel to beat the Patriots in the Superbowl? I think McNabb is also named the MVP for leading the Eagles back in a classic 4th quarter comeback. What a leader! So...will you be marching down Broad Street this week with the rest of the mindless McNabb clones or next week? I think you and your bong should lead the parade. Ah, yes, WHATIFSPORTS.com...where Hootie and the Eagles can always win the big one!! LMAO— wokmaster
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- Snore, snore.— mungman
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