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With the Super Bowl looming and Super Tuesday just a few days after that, I think it’s time for the Sportsblahg to dive in and give you the hardcore facts that would put even an ESPN statistician to shame. The comparison: Party winner in a presidential election in which there is no incumbent candidate (based on which conference wins the Super Bowl).

Are you still with me? Thanks to a little too much time on my hands last weekend (there was no football after all), I have found out that the conference winner of the Super Bowl has successfully picked the party who will win the election a perfect 4 out of 4 times. Forget the Patriots and 19-0, 4 for 4 is IMPRESSIVE! It’s more than just a coincidence, it’s almost law. So perhaps Obama & Clinton should put down their dirt slinging for the weekends and pick up Patriot pom-poms! Not to mention John McCain should have a serious heart to heart with Eli Manning (or Tom Coughlin, since they’re the only two still alive from the 19th century).

How did I come to this unequivocal truth you ask? An excellent question. As a collegiate graduate I will be happy to show my work for you. This information is free to spew as you see fit at any company parties or social events you attend this week (just make sure you credit the Sportsblahg):

1968 - Richard Nixon elected over Humbert Humphrey. Super Bowl winner is Green Bay Packers over the Oakland Raiders.

1976 - Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford (granted Ford was kind of an incumbent, but not really). Super Bowl winner is Pittsburgh Steelers over Dallas Cowboys.

1988 - George Bush Sr. over Michael S. Dukakis. Super Bowl winner is Washington Redskins over Denver Broncos.

2000 - George W. Bush over Al Gore. Super Bowl winner is St. Louis Rams over Tennessee Titans.

There you have it! Proof that the last 4 times this has happened the Super Bowl hasn’t lied. It is less than Iron clad proof, but 4 times out of 4 is certainly something that is hard to renounce. Will it make the Republicans drop out after the Patriots wipe the walls with the Giants? Probably not.

Will it make you a statistical stud at the Super Bowl party? Probably, and then you just need to remember who to thank!

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