Sunday, February 5, 2012

Coin Toss!

Little doubt, this year, that the most exciting part of the game will be the coin toss! The odds of winning a coin toss are always 1 in 2, but the odds of winning successive coin tosses rise exponentially. The NFC has won the last fourteen coin tosses in a row, the odds of that are 1 in 8,384. The odds of the NFC winning fifteen in a row are a mind boggling 1 in 16,768, but the chances of that happening during tonight's coing toss? 1 in 2! Enjoy the game, tonight, but pay close attention to the coin toss because a streak like this doesn't come around often.

Actually, I think my novelette, Bottoms in Love, which involves a couple using a coin toss to determine which of them wins having to play the dominant role when they both wish to play the submissive role, probably came from my fascination with this superbowl streak of the NFC winning coin tosses. Watch, though, they barely mention it before the game. Maybe this year it will get more air time, since the streak is growing. Go NFC! Win that coin toss! (I also want them to win the game, but I'm way more interested in the coin toss.)

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