Eagle-Tribune Blogs: Burt Talks Sports

I’ll be here until 10 p.m.
I may take a quick break. I am expecting a call from Ron Jaworski on a story I am working on.
Let ‘em roll.

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Throughout the next week I will be tossing out facts about the Super Bowl.
The first is ticket allocation.
Here is the breakdown:
STADIUM CAPACITY: 65,000 SUPER BOWL
TICKET BREAKDOWN: League office 25.2% AFC Team 17.5% NFC Team 17.5% Other 29 clubs 34.8% (1.2% each) Host team 5%
The Patriots and Giants each get 11,375 seats to divided up any way the club wants.
When we get that number (lottery vs. VIPs), I will put it on the blog.
In other … continued »

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I saw the 1986 Super Bowl game on NFL Network last night, the Patriots against the Chicago Bears.
We all know the outcome, 46-10 … and it wasn’t even that close.

Two things struck me:

1. Bears defense was the best ever, or at least the pressure they put on the ball behind the line of scrimmage. It looked like they were cheating. The moment Tony Eason handed off to Craig James, two Bears croaked hime (forcing a … continued »

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