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<blockquote data-quote="Jasonfan" data-source="post: 369204" data-attributes="member: 4647"><p>The Steelers in the 70s won because they had so many Hall of Famers and at least some luck (Immaculate Reception). Even with the HOF talent they might indeed have been lucky or unlucky. I have never studied those teams to compare their expected record against their actual record. </p><p> </p><p>The Packers did not beat Pitt because they were better prepared or had a better gameplan. It was a combination between matchups (Pitt's weakness vs Elite Qbs), randomness, and good luck. </p><p> </p><p>For example let's examine 3 Huge Plays during the game:</p><p> </p><p>-Mendenhall Fumbles, ball bounces straight to Bishop</p><p>-Tramon Fumbles Punt, is able to recover it</p><p>-Wallce is open fo a TD, Ben overthrows him</p><p> </p><p>If any 3 of those plays go differently the game outcome might change even though all 3 events were completely out of the Packers hands.</p><p> </p><p>On the other hand GB had terrible luck with Driver, Woodson, and Shields all going down in the 1st Half which played a large role in Pitt being able to make it competitive.</p><p> </p><p>Skill is definitely the more important determinant of which team wins but luck/randomness plays a large role in many games, which is why upsets are so common and why the best team usually doesn't win the SB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jasonfan, post: 369204, member: 4647"] The Steelers in the 70s won because they had so many Hall of Famers and at least some luck (Immaculate Reception). Even with the HOF talent they might indeed have been lucky or unlucky. I have never studied those teams to compare their expected record against their actual record. The Packers did not beat Pitt because they were better prepared or had a better gameplan. It was a combination between matchups (Pitt's weakness vs Elite Qbs), randomness, and good luck. For example let's examine 3 Huge Plays during the game: -Mendenhall Fumbles, ball bounces straight to Bishop -Tramon Fumbles Punt, is able to recover it -Wallce is open fo a TD, Ben overthrows him If any 3 of those plays go differently the game outcome might change even though all 3 events were completely out of the Packers hands. On the other hand GB had terrible luck with Driver, Woodson, and Shields all going down in the 1st Half which played a large role in Pitt being able to make it competitive. Skill is definitely the more important determinant of which team wins but luck/randomness plays a large role in many games, which is why upsets are so common and why the best team usually doesn't win the SB. [/QUOTE]
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