burnet44
01-18-2007, 01:54 PM
Over the past 10 years, the home team is 6-4 in the NFC Championship Game, while the AFC home team is 4-6.
Regardless of the outcome, both games this weekend should be close. The four divisional games were decided by a total of 18 points -- the closest combined margin since the merger in 1970.
The average margin of victory in this postseason is 7.3 points per game -- the lowest since 1990. Last weekend, three of the four games were decided by three points or fewer -- the first time ever in divisional playoffs dating back to 1970 that this has happened on the same weekend.
Some other quick notes about this weekend:
This will be the seventh consecutive year the NFC will be represented by a different team in the Super Bowl. ...
Under the current playoff format that started in 1990, this is the first time a No. 3 seed (Indianapolis) has played host to a conference title game, and it's the first time that an AFC title game is being played indoors. ...
New England is playing in its third conference title game in four years;
Indianapolis is in its second over that same period. ...
The combined winning percentage of the four remaining teams is 75.7 -- a combined record of 53-17.
Regardless of the outcome, both games this weekend should be close. The four divisional games were decided by a total of 18 points -- the closest combined margin since the merger in 1970.
The average margin of victory in this postseason is 7.3 points per game -- the lowest since 1990. Last weekend, three of the four games were decided by three points or fewer -- the first time ever in divisional playoffs dating back to 1970 that this has happened on the same weekend.
Some other quick notes about this weekend:
This will be the seventh consecutive year the NFC will be represented by a different team in the Super Bowl. ...
Under the current playoff format that started in 1990, this is the first time a No. 3 seed (Indianapolis) has played host to a conference title game, and it's the first time that an AFC title game is being played indoors. ...
New England is playing in its third conference title game in four years;
Indianapolis is in its second over that same period. ...
The combined winning percentage of the four remaining teams is 75.7 -- a combined record of 53-17.