God rewards athletes who have faith!

To say that I'm speechless...is putting it mildly!   God rewards athletes who have faith with good luck and success?   God plays a role in determining which team wins a sporting event?   After reading this post, from the Public Religion Research Institute, I read an article by Nate Silver in the Sunday Times.   As you may recall, Mr. Silver accurately predicted the 2012 Presidential election by state and called it correctly on all 50 states!

But I digress.   Here's an excerpt of Mr. Silver's article as posted in the magazine section of today's New York Times!

"Does defense win championships? Stat-geek sports fans like me tend to distrust this old saying.   Scoring a point helps just as much as allowing one hurts.   Of the 92 teams to have played in the Super Bowl before this year, I identified those with the 20 best defensive and offensive ratings.   The best defensive teams have compiled a 14-6 record (.700) in the Super Bowl. Their winning percentage is actually nearly 80 percent when you ignore the three cases, Super Bowls IV, VIII and XLV, when two of the all-time great defensive teams faced each other."

Mr. Silver goes on to say:
"The 20 best offensive teams, however, are just 10-10 in the Super Bowl."

I don't know the relative faith of the members of each team, the 49ers or the Ravens...nor do I THINK, as many Americans believe, that God will have an influence on the outcome of tonight's Super Bowl XLVII.

But then again...I don't know sh*t about football.   So just go with what you THINK...or what you BELIEVE!