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Sports WebXtra: East Texan to play in Super Bowl 50
Posted On Jan 27 2016
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General view of Levi’s Stadium lobby with Super Bowl 50 logo sign before the game between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers.
USA Today reported that average ticket prices topped $5,300 in the minutes after the Carolina Panthers secured an easy victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night, winning the NFC title.
You still see T-shirts around the home of the New England Patriots with coach Bill Belichick’s scowling face and the mantra “In Bill We Trust”.
The Broncos reached Super Bowl 50 by defeating the New England Patriots 20-18 in the AFC Championship game.
The Feb. 7 game at Santa Clara, California, will be the Broncos’ record-tying eighth Super Bowl appearances – they won twice in the late 1990s – and the Panthers’ second.
The Carolina Panthers have been easily the most dominant team of the 2015 season and subsequent post-season, so the fact that they’re easy favorites in the Super Bowl shouldn’t shock you.
Heavy’s Pick: Carolina Panthers 27 Denver Broncos 17. Linebacker Von Miller led the way for Denver, with 2 1/2 sacks and an interception. “This year’s Super Bowl is on pace to not only be the most expensive Super Bowl, but the most expensive event, topping things like the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match and The Masters”, said Chris Leyden, analyst with SeatGeek.
“I don’t know that we’ve faced the dual-threat guy like him this year with our schedule”. On top of being selected as the PFWA’s and SN’s Offensive Player of the Year and NFL MVP, Newton earned an invitation to his third-career Pro Bowl and was named to the Associated Press’ All Pro first team. “Coming off of last week for us defensively, going into this game will be very much a different type of look, so to speak. He’s definitely a unique player”. “It’s nice to have a couple of weeks”.
Cam Newton twice flew like his caped comic book superhero to cross the goal line on runs, ran over a defensive back on another jaunt and connected with Corey Brown on an 86-yard touchdown pass for one of his two scoring strikes.
