Originally posted on 03/12/2014:

The odds could be 900/1 and it would not matter. Can you name the last team that lost a Superbowl to get into the game the very next year? That would be Buffalo back in 1994. Winners have repeated (New England in 2004-05 and Denver in 1998-99), but it has been 20 years since a loser got back in. This is the type of wager that pays for all of those fancy neon lights at the Casino's. Denver gets the NFC West this season. They also have an away game at New England. That is enough to stop them from getting home field advantage, and that will stop them from going to the Superbowl. Denver is NOT going back to the big game.