One sure bet on the Super Bowl is that after it is over, “everyone” will see the final results as inevitable.
Before the game, there are two viable sides to choose from in Super Bowl LVIII. After the game, only the winning side will appear to be the viable choice. It doesn’t matter if the winning team is the underdog or favorite, the winning team will show up as if highlighted on a billboard in all caps.
Three years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs were meeting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV, and the Chiefs were favored and much like this year’s Super Bowl were picked by most of the media covering the game. The reasons were obvious, the Chiefs were the better team and while Tom Brady is great, he is at the end of his career and Patrick Mahomes will have him for lunch.
Then, after the Buccaneers blew the Chiefs out in that Super Bowl, 31-9, the postgame comments were emphatic that how could anyone not pick the Buccaneers. They had Brady at quarterback and were playing on their home field.
Super Bowl LV was staged in Tampa at Raymond James Stadium, home of the Buccaneers. But Mahomes and his Chiefs had already beaten Brady and the Bucs in Tampa earlier that season in a regular season contest played in November.
Brady, home team underdog, how could the Bucs not be the choice of everyone … was the conversation after that game. Before the contest was played, a huge majority of the wagers on the game were backing the Chiefs. After it was over, the only logical choice was Brady and the Buccaneers.