This is dangerous terrain for a guy who got it so right in last November's election. I mean, what if he's wrong? This time out, the King of Stats doesn't have thousands of poll results to sort through - for the Super Bowl he's relying on the Simple Rating System, which evaluates each team's offense and defense. On that measure, SF apparently has the edge. His analysis is in the NYT magazine.
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