The Mid-American Conference key To Packers Superbowl Victory
I saw this at collegfootballtalk.com and it was really interesting.
The article at college football talk writes about the make-up of the Superbowl teams’ players based on the conferences in which they atteded college.
What does not come as a surprise is that the S.E.C. headed up the 106 game-day-rosters with 17 players, while the Big 10 was right behind the S.E.C. with 16 players. What is surprising though is that the A.C.C and M.A.C were tied with 13 players each on the two game-day rosters. The M.A.C., of course, is highlighted by Miami of Ohio alumn Big Ben.
What is also interesting is that Conference U.S.A. has more playes then the Big 12 (7-6)
Full breakdown is here.
What is even stranger is that as far as individual schools go Ohio State, Tennessee, L.S.U. and Central Micghian are all tied with the most representatives with four.
(Josh Gordy, Cullen Jenkins, Frank Zombo all went to Central Michigan and play on Green Bay) and Antonio Brown (on the Steelers) also went to Central Michigan.
Player by college can be found here for the Steelers and here for the Packers
What does this all really mean?
Well probably nothing we didn’t already know. Good players can be found across all ranks of college football: championship caliber players. Teams must devout tons of resources into finding diamons in the rough and players that fit their system.
Really the key to the superbowl is not the M.A.C, but really finding good N.F.L. players that are willing to do what it takes.
Of the players that come out of the M.A.C. only Big Ben, Greg Jennings, James Harrison, and maybe Cullen Jenkins are true franchise players.
James Starks and Antonio Brown have pretty promising careers, but many of the others are role playes.
Players:
the four previously mentioned from Central Michigan (jenkins, Zombo, Gordy, and Antonio Brown) and Big Ben, Cullen Jenkins, Greg Jennings, James Harrison, Ryan Starks, Antonio Brown, Shaun Suisham, Charlie Batch, and T.J. Lang