ESPN Voters Hotly Divided; Need A Life

Since I have absolutely no faith in the Worldwide Leader's abilities in self-parody, I have to assume that this is real. Un. Believe. Able.

Well, as predicted by all the top pundits, the Midwest is breaking solidly in the "heads" camp, while a swath of states in the Ohio-Pennsylvania region are sticking true to "tails." You know what they say: No one has ever won a coin flip without taking Ohio and Florida.

The gray states of course are leaning tails. But just to be sure, Sarah Palin is planning visits to all of their NHL teams for puck-dropping ceremonies. The real stunner is not the poll itself; look at the source. It's that more than 30,000 people voted. Many by flipping actual coins, no doubt.

Meanwhile, from Doc's Sports Service:

Here's a truly bizarre stat — the NFC team has won the last 11 straight coin tosses. That seems unlikely, but it has happened. Now all you have to do is figure out if the streak will continue, or if the AFC is due. If you are having trouble deciding then maybe you should flip a coin.

The Giants broke an ugly trend last year when they became the first team since Tampa Bay five years earlier to win both the coin toss and the game.

As a rail-thin mustachioed southerner once said: "If you're betting on the Super Bowl coin flip, you may be a redneck." Either that or you're Aaron Eckhart.

Betting The Super Bowl Coin Toss [Doc's]