The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Pigskin

Well folks, another year, another Super Bowl in the books. In Super Bowl 46 the Giants of New York bested the New England Patriots to win their second Super Bowl in four years. Eli Manning took home the MVP trophy to set next to his other Super Bowl MVP from 2007. [ESPN]

Who were the best and the worst players in the Super Bowl? Here are the answers using advanced statistics. [Football Outsiders]

As I suspected, Nevada sportsbooks didn’t lose on Giants win. They made $5.06 million off of $93.8M in bets. [@coversports]

As tradition demands, the city of New York threw a giant-sized celebratory parade for the champion Giants. [CBS Sports]

In the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl Patriots WR Wes Welker dropped a pass that could have set up the Pats for a win. Unfortunately that made Welker one of the most convenient scapegoats for the loss. On Tuesday 8,000 Butterfinger bars were dropped in Copley Square in Boston in honor of Welker’s mistake. [Yahoo! Sports]

Who are your favorite NFL commentators? Here is Sports Illustrated ranking of all of the announcing teams. [Sports Illustrated]