# Super Bowl XLVII: Seahawks vs. Broncos **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248 "2014-01-20T03:17:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/121 "2014-02-03T00:02:45Z")
What would have happened if the ball would have gone all the way through the endzone? Would it still have been a safety or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/122 "2014-02-03T00:03:13Z")
I think few people would have expected that Denver and Manning would have run only four offensive plays in nearly the entire first quarter. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/123 "2014-02-03T00:03:41Z")
Still a safety. The defense has to cleanly recover in the end zone for it to be a touchdown. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/124 "2014-02-03T00:05:07Z")
I understand Fox trying to break some momentum with the challenge, but I’m pretty sure that was a bad challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/125 "2014-02-03T00:05:08Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > What would have happened if the ball would have gone all the way through the endzone? Would it still have been a safety or something else? Still a safety. If the offensive team loses the ball through the back of their own end zone, it’s a safety. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/126 "2014-02-03T00:05:42Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > What does +4000 mean? > If I bet 100 bucks I make how much? If it’s a + in front, a bet of 100 wins you that much (so at +4000, you’d get paid back $4100, your original $100 wager plus $4000 of winnings). If it’s a -, you have to bet that much to win $100. > [@Raygun99](#): > > That’s the third time the first score has been a safety, so it’s not as crazy a happening as you might think. Well, the sample size would be all NFL games, not all Super Bowls; where’s Bill Barnwell where you need him? Either way, good on anyone who put down a few bucks on that one. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/127 "2014-02-03T00:06:02Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I believe “type of 1st score” is a prop bet. > [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Don’t know if I’m being whooshed, but I just saw a tweet (purportedly) from Mark Cuban saying he had bet on a safety on the first play and won $20 million. On a $20 bet. If I read [this](http://www.thespread.com/nfl-articles/012914-2014-super-bowl-xlviii-first-score-prop-odds-for-seahawks-vs-broncos#.Uu7cw8u9KSM) right, odds were 40:1. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/128 "2014-02-03T00:06:09Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > What does +4000 mean? > If I bet 100 bucks I make how much? +4000 means that’s how much you’d win on a wager of $100. So, 40:1 odds. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/129 "2014-02-03T00:07:08Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > I think few people would have expected that Denver and Manning would have run only four offensive plays in nearly the entire first quarter. And that both coaches would have lost time outs to failed challenges in the first quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/130 "2014-02-03T00:07:42Z")
Seattle had scored the first three times of the game and Denver is only down one score. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/131 "2014-02-03T00:09:22Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > If I read [this](http://www.thespread.com/nfl-articles/012914-2014-super-bowl-xlviii-first-score-prop-odds-for-seahawks-vs-broncos#.Uu7cw8u9KSM) right, odds were 40:1. Except it wasn’t “first score” prop bet, but “first _play_.” Again, it might have been a faked tweet. I don’t know if you could really find million-to-one odds for that or not. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/132 "2014-02-03T00:14:12Z")
And cold-weather Peyton seems to have made his appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/133 "2014-02-03T00:14:36Z")
That Radio Shack ad was a hoot. Mary Lou Retton! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/134 "2014-02-03T00:15:08Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > And cold-weather Peyton seems to have made his appearance. It’s not cold. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/135 "2014-02-03T00:15:42Z")
I was not expecting kidnplay. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/136 "2014-02-03T00:15:47Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > And cold-weather Peyton seems to have made his appearance. One of those ducks Sherman mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/137 "2014-02-03T00:16:23Z")
End of the first quarter, and has Denver even got two minutes of possession yet? ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/138 "2014-02-03T00:17:32Z")
Kinda feels like if the Seahawks only come away with 3 points here, they can win. Not literally true of course, but teams that dominate everywhere but the scoreboard always seem to pay. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/139 "2014-02-03T00:20:11Z")
[quote=“Kiros, post:126, topic:679248”] If it’s a + in front, a bet of 100 wins you that much (so at +4000, you’d get paid back $4100, your original $100 wager plus $4000 of winnings). If it’s a -, you have to bet that much to win $100. [QUOTE] > [@VarlosZ](#): > > +4000 means that’s how much you’d win on a wager of $100. So, 40:1 odds. Thanx. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-xlvii-seahawks-vs-broncos/679248/140 "2014-02-03T00:23:21Z")
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