Just some more post-game food for thought: Belichick's decision to not call time-out and whether that played a role in Seattle's play call:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/02/bill...eattle-sehawks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/s...-pete-carroll/
I don't think Bill could have possibly known the drive would end on an INT, but I liked how it was summarized in the first article:
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Unless you have a DeLorean, flux capacitor, and a crazy, wild-eyed scientist, there’s no way to know what would have happened if Belichick had called timeout with 1:02 left on the clock. But we do know that Seattle was backed into a corner with Belichick’s game of clock chicken.
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By the Pats not calling timeout, Seattle had the opportunity to throw the ball without fear of New England regaining possession. In essence, Belichick dared the Seahawks to make the most ill-advised pass in NFL history and the Seahawks were all too happy to comply.
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