12 Facts For Super Bowl 50

  This Sunday is the day of the "golden" Super Bowl. Super Bowl 50 is sure to be a great game and event. The Carolina Panthers are coming off of their best season in franchise, led by quarterback Cam Newton who will likely be the MVP of the league; the Denver Broncos have the number one defense in the league and even though Peyton Manning had the worst statistical season of his career, leading the league in interceptions, and missed a good portion of the regular season with a bad foot injury, he got things turned around ever since he was inserted back in the offense.

Will Cam Newton and the Panthers end this magical season with a Super Bowl victory? Or can Peyton Manning ride off in the sunset like John Elway and win the "golden" trophy?

Here are 12 facts that are sure to capture your interest for the big game:

1. This is the fourth consecutive year that there will be an African-American quarterback in the Super Bowl. 
2. Super Bowl XXXIV (St. Louis Rams vs Tennessee Titans) in the 1999-00 season is the last time there was a Super Bowl with no interceptions thrown. 
3. Cam Newton has faced a team with Peyton Manning on it once in his career, 2012, and the Broncos defeated the Panthers 36-14.
4. The last two SEC (South Eastern Conference) quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl were Peyton and Eli Manning. 
5. Two of the last three Super Bowl's played in California were won by an NFC team. 
6. Seven of the last 10 Super Bowl MVP's have been quarterbacks - the three who weren't quarterbacks: Malcolm Smith, Sea (LB); Santonio Holmes, Pit (WR); Hines Ward, Pit (WR)
7. The last time the Panthers were in the Super Bowl, 2004, the game was on CBS and they were defeated by the New England Patriots 32-29. 
8. In the past 10 Super Bowl's only two quarterbacks have a rushing touchdown - Colin Kaepernick and Ben Roethlisberger - while Cam Newton had 10 in the regular season and has two in the playoffs. 
9. Cam Newton is the first quarterback from Auburn to start in a Super Bowl. 
10. There have been only four running backs in the past 10 years to rush for over 100 yards in the Super Bowl - Marshawn Lynch, Frank Gore, Thomas Jones, Dominic Rhodes - three of the four players were on the losing team. Dominic Rhodes is the only one who was on the winning team (Colts 2007).
11. Peyton Manning is the first quarterback in Broncos history to take the team to the playoffs four consecutive seasons. 
12. The Carolina Panthers are undefeated (10-0) when they eclipsed 30 points. 

I'm not very good with predictions, it's not really my thing. However, for the sake of it being Super Bowl 50, here's mine:

I think that the Panthers are the better overall team. I would love to see Manning get his second ring, in what could potentially be the final game of his NFL career. But I think the better team will win and that's why I like the Panthers to win this game 31-24