Comments on: Bill Callahan Answers Claims That He Threw Super Bowl XXXVII http://fansided.com/2013/01/23/bill-callahan-answers-claims-he-threw-super-bowl-xxxvii/ Sports News - An Independent Sports Network Sat, 18 May 2013 17:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Marcus La Tendresse http://fansided.com/2013/01/23/bill-callahan-answers-claims-he-threw-super-bowl-xxxvii/#comment-8870 Marcus La Tendresse Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:46:00 +0000 http://fansided.com/?p=300234#comment-8870 That is quite the objective point of view of ...."this outrageous claim" The Raiders that year were a 60/40 pass/rush team in the SB they were an 80/20 Pass/Rush team, so yea their loss does sit on the choices that the coach made. I wouldn't try to install a game plan 2 days before the game he had a week to do that. You go on to say "The Raiders ended up throwing ball just three times more than they did in the AFC title game" when in reality Gannon was 20-30 in the title game with 31 rushing attempts by the Raiders three by Gannon. In the SB Gannon was 24-44 and the Raiders attempted to rush 11 times twice by Gannon. Do I believe that he purposely threw the game? I couldn't say but it seems to me that he made it clear he can't handle pressure situations which just means that he has the perfect QB to call plays for. That is quite the objective point of view of ….”this outrageous claim”

The Raiders that year were a 60/40 pass/rush team in the SB they were an 80/20 Pass/Rush team, so yea their loss does sit on the choices that the coach made. I wouldn’t try to install a game plan 2 days before the game he had a week to do that.

You go on to say “The Raiders ended up throwing ball just three times more than they did in the AFC title game” when in reality Gannon was 20-30 in the title game with 31 rushing attempts by the Raiders three by Gannon. In the SB Gannon was 24-44 and the Raiders attempted to rush 11 times twice by Gannon.

Do I believe that he purposely threw the game? I couldn’t say but it seems to me that he made it clear he can’t handle pressure situations which just means that he has the perfect QB to call plays for.

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