2011 NFL Super Bowl Predictions: With the start of the NFL regular season a mere 15 days away, playoff speculation is swirling as the Colts, Patriots, Chargers, Jets, Ravens, Saints, Vikings, Packers, and Cowboys have all been tabbed as postseason qualifiers. However, 2011 NFL Super Bowl Predictions at BetUS.com have a championship meeting between the Colts and Saints as the mostly likely pairing. An Indianapolis/New Orleans rematch is presently listed at +1800 moneyline odds in the bookmaker's Super Bowl Matchups.
Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints (+1800): While both of these teams should be powerhouses in their respective 
conferences, the likelihood, at least based upon Super Bowl history, of the two of them meeting in back-to-back championship games is not good. Only two teams in the 44 year history of the big game have met in back-to-back Super Bowls, those being Dallas and Buffalo in 1993-94. So, mathematically speaking, a rematch between the Saints and Colts has a 2.2 percent chance of taking place.
That said, there is a reasonably well established precedent for a team either winning or losing the Super Bowl and returning to the game the following season. Dallas has lost the game only to return and win it (1971, 1972) and then won it only to return and lose it (1978, 1979). Miami lost the 1972 Super Bowl and returned to the championship in 1973 and 1974 where it emerged victorious on both occasions. Green Bay (1997, 1998) and Washington (1983, 1984) join Dallas as teams that have won the championship but failed to defend it.
Based upon pure numbers, the Saints are the most likely of these two squads to return to the Super Bowl. Defending champions have revisited the Super Bowl and successfully defended their title eight times (Steelers twice 1975-76, 1979-80). Factoring in the Packers, Redskins, and Cowboys failed title defenses, 11 teams have appeared in back-to-back championships where they experienced a win on the first occasion. That history would give the Saints a 25 percent chance of appearing in Arlington next February.
The Colts, however, fall into a 16 percent category as the Cowboys, Dolphins, Vikings, Broncos, and Bills have all either lost back-to-back Super Bowls (back-to-back-to-back in Buffalo's case) or lost it only to win it the next year.
BetUS.com 2011 NFL Super Bowl Predictions: Super Bowl Matchups
New England Patriots vs Dallas Cowboys +3000
New England Patriots vs Green Bay Packers +4000
New England Patriots vs New Orleans Saints +2500
New England Patriots vs Minnesota Vikings +3500
San Diego Chargers vs Dallas Cowboys +2500
San Diego Chargers vs Green Bay Packers +3500
San Diego Chargers vs New Orleans Saints +2000
San Diego Chargers vs Minnesota Vikings +3500
Indianapolis Colts vs Dallas Cowboys +2000
Indianapolis Colts vs Green Bay Packers +2500
Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints +1800
Indianapolis Colts vs Minnesota Vikings +2500
Baltimore Ravens vs Dallas Cowboys +3500
Baltimore Ravens vs Green Bay Packers +3500
Baltimore Ravens vs New Orleans Saints +2800
Baltimore Ravens vs Minnesota Vikings +3500
New York Jets vs Dallas Cowboys +3000
New York Jets vs Green Bay Packers +2500
New York Jets vs New Orleans Saints +2800
New York Jets vs Minnesota Vikings +2500
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