Jamie Silva, Colts Head to Super Bowl
by Brian Favat on Jan 26, 2010 12:33 PM EST
in Boston College Football
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PrintIf you have no rooting interest in this year's Super Bowl, consider rooting for the Indianapolis Colts and former BC All-American FS Jamie Silva. Silva is a reserve defensive back and special teamer for the AFC Champions. This year marks the tenth straight year that a BC alumni will be on a Super Bowl team roster.
The last BC Eagles to win a Super Bowl were Chris Snee and Mathias Kiwanuka on the Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants.
Not only is this year's Super Bowl being played in an ACC stadium (Sun Life Stadium nee Joe Robbie Stadium), but there are also several former ACC players on this year's Super Bowl rosters. In all, eleven players from ACC schools are on a Super Bowl roster, including 3 from Georgia Tech and 3 from Miami.
Boston College (1)
Jamie Silva (DB) - Indianapolis
Clemson (1)
Anthony Waters (LB) - New Orleans
Georgia Tech (3)
Anthony Hargrove (DL) - New Orleans
Chris Reis (S) - New Orleans
Philip Wheeler (LB) - Indianapolis
Miami (Fla.) (3)
Jeremy Shockey (TE) - New Orleans
Jonathan Vilma (LB) - New Orleans
Reggie Wayne (WR) - Indianapolis
NC State (1)
DeMario Pressley (DT) - New Orleans
North Carolina (1)
Jeff Saturday (C) - Indianapolis
Virginia Tech (1)
Pierson Prioleau (S) - New Orleans
Any rooting interest in the Super Bowl? Who ya rooting for?
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I wanted to tally all the conferences
but I’m pretty sure the Big 10 has the most and I don’t wanna bring back anymore Iowa fans.
I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.
Conference totals
Big Ten 16
SEC 16
Big XII 14
ACC 11
Pac-10 10
I-AA 10
Big East 8
Mountain West 6
Conference USA 1
I-A Indep. 1
WAC 1
MAC 6
Makes you wonder if there’s a slight East Coast bias or regional bias on drafting by NFL teams. Maybe they’ll give a shot to a guy who’s from the area over another guy of equal talent just to sell a few more jerseys or fan paraphernalia.
I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.
Interesting thought.
Not totally convinced about the bias. If there is one though, I think it’s more a regional bias than an East Coast bias. Check out the schools:
Colts – Buffalo, Kent State, NIU, Temple
Saints – Central Michigan, Kent State, Toledo
Add Jo-Lonn Dunbar to the list, too
Thanks to reader Shawn for pointing this out. I was only looking at the active roster and totally forgot about Dunbar. And I guess if I included Kiwanuka as the one of the last Eagles to win a Super Bowl (he was on IR at the time), then I also should have given JoLonn a shout out.
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