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Thanks to former Clairton star Tyler Boyd, the Big 33 Football Classic's Super Bowl streak lives on. Every Super Bowl played has included at least one alumni from the PA high school football all-star game, a remarkable streak that Boyd will extend for another year as a wide receiver for the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals. In all, 146 former Big 33 alumni have played in a Super Bowl.
That is a great stat. I started doing the math on the probability and it may not be that impressive. Granted my math skills may not be what they were when I left PSU in 1981, LOL. Figuring 46 players per NFL team (that might have been higher in the past) that makes 92 players in the game. The big 33 used to be the best of PA vs the best of Ohio so that makes 2 out of 50 states or 1 in 25. Now it's only 1 in 50. Anyway 1 in 50 makes the odds of 1.86 players being from PA and in the old days that would have been 3.92 players from PA and Ohio. And if you discount states like AK and HI, the odds go up a bit. By the way anybody who read the post down to here, you are a better man than I am. I would have quit reading a long time ago.
@the-funeral-director Only one flaw? LOL. I knew about that but I was assuming that those in the NFL were probably best in their state. AND YES, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASSUME.
The game was originally played with the best 33 players in each state (that's how the Big 33 got its name). The organizers later added a 34th player to give kickers a chance to be separate of the 33 count as to give one more non-kicker a chance to be named to the Big 33. So, there are 34 players from each state who are selected to play in this game.
One major flaw in your statistical analysis...We ain't talking about players from a state but players that played in an all star game...I don't know what the roster size is for the big 33 game so that is what makes it such an impressive thing...
Every Super Bowl played has included at least one alumni from the PA high school football all-star game, a remarkable streak that Boyd will extend for another year as a wide receiver for the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals.
I think they were most definitely talking about platers from a state!
