Published: Jan. 28, 2014
The Super Bowl brings a significant amount of speculation on a multitude of outcomes—from who will win the match, to what color Gatorade will be dumped on the winning coach. For Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, Randy Heffernan takes the reader through a step-by step guide on how to use Monte Carlo simulation to best predict how many touchdown passes Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will throw against the Seahawks vaunted defense.