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Article: SUPER BOWL XXXVIII:: Panthers relish underdog role; Oddsmakers missed badly on Raiders, Patriots in last two Super Bowls
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 27, 2004
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HOUSTON - The Carolina Panthers not only embrace their role as
underdogs, they think it could give them an edge in the Super Bowl
against the New England Patriots.
"We definitely feel like it," linebacker Dan Morgan said Monday.
"We like that role. It fit the past three weeks in the playoffs and
why would we want to change it now?
"We like proving people wrong."
Oddsmakers, who made the Patriots a seven-point favorite, have
been wrong in recent Super Bowls. Last year, Oakland was a 31/2-
point choice and was routed 48-21 by Tampa Bay. Two years ago, New
England came into the big game a 14-point underdog to St. Louis and
not only covered, but won 20-17 on Adam Vinatieri's last-second field ...