11.   On a day like Sunday, a quarterback could win or lose the game.

12.   Quarterbacks win or lose titles.

13.   Still, a looming question going into Super Bowl XXXI was whether the improvisational quarterback from Kiln, Miss., could win The Game.

14.   Some quarterbacks win.

15.   The argument will go that any quarterback would have won with that cadre of talent around him.

16.   The Nebraska quarterback won the Heisman Trophy and led the Cornhuskers to the national championship game.

17.   The quarterback will win.

18.   The quarterback has never won an NFC Championship Game.