A Tecmo Bowl disaster

February 01, 2012|Eric Wilbur, Boston.com Staff, Globe Staff

So, the Madden simulation had the Giants beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl, 27-24, but that's nothing compared to what Tecmo Bowl predicts in the following video.

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