Numbers Game | A Super Sendoff for Peyton

There's the party atmosphere. There's "The Star-Spangled Banner." There's the halftime show and Super Bowl squares.

There's the actual Big Game, the winning team's celebration and the losing team's agony.

There are rings to be ordered, with championship T-shirts and hats worn while the losing team's gear is getting shipped off elsewhere.

But no better image of this year's Super Bowl was the potential storybook ending to future NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.

And if this was Manning's swan song, then it was a perfect capper to his career.

Here at Numbers Game, we'll cut up a Super Sunday and bring in some other digits that may have gotten lost along the way.

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Career victories for Peyton Manning.

After logging most of those wins and miles during his stint in Indianapolis, the veteran quarterback delivered a Super Bowl championship with his 200th victory to Denver on Sunday.

It set an NFL record, too, breaking a tie with Brett Favre. And win No. 200 meant a 2-2 all-time Super Bowl mark. Not bad for the guy many tab as struggling to win a big game.

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Gary Kubiak became the first person to win the Big Game as a head coach for the same team he played for in the Super Bowl before. Denver's defense punctuated the 24-10 victory just two years after the Broncos rode a potent offense into the Super

Bowl, and saw Seattle's defense dismantle it. Kubiak threw seven passes for Denver in three Super Bowl defeats as a backup to John Elway. Tom Flores (Oakland Raiders) and Mike Ditka (Chicago Bears) won Super Bowls for the teams they once played for, but didn't appear in any Super Bowls during their playing careers.

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Days until spring training kicks off in Bradenton, when pitchers and catchers have their first official workout for the Pittsburgh Pirates at Pirate City. Full squad workouts start Feb. 23, and games begin Feb. 29 with the annual Black and Gold exhibition game. The first home game at McKechnie Field is March 2 against the Detroit Tigers.

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Days until a certain television series consumes the Numbers Game brain trust. Yeah, it's about sports here. But with the Super Bowl's conclusion, Sunday nights return the second half of "The Walking Dead"'s sixth season. The mega-hit AMC show has been a favorite of ours, and it's time to find out ... Spoiler alert, spoiler alert ... what's in store for Rick and the gang next. OK, that wasn't a spoiler alert, but we did produce a popular Halloween costume choice this past year as Rick Grimes.

60

Lost in the Super Bowl shuffle, and no, not the 1985 Chicago Bears theme song, was a scoring record getting matched Sunday. Minnesota guard Rachel Banham dropped 60 points to tie the NCAA single-game women's basketball scoring record in the Golden Gophers' 112-106 double overtime victory over Northwestern.

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Medals from last week's girls weightlifting state meet in Kissimmee. Manatee's Jenna Sypula and Heather Ball produced the best finish in Saturday's Class 2A meet by tying for eighth place in the 101-pound weight division. In Friday's 1A meet, Bayshore's Jessica Marcelin (unlimited division) and Elisabelle Polynice (183-pound class) each tied for eighth place for the top finishes for local competitors that day.

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Unbeaten streak for FC Barcelona, which ties a club record, across all competitions. The Blaugrana haven't been defeated since Oct. 3, racking up 23 wins and five draws during the current streak. Luis Suarez (30 goals), Lionel Messi (18) and Neymar (17) are the club's top scorers for manager Luis Enrique, who matched the record in his 100th career match in charge. Barca are atop La Liga, have reached the last 16 in of the UEFA Champions League and are most likely assured a place in the Copa del Rey Final following a 7-0 first leg victory during the semifinal round.

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Percentage of head coaching seasons for 2016 NFL Hall of Fame Class member Tony Dungy made the playoffs during his career with Tampa Bay and Indianapolis. Dungy is credited as the architect for the lone Bucs team that captured the Super Bowl title, while being the first African-American to win the Big Game when he did it in charge of the Colts in 2006.

Jason Dill, sports reporter, can be reached at 745-7017 or via email at jdill@bradenton.com. Follow him on Twitter @Jason__Dill and like his Facebook page at Jason Dill Bradenton Herald.

This story was originally published February 8, 2016 at 11:37 PM with the headline "Numbers Game | A Super Sendoff for Peyton ."