I think something else was at work in this year's Super Bowl game. That "something else" has appeared in other places. Remember the U.S. hockey team, with its roster of amateurs, winning the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics? On the way to the gold, they beat a team from the Soviet Union that was stuffed with professional and superstar hockey players.
How do you think coach Pat Riley got the New York Knicks, with a team of average players and only one superstar (Patrick Ewing), to play consistently well enough - all year - to earn a spot in the NBA finals? For that matter, why couldn't the Los Angeles Lakers, who had the best basketball players money can buy, win an NBA championship until coach Phil Jackson joined the team?