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Which Hoodie Should Bill Belichick Wear in Super Bowl 52?

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The time has come once again to make the official Bill Belichick Hoodie Database prediction as to what the Patriots head coach should and will wear in Sunday’s Super Bowl 52. This has never been an easy task, especially as of late when Belichick has thrown two huge curveballs in two of his last three playoff games.

The first came in Super Bowl 51 when he wore the Hot Jacket, but for some reason tore the Flying Elvis logo off of it. Then, in this year’s divisional round against the Titans, he busted out an original blue Reebok hoodie, one that he hadn’t worn in six years! At this point I feel like Belichick is just messing with us. Well maybe just specifically me, but even trusted sites to bet on the Super Bowl are left confused as the what he’s going to wear in Minnesota.

First, let’s start with his Super Bowl history and as you can see from the chart, all signs are pointing toward blue being the color. Everyone freaks out about the red one but even Scott Zolak confirmed he’d avoid that on an interview with Pardon My Take this week. Another interesting tidbit Zolak mentioned was the Belichick was paid to wear that red hoodie in Super Bowl 42, a point he never expounded on and one which I find very much out of Belichick’s nature. Perhaps I’ll do some investigating on that after the big game.

Though he’s known for cutting off the sleeves, Belichick has never won a Super Bowl after hacking his sweatshirt and that’s why I’m hoping he avoids the 2017 Gray Cut Hoodie. He wore it five times this year with a 4-1 record. If he was going to wear a sideline hoodie, that one would be it since it was the only hoodie he wore this season.

Once again, all roads are leading us to the Hot Jacket, which surpassed the iconic Cut Gray Hoodie this season for total wins, now owning a 34-10 all-time record (all coming since 2013) compared to 32-10 for the Hoodie he’s most known for. How crazy is it that his two most favored pieces of attire have nearly identical win percentages?

The question now becomes does he wear the new one he wore this season with the Elvis intact? Or does he wear the same one from Super Bowl 51 that he de-Elvis’d? He was wearing the de-Elvis’d one after the Divisional round win over the Titans, so we know it’s still out there in circulation. And really, after the Reebok Hoodie bomb from that game, what piece of swag isn’t still in circulation? That game made me question everything I knew.

Belichick has won three of the five Patriots Super Bowls wearing a blue windbreaker and that makes the Hot Jacket the clear choice. While we may never know why he tore the Patriots logo off last season, I’m going to guess it was a special circumstance and hence he goes with the good old Elvis-intact Hot Jacket for Super Bowl 52. He’s 7-2 in it this season and it’s the jacket he’s won more games in than anything else.

Another Super Bowl win in the Hot Jacket would truly make it the defining outfit of Belichick’s career, even if he’ll still always be known for his hoodies.

THE HOT JACKET!!!!

 

Belichick Hoodie Prediction vs. Titans

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As I do for every playoff game it’s time to figure out what attire Bill Belichick could and should wear against the Titans on Saturday night. By now you know all about the Hoodie Database and all of the advanced stat metrics, like blue or gray, cut sleeves or intact, and hot jacket or hoodie. I’m not sure if you can get an NFL betting line on it, but if you can you’ve come to the right place for the ultimate insider info!

First, a quick look back at the season as it broke down like so:

  • Hot Jacket — 8 games, 6-2
  • 2017 Gray Cut Hoodie — 5 games, 4-1
  • Winter Gear — 2 games, 2-0
  • 2017 Blue Windbreaker — 1 game, 1-0

The Hot Jacket just isn’t realistic with rain and cold weather in the forecast, which likely means we’ll be seeing some of kind of winter or rain jacket. That leaves some detective work because more often than not Belichick will have a hoodie underneath. So keep an eye out for the 2017 Cut Gray Hoodie, the one with the neck slashed out too.

Historically, here’s how Belichick’s dressed in the last seven divisional rounds:

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Belichick Hoodie Report: Will the Hot Jacket surpass the Hoodie in 2017?

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If you saw the Hoodie Report on Patshow #104 you’d know this could be a pretty monumental year for Bill Belichick and his hoodie!

The Hot Jacket, introduced in 2013, is just nine games behind the cut-off gray hoodie that Belichick is famous for. You know the one.

The Gray hoodie’s win percentage is an impressive 76.2 percent, while the Hot Jacket stands at 71.4. But if the Patriots start 8-0 under the Hot Jacket, it will take over both wins and win percentage. Is it time to rename the Belichick HOODIE database!?

 

Belichick’s Hot Jacket Lives!!!

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The biggest surprise of Super Bowl 51 was not that the Patriots came back from 25 points down to win, but that Bill Belichick decided, for some unknown reason that will befuddle me for all eternity, to remove the Flying Elvis from his beloved Hot Jacket for the game. There had been much speculation as to what Belichick would wear in the big game. Heck, it even got me on national TV as everyone speculated if he’d wear a hoodie and which one it might be.

Instead, Belichick wore his Hot Jacket, which has been his favorite coaching attire since 2013 with that one small modification. Since the Hot Jacket is no longer being made, I wondered if this meant the end of it. Or would Belichick really continue wearing an Elvis-less jacket while coaching the team?

Yes, these are the things that keep me up late at night. Well today, we got an answer.

As you can see it looks like Belichick was sitting on a new Hot Jacket, because there it is back in its fully Elvis’d glory. We might never know why Belichick decided to cut off the logo for the Super Bowl, but it’s a good bet that this new version will carry him into future seasons and continue to build upon a post-Hoodie legacy.