The New York Times's 5th Down Blog has done the math, and it turns out that the Patriots had a better chance to win the game by going for it on 4th and 2 from their own 28 than they would have if they'd punted:

With 2:00 left and the Colts with only one timeout, a successful conversion wins the game for all practical purposes.

Ugh.

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

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“There is a girl called Lucy in a marmalade sky,” begins [eight-year-old] Otto. “Then her boat sinks and she lands in a marshmallow pie. Then a giant shoe falls down from the sky. Then John, Paul, Ringo and the other guy come out and go arrggh! They have two ninja swords, 14 laser canons and Darth Vader.