Whenever I hear the term X-factor, I bet I am one of the few people who immediately think of the comic book in Marvel’s X-Men series.
The X-Men, if you aren’t familiar, are a superhero team that consists of people with super powers resulting from genetic mutations; X-Factor was a splinter group off of the main team. They became a way to flesh out the X-Men universe alongside the main storylines of the comic; while not central, they provided important turning points for the world.
When we look at the storylines present in Super Bowl LI between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, there is a lot of rich backstory to be told that will fill in our understanding of the main game.