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Deadspin Ranks All SuperBowls According To "Watchability"
What Was The Best Super Bowl Ever? Ranking All 47 Games According To Watchability
Reuben Fischer-Baum http://deadspin.com/5981692/what-was...ium=socialflow To figure this out, we used an updated version of our watchability rankings, which measured games on quality of play (for viewers) regardless of the narratives coming into the contest. Each game was scored on a 0-100 scale. Here's the new methodology:
The chart above raises another question: Are we living in the golden age of the Super Bowl? Below is a graph of the five-year average for Super Bowl watchability, the combined quality of the game for each year, the two years prior, and the two years post: Sure enough, after a rough period from 1993 to 1997, the Super Bowl has gotten more and more watchable (per our metric). However, since our rankings place Super Bowl XLII (2008) just ahead of this year's game, by our measurement the very best five-year stretch of Super Bowls was 2008-2012. The worst period was 1984-1988, when the Raiders, 49ers, Bears, Giants, and Redskins won in five consecutive blowouts. You can check out detailed results here. Full rankings below:
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02-06-2013, 04:01 PM | #2 |
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They also have an interesting article about "watchability" of games during the regular season, with some nice charts and breakdowns. ESPN is ranked as the least watchable network showing football, which I agree with:
http://deadspin.com/5973240/what-wer...l-investigates |
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02-06-2013, 04:22 PM | #3 |
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that rams-titans game was pretty awesome.
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02-06-2013, 04:31 PM | #4 |
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If Deadspin's method has credence it lends validity to rules changes (etc.) that the NFL has been going through for the last 10 years or so.
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02-06-2013, 04:42 PM | #5 |
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So we sucked even in our Super Bowl appearances.....
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02-06-2013, 04:46 PM | #6 |
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I'm not shedding tears for you. We have two losses that rank below your win.
Upon Edit: Those two losses even rank below your loss. |
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Yeah, the Patriots Panthers superbowl has been my favorite game to re-watch for some time.
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02-06-2013, 04:47 PM | #8 |
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I would rank SB XLIV higher. It's always fun to watch Peyton Manning choke.
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02-06-2013, 05:10 PM | #9 |
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Here's the chart sorting 2012 games by network. They used a similar ranking system on all of the regular season games, and then credited each network based on the "watchability" of the games that they broadcasted:
That's from the other article at: http://deadspin.com/5973240/what-wer...l-investigates |
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02-06-2013, 06:00 PM | #10 |
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Wooo Woooo the chiefs have been involved in two of the 10 least watchable superbowls!!! No wonder we haven't been invited back since!
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02-06-2013, 06:09 PM | #11 |
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I wouldn't put 2004 over the Steelers/Cardinals or Steelers/Packers. Both epic games.
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02-06-2013, 07:19 PM | #12 |
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XXIII was the first Super Bowl I ever watched, and, to me, still the best.
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02-06-2013, 07:37 PM | #13 |
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Don't get why 1983 wash/Miami is rated so high? Doesn't seem like anything special and you don't hear it talked about much?
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02-06-2013, 07:54 PM | #14 |
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To save everyone else the hassle.
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02-06-2013, 07:55 PM | #15 |
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Appreciate the attempt, but seriously flawed.
The Ravens / 49ers game was only close because of the final outcome. The majority of the game, it felt like a blowout and the game was out of reach. Does a few minutes of drama late in the game make up for 3.5 games + blackout of a game that looked horribly lopsided? |
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