The Super Bowl Myth…

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Every year I hear someone mutter the inane comment, “all the Super Bowls are blow outs anyway, I just watch for the commercials”.   Stated like a true NON-FOOTBALL fan.  And the comment about the commercials….well, I could write an entire blog post alone about that ridiculous comment.

When one really has a history of the game one will note that there have been just as many exciting down to the wire games as there have been blow outs.  In fact 13 Super Bowls have been decided by 7 points or less.  3 of these were tied in the last minute of the game.  Only 11 games have been decided by 21 points (what I would consider a blow out) or more.  The rest are somewhere in between.

If one examined statistics from the regular season I would surmise you would find similar results.

So next time you hear someone make an ignorant remark about Super Bowls all being blow outs you’ll be armed with statistical ammo to blow them away.

You can thank the guys at Arizona Premiere Sports.

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