What teams will play in the next Superbowl?

[MoKelly]

Well, my team lost and is out of here but at least I can say they won one thing. The Neilson ratings are in and the Saints had the highest viewing in both of the playoff games against Chicago and Tampa. This is significant because New Orleans is one of the least populated cities to have an NFL franchise so it has to be national ratings making up the numbers.

Mathematically it is impossible to determine who will win a game. Since Tampa beat Green Bay 2 times this season and since the Saints beat Tampa 2 out of 3 times this season by a total of 92 to 56 points, shouldn't the Saints have beaten Green bay and Tampa and be in the big one? Or is it time for us to put the paper bags over our heads again?

Doesn’t NO also always have amazing ratings for LSU?

MoKelly

 

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Well, my team lost and is out of here but at least I can say they won one thing. The Neilson ratings are in and the Saints had the highest viewing in both of the playoff games against Chicago and Tampa. This is significant because New Orleans is one of the least populated cities to have an NFL franchise so it has to be national ratings making up the numbers.

Mathematically it is impossible to determine who will win a game. Since Tampa beat Green Bay 2 times this season and since the Saints beat Tampa 2 out of 3 times this season by a total of 92 to 56 points, shouldn't the Saints have beaten Green bay and Tampa and be in the big one? Or is it time for us to put the paper bags over our heads again?

This really is insignificant if you're trying to relate it to team popularity...especially considering the fact that overall viewership is way down due to the kneeling controversy...

and BTW the wild card weekend ratings show that:

...On Saturday, 21.8 million people watched football. On Sunday, 26 million people watched football. Sunday's Browns-Steelers game was the most-watched prime-time show since last February's Super Bowl. No other sports or TV shows come close to generating those numbers.

 

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Anyone else see the story about the speculation that Aaron Rodgers could be headed to the Patriots ???

The speculation of Aaron Rodgers joining Patriots has officially begun

 

[tallyho8]

This really is insignificant if you're trying to relate it to team popularity...especially considering the fact that overall viewership is way down due to the kneeling controversy...

and BTW the wild card weekend ratings show that:

...On Saturday, 21.8 million people watched football. On Sunday, 26 million people watched football. Sunday's Browns-Steelers game was the most-watched prime-time show since last February's Super Bowl. No other sports or TV shows come close to generating those numbers.

I don't see how you can say that it is insignificant that more people watch one team than another (unless of course that your team is not viewed as much).
Neilson Ratings show that over 30 million people watched the Saints Bears game and only 28 million watched Browns-Steelers and the Browns game was in prime time while the Saints had to play in the afternoon.

Nielsen ratings: NFL playoffs start strong - StarTribune.com

I don't know where your statistics come from but every story I saw had the Saints game as most viewed game since last years Superbowl.

https://trendingpolitics.com/nfl-pl...r-league-s-embrace-of-toxic-leftist-politics/

 

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I don't see how you can say that it is insignificant that more people watch one team than another (unless of course that your team is not viewed as much).
Neilson Ratings show that over 30 million people watched the Saints Bears game and only 28 million watched Browns-Steelers and the Browns game was in prime time while the Saints had to play in the afternoon.

Nielsen ratings: NFL playoffs start strong - StarTribune.com

I don't know where your statistics come from but every story I saw had the Saints game as most viewed game since last years Superbowl.

NFL Playoff Ratings Way Down After League's Embrace Of Toxic Leftist Politics

Again, trying to relate national playoff games and TV audiences to team popularity is ludicrous at best...football fans want to see what they think will be the best game...it really has very little to do with loyalty to any particular team...now during the regular season it might be different but once the playoffs start it's all about the best games...much of the time the playoffs produce more exciting games than the Super Bowl...but if thinking that the Saints are the most popular team...LoL...whatever floats your boat...!


NFL wild-card playoff TV ratings take big hit - Sports Illustrated

 

[tallyho8]

Again, trying to relate national playoff games and TV audiences to team popularity is ludicrous at best...football fans want to see what they think will be the best game...it really has very little to do with loyalty to any particular team...now during the regular season it might be different but once the playoffs start it's all about the best games...much of the time the playoffs produce more exciting games than the Super Bowl...but if thinking that the Saints are the most popular team...LoL...whatever floats your boat...!

I admitted defeat when the Saints lost to the Bucs and earlier in the season you predicted they would meet for a third time with different results. And you say that Neilson ratings mean nothing but tell that to the ones who spend millions on commercials on certain programs due to their ratings. But some people refuse to admit defeat, a common occurrence this season. I used to have a little more respect for your remarks.

(and yes, I am a little more antagonistic this year but hoping I will get better as the virus goes away.)

 

[Citydude]

I admitted defeat when the Saints lost to the Bucs and earlier in the season you predicted they would meet for a third time with different results. And you say that Neilson ratings mean nothing but tell that to the ones who spend millions on commercials on certain programs due to their ratings. But some people refuse to admit defeat, a common occurrence this season. I used to have a little more respect for your remarks.

(and yes, I am a little more antagonistic this year but hoping I will get better as the virus goes away.)

Hang in there, I'm a Saints/Tigers fan for 25 years. Probably the only one in Wyoming.

I have close relatives in Baton Rouge.

 

[MoKelly]

Hang in there, I'm a Saints/Tigers fan for 25 years. Probably the only one in Wyoming.

I have close relatives in Baton Rouge.

If you are a LSU fan, I have no sympathy! That was a year for the ages in 2019/2020.

MoKelly

 

[Citydude]

If you are a LSU fan, I have no sympathy! That was a year for the ages in 2019/2020.

MoKelly

Yes it was!

 

[MoKelly]

Yes it was!

I am still waiting for Mizzou’s year for the ages!

Our back-to-back SEC East titles may have been the peak.

But, it is fun being in the SEC.

MoKelly