SB Nation St. Louis - Super Bowl 2012: New York Giants Outlast Patriots, Are Winners Againhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49009/stl-fave.png2012-02-06T14:00:43-06:00http://stlouis.sbnation.com/rss/stream/25367392012-02-06T14:00:43-06:002012-02-06T14:00:43-06:002012 Super Bowl Ratings: Giants-Patriots Game Breaks Viewership Record
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<p>The 2012 Super Bowl will go down in history as not only an exciting and electric rematch between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.patspulpit.com/">New England Patriots</a>, but it also has earned its place among the annals of television history as well:</p>
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<p>Super Bowl XLVI was watched by an average of 111.3 million viewers, setting a new viewership record.</p>
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/166605172670337024" data-datetime="2012-02-06T19:32:23+00:00">February 6, 2012</a>
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<p>Giants 21-17 win in Super Bowl sets viewership record of 111.3 million up a notch from last year.</p>
— Richard Sandomir (@RichSandomir) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichSandomir/status/166604941618720768" data-datetime="2012-02-06T19:31:28+00:00">February 6, 2012</a>
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<p>Super Bowl XLVI ended with an <a href="http://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774161/super-bowl-winners-new-york-giants-vs-patriots-score/in/2536739">exciting 21-17 Giants win</a>, and it rightly drew an unprecedented amount of viewers. The previous record of 111 million viewers came from last year's Super Bowl between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/">Green Bay Packers</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>.</p>
<p>Despite the 2012 Super Bowl's colossal audience, however, the Nielsen rating record of 47.9 ( from the 2011 Super Bowl) still stands, as the 2012 Super Bowl managed only a near-record <a href="http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/super-bowl-nets-near-record-ratings/">47.8 rating</a>.</p>
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https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/6/2775728/2012-super-bowl-ratings-giants-patriotsBradley Woodrum2012-02-06T11:30:41-06:002012-02-06T11:30:41-06:00Super Bowl 2013 Odds: Niners Near Top Of List, Rams A Longshot
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12px; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The leader of the division pack is unsurprisingly the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.ninersnation.com/">San Francisco 49ers</a>, who are listed by the MGM at 10-1 odds, which ties them with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canalstreetchronicles.com/">New Orleans Saints</a> for sixth best odds in all of the NFL. Coming in tied with the Rams and five other teams at 50-1 is the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.fieldgulls.com/">Seattle Seahawks</a>, but both squads outpace the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/">Arizona Cardinals</a>, who are listed at 60-1, which puts them as the fifth least likely team to win the NFL.</p>
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<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">No television executive should scoff at an astronomical overnight rating of 47.8— which is what the 2012 Super Bowl garnered— but there certainly will be some head scratching and handwringing at NBC over the fact that, according to John Ourand of the </span><i style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Sports Business Journal</i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, the ratings for this year's Super Bowl were down very slightly from last year's game.</span></p>
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<p>Small correx on the overnights. I'm now being told that it's a 47.8 (not 47.9), which is down a tenth of a ratings point from last year.</p>
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/166524602535780352" data-datetime="2012-02-06T14:12:13+00:00">February 6, 2012</a>
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<p>Madonna is more popular than the NFL. Source says the halftime show drew a 48.3 overnight, which is higher than the game's 47.8.</p>
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) <a data-datetime="2012-02-06T14:15:58+00:00" href="https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/166525545054609409">February 6, 2012</a>
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https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/6/2775142/super-bowl-2012-ratingsJordan Sargent2012-02-05T21:10:56-06:002012-02-05T21:10:56-06:00Super Bowl 2012: New York Giants QB Eli Manning Takes Home MVP Honors
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> triumphed over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.patspulpit.com/">New England Patriots</a> by a 21-17 margin in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday night, and Super Bowl MVP <span>Eli Manning</span> was absolutely outstanding for the champs. Manning completed 30 of 40 pass attempts for 296 yards, one touchdown and zero interceptions. He also authored a clutch fourth quarter drive that resulted in the go-ahead touchdown for New York.</p>
<p><i><b>Related</b>: <a href="http://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774153/supe-rbowl-final-score-2012-giants-patriots-eli-manning-tom-brady/in/2536739">2012 Super Bowl Final Score: New York Giants Defeat New England Patriots 21-17</a></i></p>
<p>That drive began with a big pass play to <span>Mario Manningham</span> which got the ball out near midfield, and from there the Giants were able to work their way into field goal range, and eventually inside the 10 yard line. <span>Ahmad Bradshaw</span> scored the game-winner on a carry from six yards out.</p>
<p><i>For more on the Patriots and their Super Bowl run, check out SB Nation's Patriots blog,<a href="http://www.patspulpit.com/" target="_blank"><b> Pats Pulpit</b></a> as well as <a href="http://boston.sbnation.com/" target="_blank"><b>SB Nation Boston</b></a>. For more on the Giants and their Super Bowl appearance, visit Giants blog <a href="http://www.bigblueview.com/" target="_blank"><b>Big Blue View</b></a> and <a href="http://newyork.sbnation.com/" target="_blank"><b>SB Nation New York</b></a>. For all news and information regarding Super Bowl XLVI, please stay tuned to<a href="../../2012-super-bowl"> </a><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2012-super-bowl">SB Nation's dedicated Super Bowl hub.</a></i></p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774184/eli-manning-super-bowl-mvp-2012-giants-patriotsSteven Muma2012-02-05T21:01:19-06:002012-02-05T21:01:19-06:00Super Bowl Champions: Eli Manning Runs Another New York Giants Comeback
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<p>After their win over the Rams in 2001 I’m constitutionally incapable of feeling sorry for the New England Patriots, but their 2012 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl <span class="caps">XLVI</span> has to feel a little too similar for comfort to the last time Tom Brady and company loss to Eli Manning—once again the game stayed close all night, just in time for Manning the lesser, with the help of some outstanding catches, pushing the Giants through to a 21-17 win.</p>
<p>Manning, the likely <span class="caps">MVP</span>, was 30-for-40 with 296 yards and a touchdown, facilitating an outstanding catch from Mario Manningham down the sideline. It wasn’t quite David Tyree’s helmet-catch, but what is?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Ahmad Bradshaw’s inability to stop on a dime at the one-yard-line isn’t going to make him persona non grata in New York; now he just scored the game-winning touchdown with less than a minute on the clock, which is a much better story to tell when somebody is buying you free drinks.</p>
<p>For more Super Bowl coverage, follow our liveblog at the <a href="http://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2772698/2012-super-bowl-new-england-patriots">SB Nation St. Louis story stream</a>; for a box score and all the stats you could hope for, here’s the <a href="http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2012020500/2011/POST22/giants@patriots?module=HP11_CP_gamecenter#menu=drivechart&tab=recap"><span class="caps">NFL</span>.com recap</a>.</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774188/super-bowl-champions-new-york-giants-eli-manningDan Moore2012-02-05T20:57:26-06:002012-02-05T20:57:26-06:002012 Super Bowl Final Score: New York Giants Defeat New England Patriots 21-17
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> started strong Sunday night and built a quick 9-0 lead on New England thanks to a safety and a touchdown drive that ended with a pass from <span>Eli Manning</span> to <span>Victor Cruz</span>.</p>
<p>But New England scored 10 unanswered points in the second quarter, including a short touchdown pass from <span>Tom Brady</span> to <span>Danny Woodhead</span>, and took a 10-9 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.patspulpit.com/">Patriots</a> extended that lead to 17-9 on another Tom Brady touchdown pass. The Giants put together a pair of scoring drives after that but settled for a field goal in both cases, narrowing the gap to 17-15 as the fourth quarter began.</p>
<p>The game came down to one final drive by the New York Giants, which began with less than four minutes remaining in the game. Eli Manning hit <span>Mario Manningham</span> for a big gain to get the Giants near midfield, and they were able to chip away from there, and eventually <span>Ahmad Bradshaw</span> gave them the decisive margin with a touchdown run with 57 seconds remaining.</p>
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https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774153/supe-rbowl-final-score-2012-giants-patriots-eli-manning-tom-bradySteven Muma2012-02-05T20:54:56-06:002012-02-05T20:54:56-06:00Super Bowl Commercials: Chevy Volt Aliens Return (VIDEO)
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<p>For regular listeners of <i>Coast to Coast AM</i>, Chevrolet's new Chevy Volt Super Bowl commercials offer the greatest enticement yet to spend thirty-something thousand dollars on a car with 40 miles of electric range and a gas generator: If you do so, you will see aliens. And they will tell their alien friends about it, and so on. (Watch the first commercial, in which aliens hit on a Volt owner's wife, here.)</p>
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<p>I'd be interested in a spin-off Super Bowl ad where these aliens, who already possess the ability to <i>fly through space</i>, have to use somebody's iPhone to call their friends, but that's probably not in Apple's current ad vernacular. In any case, I really do think this is a good way to explain the Volt's vaguely confusing business model without releasing an especially condescending commercial.</p>
<p>To humans, at least. I'm sure aliens find these commercials impossibly condescending. But they'll have to find a human being with an HDTV in his garage if they want to see them, so it shouldn't be a problem. (Did they find a guy with a garage-door opener first? The world-building on these remains confusing to me.)</p>
https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2772796/super-bowl-commercials-video-chevy-volt-aliens-returnDan Moore2012-02-05T20:53:38-06:002012-02-05T20:53:38-06:00Super Bowl Winners: New York Giants Outlast New England Patriots By 21-17 Score
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.patspulpit.com/">New England Patriots</a> had a minute left to go 80 yards after the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigblueview.com/">New York Giants</a> and <span>Eli Manning</span> came back a little too early, but a dropped ball from Dion Branch and <span>Justin Tuck's</span> crucial third-down sack made their fourth quarter comeback stick as the Giants topped the Patriots 21-17, scoring their second Super Bowl victory against the Patriots in XLVI. Eli Manning was 30-for-40 with 296 yards and a touchdown, while Bradshaw had 17 carries for 72 yards and a touchdown; Justin Tuck had a big safety in the first quarter, forcing Brady to deposit a pass intentionally way downfield. </p>
<p><span>Ahmad Bradshaw</span> scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to put the Giants on top, but it wasn't quite the cause for celebration you'd expect it to be—the Patriots allowed him to score, giving <span>Tom Brady</span> and company a full minute to make a comeback. Brady was good, but he wasn't quite good enough; three last-chance Hail Marys weren't able to do it, despite a first-down toss to Branch on fourth-and-long. </p>
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https://stlouis.sbnation.com/st-louis-rams/2012/2/5/2774161/super-bowl-winners-new-york-giants-vs-patriots-scoreDan Moore