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Posted February 4, 2008 by nick Found in: Trivia, NFL
That’s how many millions of people tuned into for Super Bowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots yesterday.
It is the largest audience to tune into a Super Bowl, eclipsing the previous mark of 94.08 million viewers who watched the Dallas Cowboys take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1996.
The number is also the second largest audience to watch a television event, coming in second only to the series finale of M*A*S*H back in 1983, which had 106 million viewers.
There goes the perfect season and Tom Brady’s perfect Super Bowl record.
In what was supposed to be an easy win for the heavily favored New England Patriots, it turned into arguably the biggest upset in Super Bowl history. The New York Giants did what many believed was the unattainable, beating the Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII.
I watched the game and despite how close the Giants were willing to keep it, I really thought Bill Belichick and Brady would find a way to come through with a win like they had done the previous 18 games. And they almost did, as Brady drove the length of the field late in the game to take the lead, 14-10.
But it was Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning who was more Bradyesque than Brady himself. Manning led the Giants to a touchdown with under three minutes to play on a pass to Plaxico Burress. But it was wideout David Tyree who can take credit for keeping the drive alive.
On what looked to be a sure sack of Manning on 3rd and 5, the quarterback wiggled loose and heaved up a pass 32-yards downfield to Tyree, who pulled down one of the greatest catches in Super Bowl history. Tyree literally used all his arm and finger strength to come down with that catch. With Patriots safety Rodney Harrison covering, Tyree leaped and willed his way down with the ball over his head and with Harrison on his arm. After that catch, you just knew something remarkable was going to happen. That an upset was very near.
Now talks will switch to whether or not the Patriots season would mean anything with the Super Bowl loss.
18-1 and a Super Bowl loss doesn’t really have the same ring to it as 19-0.
That’s how much people are willing to pay for Super Bowl XLII tickets this year.
Asking prices from people on StubHub, a unit of eBay, Inc., range from $2,450 to $19,446.
Not a bad profit margin for tickets that were originally priced between $700 and $900 for the main event between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.
