Blowouts rare in Super Bowl

Celtsfan1980 · Post #1 » by **Celtsfan1980** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:38 pm

Just reading the football and baseball books my family has(don't follow hockey, don't have a basketball book) there has never been this long of a stretch with this many close games(or series) in a Championship ever as there have been in the Super Bowl recently. Much different than my childhood. Why?

RavenMad31 · Post #2 » by **RavenMad31** » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:58 pm

My guess is that the salary cap and free agency were the major contributors to that. It's created razor thin margins in talent between teams. If you're the best team in the league, you can no longer be forty points better than the second best.

Ballerhogger · Post #3 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:27 pm

The last true blowout was the Raiders and Bucs. It was pirate affair I say.

Post #4 » by **studcrackers** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:43 pm

broncos/seahawks was a complete blowout

Ballerhogger · Post #5 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:09 pm

studcrackers wrote:broncos/seahawks was a complete blowout

Oh yea. Totally slipped my mind.

Otis Driftwood · Post #6 » by **Otis Driftwood** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:50 am

Back in the 70's and 80's blowouts were the norm. All the buildup and the game never lived up to expectations. The best games were the ones my heroes lost. Packers / Broncos SB XXXII was when the pendulum began to swing toward compelling games. Gotta give the Patriots credit. Their games have not been boring.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #7 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:06 pm

Otis Driftwood wrote:Back in the 70's and 80's blowouts were the norm. All the buildup and the game never lived up to expectations. The best games were the ones my heroes lost. Packers / Broncos SB XXXII was when the pendulum began to swing toward compelling games. Gotta give the Patriots credit. Their games have not been boring.

Except for both Cowboy/Steeler Super Bowls and the Dolphin/ Redskin Super Bowl, they were all pretty much blow outs till the Giants/Bills and Packers/ Broncos Super Bowls.

Otis Driftwood · Post #8 » by **Otis Driftwood** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:30 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:
Otis Driftwood wrote:Back in the 70's and 80's blowouts were the norm. All the buildup and the game never lived up to expectations. The best games were the ones my heroes lost. Packers / Broncos SB XXXII was when the pendulum began to swing toward compelling games. Gotta give the Patriots credit. Their games have not been boring.

Except for both Cowboy/Steeler Super Bowls and the Dolphin/ Redskin Super Bowl, they were all pretty much blow outs till the Giants/Bills and Packers/ Broncos Super Bowls.

True... and even SB VII was a snoozer until Garo's FG fiasco. Redskins offense never did squat against the No Names.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #9 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:55 pm

RavenMad31 wrote:My guess is that the salary cap and free agency were the major contributors to that. It's created razor thin margins in talent between teams. If you're the best team in the league, you can no longer be forty points better than the second best.

Add cheating, deflate gate and spy gate, etc., :wink:

in the mix, and there you go.