FEB

04

by Thermocaster, The Meaningful Collateral

It's always dangerous to do too much projection and/or pontification regarding sporting events in the days that immediately follow. We get in a rush to place ourselves on one side or the other of an event, and we end up making foolish, foolish statements.

However, there have been a bunch of really wild proclamations on the greatness of last night's game floating around since the it ended. Several ESPN commentators have proclaimed it the greatest Super Bowl upset ever, as did the folks at ProFootballTalk. Some dude named Paolo Bandini who writes for the Guardian says it was among the greatest Super Bowls ever.

Plus, the Nielsens show that it was the second-most-watched broadcast in TELEVISION history.

So at this point, we might as well take a look at the historical hierarchy of Super Bowls. Where exactly was last night's game on the list of "best-evers"? Some arbitrary criteria and the rankings, after the jump.

Before we begin, here's some criteria and general notes:

- Everybody's list of "greatest-ever" games is going to be based almost solely on the perspective of the writer. In the interests of full disclosure, I will tell you that I grew up a Denver Broncos fan, but am suffering a crisis of faith with that team due to my not having gotten over the Brian Griese and Jake Plumm...

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