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Why is the SB so often a blowout?

Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:56 pm
Posted by Roger Klarvin
DFW
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:56 pm
If this continues, it will be the 24th time a SB has been a "blowout" i.e. not competitive for the majority of the second half at least.

Given that it is the ultimate team support, and these are supposed to be the best teams in each conference, it's very surprising to me that the game is not competitive nearly half the time.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171103 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:58 pm to
This whole playoffs has been a joke
Posted by TigerSTPelurker
Irish Channel
Member since Oct 2013
342 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:58 pm to
I think one conference is generally a lot stronger than the other. The Patriots had no real competition.
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46223 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:59 pm to
Need to go to the BCS system IMO
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119619 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 7:59 pm to
The 2 weeks off affects some teams more than others. Overall the NFC was tougher this year too, so the Falcons are more battle tested.
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40807 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:00 pm to
The only reason is NCAA tournament is so popular is that when you have 32 first round games, 3 or 4 are bound to be exciting.
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
18987 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:00 pm to
Most blowouts came when in the 80s and 90s when the NFC routinely had 3 or 4 teams that were superior tothe best AFC.
Posted by Hot Carl
Prayers up for 3
Member since Dec 2005
59407 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:01 pm to
One conference is usually much better than the other, but we don't realize it until the Super Bowl.
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
6871 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:05 pm to
This game has felt like Dallas Carter destroying Permian.

Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33971 posts
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:09 pm to
I've had the theory that the conference playoffs is about coaching while the Super Bowl is about physical talent. Whenever a team plays another team in the same conference, they're a lot more familiar with each other so coaching comes more into play. The team with better coaching who knows how to exploit the other team's weaknesses wins more often than not. In the Super Bowl, the teams don't know each other very well at all. After all, they only play once every four years. So in those matchups, any coaching advantage is often negated and the winner of the game is usually the team with more pure physical talent.
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