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Most watched Super Bowl Ever!

5:48 PM Tue, Feb 03, 2009 |
Giff Nielsen
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The numbers are out and Super Bowl 43 was the most watched NFL Championship game in the history of the league. It's hard to believe but the Nielsen Media Research group said 98.7 million people, on average, watched Pittsburgh's dramatic come from behind win over Arizona. It top last years New York Giants win over New England by a little over a million viewers.

The numbers are mind boggling. Nearly 100 million people tuning in to watch football which just goes to show you it's more than just a game, it's an event! When you package everything the Super Bowl offers, it touches way more than the casual fan as the league continues to push the right buttons. I have had many co workers talk about the way the game ended with Big Ben Roethlisberger's throw to Santonio Holmes and how graceful the wide receiver was at getting his feet in bounds. That was simply spectacular!

But there are other major topics that turned out to be jaw dropping like Faith Hill singing America the Beautiful and Jennifer Hudson putting her whole heart into the National Anthem. The BOSS, Bruce Springsteen lit it up at halftime with his high energy presentation and then there are the commercials, some good, some bad but worthy of conversation the next day in the workplace.

The National Football League doesn't seem to miss a beat even parading out the Crew who landed a plane safely in the Hudson River saving over a hundred people. The Super Bowl really is a SUPER event and it just keeps getting bigger not to be missed!





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