Why CBS wants the Jets to lose

[jclarken]

if i was betting id take indy hands down!!!! 7, 8 , 9 doesnt matter about the spread they want mr. peyton in the supper bowl. u cant tell me if a play is close they would'nt give it to the colts.. the nfl is still about the buck!!! and dont forget about mr. brett take the purple what a story for the supper bowl. If u think i;m nuts thats fine!!! u still have 2 win it on the field but a little help cant hurt!!! go jets go greene!!! i must be drunk!!! later peeps

[ZetaPsi808]

[LVHerbie]

Here is the article... Seems, only based on this line of thinking, that the play would be the ML?

Why CBS wants the Jets to lose

By Darren Rovell, CNBC.com Jan 22, 7:01 pm EST


It’s the barbershop and water cooler talk across the country.
What Super Bowl matchup will yield the biggest ratings?
Many fans immediately look to market size and figure that the New York Jets have to be one of the teams.
And they’d be wrong.
“The matchup that will do the best is Indianapolis against Minnesota,” said former CBS Sports president Neal Pilson, who now runs his own consultancy firm. “It’s a matchup that features two marquee players in Peyton [Manning] and [Brett] Favre and the rating you’ll get for that exceeds any other combination.”
Pilson reasons that the New York market will already pull a big rating anyway and that the Jets being in the game won’t influence the ratings nationally more than Manning’s presence in the game could.
“Sure, you’d get the New York market, but you have to remember that the Jets are largely unknown as you get further away from the Hudson River,” Pilson said. “Networks don’t want Cinderella stories at the end. In baseball, college basketball and football, they want the strong, established teams.”
That’s why Pilson says the Jets against the Saints are the worst matchup.
There’s one caveat to all this analysis and that is that a less desirable matchup can yield a higher rating if the game is better. The quality of the game, Pilson says, overshadows the quality of the teams.
The highest rated Super Bowl in the last decade was Super Bowl XXXIV between the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans in 2000. That game came down to the last play with the Titans’ Kevin Dyson trying unsuccessfully to reach the ball into the end zone.
If CBS, which is broadcasting the game, gets the ideal matchup in the Colts and Vikings, Pilson said it could be worth up to about four million more viewers than the worst matchup in the Jets and Saints. The Super Bowl, with any combination of teams playing in it, is good for at least 90 million US viewers.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

[treece]

Nobody wants to see Sanchez.

[Richkas]

I agree, they wish it was Minny/Indy but its not going to be. Its NO/Indy.

[Grandmaster B]

its all about the cash

[Masu485]

still, while general consensus is that the colts will win, the question is whether they are still the play at that price on the ML.

with spreads coming into play, sure colts can win, but that doesn't mean it will be a blowout. most stats seem to favor jets on the spread.

[masr]

Peyton just gonna come out and give a good ole ass kickin!!

[moneymaker09]

theres a lot of money on the vikings moneyline i really doubt they win they probably end up losing by 1-3

[THE PROFIT]

if i was betting id take indy hands down!!!! 7, 8 , 9 doesnt matter about the spread they want mr. peyton in the supper bowl. u cant tell me if a play is close they would'nt give it to the colts.. the nfl is still about the buck!!! and dont forget about mr. brett take the purple what a story for the supper bowl. If u think i;m nuts thats fine!!! u still have 2 win it on the field but a little help cant hurt!!! go jets go greene!!! i must be drunk!!! later peeps

I've never had a supper bowl, I like Hardees breakfast bowl sometimes.

[shawnjohn5]

Vikings will lose by at least 4, i wouldn't be surprised if they lose by a touchdown... I only have 50 points available, but if anyone wants minny plus 3 i'll take it for 50 points!!!

[THE PROFIT]

The line is 3.5 to 4 everywhere. No 3's

[Glitch]

i think most people are gonna watch it anyway- and new york IS huge.

its the superbowl- i know girls who dont know what an interception is that watch the superbowl

[Fishhead]

It is becoming apparrent in the short time that he has been on this site that CLACKER is a drunk.

[big joe 1212]

Everybody knows everything on here!

[LT Profits]

Yeah, CBS would lose a lot of revenue if a NEW YORK team is in the Super Bowl.

[oj-thejuice]

I hate the Jets.

[Fishhead]

****in Clacker......

[Whirlaway]

I hate the Jets.

get in line

[Brp27345]

Jets play ugly... but they win... watch out!!!

[Mr Handicapable]

Rookie QBs in Conference Championship games = 0-3 with 2 TDs/8 Ints

Doesn't matter what the league wants....the Colts win by double digits today

[Rig]

People are still going to watch the superbowl

[LT Profits]

I hate the Jets.

I like money.

[slacker00]

Jets=Green, Money=Green

Jets=Money

[BigdaddyQH]

No doubt the best rated Superbowl would be Indy and the Vikes. Farve, the all time recorrd holder, vs the guy who will break a lot of those records. I do not think that possible superbowl match-ups will decide these games though. Current lines: Indy -3.5 to 4 in Vegas. New Orleans a solid -8.5.

[Slate]

Highest rated SB

SB 16 ..........49 rating......Cinc/S Fran
SB 17...........48 rating......Wash/Miami
SB 20...........48 rating......Chic/NEng

Most people

SB 43...........98 million
SB 42...........97 million
SB 30...........94 million