According to Nielsen, Super Bowl 50 averaged a 49.0 household rating/73 share in 56 metered markets across America, peaking with a 51.0/73 share for the final 15 minutes of the CBS telecast. Others just did their best to deal with the rough conditions, which Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib called “terrible”, per the Associated Press (via CSN Bay Area).
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So, how was the much-maligned turf at Levi’s Stadium for Sunday’s Super Bowl?
Levi’s Stadium might be a state-of-the-art facility, but it has had repeated issues with its turf.
“Both teams played on the same field”, Rivera said. “San Fran has to play eight games on that field so they better do something to get it fixed”. Players were changing their cleats in an attempt to adjust midgame. After the Panthers’ divisional round victory against Seattle, players and coach Pete Carroll lamented a wet, soft Bank of America Stadium field. “But the two players that (complained), all they had to do was their change cleats”.
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“I’m an 87-year-old man and I’ve been in this game for 74 years and been to 50 Super Bowls”, Toma told CSNBayArea.com Wednesday. Those problems continued during the Super Bowl and were pretty noticeable, particularly on one play where left guard Michael Oher couldn’t establish his footing against DeMarcus Ware. As the video shows, it was nearly as if the offensive lineman was on skates…on a football field.
