That makes Sunday’s game the third most-watched event in US television history, the Nielsen company said Monday.
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Carolina closed as a consensus five-point favorite, with the over/under closing at 43.5 at most books.
The first number for Super Bowl 50, based on Nielsen’s metered markets, is a 49 rating and a massive 73 share among households.
Nearly lost in the dominance of the Denver defense – which led to many comments about defensive coordinator Wade Phillips not being employed last season – was the game Panthers defensive end Kony Ealy played.
Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller has assured the Denver Broncos he does not plan to go to war with them over his forthcoming contract negotiations.
He completed completed 13 of 23 passes for 141 yards and one interception and his team never trailed despite having the fewest total yards by a Super Bowl victor.
William Hill took a $623,142.25 money-line bet on the Panthers and the sportsbook at the Flamingo took a $300,000 money-line bet on the Panthers.
In the postgame media room, Cam Newton was seated not far from the podium of Bronco’s cornerback Chris Harris.
“I should have had two or three more – (Newton) was able to get out of ’em”, Miller said. His loyalty to the brand and those who run it even led him to hug Papa Johns founder John Schnatter right after the Super Bowl clock ran out. The Broncos will play the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016. “He was very nice to me, and I really appreciated that”, Manning said. But because of the Super Bowl title he brought back to Denver – the second of his storied career and the one that proved every last thing he needed to. It wasn’t so much that he couldn’t win the big one – he did that in 2007 with the Colts – it was that he didn’t win enough of them.
“Calm down everyone! I meant he needs to grow up!” he said, although he later on deleted his initial tweet.
Elway already had Miller, who missed the first six games of the 2013 season because of a drug suspension and that loss to Seattle because of an injured knee ligament.
We don’t have to say nothing. “I remember when I won it, it is always the time to just sit there”.
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Dan Azzaro, senior lecturer in the advertising program at DePaul University College of Communication, called Manning’s post-Super Bowl remarks a “huge win” for Anheuser-Busch and possibly a bridge to a Budweiser endorsement deal for Manning. “Time is probably the best thing”.
