SURVEY SAYS: Clapping for the Colts or Shouting for the Saints?

It is perhaps fitting that it will feature two teams that went through so much of the season without incurring a single loss. It is also perhaps ironic that those same two teams ended their respective regular seasons on a more ignominious note (yeah, I know – holding back for the playoffs).       

That said, this week, I asked readers who they would be backing in the Super Bowl.       

Now, the oddsmakers have it relatively close, and the final score may well be.  But there’s no doubt who this week’s respondents want to see win.   Indeed, nearly half (44.6%) of this week’s respondents said they were going to be “Shouting for the Saints”, considerably more than the 27.4% that indicated they would be “clapping for the Colts.”      

Roughly one-in-five (19.4%) said they would be “cheering for the commercials” (only, in this case – I stipulated for purposes of the survey that nearly everyone is hoping for some entertaining commercials), while the remaining 14.3% said they would be “staying as far away from the game as I can.”

When it comes to deciding how to spend the day, family is often a factor.  “In my house, I have two daughters. One is rooting for the Colts...loves her some Peyton. The other for the Saints...just because!!! I'm watching for the fun! It's tradition,” noted one.  “Our 6-year-old son is planning a big Super Bowl party (food, decorations, etc.) for this year's game.  He's extremely gung-ho about it.  I recently asked him, 'why didn't you want to have a party last year?' - When my team (the Steelers) was playing???,” wondered another. 

“But who will Papa Archie Manning (the former Saints QB) be clapping for?  Now that's a question I would like an answer to,” opined another.  (Editor’s note:  he says he’s clapping for the Colts – blood is apparently thicker than – well, anything).