Wasn't that long ago. Maybe 10 years since they made the switch to the week after. Dumb. Why not have opening week on a day when people have off Monday? Never got why they moved it to the week after.

To move the Super Bowl to the 1st Sunday in February. That is sweeps month for network TV. $$$$$$$$$$$

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That doesn't make sense. Everybody knows 150 million Americans are watching the Super Bowl. Doesn't effect the ad rates if it's late January or early Febuary.

It would be 3.5 million per 30 second ad either way.

Do some research and get back to me.

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No. I'm declaring a victory without research.

You are a dimwit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl
The game is played annually on a Sunday as the final game of the NFL Playoffs. Originally, the game took place in early to mid-January, following a fourteen-game regular season and two rounds of playoffs. Over the years, the date of the Super Bowl has progressed from the second Sunday in January, to the third, then the fourth Sunday in January; the game is currently played on the first Sunday in February, given the current seventeen-week (sixteen games and one bye week) regular season and three rounds of playoffs. Also, February is television's "sweeps" month, thus affording the television network carrying the game an immense opportunity to pad its viewership when negotiating for advertising revenue. The progression of the dates of the Super Bowl was caused by several factors: the expansion of the NFL's regular season in 1978 from fourteen games to sixteen; the expansion of the pre-Super Bowl playoff field from six teams (two AFL and four NFL) prior to the merger, to eight in the 1970–71 season, then to ten in 1978–79, and finally twelve in 1990–91, necessitating additional rounds of playoffs; the addition of the regular season bye-week in the 1990s; and the decision to start the regular season the week following Labor Day.

To date, 36 games have been played in January, and 12 in February. The earliest game played was Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977. The latest played was Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The most frequent date for the game has been January 26, with four games played. Between January 9 and February 7, the only dates not to feature the game have been January 10, 19 and 23. Super Bowl XLVIII was the first Super Bowl played on February 2, a date commonly celebrated as Groundhog Day.

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Well, if the 18 game schedule ever takes off, you'll get your wish Beardown...and the networks will still get their February Super Bowl date.