Super Bowl 2012: Computers Predict That Winner Of Giants Vs. Patriots Will Be...

With Super Bowl XLVI coming up on Sunday, February 5, the players of both the New York Giants and the New England Patriots are ready to take the field to decide which was the best team in football the past season.

But what if the winner has already been determined, and each team's effort is nothing more than a crude bodily enactment of scientific inevitability?

Many web outlets have attempted to predict the winner of the Super Bowl using varying levels of science, statistics, and technology. Some have turned to Giants-Patriots video game results; others have dug into the numbers and used their computers to run thousands of statistical simulations; and one company is leaning on nothing but a simple web popularity contest.

So who does the classic Nintendo game Super Tecmo Bowl think will win this Sunday's big game? What about Xbox 360's Madden NFL '12? How about two super-cute monkeys from the Portland Zoo? Click through the slideshow (below) to find out.

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[nfatt1]

10:42 AM on 02/06/2012

Looking at slide four, my computer predicted that Tom Brady definitely won.

[JasonMcl]

10:29 PM on 02/05/2012

I predicted it would be an amazing game and it sure as hell turned out to be so!

[nitwitsRus]

09:05 PM on 02/05/2012

The RAMS
ain't even playin'
is they?

[frank day]

05:56 PM on 02/05/2012

27-24 Giants

[aristippe]

04:34 PM on 02/05/2012

hi

[UnRed]

04:07 PM on 02/05/2012

"deliciously nerdy"?? Recall that Snickers ad where a focus group of two sharks discussed the delicious taste of their victim who had just eaten a Snickers bar?

Evidently, so does the dude who wrote this article. Disturbing is a word that comes to mind.

[gevan]

11:30 PM on 02/05/2012

The idea of eating a Snickers so you will be eaten by sharks may not have been the best selling point to push.

[tycoon0699]

03:45 PM on 02/05/2012

The one day when millions of Americans can get together and have a good time watching football.

[NonPrawf]

03:22 PM on 02/05/2012

My comments history?

HP?

Where did it go?

[nfatt1]

10:45 AM on 02/06/2012

It's in the cloud with everyone else's.

[whinenot]

03:01 PM on 02/05/2012

Let's just get rid of the Superbowl Game and the 100s of millions it will generate and outsource the game to a Chinese made computer. It would be Mitch Daniel's dream of busting unions and having more 'efficiency' in the workplace.

[Jeff Borup]

02:43 PM on 02/05/2012

Giants 30, Patriots 24

[majorwiblit]

02:37 PM on 02/05/2012

GO PATS!!!!!!

[wellingtonian]

02:34 PM on 02/05/2012

Those computers are good, but they're no Paul the octopus.

[frank day]

05:55 PM on 02/05/2012

well, who is ???

[Ex-Fed]

01:54 PM on 02/05/2012

Can the computer predict how many turnovers, dropped passes, fumbles? Thats why you still have to play the game, this was a foolish article.

[Johnray Strickland]

02:02 PM on 02/05/2012

Yes, yes it can.

[Ex-Fed]

02:31 PM on 02/05/2012

Well then I stand corrected, I guess there is no reason to even watch the game anymore. How much money are you willing to bet on your computer's prediction?

[NHBill]

01:43 PM on 02/05/2012

91 Points?

[Marc Driftmeyer]

01:27 PM on 02/05/2012

Wes Welker 10 Receptions for 320 Yards should have been your first clue the algorithms used for this analysis are really unrealistic in their weighted averages.