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The Super Bowl isn't always a good game. Sometimes, in fact, it is a real stinker. I'm not anticipating a life-changing game that I will remember forever this year. There have been, though, some truly memorable games played. Here is my attempt, based on memory and what I have read, at ranking the Super Bowls, or at least the 10 best. I'm not going to worry about one specific element that made them so good, because each game had its own strengths.

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10. Super Bowl XXVII - Dallas 52, Buffalo 17. At this point we were used to seeing the Bills lose in the big game, and the Cowboys were just emerging. The Cowboys were favored by less than a touchdown, but they unleashed a brutal tour de force that was awe-inspiring. Dallas was so relentless that Buffalo turned the ball over nine times. Another interesting point - O.J. Simpson did the coin toss. I'm guessing that will never happen again.

9. Super Bowl XXXVII - Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21. Tampa bay was a four-point underdog, and Oakland had a nauseating swagger heading into the game. This game was shocking for so many reasons, but especially because the defensive team piled on the points. Looking back, the most surprising thing is that someone ever gave Bill Callahan a head coaching job.

8. Super Bowl XXXVIII - New England 32, Carolina 29. This couldn't have been more exciting. Two years earlier the Panthers were 1-15. Maybe there is hope for the Dolphins after all. The game was a defensive battle that erupted in the fourth quarter when 37 points were scored. Ricky Proehl tied it up late, and Adam Vinatieri won it with a last second 41-yarder. This is also the game in which the world was introduced to Janet Jackson's nipple.

7. Super Bowl XXIII - San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16. This was just a game until the last three minutes. Then it became legendary. That's when Joe Montana drove his team 92 yards to take the lead for good. It would have been even better in the eyes of a lot of bettors if he had covered the seven-point spread. You may also remember the nightmare of a half-time show - some 3D mess with a bad Elvis impersonator. Thankfully, the 80s ended soon after this game.

6. Super Bowl XXIV - San Francisco 55, Denver 10. Everyone knew that this was going to be a blowout (the spread was 12 points), but that didn't make it any less fun to watch. Joe Montana was as good as a quarterback can be - 22-of-29 for 297 yards and five touchdowns. The Broncos looked shell-shocked by the end of the first quarter.

5. Super Bowl XXXIV - St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16. Bookmakers must cry about this game when they think about it - it ended as a push, so they had to give all the money back. The part of this game that will endure forever is 'The Tackle'. Kevin Dyson looked like he had the tying touchdown on the last play in regulation, but Mike Jones tackled him on the one yard line. This was the year that Kurt Warner became sure he would never have to go back to stocking grocery store shelves again.

4. Super Bowl XXV - New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19. The closest game in Super Bowl History is defined for eternity by one name - Scott Norwood. Buffalo's kicker had a last second shot at glory, but he pushed the 47-yarder wide right. It was an impressive defensive display, though both sides had a 100-yard rusher. The defensive coordinator for the Giants was some guy you might have heard of - Bill Belichick.

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3. Super Bowl XXXII - Denver 31, Green Bay 24. John Elway finally got a Super Bowl ring, but he needed a big upset to get it. Green Bay was favored by 11, and it looked justified when Brett Favre threw for a touchdown on the opening drive. The Broncos fought back, though, led by game MVP Terrell Davis. He ran for 157 yards and three touchdowns despite missing the second quarter with a migraine headache.

2. Super Bowl III - New York Jets 16, Baltimore Colts 7. The biggest upset in Super Bowl History is my second best game. The Colts were favored by 18, but Jets' QB Joe Namath guaranteed a victory before the game, and backed it up with an MVP performance in the first game that was actually called the Super Bowl. The interesting thing about Namath's game is that he didn't actually have to throw a touchdown to be named MVP. Apparently, being incredibly cocky was enough.

1. Super Bowl XXXVI - New England 20, St. Louis 17. The Greatest Show on Turf was absolutely stunned in this massive upset. St. Louis was favored by two touchdowns, and few thought that some kid named Brady could even make a game of it for New England. The Patriots first turned heads when they refused to have individual player introductions and instead entered the stadium as a team. They shocked more people when they opened a 17-3 lead. Kurt Warner was valiant in defeat, throwing for 365 yards (the second highest total in game history behind his 414 two years earlier), but he threw two key interceptions to seal his team's fate. Vinatieri again won it with a last second kick. The halftime show was also perhaps the best ever, with U2 rocking hard and fueling post-9/11 patriotic fervor with an American flag sewn into Bono's jacket.