Eli Manning is more beloved than Tom Brady ... but just by a hair. Tom Brady has 61% "positive sentiment" and Eli Manning 66% "positive sentiment." 

The scientists say that the reason seems due to two factors: 1) A backlash against all the coverage Eli's brother Peyton is getting this week when he's not even playing in the game. 2) New York fans' high level of public loyalty and confidence in the Giants.

IBM says this means Manning has won a "digital upset" in that "many would assume that Brady should be far ahead given his lofty status as an elite quarterback for many years and three championship rings," explained an IBM spokesperson.

Also interesting is that wide receivers have upstaged the quarterbacks in fan love. who are being positioned in the news media as the chief protagonists --- Wes Welker is the No. 1 liked player on Twitter and Victor Cruz is a close second.

IBM says that its sentiment analysis engine can measure emotion in a tweet, and can even understand irony.

Here is the final standing of who has generated the most:
 

Here are some sample Tweets used in the analysis: