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re: Georgia should pull a Notre Dame
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:16 am to RohanGonzales
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:16 am to RohanGonzales
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There's a difference?
No.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:19 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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University of Georgia (8.6 million viewers) The Ohio State University (6.8 million viewers) University of Alabama (6.6 million viewers) University of Texas (6.4 million viewers) University of Tennessee (5.4 million viewers) University of Michigan (5.2 million viewers) Texas A&M University (4.9 million viewers) Louisiana State University (4.8 million viewers) University of Kentucky (4.5 million viewers) University of Florida (4.3 million viewers) Georgia was boosted by its matchups against Alabama in week five (12 million viewers) and SEC newcomer Texas in week 8 (13 million viewers). The latter stands as the most-watched game of the regular season.
lol…your post included postseason and you tried to play it off as schedule.
Ironically, the schedule was a major boost for UGA that year playing Bama, UTx, UT, and FL. Even with the schedule, it took an 8 OT thriller, standalone primetime game against GT on the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend (garnering close to 9mm views) to barely beat Bama by half a million viewers for #1 that year. If that game was on Saturday or UGA played like Vegas expected, you finish 2nd with a major scheduling advantage over everyone else. Your brand is second tier…it just is what it is.
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Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:27 am to PrattvilleTiger
People hate Alabama because we're a Red, Republican state. I've been confronted many times in other places when I've worn Auburn gear. "Auburn? Isn't that in Alabama? OMG. That state voted for Trump". Granted, this happened to me in Manhattan, Canada and California. I don't see how Alabama would have a "national following", as you put it.
You don’t have to be loved to get good ratings, you think everyone that watches the cowboys(always top of nfl viewing even when bad) yankees(always top tv draw in mlb even when bad) and even notre dame love them? Nope the haters views count just as much. Hell Miami hurricanes are yearly a top 25 draw in cfb with a bad team(until recently) and bad opponents and more tune in to hate Miami than love Miami.
You don’t have to be loved to get good ratings, you think everyone that watches the cowboys(always top of nfl viewing even when bad) yankees(always top tv draw in mlb even when bad) and even notre dame love them? Nope the haters views count just as much. Hell Miami hurricanes are yearly a top 25 draw in cfb with a bad team(until recently) and bad opponents and more tune in to hate Miami than love Miami.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:29 am to BamaBravesPackers
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lol…your post included postseason and you tried to play it off as schedule.
But it doesn't, dumbass.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:32 am to IT_Dawg
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Georgia should pull a Notre Dame
It would be like 1964 all over again.
A Georgia team with national prestige pursued a path to become the "ND of the South." They completely neglected how the conference prominence shaped their national perception with key conference rivalries and opportunities for major OOC games and big bowls. The SEC propped them up to have big games and storylines of interest outside their regional following.
They left the conference and saw the difficulty in replicating that national attention and high-level scheduling on their own. Attendance waned and they faded from the spotlight.
They came crawling back with hat in hand and were told to frick off, left to wander the desert until finally finding refuge as a second rate team in a second rate conference.
Appreciate what you have in the SEC. Texas may be the only brand with revenue generation enough to make it work, and even that would be a failure.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:32 am to BamaBravesPackers
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to barely beat Bama by half a million viewers for #1 that year.
You are struggling pretty good this morning.
8.6 million subtracted by 6.8 million = a half million
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 9:34 am
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:38 am to IT_Dawg
A lot of schools could pull it off if you are winning but a few lean years would kill it.
ND, Texas, Alabama could pull it off but that's about it.
ND, Texas, Alabama could pull it off but that's about it.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:38 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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You are struggling pretty good this morning. 8.6 million subtracted by 6.6 million = a half million, apparently.
Doubling down is an interesting strategy. No one ever claimed that a person who barks at humans was intelligent.
Let me help you out, your numbers include the SECCG, which skew the data substantially as I said. Click the link for the actual regular season numbers and you’ll find that my earlier statement was correct, and the GT game was the only thing that helped you finish barely half a million above Bama despite a huge scheduling advantage.
P.S. I’d advise you to not triple down. It won’t be a good look. Even though the article you pulled from says “Regular Season,” they were mistaken and referenced a post from 12/11 that included the 12/7 UGA/UTx SECCG and Big10 Championship game in it. That’s why you have OSU as #2 when they were not #2.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:39 am to IT_Dawg
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Georgia should pull a Notre Dame
Agreed. Skip the entire post-season to show college football who is boss.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:41 am to lewis and herschel
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NDs following isn't what people think it it. Bama LSU outdrew their upset against #1 Miami.
I saw last night ND Miami had the most when they added Peacock which isn't tracked by Neilsen.
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Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:45 am to IT_Dawg
No.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 9:51 am to PrattvilleTiger
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Granted, this happened to me in Manhattan, Canada and California. I don't see how Alabama would have a "national following", as you put it.
Don't you just hate that? On trip to France, had an idiot from Maine ask if we have Civil War monuments everywhere. and then promptly said "Oh, that's right, you were probably forced to remove them."
I looked at him like he was nuts and replied, "Not that I can recall. I don't really pay attention to that."
Back to the topic at hand: Alabama does have a larger national following than one would believe. And over the last 15-20 years, most of the student body has been from out of state. And even from above the Mason-Dixon line.
I know a professor at UA and he told me 5% of the current student body is from California. I don't know if that's accurate but it's rather unbelievable.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:19 am to TS1926
Yeah, I knew Alabama's student body is primarily from other states. I guy I used to work with (he's about 27, 28 years old), he went to UA and he said in his apartment complex, he was the only person from the state of Alabama. Everyone else was from California, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Maryland etc. He's diehard Alabama fan of course, but he didn't like that aspect of UA. He eventually left and finished his degree at AUM.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:36 am to PrattvilleTiger
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He's diehard Alabama fan of course, but he didn't like that aspect of UA.
Why would meeting people from other regions bother someone, especially in college? Only about 25% of the Alabama student body are from non-traditional southern states and 44% are in state kids. So, about 75% of the student body is from Alabama or a regional state with overarching shared values and southern culture.
I am baffled by some who are so insulated in their world views that the thought of interacting with someone outside of their little bubbles would be a stressor in life.
Not saying that was your friend, but with 3/4s of the student body and 100% of the surrounding town being Southern, it doesn't seem too hard to adjust... even for the most isolated person from the most rural part of Alabama
Posted on 11/11/26 at 10:41 am to IT_Dawg
did you learn nothing from Georgia Techs arrogance ?
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:13 am to koreandawg
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Please man. You are sounding like an LSU fool
It’s amazing how many times a thread has zero to do with LSU, yet someone always brings them up.
You sound like a fool
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:25 am to BamaBravesPackers
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FL just canceled their series with ND. SEC teams essentially won’t even play them anymore unless they don’t have an out-of-conference rival, and even then it makes sense to schedule a lesser B12 or ACC team.
While I think this is a dumb thread, and i hate a 12 team playoff and will loathe a 24 team playoff. The one thing a 24 team playoff MIGHT help is some of these matchups might return. Teams won't be as risk averse for some big OOC games since some leeway will return.
That's the ONLY thing I can think of that is good about the 24 team playoff.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:31 am to DawgsLife
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While I think this is a dumb thread, and i hate a 12 team playoff and will loathe a 24 team playoff. The one thing a 24 team playoff MIGHT help is some of these matchups might return. Teams won't be as risk averse for some big OOC games since some leeway will return. That's the ONLY thing I can think of that is good about the 24 team playoff.
Wait until the 1 year an unnecessary OOC game unexpectedly leaves your university out of the playoffs at 8-4 or 7-5. OSU is probably 1 more loss from being outside the top 24 and they didn’t have to schedule the UTx game.
Now if administrators of the best programs believe that missing a 24 team playoff is on par with missing out on bigger non-conference game revenues (because you were guaranteed to be an early exit anyway), then maybe they’ll hang around. Minimizing probabilities of injuries still matters, though.
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 11:32 am
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:35 am to BamaBravesPackers
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UGA isn’t even in the top 3 SEC schools this year for viewership. Imagine if they weren’t in the SEC and drawing all the eyeballs from Bama, Texas, Tenn, FL, etc. They’d sink to nothingness and be forced to join a conference. Heck, UTx couldn’t even survive having their own network while in a conference and no one is making that 100mm+ mistake again.
The top 2 draws are clearly Bama and UTx depending on who has the better schedule (Bama #1 last year, UTx going to be #1 this year). With Kiffin at LSU, UGA is essentially fighting for 3rd for the time being and probably won’t win that many times in the near future.
It has everything to do with the schedule, and Georgia's schedule was crap the first part of the year. They are one of the top teams in overall viewership. Anyone with any knowledge would know this.
2020-2025
These are average viewers per nationally rated regular-season game, using published Nielsen figures.
Rank Program Avg. viewers per game
1 Alabama 6.63 million
2 Georgia 6.07 million
3 Ohio State 5.98 million
4 Michigan 4.99 million
5 Tennessee 4.89 million
6 Texas 4.35 million
7 LSU 4.35 million
8 Texas A&M 3.93 million
9 Florida 3.83 million
10 Notre Dame 3.76 million
11 Penn State 3.74 million
12 Auburn 3.71 million
13 Oklahoma 3.61 million
14 Ole Miss 3.48 million
15 Florida State 3.23 milli
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 11:36 am
Posted on 11/11/26 at 11:37 am to IT_Dawg
Negotiating a TV deal on your own has to be more difficult than being part of a group like the SEC. That’s why nobody is going to leave.
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