Not sure why this surprised anyone. The big ten has a lot of markets in professional sports regions. The SEC does too, but the fans in the south aren’t really into their NBA and NFL teams like they are up north. Baseball is a bit different. In Ohio, gullible fans are still drawn to shitty Browns and Bengals games. Indiana has the Colts, although now their college team has a pulse for the first time in history.

Penn State comes close to the energy and passion of a true southern school because the campus is nowhere near a major metro area. So the locals and the students all get behind the Nittany lions.

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Posted by RD Dawg

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Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 11/24/25 at 10:06 pm to Taurus 357

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Not sure why this surprised anyone. The big ten has a lot of markets in professional sports regions

So what does this have to with CFB ratings? If you look further at the article you'll that 17 out of the top 25 rated CFB matchups were SEC games and only 2 were BIG matchups.

TV execs at Fox and CBS made a huge miscalculation
in estimating the popularity of the BIG regardless of the markets they're in.

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Posted by kajunman

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Posted on 11/24/25 at 10:09 pm to Taurus 357

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and NFL teams like they are up north

You're FOS. Saints suck but you would be hard pressed to find a more passionate fanbase. Your conference sucks. OSU plays 1 team per season. The matchups are weak, week after week.

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Posted by bamabaseballsec

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Posted on 11/24/25 at 10:30 pm to cmayes56

Every game is basically a blowout against a weak conference opponent.

They made tenner look like an fcs squad so to be fair I doubt many teams outside the big would have faired better

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