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Worst ratings for a CFP game

Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:06 am
Posted by Will2nd
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2009
3931 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:06 am
Between ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, last night's matchup produced the single worst title game viewership numbers since the BCS era began in 1999.

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Is this an argument for making the Cinderella team hold the #4 spot next season if not from the Big 10 or the SEC?
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25575 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:09 am to
I don't know the math.

But someone can look it up, I'm sure.

Is it better to have great ratings in 2 semifinal games and below average in the natty?

Or better to have below average ratings in 2 semifinal games and great ratings in the natty?

I'm sure one is more profitable than the other. My guess would be the 2 great semifinal games. For the longest time, nfl conference championships were great and the super bowls have been a snoozefest.
Posted by Texas Gentleman
Texas
Member since Sep 2015
2618 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:11 am to
TCU being a smaller market team plus the game being a mega blowout, is anybody surprised?
Posted by artompkins
Orange Beach, Al
Member since May 2010
5613 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:13 am to
It's more a fact that not a single person on the planet with a functioning brain, outside of ESPN tools and the committee thought that any big 12 team deserved to be anywhere near that game than anything else.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10864 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:14 am to
Because TCU does not have the big fanbase they claim. TCU is like 5th or 6th in DFW, behind UT, 5$7, Tech, OU and Okie Lite. They’re an expensive private school.
Posted by Griffindawg
Member since Oct 2013
6131 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:16 am to
Why were the ratings so low? How could you not think TCU had a chance after beating Michigan?
How are the ratings calculated? Are they averaged out over the duration of the broadcast or just by how many tuned in at the beginning?
Posted by dhuck20
SCLSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
20335 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:17 am to
They are affected by people turning the tv off. So that happened in droves in the 2nd quarter.
Posted by Mulkey Man
Member since Apr 2021
19403 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:18 am to
How does the first quarter compare with past games? Can understand why the viewers dropped in half over the course of the blowout.
Posted by Glorious
Mobile
Member since Aug 2014
24467 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:18 am to
I bet they were solid enough at kickoff. Not the fairest thing in the world to use average viewership throughout the program
Posted by EarlyCuyler3
Appalachia
Member since Nov 2017
27290 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:19 am to
quote:

Why were the ratings so low? How could you not think TCU had a chance after beating Michigan?


It was over in the first quarter and it was extremely obvious.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10586 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:25 am to
Sucks having this game on a Monday night too. College football is played on Saturday. Let the NFL have Monday night.
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
7498 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:25 am to
quote:

TCU being a smaller market team plus


TCU is in the biggest TV market of all of the playoff teams.


they just don't control that market.
Posted by Griffindawg
Member since Oct 2013
6131 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:32 am to
quote:

Sucks having this game on a Monday night too. College football is played on Saturday. Let the NFL have Monday night.


I have been saying this. Monday night sucks so much arse for this game. It should be like 4pm ET kick on a Saturday.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
59714 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:38 am to
quote:

TCU being a smaller market team

TIL DFW is a small market.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63922 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:39 am to
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
54622 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:46 am to
quote:

TCU being a smaller market team plus the game being a mega blowout


Window dressing

In the end, you want teams that get people to watch. It is why the B1G can push because they bring eyeballs, same with Utx, and USCrubbers. Alabama and Georgia are good, just not enough people live in their markets. The reason the Rose Bowl got ratings was not the quality of the teams, it got ratings because it had a parade (with flowers) to attract non football fans and lots of eyeballs in the upper midwest and west coast.

Notre Dame is somewhat valuable for their national fan base but their real value is fans of other schools who tune in hoping to see them lose.
Posted by Texas Gentleman
Texas
Member since Sep 2015
2618 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 12:02 pm to
quote:

TCU is in the biggest TV market of all of the playoff teams.


Small in terms of alumni/graduates, not that D/FW is a small tv market.
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
3477 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 12:19 pm to
They wanted new blood in the playoffs and they got it. How'd that work out for them?
Posted by BearBait09
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
2307 posts
Posted on 1/11/23 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

Is this an argument for making the Cinderella team hold the #4 spot next season if not from the Big 10 or the SEC?


are we making a tv show or are we playing a sport with more than just lip service paid equal treatment? TCU got smoked by Georgia. They also very obviously deserved to be ranked above Ohio st based on what they had done on the field up to that point. Your question acts like the TCU-Michigan and the Michigan-Ohio St games didn't happen.

If you want something to blame, blame Ohio St for apparently choking majorly at home vs Michigan. Or perhaps Georgia playing tight in the semifinal. There's so many different ways to spin what happened, but "TCU didn't belong in the playoff." is only valid if your position is "there didn't need to be anyone in the playoff at all and Georgia should have been awarded the national championship trophy after the SECCG."
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