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Posted: 1/14/2011 9:58 AM
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Not really a surprise, but the New Orleans Bowl landed at the bottom of the bowl ratings.  It was one of only 10 bowls that outperformed last year's ratings and was 3rd in ratings growth year-over-year.

 

Matchup

Ratings*

Change

Last Year’s Matchup

Last year’s rating

BCS Title Game

Auburn / Oregon

15.29

-11%

Alabama / Texas

17.2

Rose

TCU / Wisconsin

11.26

-15%

Ohio St / Oregon

13.2

Sugar

Ohio State / Arkansas

8.2

-4%

Florida / Cincinnati

8.5

Outback

Florida / Penn State

7.05

+101%

Auburn / Northwestern

3.5

Orange

Stanford / Virginia Tech

6.75

-1%

Iowa / Georgia Tech

6.8

Fiesta

Oklahoma / UConn

6.15

-25%

Boise St / TCU

8.2

Cotton

LSU / Texas A&M

5.81

+29%

Oklahoma St / Ole Miss

4.5

Chick-fil-A

S Carolina / Florida State

4.32

-2%

VA Tech / Tennessee

4.2

Music City

N Carolina / Tennessee

4.24

+152%

Kentucky / Clemson

1.7

Capital One

Alabama / Michigan St

3.69

-46%

Penn State / LSU

6.8

Holiday

Nebraska / Washington

3.48

-6%

Arizona / Nebraska

3.7

Las Vegas

Utah / Boise St

3.26

+46%

BYU / Oregon St

2.2

Sun

Miami / Notre Dame

3.01

-9%

Oklahoma / Stanford

3.3

Liberty

Georiga / UCF

2.96

-21%

Arkansas / E Carolina

3.8

Alamo

Oklahoma St / Arizona

2.84

-41%

Texas Tech / Michigan St

4.8

Texas

Baylor / Illinois

2.65

+24%

Navy / Missouri

2.1

Poinsettia

San Diego St / Navy

2.26

-7%

Utah / California

2.4

Pinstripe

Kansas St / Syracuse

2.26

New Bowl

    

Insight

Iowa / Missouri

2.24

+460%

Iowa St / Minnesota

0.4

BBVA Compass

Kentucky / Pitt

2.20

+38%

S Carolina / UConn

1.6

Champs Sports

W Virginia / NC State

2.12

-84%

Wisconsin / Miami

3.9

Hawaii

Tulsa / Hawaii

2.11

+24%

Nevada / SMU

1.7

Meineke Car Care

Clemson / South Florida

1.98

-50%

Pitt / N Carolina

3.9

Beef O Brady

Louisville / Southern Miss

1.97

+21%

UCF / Rutgers

1.6

Humanitarian

Northern Illinois / Fresno St

1.84

-11%

Bowling Green / Idaho

2.1

New Mexico

BYU / UTEP

1.82

-24%

Fresno St / Wyoming

2.4

GoDaddy.com

Middle Tenn / Miami (OH)

1.75

-27%

Central Michigan / Troy

2.4

Gator

Miss State / Michigan

1.71

-57%

Florida St / W Virginia

4.0

Kraft Fight Hunger

Boston College / Nevada

1.61

-65%

USC / Boston College

4.6

Military

Maryland / East Carolina

1.48

-22%

UCLA / Temple

1.9

Independence

Georgia Tech / Air Force

1.44

-41%

Texas A&M / Georgia

2.0

Little Caesars

Florida Int / Toledo

1.41

-82%

Marshall / Ohio

2.6

Armed Forces

Army / SMU

1.33

-15%

Houston / Air Force

1.6

New Orleans

Troy / Ohio

1.32

+103%

Middle Tenn / S Miss

0.7

TicketCity

Northwestern / Texas Tech

N/A

New Bowl

    
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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Posted: 1/14/2011 11:54 AM
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Given the performance on the field, it's probably good that very few watched.
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Posted: 1/14/2011 2:03 PM
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Those low ratings will really cost us in academic recruiting of all those good prospective students and their parents who watch lower tier bowl games.   
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Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more
Those low ratings will really cost us in academic recruiting of all those good prospective students and their parents who watch lower tier bowl games.   


It will also give us a crappier schedule than we already have and the pretzels will get even smaller.
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Posted: 1/14/2011 2:16 PM
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Man, the Bobcats are great for ratings. Increased NOLA Nowl ratings by 103%. And the Little Caesars Bowl drops by 82% without the Bobcats. Ohio is a ratings bonanza. We need to ask for more money from ESPN.
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Posted: 1/15/2011 3:25 AM
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The early bowls are like the first couple of rounds of the NCAA basketball tourney. Nobody watches until the elite 8 then by the time the final four are playing seems everyone becomes a basketball fan.
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Posted: 1/15/2011 10:16 AM
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Ratings for early round NCAA games are 4x those early bowls.

However, that's an aggregate of the four games on at a given point -- this year will be the first year we can easily see game-by-game ratings, since all will be televised in their entirety.
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Football Jim wrote:expand_more
The early bowls are like the first couple of rounds of the NCAA basketball tourney. Nobody watches until the elite 8 then by the time the final four are playing seems everyone becomes a basketball fan.


What the hell are you smoking??????

Rounds 1 and 2 provide some of the wildest...most emotional....moments in the tourney.......
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Posted: 1/15/2011 1:51 PM
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Ratings for early round NCAA games are 4x those early bowls.

However, that's an aggregate of the four games on at a given point -- this year will be the first year we can easily see game-by-game ratings, since all will be televised in their entirety.


Any lower ratings for the early rounds of the NCAA tourney are due to (1) too many games in too little time and (2) a third of the games are on weekday afternoons. 

Lower ratings for early bowl games are due to teams with minimal national interest in bowl games that few people care about playing on the last big weekend shopping day before Christmas. 

The only reason I can see for the big jump in ratings this year is because Athens and Troy are bigger TV markets than Hattiesburg and Murfreesboro.  The ratings would have been even higher if they had announced they would air  the 110's full show instead of discussing Auburn-Oregon for the 9000th time at halftime.
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Posted: 1/15/2011 2:49 PM
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Man, the Bobcats are great for ratings. Increased NOLA Nowl ratings by 103%. And the Little Caesars Bowl drops by 82% without the Bobcats. Ohio is a ratings bonanza. We need to ask for more money from ESPN.
  Yes, Sir . . . that's worth repeating . . .  and repeating . . . and repeating. Get us into the Rose Bowl and it'd be the largest audience in TV history. 
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As I recall the self proclaimed boycott expert predicted the Marshall - Ohio Pizza Bowl would get horrible ratings.  Turns out one of the top half bowl ratings for last season.  

I will predict that the 2011 Ohio vs. Marshall game will replace Pitt as the number one attended home game in Bobcat history.  24,001
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Posted: 1/15/2011 4:35 PM
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What I find interesting here is that two MAC bowls had better ratings than the Gator Bowl with two BCS teams -- Mississippi State Bulldogs and THE University of Michigan Yellow Weasels. 
Last Edited: 1/15/2011 4:37:04 PM by OhioCatFan
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I will predict that the 2011 Ohio vs. Marshall game will replace Pitt as the number one attended home game in Bobcat history.  24,001
Pitt was actually over 24k, and is 2nd on the list now to UCONN.
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Posted: 1/16/2011 12:52 AM
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Do not care what the numbers are Pitt was the best attended game in the history of Peden, and for one night one of the best atmospheres in college football!
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Posted: 1/16/2011 9:05 PM
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Do not care what the numbers are Pitt was the best attended game in the history of Peden, and for one night one of the best atmospheres in college football!
 

Couldn't agree more, JCW!

For those keeping score at home, please note that I've just agreed with JCW in three successive posts.  Not exactly on par with DJ's assist average, but some of you guys and gals on here keep stats on some very strange things, and this certainly is very strange.
Last Edited: 1/16/2011 9:07:20 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 1/16/2011 10:25 PM
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OCF the real problem here is you agree with me more than you want to admit!
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Posted: 1/17/2011 7:35 PM
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John C. Wanamaker wrote:expand_more
OCF the real problem here is you agree with me more than you want to admit!


You'll never get me to admit to that!
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Posted: 1/18/2011 10:39 AM
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Not really a surprise, but the New Orleans Bowl landed at the bottom of the bowl ratings.  It was one of only 10 bowls that outperformed last year's ratings and was 3rd in ratings growth year-over-year.

 

Matchup

Ratings*

Change

Last Year’s Matchup

Last year’s rating

BCS Title Game

Auburn / Oregon

15.29

-11%

Alabama / Texas

17.2

Rose

TCU / Wisconsin

11.26

-15%

Ohio St / Oregon

13.2

Sugar

Ohio State / Arkansas

8.2

-4%

Florida / Cincinnati

8.5

Outback

Florida / Penn State

7.05

+101%

Auburn / Northwestern

3.5

Orange

Stanford / Virginia Tech

6.75

-1%

Iowa / Georgia Tech

6.8

Fiesta

Oklahoma / UConn

6.15

-25%

Boise St / TCU

8.2

Cotton

LSU / Texas A&M

5.81

+29%

Oklahoma St / Ole Miss

4.5

Chick-fil-A

S Carolina / Florida State

4.32

-2%

VA Tech / Tennessee

4.2

Music City

N Carolina / Tennessee

4.24

+152%

Kentucky / Clemson

1.7

Capital One

Alabama / Michigan St

3.69

-46%

Penn State / LSU

6.8

Holiday

Nebraska / Washington

3.48

-6%

Arizona / Nebraska

3.7

Las Vegas

Utah / Boise St

3.26

+46%

BYU / Oregon St

2.2

Sun

Miami / Notre Dame

3.01

-9%

Oklahoma / Stanford

3.3

Liberty

Georiga / UCF

2.96

-21%

Arkansas / E Carolina

3.8

Alamo

Oklahoma St / Arizona

2.84

-41%

Texas Tech / Michigan St

4.8

Texas

Baylor / Illinois

2.65

+24%

Navy / Missouri

2.1

Poinsettia

San Diego St / Navy

2.26

-7%

Utah / California

2.4

Pinstripe

Kansas St / Syracuse

2.26

New Bowl

    

Insight

Iowa / Missouri

2.24

+460%

Iowa St / Minnesota

0.4

BBVA Compass

Kentucky / Pitt

2.20

+38%

S Carolina / UConn

1.6

Champs Sports

W Virginia / NC State

2.12

-84%

Wisconsin / Miami

3.9

Hawaii

Tulsa / Hawaii

2.11

+24%

Nevada / SMU

1.7

Meineke Car Care

Clemson / South Florida

1.98

-50%

Pitt / N Carolina

3.9

Beef O Brady

Louisville / Southern Miss

1.97

+21%

UCF / Rutgers

1.6

Humanitarian

Northern Illinois / Fresno St

1.84

-11%

Bowling Green / Idaho

2.1

New Mexico

BYU / UTEP

1.82

-24%

Fresno St / Wyoming

2.4

GoDaddy.com

Middle Tenn / Miami (OH)

1.75

-27%

Central Michigan / Troy

2.4

Gator

Miss State / Michigan

1.71

-57%

Florida St / W Virginia

4.0

Kraft Fight Hunger

Boston College / Nevada

1.61

-65%

USC / Boston College

4.6

Military

Maryland / East Carolina

1.48

-22%

UCLA / Temple

1.9

Independence

Georgia Tech / Air Force

1.44

-41%

Texas A&M / Georgia

2.0

Little Caesars

Florida Int / Toledo

1.41

-82%

Marshall / Ohio

2.6

Armed Forces

Army / SMU

1.33

-15%

Houston / Air Force

1.6

New Orleans

Troy / Ohio

1.32

+103%

Middle Tenn / S Miss

0.7

TicketCity

Northwestern / Texas Tech

N/A

New Bowl

    
Source: Nielsen Media Research


Medina - how did you come up with those percentages?  I had NO with a 86% increase as well as different numbers on the rest of the bowls.  Just curious as to how you did the math.
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Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
Not really a surprise, but the New Orleans Bowl landed at the bottom of the bowl ratings.  It was one of only 10 bowls that outperformed last year's ratings and was 3rd in ratings growth year-over-year.

 

Matchup

Ratings*

Change

Last Year’s Matchup

Last year’s rating

BCS Title Game

Auburn / Oregon

15.29

-11%

Alabama / Texas

17.2

Rose

TCU / Wisconsin

11.26

-15%

Ohio St / Oregon

13.2

Sugar

Ohio State / Arkansas

8.2

-4%

Florida / Cincinnati

8.5

Outback

Florida / Penn State

7.05

+101%

Auburn / Northwestern

3.5

Orange

Stanford / Virginia Tech

6.75

-1%

Iowa / Georgia Tech

6.8

Fiesta

Oklahoma / UConn

6.15

-25%

Boise St / TCU

8.2

Cotton

LSU / Texas A&M

5.81

+29%

Oklahoma St / Ole Miss

4.5

Chick-fil-A

S Carolina / Florida State

4.32

-2%

VA Tech / Tennessee

4.2

Music City

N Carolina / Tennessee

4.24

+152%

Kentucky / Clemson

1.7

Capital One

Alabama / Michigan St

3.69

-46%

Penn State / LSU

6.8

Holiday

Nebraska / Washington

3.48

-6%

Arizona / Nebraska

3.7

Las Vegas

Utah / Boise St

3.26

+46%

BYU / Oregon St

2.2

Sun

Miami / Notre Dame

3.01

-9%

Oklahoma / Stanford

3.3

Liberty

Georiga / UCF

2.96

-21%

Arkansas / E Carolina

3.8

Alamo

Oklahoma St / Arizona

2.84

-41%

Texas Tech / Michigan St

4.8

Texas

Baylor / Illinois

2.65

+24%

Navy / Missouri

2.1

Poinsettia

San Diego St / Navy

2.26

-7%

Utah / California

2.4

Pinstripe

Kansas St / Syracuse

2.26

New Bowl

    

Insight

Iowa / Missouri

2.24

+460%

Iowa St / Minnesota

0.4

BBVA Compass

Kentucky / Pitt

2.20

+38%

S Carolina / UConn

1.6

Champs Sports

W Virginia / NC State

2.12

-84%

Wisconsin / Miami

3.9

Hawaii

Tulsa / Hawaii

2.11

+24%

Nevada / SMU

1.7

Meineke Car Care

Clemson / South Florida

1.98

-50%

Pitt / N Carolina

3.9

Beef O Brady

Louisville / Southern Miss

1.97

+21%

UCF / Rutgers

1.6

Humanitarian

Northern Illinois / Fresno St

1.84

-11%

Bowling Green / Idaho

2.1

New Mexico

BYU / UTEP

1.82

-24%

Fresno St / Wyoming

2.4

GoDaddy.com

Middle Tenn / Miami (OH)

1.75

-27%

Central Michigan / Troy

2.4

Gator

Miss State / Michigan

1.71

-57%

Florida St / W Virginia

4.0

Kraft Fight Hunger

Boston College / Nevada

1.61

-65%

USC / Boston College

4.6

Military

Maryland / East Carolina

1.48

-22%

UCLA / Temple

1.9

Independence

Georgia Tech / Air Force

1.44

-41%

Texas A&M / Georgia

2.0

Little Caesars

Florida Int / Toledo

1.41

-82%

Marshall / Ohio

2.6

Armed Forces

Army / SMU

1.33

-15%

Houston / Air Force

1.6

New Orleans

Troy / Ohio

1.32

+103%

Middle Tenn / S Miss

0.7

TicketCity

Northwestern / Texas Tech

N/A

New Bowl

    
Source: Nielsen Media Research


Medina - how did you come up with those percentages?  I had NO with a 86% increase as well as different numbers on the rest of the bowls.  Just curious as to how you did the math.


The 2009 numbers only go to one decimal place. If the 2009 number was .65 it would round to .7 but result in 103% increase to the 1.32 number in 2010.
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