SI: What Was the Best Game of 2017?

[Apis Bull]

25 minutes ago, jasonb56 said:

Just heard that Bowl viewership is up 12% for the first 20 bowls. That is some healthy growth right there...

Maybe because attendance is down.  They're all home watching on TV instead of going to the games.

[Azmodi]

Can someone please explain to me why in week 13; they have the Pitt-Miami game with a higher rating then the USF-UCF, game even though the USF-UCF game drew a larger audience.

Edited December 29, 2017 by Azmodi
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[jasonb56]

16 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Maybe because attendance is down.  They're all home watching on TV instead of going to the games.

ESPN is ok with that, keep pushing those advertising rates up!

[bullsfan1983]

4 minutes ago, Azmodi said:

Can someone please explain to me why in week 13; they have the Pitt-Miami game with a higher rating then the USF-UCF, game even though the USF-UCF game drew a larger audience.

 The rating is more like share of the market. different time slots have different number of total television viewers. More people watching tv as the day progresses particularly accounting for the west coast and 3 hour time difference. 

[Azmodi]

6 minutes ago, bullsfan1983 said:

 The rating is more like share of the market. different time slots have different number of total television viewers. More people watching tv as the day progresses particularly accounting for the west coast and 3 hour time difference. 

That would be fine but you have it in reverse. The Pitt-Miami game was at the Noon slot and we were at the 3:30pm slot which has a larger viewing audience. 

 

So you're saying they have a larger share of a smaller audience. right?

Edited December 29, 2017 by Azmodi

[Mama_Bull]

The Birmingham bowl did very well:

The Texas Tech-USF Birmingham Bowl had a 2.15 and 3.4 million (+47%), its largest audience since 2014.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2017/12/bowl-ratings-starting-pick-steam/

[Paisa el Toro]

1 hour ago, Mama_Bull said:

The Birmingham bowl did very well:

The Texas Tech-USF Birmingham Bowl had a 2.15 and 3.4 million (+47%), its largest audience since 2014.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2017/12/bowl-ratings-starting-pick-steam/

Sweet! We may not have the butts in seats for home games, but we've pulling some decent ratings. 

[GaUSFBull]

1 hour ago, Mama_Bull said:

The Birmingham bowl did very well:

The Texas Tech-USF Birmingham Bowl had a 2.15 and 3.4 million (+47%), its largest audience since 2014.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2017/12/bowl-ratings-starting-pick-steam/

Probably helped we we were the only game on at noon on a Saturday.

[gmanbull93]

56 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Probably helped we we were the only game on at noon on a Saturday.

^^^^^^this....gamblers had to play and  watch SOMETHING and we were the only game in town

Edited December 29, 2017 by gmanbull93

[Triple B]

5 hours ago, Azmodi said:

Can someone please explain to me why in week 13; they have the Pitt-Miami game with a higher rating then the USF-UCF, game even though the USF-UCF game drew a larger audience.

Adjustment for P5 viewers vs G5 viewers ...