2017 CFB Bowl Games Open Thread

[AuTX Buckeye]

damnit columbus...there's a reason ESPN and everyone else trolls you at every chance... cause your eyeballs can't look away.

 

[NorthCoastKid]

Also, here are the top 15 markets by overnight rating:

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

A team can scream all they want "we're the best" but if they don't prove it then what's it accomplish?

Just agree to disagree lol

You're conflating "best" with "Champion." They're distinctly different, which is the whole point.

 

[LostLassie]

'kay, I'm almost over it now. Only at about 1.5-2% sick to my stomach. This one was actually harder for me to shake off that some of tOSU's losses.
Mainly, I 'spose, 'cause it just doesn't feel right.

Note to Self to adjust my expectations and investment in next season.

 

[Jagdaddy]

IMO, the only thing that separates Alabama from Ohio State is that the former pays a lot more attention to the little details (probably in part because they get to have 20 "quality control" coaches) and generally doesn't beat itself. If Urban can iron that out, and FWIW, I don't think that's likely, Ohio State can have a run like 'Bama's having. Oddly, the Cotton Bowl was a pretty good example: Ohio State was not very successful offensively at all, but didn't shoot itself in the foot much either, the D was lights out, and that was enough to win without ever really being threatened. The contrast is PSU: Ohio State should have beaten them by three touchdowns. but instead, due to numerous self-inflicted wounds, eked out a victory only by way of a miraculous 4th quarter performance from JT and a huge special teams play.

 

[LostLassie]

damnit columbus...there's a reason ESPN and everyone else trolls you at every chance... cause your eyeballs can't look away.

Umm. which Columbus?

 

[BigWoof31]

damnit columbus...there's a reason ESPN and everyone else trolls you at every chance... cause your eyeballs can't look away.

Adding to that: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...-delivers-massive-16-7-overnight-9-year-year/

Viewership up 9% from last year. The year over year decline didn't take place despite the all SEC matchup.

 

[bukIpower]

You're conflating "best" with "Champion." They're distinctly different, which is the whole point.

They're one in the same to me...

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Umm. which Columbus?

OHIO.. they dont measure Columbus Georgia sorry.

 

[bukIpower]

OHIO.. they dont measure Columbus Georgia sorry.

Hey... Don't sell out Columbus Minnesota which so happens to be 15 minutes from me.

Every time I roll through I throw up an O-H-I-O

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Adding to that: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...-delivers-massive-16-7-overnight-9-year-year/

Viewership up 9% from last year. The year over year decline didn't take place despite the all SEC matchup.

regional rematch (17) vs regional matchup (18)... numbers were up but not that much. I'd love to see the regional breakdowns ... probably 90% of the viewership took place within the SEC footprint.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

They're one in the same to me...

Other than choosing to believe that, I dont understand. It seems an unsupported opinion, considering the evidence to the contrary.

 

[Buckeye513]

damnit columbus...there's a reason ESPN and everyone else trolls you at every chance... cause your eyeballs can't look away.

This is why it's so amusing to me that, amid the myriad things you can insult the South about, "there's nothing to do there (but watch football)" is the insult Ohioans like to go with.

 

[LostLassie]

Adding to that: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-r...-delivers-massive-16-7-overnight-9-year-year/

Viewership up 9% from last year. The year over year decline didn't take place despite the all SEC matchup.

Terrific. The maraschino cherry of chagrin on top of this hot s hit sundae of disappointment.

 

[Buckeyebred97]

And Saban acting like a dick to the end, unsurprisingly

What happened? Didn't watch the game