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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
50% more viewers. 1% more viewers. Anywhere in between.
I'm surprised that Indiana + Miami + whoever else is interested > Ohio State + Notre Dame.
I would have thought Ohio State + Notre Dame would be the big business wet dream.
I was obviously wrong. Oh well.
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TampaBuckeyes
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I think it’s the North vs North thing. ND isn’t as national as they think they are, and Ohio state has been there a lot recently. The southeast annd southwest US likely ignored the game.
IU brought a lot of viewers as a ‘cool story’ and Miami is a great team to hate. It was a great north south battle (most of the folks here in Florida were cheering for IU). Similar to Ohio State vs Oregon. East vs West. Blue blood vs likeable scrappy new team searching for their first title, but that time the villain won.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
The patch approval. Greed is pervasive in every facet of life these days
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dragurd
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Also it was a 2 new teams thing. Espescially IUI think it’s the North vs North thing. ND isn’t as national as they think they are, and Ohio state has been there a lot recently. The southeast annd southwest US likely ignored the game.
IU brought a lot of viewers as a ‘cool story’ and Miami is a great team to hate. It was a great north south battle (most of the folks here in Florida were cheering for IU). Similar to Ohio State vs Oregon. East vs West. Blue blood vs likeable scrappy new team searching for their first title, but that time the villain won.
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I think it’s the North vs North thing. ND isn’t as national as they think they are, and Ohio state has been there a lot recently. The southeast annd southwest US likely ignored the game.
IU brought a lot of viewers as a ‘cool story’ and Miami is a great team to hate. It was a great north south battle (most of the folks here in Florida were cheering for IU). Similar to Ohio State vs Oregon. East vs West. Blue blood vs likeable scrappy new team searching for their first title, but that time the villain won.
If it's me, I'm looking at those viewership numbers and also at my sister pro leagues NFL vs MLB and thinking
-this (and a lot of other data) validates the appetite for the sport of college football (not just the heavyweight brands). It is an important distinction.
-I see how the NFL monetizes "the shield" and promotes the entire league by one central promotion of the brand.
-I look at MLB and see the alternative approach and how a few mega brands are separating so far from minor brands that the league is in jeopardy of impaired revenue.
There needs to be a P4 League of some sort and soon. I think this is known and understood in the halls of CFP power and is the reason behind the pushback on the PE capital injection into the B1G sports entertainment entity. They pretty much said in comments that they didn't want to have media rights locked up long term right now ....I read that as wanting to have the optionality to take said rights to a new league.
Given the constraint (NIL isn't going away) I don't see too many other avenues than a P4 "super league" of some sort.
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It is definitely the result of Indiana being in there and playing against what is seen by many as a blue blood. Nobody really cares about Notre Dame anymore, and I don't think anyone expected that game to be competitive. Also don't underestimate how much the SEC and ACC country hates us.
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TampaBuckeyes
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It was also the 3rd year in a row that Ohio state and notre dame played. Ohio state won the first 2, then took control pretty early in the third.
Let’s do the same thing to Texas next year.
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