Ratings for Virginia Tech-Boise State are Impressive
ESPN drew a 6.8 overnight rating for Monday's Boise State/Virginia Tech game, up 21% from Miami/Florida State last year (5.6), and easily the highest overnight of the weekend for a college football game on the ESPN family of networks.
No other college football game on ESPN/ESPN2 or ABC drew even a 3.0 overnight, with LSU/North Carolina coming the closest (2.8).
To put the numbers in perspective, the most-viewed college football game ever on ESPN -- USC/Ohio State last September -- drew a not-much-higher 7.2 overnight.
The positive is we put on a show for America. The negative is we lost. What's to be determined is how the game will affect our national profile.
ESPN Earns Hefty 6.8 Overnight For Boise St. Win [Sports Media Watch]
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perspective #
atleast we will be known as the only major team with the cajones to play them. we have a good reputation and this is why espn loves us.
"nobody makes me bleed my own blood."
Who Knows if it Would Have Helped... #
We could have left the game scheduled in October and still shown off our grapefruits. I like playing against a big non-conference opponent each year. However, going forward I'm in favor of at least one warm up.
David Wilson eats Chick-fil-A on Sundays.
+1 #
though that didn't help much vs lsu.
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October would have been good #
I like our chances in October, for the sole reason that it came down to the wire, and our learning curve should be exponential compared to a more linear one by all of the BSU veterans.
And that LSU team were monsters. I think our team at the end of last year would have done better against Bama, and this year we would do better against Boise St after a few warm ups...but I still think LSU would have spanked us in 2007 no matter when we played.
More cajones #
I think we need to go to Boise and play them. I also think we should schedule the hardest game we can each year, the losing streak has to stop sometime doesn't it? I like the warm up game as well but it was good to see a great game unlike the snoozing, personal foul, gang sign flashing, so you think you can dance the normal FSU - Miami match up was the past couple years. Until the ACC brings up its rep, and that will take a while, the only 1 or 2 loss team that will ever make the NC game will come from the Big 10ish, Tex/OK or SEC. That's the way the BCS is crafted. Losing a game, whether it is week 1 or 2 will doom us every year. But I agree, we flip flop JMU and Boise and maybe there is a different outcome.
Home and Home #
Going out to Boise and having them come to Lane would be pretty cool. I'm itching for another shot against them. I don't think it'll happen anytime soon because our non-conference schedule is full and their stadium is small (less fans == less money).
David Wilson eats Chick-fil-A on Sundays.