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Old 01-10-2012, 02:25 PM
 
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Agreed. The National Championship should be determined by who generates the highest TV ratings.
As determined by Yahoo user ratings?
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Old 01-10-2012, 02:53 PM
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Anyone who is generally shocked that there were low ratings (even throwing in the fact that it's on cable, now) has their head in the sand.

Change is inevitable....
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Old 01-10-2012, 04:18 PM
 
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That's one slanted article... sure they were down but so was all the BCS games. it's because they were on cable not because people didnt wanna watch.

BCS: No Record Low, But Alabama/LSU Lowest Rated Title Game Since ’05 | Sports Media Watch

The game ranks as the second-most viewed program in cable television history, behind only Auburn/Oregon last year. Three of the five most-viewed programs in cable history have been Bowl Championship Series telecasts on ESPN.


No one's talking about that huh?
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Old 01-10-2012, 04:23 PM
 
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That's one slanted article... sure they were down but so was all the BCS games. it's because they were on cable not because people didnt wanna watch.

BCS: No Record Low, But Alabama/LSU Lowest Rated Title Game Since ’05 | Sports Media Watch

The game ranks as the second-most viewed program in cable television history, behind only Auburn/Oregon last year. Three of the five most-viewed programs in cable history have been Bowl Championship Series telecasts on ESPN.


No one's talking about that huh?
Except last year's BCSNCG was also on ESPN and is the highest rated BCSNCG.

Logic fail.
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Old 01-10-2012, 04:25 PM
 
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I do agree that the match-up itself is partly to blame for the bad ratings, but another problem is also the exclusivity that BCS has with ESPN. That was a great deal for the ESPN side of ABC/Disney, and it frees up ABC's main network to show their crappy regular programming, but for BCS visibility overall, it was a bad, bad deal. Serves them right for trying to force ordinary people to pay for sports that we all used to watch on TV for no additional charge. I know that most people have cable right now, but that's not the point; it's the principle of the whole thing. Everything now in modern U.S. sports is about hyping sh*t up and making people pay twice as much for a product that's not twice as good. I can't blame people for saying screw it.
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Serves them right for trying to force ordinary people to pay for sports that we all used to watch on TV for no additional charge.
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Right on the money here.
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Old 01-10-2012, 05:07 PM
 
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Except last year's BCSNCG was also on ESPN and is the highest rated BCSNCG.

Logic fail.
Well, that was because the Auburn Tigers were playing. The entire country was watching in rapt amazement at what was the epoch-shattering beauty of that team and its epic march to glory. Women swooned. Angels wept. Hardened criminals resolved to become better people. For a few transcendent hours, all conflict in the world came to a halt as the Tigers held a mirror up to the world and showed to 7,000,000,000 people a shining example of what they could become.

It has even come to light that Kim il Jong's deathbed wish was that, despite his nukes, bling, Lincoln Continentals, and 20,000 DVD movie library, his great crushing regret is that he never got to meet Cam Newton. He muttered, "아, 그 고귀한 쿼터의 놀라운 얼굴에 누워 눈을 가진 사람" and then gave up the ghost, disappointed that this final wish was denied him.

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Old 01-10-2012, 06:05 PM
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Well, that was because the Auburn Tigers were playing. The entire country was watching in rapt amazement at what was the epoch-shattering beauty of that team and its epic march to glory. Women swooned. Angels wept. Hardened criminals resolved to become better people. For a few transcendent hours, all conflict in the world came to a halt as the Tigers held a mirror up to the world and showed to 7,000,000,000 people what they could become.

It has even come to light that Kim il Jong's deathbed wish was that, despite his nukes, bling, Lincoln Continentals, and 20,000 DVD movie library, his great crushing regret is that he never got to meet Cam Newton. He muttered, "아, 그 고귀한 쿼터의 놀라운 얼굴에 누워 눈을 가진 사람" and then gave up the ghost, disappointed that this final wish was denied him.
..... well done.
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Old 01-11-2012, 03:44 PM
 
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Well, that was because the Auburn Tigers were playing. The entire country was watching in rapt amazement at what was the epoch-shattering beauty of that team and its epic march to glory. Women swooned. Angels wept. Hardened criminals resolved to become better people. For a few transcendent hours, all conflict in the world came to a halt as the Tigers held a mirror up to the world and showed to 7,000,000,000 people a shining example of what they could become.

It has even come to light that Kim il Jong's deathbed wish was that, despite his nukes, bling, Lincoln Continentals, and 20,000 DVD movie library, his great crushing regret is that he never got to meet Cam Newton. He muttered, "아, 그 고귀한 쿼터의 놀라운 얼굴에 누워 눈을 가진 사람" and then gave up the ghost, disappointed that this final wish was denied him.
Good Job.
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Old 01-11-2012, 06:10 PM
 
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Well, that was because the Auburn Tigers were playing. The entire country was watching in rapt amazement at what was the epoch-shattering beauty of that team and its epic march to glory. Women swooned. Angels wept. Hardened criminals resolved to become better people. For a few transcendent hours, all conflict in the world came to a halt as the Tigers held a mirror up to the world and showed to 7,000,000,000 people a shining example of what they could become.

It has even come to light that Kim il Jong's deathbed wish was that, despite his nukes, bling, Lincoln Continentals, and 20,000 DVD movie library, his great crushing regret is that he never got to meet Cam Newton. He muttered, "아, 그 고귀한 쿼터의 놀라운 얼굴에 누워 눈을 가진 사람" and then gave up the ghost, disappointed that this final wish was denied him.
And all along we Ducks were thinking he was an Oregon fan...

Damn, I guess there is always Muammar Ghaddafi...oh wait

**great post btw**
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Old 01-11-2012, 07:38 PM
 
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And all along we Ducks were thinking he was an Oregon fan...

Damn, I guess there is always Muammar Ghaddafi...oh wait

**great post btw**
What about Chavez?
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