In the Houston market, the A&M game got better ratings than the UT game despite:

1. A&M playing on cable and UT playing on a network channel,
2. Thousands of Houston-area A&M fans attending the Aggie game in person, and
3. Many more Houston-area Notre Dame fans than Houston-area Arizona St fans.

The games were almost head to head. The UT game started 30 minutes earlier.

I'm sure UT's performance did not help, but goodness I did not expect the Aggies on ESPN to outdraw UT on NBC, in the Houston area, when the Aggies played at NRG.

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(09-09-2015 01:07 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  In the Houston market, the A&M game got better ratings than the UT game despite:

1. A&M playing on cable and UT playing on a network channel,
2. Thousands of Houston-area A&M fans attending the Aggie game in person, and
3. Many more Houston-area Notre Dame fans than Houston-area Arizona St fans.

The games were almost head to head. The UT game started 30 minutes earlier.

I'm sure UT's performance did not help, but goodness I did not expect the Aggies on ESPN to outdraw UT on NBC, in the Houston area, when the Aggies played at NRG.

Link?

(09-09-2015 03:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 01:07 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  In the Houston market, the A&M game got better ratings than the UT game despite:

1. A&M playing on cable and UT playing on a network channel,
2. Thousands of Houston-area A&M fans attending the Aggie game in person, and
3. Many more Houston-area Notre Dame fans than Houston-area Arizona St fans.

The games were almost head to head. The UT game started 30 minutes earlier.

I'm sure UT's performance did not help, but goodness I did not expect the Aggies on ESPN to outdraw UT on NBC, in the Houston area, when the Aggies played at NRG.

Link?

https://twitter.com/dfbarron

Interesting numbers:
DFW
TCU-MN 5.8
UT-ND 5.2
Bay-SMU 4.6
A&M-ASU 4.2

Houston
A&M 4.8
UT 4.7
Bay 2.6
TCU 2.1

San Antonio
UT 6.5
A&M 3.6
TCU 2.8
Bay 2.7

Austin
UT 15.7
A&M 5.4
TCU 4.5
Bay 3.7

It's interesting that TCU and Baylor's numbers were worse in Houston than any other Texas city. Very few here care about them or Tech for that matter.

The TCU addition helped the Big 12 solidify their presence in DFW after the Aggie defection, but TCU did not help protect the Houston flank at all.