(08-06-2016 07:53 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (08-06-2016 07:40 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote: (08-06-2016 07:34 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (08-06-2016 12:26 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote: (08-06-2016 11:55 AM)rosewater Wrote: The same reason that they do not go over the Chicago Market with NIU. You do not deliver the market.
.........If UH was in the big 10 everyone in the city would tune in to see .......ohio st. or Michigan etc.
FIFY...again.
Not really since there aren't any Ohio st. or Michigan fans in Houston. People would watch to see Houston not those schools.
I know you're a Houston fan so I understand the logic of your statement but there is no reason to believe it based upon how Houston was viewed during last season. Here are the top viewed games involving AAC schools last season - none are Houston games - despite the size of the Houston market:
Games With One Million Television Viewers
Game Network Viewers
Notre Dame at Temple ABC 5,977,380
Virginia Tech at East Carolina ABC 3,720,725
Mississippi at Memphis ABC 3,310,625
USF at Florida State ESPN 2,215,728
Baylor at SMU ESPN 2,003,279
Penn State at Temple ESPN 1,912,493
UConn at Missouri ESPN 1,902,664
Cincinnati at Brigham Young ESPN 1,467,515
Miami (Fla.) at Cincinnati ESPN 1,347,663
Cincinnati at Memphis ESPN 1,241,777
UConn at Brigham Young ESPN2 1,239,948
Memphis at Tulsa ESPN 1,215,920
Memphis at USF ESPN2 1,154,610
Temple at SMU ESPN2 1,079,524
East Carolina at Florida ESPN2 1,045,991
No Houston games?
Apparently you overlooked these games----
Houston vs Florida St ESPN 6,004,000
Houston vs Navy ABC 2,100,000
Houston vs Temple ABC 1,800,000
Houston vs Memphis ESPN2 748,000
Three of those 4 games didn't have a P5 involved, yet still drew quite well. As a comparison, here are some power 5 games--
Kansas vs Oklahoma St FS1 433,000
TCU vs Iowa St ESPN2 849,000
Texas vs TCU ABC 2,768,000
Texas Tech vs Baylor ESPN2 847,000
Virginia Tech vs Purdue ESPNU 522,000
Alabama vs Mississippi ESPN 7,605,000
You see, even power conference numbers vary widely. The Houston numbers, as well as the ratings of many of the AAC teams fall well within the range often seen in the P5. The difference is you don't see many Alabama vs Mississippi type audiences for AAC games. lol...that's why the SEC gets the big bucks.
The other thing you will notice is the platform matters. Games on FS1 will be lower rated than a similar game on ESPN. Games on ESPN-News get horrible ratings (everyone does bad on that network---G5 or P5....it makes no difference). It should be noted that the average AAC ratings gets pulled down because we fill a lot of slots on ESPN-News. When on the stronger platforms, we draw ratings quite similar to the typical P5 team (but significantly less than the top P5 draws like Alabama or Ohio St--but of course the average P5 doesn't draw like 'Bama and Ohio St either).
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-...ngs/#week7