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Houston TV ratings from this past weekends college football games.

2012 Ala-LSU CBS 6.7
2012 UT-Tx Tech ABC 5.4
2012 A&M-Miss St ESPN 3.5
2012 Ok St-K-State ABC 1.9
2012 Okla-Iowa St ABC 1.8
2012 Pitt-ND NBC 1.8
2012 Oreg-USC FOX 1.4
2012 Miss-Goergia CBS 0.8
2012 Neb-Mich ESPN2 0.8
2012 Ill-Ohio St EPSN 0.6
2012 TCU-WVU FOX 0.5
2012 AZ St-Oreg St ESPN2 0.5
2012 Wash-Cal ESPN 0.4
2012 Hou-ECU FSS 0.4
2012 Miz-Flor ESPN2 0.4
2012 Kan-Bay FSS 0.2
2012 Clem-Duke ESPN2 0.2

Hopefully this thread can stay on topic without the insults, myself included.
Here is a link to a all games for the 2012 season and games from 2008-2012.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?...XpPNXFxTnc

This seems to substantiate what I have said before.....after the big game betweeen Bama-LSU......A&M and UT have the biggest fan base in Houston followed by OU and Oklahoma State.

It makes a big difference when the games are hyped up. ECU vs. Houston doesn't get the average fan excited when no one talks about the game and it just shows up on TV. Also, your comparing top 25 programs. Again, more hype. I think you need to evaluate your opinions based on other metrics as well, such as records, conferences, ect. All of these things get the public excited to watch the games and the numbers reflect that more than anything else.

Houston TV ratings from this past weekends college football games.

AIR
2012 Ala-LSU CBS 6.7
2012 UT-Tx Tech ABC 5.4
2012 Ok St-K-State ABC 1.9
2012 Okla-Iowa St ABC 1.8
2012 Pitt-ND NBC 1.8
2012 Oreg-USC FOX 1.4
2012 Miss-Goergia CBS 0.8
2012 TCU-WVU FOX 0.5

CABLE/SAT
2012 A&M-Miss St ESPN 3.5
2012 Neb-Mich ESPN2 0.8
2012 Ill-Ohio St EPSN 0.6
2012 AZ St-Oreg St ESPN2 0.5
2012 Wash-Cal ESPN 0.4
2012 Hou-ECU FSS 0.4
2012 Miz-Flor ESPN2 0.4
2012 Kan-Bay FSS 0.2
2012 Clem-Duke ESPN2 0.2

Not that it matters to anyone else, but I prefer to look at it like this.

This just in: bad teams playing on obscure networks get bad ratings!

It is what it it.

UH doesn't get good ratings in their hometown unless they are in contention for a BCS bowl or playing a Texas/Oklahoma team with a big local fan base to boost their ratings.

(11-06-2012 06:41 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]It is what it it.

UH doesn't get good ratings in their hometown unless they are in contention for a BCS bowl or playing a Texas/Oklahoma team with a big local fan base to boost their ratings.

They dont have to be in BCS contention. They just cant suck and do very well on some obscure regonal channel thats not located with the other sports channels. Put the Coogs on ESPN-U and they will draw as well as the average Big-12 game in the Houston area. As a reference point, all you need to do is look at the Baylor vs Kansas game that was also on FSS this weekend. It scored a .2 while an 11AM Cougar game scored a .4.

What I actually find shocking is that Bama vs LSU nearly doubled the Aggie viewership right in the Aggies own backyard---maybe that will put all this Ags "owning" Houston crap to rest for a while.

We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

What was the ratings for the ECU Houston game in North Carolina?

(11-06-2012 05:58 PM)SMUmustangs Wrote: [ -> ]This seems to substantiate what I have said before.....after the big game betweeen Bama-LSU......A&M and UT have the biggest fan base in Houston followed by OU and Oklahoma State.

Not according to study done by Bortz media group. They claim we have the 3rd best TV ratings in Houston.

http://lubbockonline.com/sports-red-raid...Jm5HYanP3B

Quote:Hance said he thought the most nervous time for Tech was last year. To build the Red Raiders’ case as storm clouds swirled, the university hired a Denver firm to determine where Tech’s three-year average television ratings ranked within the Big 12 geographic area. Hance said the firm reported that Tech football had the second-highest television ratings in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Waco/Temple/Bryan, Ames, Iowa, and Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo. The Red Raiders were the third most popular TV team over a three-year period in Houston, San Antonio and St. Louis, he said, and fourth most popular in Tulsa, Okla.

“The reason I hired and spent the money on this firm is I wanted to dismiss the myth that we’re a regional school or regional market,” Hance said. “We have a national following. We have a state following.

“We are a national research university, and we have done a lot of things that we’re a national university in sports as well. If somebody’s flipping channels and they see a helmet with a double-T on it, they don’t have to think, ‘Wonder what that is?’ They know.”

Other than the 09 UT-Neb/Big 12 Championship game, no once has come close to matching the UT-Tech game in 08 in ABC in Houston.

2008 UT-Tech ABC 16.2
2009 UT-Neb ABC 15.7
2009 UT-A&M ESPN 13.8
2009 Flor-Ala CBS 12.3
2008 Tech-OU ABC 11.6
2008 UT-OU ABC 10.9
2009 Tech-UT ABC 10.9
2009 UT-OU ABC 10.8
2011 UH-USM ABC 10.6
2008 OSU-UT ABC 10.2
2011 OU-UT ABC 9.5
2008 OSU-Tech ABC 9.4
2008 OU-OSU ABC 9.3
2008 Flor-Ala CBS 9.1
2009 KU-UT ABC 9
2009 UT-OSU ABC 8.9
2011 OSU-A&M ABC 8.4
2011 UT-Bay ABC 8.2
2009 Tech-Hou ESPN2 7.9
2011 UT-A&M ABC 7.9
2009 UT-Mizz ABC 7.7
2011 OSU-UT ABC 7.7
2008 Mizz-OU ABC 7.6
2011 LSU-GA CBS 7.4
2011 UT-UCLA ABC 7.3
2011 Okla-Flor St ABC 7.3
2012 Flo-A&M ESPN 7.1
2009 Flor-LSU CBS 6.8
2009 Tech-Neb ABC 6.7
2012 A&M-LSU ESPN 6.7
2012 Ala-LSU CBS 6.7
2009 Col-UT ESPN 6.6
2011 OU-OSU ABC 6.6
2009 LSU-Ala CBS 6.3
2012 Tex-Okla St Fox 6.2
2012 Tex-Okla ABC 6.2
2008 Ala-LSU CBS 6.1
2011 Ore-LSU ABC 5.8
2012 WVU-Texas FOX 5.7
2011 LSU-W.Virg ABC 5.6
2012 Bay-UT ABC 5.6
2009 LSU-GA CBS 5.5
2012 UT-Tx Tech ABC 5.4
2009 FSU-Flor CBS 5.3
2008 LSU-Flor CBS 5.2
2008 PSU-OSU ABC 5.2
2009 Aub-Ala CBS 5.2
2011 Ala- Penn St ABC 4.9
2012 LSU-Flor CBS 4.9
2012 ND-Okla ABC 4.8
2009 UH-ECU ESPN2 4.7
2011 BYU-UT ESPN 4.7
2011 A&M-ISU ABC 4.7
2011 Bay-OU ABC 4.5
2009 A&M-Ark ESPN2 4
2012 WVU-Tech ABC 4
2012 UT-Ole Miss ESPN 3.8
2011 SMU-A&M FSN Hou 3.7
2012 Sou Car-LSU CBS 3.6
2012 Tech-TCU ABC 3.6
2012 A&M-Miss St ESPN 3.5
2011 LSU-Aub CBS 3.3
2011 UH-Tulsa FSN Hou 3.2
2012 Wash-LSU ESPN 3.2
2011 Bay-TCU ESPN 2.94
2011 Tech-OU ABC 2.9
2011 SMU-UH FSN Hou 2.8
2011 UCLA-UH FSN Hou 2.8
2011 Mich-ND ESPN 2.8
2012 Clem-FSU ABC 2.8
2012 Flo-Tenn ESPN 2.8
2012 Stan-ND NBC 2.8
2012 Ga- Flor CBS 2.8
2012 Tech-KSU FOX 2.7
2012 Miz-S.Caro CBS 2.5
2012 Neb-UCLA FOX 2.4
2012 OSU-MSU ABC 2.4
2012 Okla-Tech ABC 2.4
2012 LSU-Aub ESPN 2.3
2012 Tenn/Ga CBS 2.2
2012 Penn St-Vir ABC 2.1
2012 OSU-UCLA ABC 2.05
2011 Mizz-Arizona ESPN 2
2011 Ark-Ala CBS 2
2012 Ala-Ark CBS 2
2012 Cal-Ohio St ABC 2
2012 A&M-SMU FS Hou 1.9
2012 USC-Flor CBS 1.9
2012 BYU-ND NBC 1.9
2012 Ok St-K-State ABC 1.9
2012 MSU-ND NBC 1.8
2012 K-State-OU FOX 1.8
2012 Ala-Mizzou CBS 1.8
2012 Tenn-USC ESPN 1.8
2012 Okla-Iowa St ABC 1.8
2012 Pitt-ND NBC 1.8
2012 USC-Syra ABC 1.7
2012 Aub-Miss St ESPN 1.7
2012 Wis/Neb ABC 1.7
2012 Neb-Ohio St ABC 1.7
2012 Pur-OSU ABC 1.7
2012 SCST-A&M FS Hou 1.6
2012 USC-Wash FOX 1.6
2012 K-State-WVU FOX 1.6
2011 Tech-Baylor FSN Hou 1.4
2012 AZ-Oreg ESPN 1.4
2012 TCU-Virg ESPN 1.4
2012 MSU-Ala ESPN 1.4
2012 Oreg-USC FOX 1.4
2012 USC-Stan FOX 1.3
2012 Ill- Az St ESPN 1.3
2012 Miss-Ala ESPN 1.3
2012 Mia-ND NBC 1.3
2012 UNC-Lville ABC 1.2
2012 Navy-AF CBS 1.2
2012 Nwest-PSU ESPN 1.1
2012 UT-Kan FSS 1.1
2012 Ga-Sou Car ESPN 1
2012 Pur-ND NBC 0.9
2012 Ala-Tenn ESPN 0.9
2012 MT-Miss St ESPN 2 0.9
2012 Utah-UCLA FOX 0.8
2012 Iowa-MSU ESPN 0.8
2012 Oreg-ASU ESPN 0.8
2012 Miss-Goergia CBS 0.8
2012 Neb-Mich ESPN2 0.8
2012 OSU-PSU ESPN 0.7
2012 FSU-USF ESPN 0.6
2012 TCU-OSU FSS 0.6
2012 Mich-Neb ESPN2 0.6
2012 Ill-Ohio St EPSN 0.6
2012 UNT-K-State FS Hou 0.5
2012 WF-FSU ESPN 0.5
2012 TCU-WVU FOX 0.5
2012 AZ St-Oreg St ESPN2 0.5
2012 Mia-GT FS Hou 0.4
2012 AZ-Stan FOX 0.4
2012 Wash-Oreg ESPN 0.4
2012 Ill-Mich ESPN 0.4
2012 Uconn-Syr ESPN 0.4
2012 Utah-Or St ESPN 0.4
2012 Iowa-NW ESPN2 0.4
2012 Wash-Cal ESPN 0.4
2012 Hou-ECU FSS 0.4
2012 Miz-Flor ESPN2 0.4
2012 Stan-Cal FOX 0.3
2012 KU-Okla Fox SW 0.3
2012 Bay-ISU FSS 0.3
2012 MSU-Wis ESPN2 0.3
2011 Rice-SMU FSN Hou 0.2
2012 ULL-Okla St FS Hou 0.2
2012 Miz-UCF FS Hou 0.2
2012 UH-Rice FS Hou 0.2
2012 TCU-SMU FS Hou 0.2
2012 GT-Clem ESPN 0.2
2012 Neb-NW ESPN2 0.2
2012 La. Tech NMST CSNH 0.2
2012 Kan-Bay FSS 0.2
2012 Clem-Duke ESPN2 0.2
2012 UH-SMU Fox SW 0.13
2012 Ole Miss-Tul FS Hou 0.1
2012 Tul-Tulsa FS Hou 0.1
2012 Rice-Kan FS Hou 0.1
2012 Gram-TCU FS Hou 0.1
2012 McN-Sam CSNH 0.1
2012 Bell-Trin HS CSNH 0.1
2012 Rice-Tulsa Fox SW 0.1
2012 USM-Rice CSNH 0.1
2012 UTEP-Hou CSNH 0.1
2012 Nich St-SFA Hou TV 0.03

(11-06-2012 06:41 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]It is what it it.

UH doesn't get good ratings in their hometown unless they are in contention for a BCS bowl or playing a Texas/Oklahoma team with a big local fan base to boost their ratings.

This, at least someone gets it. I have been saying this for almost a year and some people don't want to accept the facts.

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

lol...no, I expect not. I think it proves the point I have always made. These big cities are too diverse for anyone to claim the "own" them. But there are so many people that many teams can deliver a solid audience.

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

This weekend will be huge for A&M and I will be pulling for the Ags this weekend. The coogs won't be mentioned because they are playing on CBSCS and the Chronicle can't get ratings from obscure networks that no one gets or cares about.

Don't worry though, when they start playing UConn, Rutgers and Cincy, their ratings will soar. UT, A&M and Tech fans better watch out because Houstonians will feverishly tune in to watch those exciting matchups.

(11-06-2012 08:20 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote: [ -> ]What was the ratings for the ECU Houston game in North Carolina?

No clue. You might search local NC newspapers.

(11-06-2012 08:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

lol...no, I expect not. I think it proves the point I have always made. These big cities are too diverse for anyone to claim the "own" them. But there are so many people that many teams can deliver a solid audience.

I disagree. It's the Texans, the Big 12/SEC and UH when they are undefeated playing for a BCS bowl with a heisman hyped QB or they get a big name Texas school at home. Otherwise, it's the Texans and then the Big 12/SEC. No one else comes close and the numbers prove that.

(11-06-2012 08:39 PM)jml2010 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

This weekend will be huge for A&M and I will be pulling for the Ags this weekend. The coogs won't be mentioned because they are playing on CBSCS and the Chronicle can't get ratings from obscure networks that no one gets or cares about.

Don't worry though, when they start playing UConn, Rutgers and Cincy, their ratings will soar. UT, A&M and Tech fans better watch out because Houstonians will feverishly tune in to watch those exciting matchups.

Good Lord. What a troll.

I'll be tagging this post. When we are not on FSN-S or CSS-Sorta West, you will be embarassed. ECU vs Hou 4.6 no Heisman no BCS. No FSN.

(11-06-2012 08:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 08:39 PM)jml2010 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

This weekend will be huge for A&M and I will be pulling for the Ags this weekend. The coogs won't be mentioned because they are playing on CBSCS and the Chronicle can't get ratings from obscure networks that no one gets or cares about.

Don't worry though, when they start playing UConn, Rutgers and Cincy, their ratings will soar. UT, A&M and Tech fans better watch out because Houstonians will feverishly tune in to watch those exciting matchups.

I'll be tagging this post. When we are not on FSN-S or CSS-Sorta West, you will be embarassed. ECU vs Hou 4.6 no Heisman no BCS. No FSN.

2009 Conference USA championship game which was less than the 09 Tech-UH on the same channel. Hey, I give UH fans credit, they tune in when they are playing for a CUSA championship, have an undefeated season with a heisman hyped QB or they play Tech.

We know OUR University Of HOUSTON ratings are down, but so are OUR Rockets and OUR Astros and so what... My - LOL

(11-06-2012 08:41 PM)jml2010 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 08:20 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote: [ -> ]What was the ratings for the ECU Houston game in North Carolina?

No clue. You might search local NC newspapers.

they suck rporting the major stories, they have no clue about the ratings.:muttering:

Too many UNC grads.....

(11-06-2012 08:44 PM)jml2010 Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 08:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-06-2012 07:56 PM)10thMountain Wrote: [ -> ]We did great for a crappy 11am time.

But we'll see who owns the ratings this weekend (hint: it won't be Coogie)

lol...no, I expect not. I think it proves the point I have always made. These big cities are too diverse for anyone to claim the "own" them. But there are so many people that many teams can deliver a solid audience.

I disagree. It's the Texans, the Big 12/SEC and UH when they are undefeated playing for a BCS bowl with a heisman hyped QB or they get a big name Texas school at home. Otherwise, it's the Texans and then the Big 12/SEC. No one else comes close and the numbers prove that.

Lumping all of the big12/sec teams together is highly misleading. Huge drop off after UT/ATM/LSU. You are correct in that Houston is a pro town first.