(09-28-2011 01:43 PM)ndlutz Wrote:  The number presented as the TV rating above is the average rating of nationally televised games from the 2009 season. This obviously does not speak to who the opponents were, what time the game was played, or anything else. It is simply the sheer average of the ratings. The number in parentheses is the number of nationally televised games that year.

The only point I was trying to make (and probably failed miserably) is that Pitt had great TV numbers in 2009 but that was probably a function of the great year they had. Two games were on ABC (including the ND night game) and the final game against Cincy was the lone game at that time (?) and for the BE championship.

On the other hand, SU was going through one of its worst FB cycles ever.

Would Pitt's TV number have been as bad as SUs if Pitt would have gone through that down cycle? What about if Pitt slips and is 6-6 on an annual basis?

It's better to have these TV numbers over multiple seasons to even out these parameters which I am sure the TV networks have.


Anyway, I am definitely going to be interested in seeing the new ACC TV map for ABC regionally televised games when Pitt and SU enter the league. I will want to find out how many times ACC games will be shown in Pittsburgh (and upstate NY and New England) versus a Big 10 game.