(01-17-2023 10:02 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(01-17-2023 09:27 AM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  

(01-16-2023 06:04 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(01-16-2023 05:55 PM)NTXCoog Wrote:  

(01-16-2023 05:14 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  The draw of Cincinnati and UCF in the games against Tulane was because they were at the top of the standings, not the name. Tulane-Houston was set for Friday/ESPN before the season (as was the SMU game for Thursday/ESPN).

All three of the departing teams get good timeslots/networks when theyre on top of the AAC and therefore get good viewer numbers, and when you're not on top...you DON'T get good numbers.

In 2021, Cincinnati and Houston were #1-2 in viewers...because they were#1-2 in the standings. It's the only year two departing teams have been on top of our viewer numbers AND it's the only year two of the departing teams met in the CCG.

And its about the top teams getting the top slots, not just the top teams doing great independently. None of our eleven teams does blockbuster numbers much beyond what they should in a given timeslot/network. If you show me those six timeslots, with no names, I could tell you that the CCG will top the viewers, followed by Black Friday on ABC, followed by Friday night ESPN then Thursday night ESPN (our Fridays have been doing better than our Thursdays -- no NFL competition), then a coin toss between the two ESPN2 Saturday afternoon slots or November before October.

Sorry, the appeal is AAC#1 and AAC#2, not any individual program.

Yes the championship game is going to have the highest rating. It's the best 2 teams on a major network. But compare vs last year with 2 departing teams: 2.7 million vs 2021 3.4 million.

2021 had the playoff factor for Cincinnati.
That meant a helluva lot more than "two teams leaving for the Big12 in nineteen months."

The year prior, Cincinnati was in the lowest viewed AAC CCG. Houston's previous CCG was the third lowest viewed AAC CCG. The second-lowest-viewed was Navy-Temple, when WMU had finished up their undefeated season the night before and likely locked up the NY6 bid. The other two highs were UCF's undefeated seasons.

Next year's AAC CCG will do two and half million, with all three of you already gone.
Next year's AAC viewership overall will be over 20 million viewers for our conference controlled inventory.

What do you expect when you have title game with only one fan base lol

The higher number the next year would imply that Cincy has at least 11 fans.