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(10-28-2021 01:01 PM)ladeda Wrote:  

(10-28-2021 12:45 PM)Cat-Man Wrote:  

(10-27-2021 07:11 PM)Dannyboy Wrote:  

(10-26-2021 07:47 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  It’s going to be fun watching them try to eventually move ND ahead of UC due to their better strength of schedule.

In the playoff era ND has had 1 loss at the end of the season two times. They made the playoff both times. I can’t wait to hear the, “Notre Dame is a better team now….” bullcrap.

OSU did the same thing in 2014 and 2016. Took early losses and still made the playoffs. They are on track to do it again this year, should they win out.

Bama did it in 2015. But 2017 was the big controversy. Bama took an end of regular season loss and didn't even make the SEC Championship game and they still made the CFP. (and won it all)

You get that leeway when you are a P5 perineal power with a massive following. Them being in it equals more eyeballs and $$$$$$. Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see some sort of shenanigans this year to keep UC out. (if it comes to that)

Last year's NC game had 18.65mm viewers-- the previous year it was 25mm viewers with LSU in the Championship game.

I think people are tired of seeing Bama, OSU, ND, Clemson and Oklahoma in it every year. Outside of Bama and OSU fans, who watched the NC game last year? (Well I did, just to watch OSU lose.)

But yeah-- it'd be nice to see Georgia, UC, sadly OSU (I think the other Big Ten teams are overrated) and even Oregon in the final 4. It'd be a nice change of pace to be honest-- and I think most CF fans would feel the same way.

Honestly, ratings would be better if you didn't have the same Bama, Oklahoma, OSU occupying 3 of the 4 spots again.

Last year may have been an outlier as all of the major sports had a dramatic dip in viewership last year.

Quote:The NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball all saw a dramatic dip in TV viewership, including the NFL playoffs this past weekend (they were down a whopping 22 percent).

https://www.si.com/college/ohiostate/foo...-game-ever

Hopefully we get a chance to prove the theory that people are tired of the same teams and we see a rise in viewership.