Northern Illinois/Fresno State Humanitarian Bowl: 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.896 million viewers
Last year: IDAHO/BGSU: 2.1, 3.014 mil
2008: MD/NEV: 2.1, 3.039 mil
2007: FRESNO/GT: 745,000, ESPN2

Drew the largest bowl audience of the three games that day.


FIU/Toledo Little Caesars Bowl: 1.4 U.S. rating and 2.174 million viewers
Last year: MAR/OHIO: 2.6, 3.809 mil

Least-viewed edition of the game since at least 2006 (viewership prior to the 2007 game was unavailable).


Ohio/Troy New Orleans Bowl: 1.3 U.S. rating and 2.096 million viewers
Last year: 0.7, 993,000
2008: MTU/USM: 0.7, 1.115 mil

The game ranks as the most-viewed New Orleans Bowl since 2007 (FAU/MEM: 1.561 mil, ESPN2).

Other bowls not involving BCS teams:

BYU/UTEP New Mexico Bowl: 1.8 U.S. rating and 2.789 million viewers
San Diego State/Navy Poinsettia Bowl: 2.3 U.S. rating and 3.568 million viewers
Tulsa/Hawaii Hawaii Bowl: 2.1 U.S. rating and 3.707 million viewers


Source: sportsmediawatch.net

I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

(01-05-2011 09:29 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

but i thought Toledo sold 37,000 tickets?

I'm not blaming Toledo....it's a combination of factors (opponent, etc.) and no other MAC team would have pulled in more fans, but it was pretty empty looking and I'm sure the bowl officials were not all that pleased. With Nebraska coming on board sure be nice to see B10 team in this game year in and year out.

Odd. I had figured since the NFL game that night was postponed, the LCB would have had a higher viewership. There weren't any other nationally televised sports that night IIRC (at least no other football).

(01-05-2011 11:39 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  Odd. I had figured since the NFL game that night was postponed, the LCB would have had a higher viewership. There weren't any other nationally televised sports that night IIRC (at least no other football).

I am sure you don't want to hear it but I am going to go out on a limb and say FIU playing in the game had something to do with it. This was one of the lowest watched LCB in years and the MAC has had a team in every year.

(01-06-2011 12:04 AM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  

(01-05-2011 11:39 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  Odd. I had figured since the NFL game that night was postponed, the LCB would have had a higher viewership. There weren't any other nationally televised sports that night IIRC (at least no other football).

I am sure you don't want to hear it but I am going to go out on a limb and say FIU playing in the game had something to do with it. This was one of the lowest watched LCB in years and the MAC has had a team in every year.

When you have a Sunbelt team (or a MAC team) without a really good record (only .500 or thereabouts) playing in it, the perception is that the teams aren't very good and it won't be an interesting game.

(01-05-2011 10:16 AM)bobcat_backer Wrote:  

(01-05-2011 09:29 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

but i thought Toledo sold 37,000 tickets?

We probably brought around 15,000 down from previous trips to Detroit. Still sad but I understand. I think had Toledo won 10 games or had a better showing on previous ESPN games, we'd brought a tad more. When you only sell 5k out of your 10k allotment, that's not good.

Anyone know the TV rating of the GoDaddy.com bowl?

(01-05-2011 10:16 AM)bobcat_backer Wrote:  

(01-05-2011 09:29 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

but i thought Toledo sold 37,000 tickets?

Crain's Detroit Business quoted LCB honcho Ken Hoffman saying there were 37,000 tickets sold the Tuesday prior to the Bowl.

(01-10-2011 04:06 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  Anyone know the TV rating of the GoDaddy.com bowl?

1.7 U.S. Rating and just below the Humanitarian Bowl rating.

http://www.dnj.com/article/20110111/BLUE...+MTSU+bowl

(01-05-2011 09:29 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

2nd lowest attended MCB/Pizza Pizza Bowl
I didn't even go and I have (had) never missed a UT Bowl game in my entire lifetime.

So why was this the largest viewing of a New Orleans Bowl game ever? Any theories?

(01-15-2011 12:20 PM)Burn the Horse Wrote:  So why was this the largest viewing of a New Orleans Bowl game ever? Any theories?

It didn't involve a CUSA team.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41060717

Godaddy.com bowl gets bigger ratings than the SEC/B10 matchup... but note that there was only one game the day of the godaddy bowl and several on the Gator Bowl.

(01-05-2011 10:16 AM)bobcat_backer Wrote:  

(01-05-2011 09:29 AM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  I think that this years' Little Caesar also may have been the least attended Detroit bowl game that I can ever recall. Yeah, I know they announced a decent crowd, but it didn't look that way on TV and of course having a Florida based opponent that brought no fans didn't help much.

but i thought Toledo sold 37,000 tickets?

Looks like everyone turned off the Gator bowl and went and watched the Outback bowl, since it was the only game competitive after 20 minutes.

When one team only brings fans then yeah 37k is good. If we play northwestern... they bring 25k and we have the biggest LCB attendance ever. Think about the bigger attended games, they were all against teams who were both within 1000 miles!

For basically one team attendance thats great. Don't smash Toledo, Smash the bowl comitty for putting a MAC team against a Florida team from the Sun Belt.