Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

Top two are future B1G and SEC matchups, so that's encouraging for Warren and Sankey

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

Related:

https://twitter.com/cjogara/status/1567162040216690688

Notre Dame is 2-22 since 1999 against Top 5 (fixed) records per this College Football reporter.

Regardless, the Irish remain a big draw against other brand-name opponents.

(09-07-2022 02:07 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

Related:

https://twitter.com/cjogara/status/1567162040216690688

Notre Dame is 2-22 since 1999 against Top 25 records per this College Football reporter.

Regardless, the Irish remain a big draw against other brand-name opponents.

That is against top 5 opponents, not top 25.

It is still crappy, just not as crappy. :)

(09-07-2022 02:14 PM)TerryD Wrote:  That is against top 5 opponents, not top 25.

It is still crappy, just not as crappy. :)

Thanks for the heads up TD.

It's fixed now

10.5 will likely be a top 5 game for the year. Great kickstart for ABC's Saturday night primetime games.

Solid number for FSU/LSU. Borderline top 10.

ND/OSU was the most watched game on an ABC/ESPN network since 2017.

It was the second most watched Week 1 game on any network, ever.

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig...w-ratings/

(09-07-2022 02:50 PM)TerryD Wrote:  ND/OSU was the most watched game on an ABC/ESPN network since 2017.

It was the second most watched Week 1 game on any network, ever.

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig...w-ratings/

But, but, but ... people have stopped watching football.

(09-07-2022 03:00 PM)Kyle Mack Wrote:  

"Facts is facts"

1. NFL
(gap)
2. College Football
(gap)
3. other sports

(09-07-2022 02:56 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 02:50 PM)TerryD Wrote:  ND/OSU was the most watched game on an ABC/ESPN network since 2017.

It was the second most watched Week 1 game on any network, ever.

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig...w-ratings/

But, but, but ... people have stopped watching football.

People will never stop watching football until it's outlawed. But overall ratings are down, there's no denying that. New CFP will make regular season ratings even worse.

I also don't think this would have been a Top 5 game if the NFL had already started. People want their fix and this was their best option.

(09-07-2022 03:51 PM)Scoochpooch1 Wrote:  People will never stop watching football until it's outlawed.

Maybe where you live, buddy :)

That AIN'T NEVER happening in North Florida, I can most certainly promise you that much

(Good point about no NFL, though ... but strong ratings are strong ratings at the end of the day)

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

WOW! what a great day for ABC.

(09-07-2022 02:56 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 02:50 PM)TerryD Wrote:  ND/OSU was the most watched game on an ABC/ESPN network since 2017.

It was the second most watched Week 1 game on any network, ever.

https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fig...w-ratings/

But, but, but ... people have stopped watching football.

This is primarily said by people living in the northeast, parts of the mid-Atlantic, and far west.

People in the Deep South, Midwest and Southwest/Texas can’t get enough CFB.

(09-07-2022 03:59 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

WOW! what a great day for ABC.

Going forward ...

ND-OSU (FOX)
LSU-FSU (Disney)
Oregon-UGA (Disney?) ... not sure if ESPN would need some kind of waiver for this particular "Chic-fil-A Kickoff Classic" matchup
CSU-Michigan (FOX)
PSU-Purdue (FOX)
WVU-Pitt (Disney?)
Utah-UF (Disney)

Oregon may be down, but the B1G needs to take them now IMO.

(09-07-2022 02:03 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

Top two are future B1G and SEC matchups, so that's encouraging for Warren and Sankey

Wow! Great news for the MWC because they clocked in at #4. This is awesome for them when they gobble up the Pac and Big XII.

(09-07-2022 05:20 PM)esayem Wrote:  Wow! Great news for the MWC because they clocked in at #4. This is awesome for them when they gobble up the Pac and Big XII.

Shouldn't you be out there digging a moat around Jim Phillips' office?

In terms of viewing numbers, gotta give some props to the Cincinnati vs Arkansas game...

(09-07-2022 04:15 PM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 03:59 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(09-07-2022 01:54 PM)TerryD Wrote:  Stewart Mandel
@slmandel

Notable Week 1 TV numbers:

ND-OSU on ABC (10.5M)
LSU-FSU on ABC (7.55M)
Oregon-Georgia on ABC (6.2M)
Colorado St-Michigan on ABC (3.9M)
Penn St-Purdue on FOX (3.5M)
WVU-Pitt on ESPN (3.2M)
Utah-Florida on ESPN (3.0M)

WOW! what a great day for ABC.

Going forward ...

ND-OSU (FOX)
LSU-FSU (Disney)
Oregon-UGA (Disney?) ... not sure if ESPN would need some kind of waiver for this particular "Chic-fil-A Kickoff Classic" matchup
CSU-Michigan (FOX)
PSU-Purdue (FOX)
WVU-Pitt (Disney?)
Utah-UF (Disney)

actually ND-OSU would be on NBC or CBS. #2 overall selection goes to them based on what they said last week.