The OFFICIAL 2016 College football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread

[jadillac]

So far lookin' like the FSU/Michigan game was the best of the New Year's 6 bowls

There's only been 1 so far

 

[Tide Run This]

The good news for ESPN: Ratings for Saturday’s College Football Playoff semifinal games were up a bit from last year’s.

The bad news for ESPN: Those ratings are still kind of terrible.

ESPN announced Sunday that the Peach Bowl between Washington and Alabama earned an 10.9 overnight rating on ESPN (the number is slightly higher if you include the alternate broadcast on ESPN2), while the Fiesta Bowl between Ohio State and Clemson delivered a 10.0.
Last years semifinals, the first ever to be played on New Year’s Eve, drew ratings of 9.7 and 9.9, so ESPN can be pleased with the modest increase. On the other hand, the 2014 semifinals, which aired on New Year’s Day, got ratings of 15.3 and 15.5, according to Sports TV Ratings, so clearly the CFP is leaving a lot of viewers on the table.

It’s almost as if people are less likely to watch football on a night when millions of people are out celebrating away from a television… hmmm.

From the moment the NCAA and ESPN announced that the CFP semifinals would be held on New Year’s Eve, we knew ratings would suffer, that college football could not “change the paradigm of New Year’s Eve,” as CFP executive director Bill Hancock suggested at the time. Now, with two years of data, we can say for certain that holding big-time games on New Year’s Eve is a bad idea.

Going forward, the CFP semifinals won’t be held on New Year’s Eve if the holiday falls on a weekday but will still be played on Dec. 31 when that date falls on a weekend, as it did this year. As the schedule currently looks, the CFP won’t run into the New Year’s Eve problem again until 2021.

Next year’s CFP semifinals will be held on Jan. 1. You can bet that makes ESPN very, very happy.

UPDATE: Shortly after we published this, ESPN announced the total viewership numbers. The CFP double-header was up 14 percent from last year in total eyeballs, indicating a more impressive improvement than the overnight ratings suggested. These gains are likely attributable to the fact that this year’s games were held on a Saturday, not a Thursday. Regardless, the point about New Year’s Eve games being bad for ratings still stands.

Unimpressive CFP semifinal ratings confirm that football on New Year's Eve is a bad idea

So much for Saturday being all the difference ratings still trash.. At this point next time the games are NYE game one will start at noon game 2 will start at 4

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

There's only been 1 so far

I thought the semi final games count towards the NY6

 

[RammerJammer]

WMU/Wisconsin gotta be the most uninteresting Cotton Bowl in recent memory

 

[KRiLL (+)]

@cook
@Brooklynzson

My ban from The Coliseum was only till the "end of the year".

Last I checked 2016 ended last night and we in 2017 now.

Why has my access to The Coliseum not been reinstated?

 

[Freddie.Cane]

swag fighting for his rights

 

[RammerJammer]

"End of 365 days"

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Free swag


We need that fukkkery

 

[The ADD]

Free swag


We need that fukkkery

Negged

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Playoff will never top the hype for year one

Defending champs FSU vs Oregon Winston vs Mariota hype

Ohio St vs Alabama 2 blue bloods Urban vs Saban

Year one was perfect store as far as hype last 2 playoff semis been underwhelming as fukk buzz been light matchups just ain't looked great on paper it's crazy only 1 of the 6 playoff semifinal games have had less than a 3 score margin

Last year's championship game>>>>

 

[CrimsonTider]

Last year's championship game>>>>

I don't think he is speaking on championship games.

We have had those every since the BCS was implemented.

The Semifinals were created to be a a huge rating and Money maker. I don't think anyone can argue that is has been flop from every perspective the selection process, the on field product and the ratings.

 

[Uno]

I agree
Sidenote: Richards vs Noonie war coming soon

eh, Richards is way better.

 

[Freddie.Cane]

eh, Richards is way better.

My breh u started it and yes I agree with your statement he also better than Calloway :Bless: @malbaker86

 

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