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Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:01 pm
by skyscraper
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011 ... tings.htmlArmed Forces Bowl received a 1.33 rating - just .01 higher than the lowest rated bowl, the New Orleans Bowl.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:05 pm
by smupony94
I thought the fight hunger bowl would be the lowest
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:05 pm
by Pony_Law
I think some of these numbers reflect moving from network to cable , especialy the larger bowls like the bcs and rose which set cable records when they aired.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:13 pm
by PonyPlayer4
11:00 am central on a thursday.... Any two teams at this time would have bad ratings.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:23 pm
by StallionsModelT
Wow I'm shocked. A bowl game on at 11 in the morning on a day that most people were back at work between a service academy and a small, private school didn't set the world on fire?
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:29 pm
by smupony94
Appears more people wanted to watch Tulsa-Hawaii than SMU-Nevada
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:32 pm
by RGV Pony
Not many people saw those black unis
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:35 pm
by ObeyMyDog
Honestly, the only reason we aren't last is because of Army's fan base, which is sad. Not really anybody's fault though. As stated before, the time of the game was miserable. If I wasn't an SMU fan/alum, I would have turned the game off before the end of the 1st quarter no question, assuming I was sitting around doing nothing and had the time to watch it. Watching A Christmas Story on repeat for the 17th time would have been more entertaining than that game if I had absolutely no rooting interest in it.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:38 pm
by SMU2007
yea it was at a terrible time and the game itself was quite boring- unless you are a die hard smu fan. our "high flying" offense put up a whopping 0 points in the first half... that should be enough to kill any casual viewer's interest.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:39 pm
by Pony_Fan
snooze...
If it was on a Saturday or not the middle of a work day, would have been better.
That is a nice thing about the Hawaii Bowl, nothing else is on.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:44 pm
by ponykeg
It looks like all the BCS bowls lost viewers as well. Wonder why.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:46 pm
by PonyPlayer4
ponykeg wrote:It looks like all the BCS bowls lost viewers as well. Wonder why.
Everything switched to ESPN
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:02 pm
by EastStang
Noon eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific on probably the last work day of the year. Yeah, the ratings were bad. Put that game at 7 p.m. it would have been much higher.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:13 pm
by PonyPlayer4
Interesting to see the OU/UCONN game came on in prime time right after the TCU/Wisconsin game, but only had about 1/2 the viewers.
Re: Ratings report: AFB 2nd lowest rated bowl
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:14 pm
by SMU2007
does anyone know how they calculate the ratings? is there a certain amount of time that you have to watch the game to be counted as a viewer?