2013 New Orleans Bowl (ESPN) TV Ratings

[ULGrad@HOU]

Here are the (overnight) numbers, I'm going to refrain comment at the moment, but I'll jump in later on my thoughts.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2013...y-on-espn-abc/

[timlan2057]

I'm not surprised. Other than the Nola bowl, I won't watch one second of this glut of bowls on national tv, except maybe the bcsncg.

The difference is, the Nola bowl had a great crowd and great atmosphere. It's a feather in our cap.

But it's still a "meaningless" game to the guy in Peoria, Illinois.

Whether or not the NCAA holds together, why not a 16 team BCS playoff, a separate 16 team "mid-major" playoff and do away with bowl games altogether? And of course, keep the playoff formats for FCS and Divs. II and III.

[NOLACajun]

9 PM Eastern start time was late, and who really watches Tulane?

[DaddyCajun]

Too many Bowls just like too many reality shows, everything is getting watered down in the eyes of the FAN. Too many week day games during the year. If you can turn on the TV and watch a game anytime you basically want, it becomes oh well, to too many fans. They are saturating the air waves, and Fans will continue to not watch the barrage of games, too many Bowl Games and too many that have NO HISTORY. Its too many NOT special games being played!

[DaddyCajun]

9 PM Eastern start time was late, and who really watches Tulane?

yep Cajun/Tulane game was WAY too LATE!

[good2geaux]

ESPN can suck it for that late start.

[irokcj5]

Sounds like Espn has a lousy marketing department.

[RaginCajun309]

I'm at work away from home, with no competition from wife and kid to watch Real Housewives of whatever or Dora, and I still have not been watching many of the bowl games thus far; although, I did watch the Cajuns game twice if that counts!

Playoff is the way to save this, as if the Cajuns are in then I want to see who they may be playing in later rounds. Seems simple to me, let advertisers of current bowls continue to advertise for playoff games so they continue to make money. ESPN makes even more because more viewers equal higher costs for commercials. Schools make more, especially home teams, because they get another home game and revenue from game. Only loser is the cities and stadiums that currently host bowl games, but who cares about them anyway.

Late games also suck big time. I've started to watch hockey, for one because I live in darned frozen north but also most of the games start at 7 or 7:30, done around 9:30-10. I must be getting old!! Complaining that I can't stay up past the news!!

[RaginDave]

24 Teams.....All conference Champions and the remainder are at large bids. Use current bowl locations to host many of these games. Top 8 National Seeds would get byes. 9-24 would play each other, giving the higher seed a lower ranked team, 9 vs 24, 10 vs 23, 11 vs 21, etc etc. The higher ranked team would have the game played in a regional location (preferbaly a current bowl location) near their school. For instance if UL was playing a Big 10 team, it could be in Detroit, if they were playing a Big 12 team it could be in Houston or Dallas, etc. The Final Four games would be held at the current BCS locations on a rotating basis, Sugar, Rose, Orange and Fiesta, you could add possibly Dallas and another location and let them rotate the games periodically, with each loaction hosting the national championship game every 4th or 6 year, etc, but when they were not hosting that, they would have a high likelihood of hosting one of the semifinal games.

My suggestion......Thoughts.....

[CajunRage]

I like the thought of 3 tournaments someone mentioned in another thread. 3 16 team tournaments with the same thought process of the NIT. I think it would get more attention than the NIT. The only issue I then see is that you have the same issue of a 6-6 SEC team getting in over a 8-4/9-3 Sunbelt team? Do you exclude P5 from the 2nd and 3rd tier because they really don't care anyway?

[RaginCajun309]

RDave,

I want a playoff more than anything in college football, well except for an invite to a Big 5 conference, but the old argument of having players play 5 more games will always come up. It seems that a game from the schedule would need to be dropped and we all know what people on this forum think about losing a Saturday game! Don't see that happening. Home games in the first round may help quell this argument.

The other major flaw with a playoff with 24 teams is fan travel. Travel to a single bowl game, in mostly fun cities, is already an issue as evidenced by some of the low turnout in the bowls played thus far. Possibly five plane tickets, hotels, tickets, food, gas etc would likely price some fans out of the entire playoff experience.

As it stands there are 10 conferences, not including independents. Have all 10 conference champs in plus 2 at large, same format as you describe from there on out. Pay each conference a hefty sum of the profits so they get rid of their conference championship game and you're not really adding that many more games.

I love/hate this conversation!!!

[31Ragin97]

but factor in the higher attendance?? since so many people are at the game, of course less are watching on TV, whereas these other bowls have such low attendance. and therefore no excuse.....today's military bowl for example is in a stadium with only a capcity of 34,000, so far nearly a week into bowl season NOLA bowl still has the HIGHEST attendance by a mile!