Bowl Season Ratings

[ISUcyclones11]

Still some non-NY6 Bowl ratings I don't see yet (Outback and Citrus), but for FWIW, Cheez It Bowl would be 2nd most viewed non-NY6 bowl (so far). Would also be most watched Cheez It Bowl since 2013.

Not on the graphic, but Purdue/Ten had 5.7M average viewers.

Kind of a perfect storm getting our own slot at a good time against a big program

 

[JUKEBOX]

people act like bowl games are exhibition but they draw considerably more viewers than most regular season games

 

[theshadow]

people act like bowl games are exhibition but they draw considerably more viewers than most in-season games

Because they're on 1 at a time instead of 6 or 8 at a time.

 

[dirtyninety]

Because they're on 1 at a time instead of 6 or 8 at a time.

And everybody got the Caesers and MGM app to be bett'n. We are a sedentary society......toilet recliner with the feeding tube and bowl game after bowl game beaming into the cranium.
Anyway......I am not feeling too good that so many people saw that game. really. I don't subscribe to "all publicity is good publicity".....Wish we would have gotten Kentucky......and maybe coached up some under-center quick run plays the last month. Let it go....let it go......

 

[Farnsworth]

Because they're on 1 at a time instead of 6 or 8 at a time.

Exactly. I watched a ton of bowls this year. And there were very few bowls I watched where I had seen the team play before the bowl game.

 

[JUKEBOX]

Because they're on 1 at a time instead of 6 or 8 at a time.

does that matter? I don't disagree, but views are views

 

[ISUcyclones11]

does that matter? I don't disagree, but views are views

Yea definitely good for the programs that make bowls to get more exposure (unlike Texas).

 

[VegasCy]

It is interesting that the Rose Bowl has the same number of viewers as a playoff game and that Baylor/Miss had more viewers than ND/OSU. I guess time slots may have an impact.

 

[theshadow]

does that matter? I don't disagree, but views are views

It does matter if you're trying to compare bowl ratings against regular-season ratings.

they draw considerably more viewers than most regular season games

 

[JUKEBOX]

according to the Internet, ISU vs. TCU (senior day) had 518k viewers

so the cheez-it bowl had like 10x as many viewers

 

[JUKEBOX]

I think the bowl game was our most-viewed game all year actually

 

[WhoISthis]

It does matter if you're trying to compare bowl ratings against regular-season ratings.

Not really.

Is it fair comparison? No.
Is it better revenue generating and unmatched exposure? Yes.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

It is interesting that the Rose Bowl has the same number of viewers as a playoff game and that Baylor/Miss had more viewers than ND/OSU. I guess time slots may have an impact.

1- It's an average of the whole game so the playoff games lost a lot of viewers as they went on, especially Orange Bowl. Rose Bowl was competitive the entire game with lots of scoring.

2 - Correct, Sugar Bowl had its own slot whereas the Fiesta Bowl was competing with Outback and Citrus