TV Rankings Not Easily Found.....

by psu in the w-b on Nov 22, 2009 10:23 PM EST

The BCS has been a hot topic today on the site. One of the the discussions that has spawned from the greater subject is conering TV rankings. I have been trying to nail down some of these elusive stats and comparisons but it has proven to be a little difficult. However, I have found the attached link concerning TV rankings and CFB. It is from the WSJ via the Statesman. The information is a bit dated but does provide some interesting analysis and perspective. If anyone else has some good data then I would thnk it would be interesting to see.

It is unfortunate that the standing system does not allow for the "most deserving" teams to play it out H2H but the below information is the type of data that does play into the decision making process by the selection committees.,

NCAA TV Ranking Analysis

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Link to the WSJ Data

Here is the link to the actual data. The most telling narrative to the quantitative data is this:

“Two of last three Hawkeye bowls had ratings of at least 20% below average.”

by Rocky Mountain Nittany Lion on Nov 22, 2009 10:42 PM EST reply actions

Cool

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 22, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

Those stats are incredibly weird

Oregon? Some teams with massive fan bases in the negative? Just odd.

by PSUisMyHeart on Nov 22, 2009 11:24 PM EST up reply actions

The three that were strange to me in the negatives were Texas, Miami, and Florida State. Those are all schools from populous states. The other negatives make sense…most are from small states (population-wise). While they may travel well, there just aren’t enough people to actually watch the games to boost tv ratings. Nebraska is a prime example of this in this particular study.

by Rocky Mountain Nittany Lion on Nov 23, 2009 10:05 AM EST up reply actions

You're clearly not from Pittsburgh, as your title is gramatically incorrect.

It needs changed.

by Jeff Junstrom on Nov 22, 2009 10:58 PM EST reply actions

TY

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 22, 2009 11:33 PM EST up reply actions

I see what you did there

“needs [to be] changed”

by AdamShell on Nov 23, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions

It'll be even better for us - that didn't include the Orange Bowl, which had record viewership

Or the other games.

"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."

-J.V.Pa.

by psume06 on Nov 23, 2009 8:38 AM EST reply actions

The BCS website......

has some info as well.

"When is the last time you heard a CEO say, "You know, I am REALLY glad we lowered our standards. Its really worked out well for us"."

Colin Cowherd

Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.

by ech2os on Nov 23, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions

Unfortunately, though: all info on the BCS website is guilty until proven innocent. Playoffs kill kittens!

BSD

by KevinHD on Nov 23, 2009 10:40 AM EST up reply actions

YOU'RE AN IDIOT!

by Jeff Junstrom on Nov 23, 2009 11:12 AM EST up reply actions

They have it sourced.....

up through like 2003. I found 2008’s on the Nielson website and compared. The BCS website has some of those dead on and some inflated.

"When is the last time you heard a CEO say, "You know, I am REALLY glad we lowered our standards. Its really worked out well for us"."

Colin Cowherd

Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.

by ech2os on Nov 23, 2009 11:53 AM EST up reply actions

This?

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/tvratings

Twitter: @scrappled

"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee

by Run Up The Score on Nov 23, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

I find it very shocking

that the second highest tv ratings for a non championship BCS game was the Rose Bowl between Wisconsin and Stanford.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face

by psupride on Nov 24, 2009 10:30 AM EST up reply actions

I don't like this data set

Oregon hasn’t been in a BCS or really big bowl since 1995. So when they go to the Emerald Bowl ratings go up 18%? If Notre Dame or PSU went to the Emerald Bowl, I guarantee you ratings would go up more than 18% over that Bowl’s average. I guess my point is that the bowls Oregon goes to have a pretty lousy pool of teams to pick from so when they get Oregon instead of Fresno State more people watch than normal. PSU and Florida State get to go to perenially high rated bowls which always get very attractive schools to choose from so the incremental effect of PSU or FSU is smaller.

Angry Mike

by AngryMike on Nov 23, 2009 11:39 AM EST reply actions

Oregon was in the Fiesta Bowl in 2001

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 11:51 AM EST up reply actions

Research

I have neither the time nor the inclination to do any research for this stuff but since you need to be so anal about this stuff I will revise for you..

Oregon has been in one BCS level bowl since 1995. So when they go to the Emerald Bowl ratings go up 18%? If Notre Dame or PSU went to the Emerald Bowl, I guarantee you ratings would go up more than 18% over that Bowl’s average. I guess my point is that the bowls Oregon goes to have a pretty lousy pool of teams to pick from so when they get Oregon instead of Fresno State more people watch than normal. PSU and Florida State get to go to perenially high rated bowls which always get very attractive schools to choose from so the incremental effect of PSU or FSU is smaller.

Angry Mike

by AngryMike on Nov 24, 2009 10:18 AM EST up reply actions