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BCS Championship Ratings Down -- Changes May Be Coming
Over 24 million viewers tuned in to watch Alabama bludgeon LSU in the BCS championship game, a number that works for ESPN. Meanwhile Conference Commissioners are thinking about making some changes to the BCS System. The final rating for the Championship game was 14.0, which means that 14% percent...
ESPN Sets Cable Record With BCS Championship Telecast
While Auburn captured the National Championship with a 22-19 victory over Oregon, ESPN captured a national record. Their telecast of the BCS Championship game is the most-watched telecast in cable history. Over 27.3 million viewers tuned in to ESPN Monday night, according to Nielsen...
Gordon Gee Tadpoled by Super Frog
The Big Ten needs to be wary of amphibians. After Super Ginger (see below) asserted football dominance in the Rose Bowl over the Big Ten Conference Leader Wisconsin (or Legend?), TCU boosters assert billboard dominance over Gordon Gee. Adam Jacobi of CBS Sports and Black Heart Gold Pants has this...
Texas-Alabama: Faith, Defense, and Phlogiston
I haven't been writing much because I've been slammed with work, recharging my battery while visiting family and friends in Austin, gaining so much sodium bloating from festive seasonal eating that my now fattened sausage fingers can't manipulate a keyboard without pressing three keys at a time,...
Grandaddyofemall Open Thread
Roses. Ducks. Bucks.
Texas-USC Top Rated College Game of the Decade
No surprise here as the best game of the decade was also was also the most-watched game of the the BCS era. The Longhorns 41-38 win over USC for the National Championship drew an audience of over 35 million. The Longhorns dramatic National Championship win drew 5.5 million more viewers than the...
Roll Tide, Roll
Like many Longhorns, I'll be watching the SEC title game in a Dallas sports bar to scout our prospective opponent before walking over to the Death Star for the Corn Husking. Yes, I just counted chickens before they hatched. Barking Carnival has a poultry gynecologist on retainer and a Burger King...
The Greatest Game Ever Played and the NFL Talent in it
I googled the first five words of the post title and up popped a link to a movie starring Shia LaBeouf and another link to a book about the 1958 NFL Championship game. Horse-Puckey. Add Texas as a sixth word and google gets it right. The talent that night went far beyond VY vs Reggie. I don't...
B1G Thinking About a Four Team College Football Playoff
The Big Ten is planning to propose a four-team college football playoff system to supplement, not replace the current bowl structure and BCS. Previously, the Big Ten was one of the fiercest opponents to a playoff system, but now recognizes that many, if not most, college football fans consider the...
B5Q Film Session: Breaking Down Oregon's Zone Read Offense
By now you've probably heard a little about Oregon's "complex" offense. Over the last few days, I've spent a lot of time watching some Oregon film, spending the most time on their win over Stanford and their loss against USC. After watching the film, I've made some general conclusions: Oregon's...
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