● 2018-2018 NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE Dec. 15 - Jan. 7, 2019 ●

mjp28

@the-gipper said:

All meaningless except for the playoff games

Not exactly meaningless in today's viewing if you draw 2 to 4M you have a nice market and the numbers reported tend to be low.

College football bowl viewership trended up, at least on ESPN/ABC, this season.

The ESPN family of networks combined to average 5.7 million viewers for 35 bowl games this season, up 11% from last year. 21 of those 35 games posted increases. ESPN Nielsen ratings now include streaming viewership on TV devices; comparisons are to last year’s TV-only numbers.

Of the three non-ESPN bowls (on a Nielsen rated network), each declined by double-digits and none exceeded 2.2 million.

Bowls hitting multi-year highs this season: Armed Forces (record high), Orange (since 2008*), Las Vegas (since 2012), Cotton (since 2013*), Peach (since 2013*), Fiesta (since 2013*), Idaho (since 2013), Pinstripe (since 2013), Hawaii (since 2013), Orlando (since 2014), Hawaii (since 2013), Birmingham (since 2015), Rose (since 2015), Sugar (since 2015), National Championship (since 2015). * Excluding playoff games.

Bowls hitting multi-year lows: Holiday (lowest on record), Boca Raton (record low), Bahamas (lowest ever), New Mexico (since at least 2005), Alamo (since 2007), New Orleans (since 2009), Texas (since 2009), Belk (since 2010), San Francisco (since 2012), Military (since 2012), St. Petersburg (since 2013), Music City (since 2013), Camellia (since 2014), Mobile (since 2015).....

mjp28

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL RATINGS, VIEWERSHIP

Viewership in (parentheses): TV+streaming
Comparisons in [brackets]: TV+streaming vs. TV only
Playoff games compared to last year’s playoff games

BOWL	GAME	RTG	VWRS	+/-	DATE/TIME	NET
CFPNC	ALA-UGA	15.6	(28.443M)	+9%	1/8, 8:00 PM	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Rose (Semi)	UGA-OKLA	13.7	(26.913M)	+36%	1/1, 5:00 PM	ESPN & ESPN2 <---- BIG JUMP!
Sugar (Semi)	ALA-CLEM	11.4	(21.473M)	+9%	1/1, 9:00 PM	ESPN & ESPN2
Orange	WISC-MIA	6.3	(11.727M)	+0.3%	12/30, 8:00 PM	ESPN
Fiesta	PSU-WASH	5.7	(10.167M)	+18%	12/30, 4:00 PM	ESPN
Cotton	OSU-USC	5.3	(9.468M)	+71%	12/29, 8:00 PM	ESPN <---- BIG JUMP THERE!
Citrus	ND-LSU	5.1	(8.713M)	[+37%]	1/1, 1:00 PM	ABC <--- AND THERE!
Peach	UCF-AUB	4.6	(8.377M)	+46%	1/1, 12:30 PM	ESPN
Outback	SC-MICH	2.8	(5.050M)	[-17%]	1/1, Noon	ESPN2
Music City	NWSTN-UK	2.8	(4.626M)	[-8%]	12/29, 5:15 PM	ESPN
Gator	MSST-LVILLE	2.7	(4.424M)	[+67%]	12/30, Noon	ESPN
Alamo	TCU-STAN	2.5	(4.368M)	[-5%]	12/28, 9:00 PM	ESPN
Orlando	OKST-VT	2.6	(4.358M)	[+2%]	12/28, 5:15 PM	ESPN
Pinstripe	IOWA-BC	2.3	(4.008M)	[+64%]	12/27, 5:15 PM	ESPN
Liberty	ISU-MEM	2.2	3.438M	+10%	12/30, 12:30 PM	ABC
Texas	TEX-MIZ	2.1	(3.455M)	[-10%]	12/27, 9:00 PM	ESPN
Las Vegas	BOISE-ORE	2.3	3.801M	+2%	12/16, 3:30 PM	ABC
Armed Forces	ARMY-SDSU	2.1	(3.485M)	[+49%]	12/23. 4:00 PM	ESPN
Birmingham	USF-TTU	2.15	(3.397M)	[+47%]	12/23, Noon	ESPN
Cactus	KST-UCLA	n.a.	(3.261M)	[+43%]	12/26, 9:00 PM	ESPN
Belk	WAKE-TA&M	n.a.	(2.957M)	[-40%]	12/29, 1:00 PM	ESPN
Detroit	DUKE-NIU	n.a.	(2.526M)	[-16%]	12/26, 5:15 PM	ESPN
Celebration	NCA&T-GRAM	1.6	2.357M	-13%	12/16, Noon	ABC
Independence	FSU-USM	n.a.	(2.205M)	[+35%]	12/27, 1:30 PM	ESPN
Sun	NCST-ASU	1.5	2.205M	[-25%]	12/29, 3:15 PM	CBS
Dallas	UTAH-WVU	n.a.	(2.204M)	[+36%]	12/26, 1:30 PM	ESPN
San Fran.	PUR-ARIZ	n.a.	2.139M	-19%	12/27, 8:30 PM	FOX
Hawaii	FRES-HOU	1.1	(2.086M)	[+53%]	12/24, 8:30 PM	ESPN
Military	NAVY-UVA	n.a.	(2.052M)	[-2%]	12/28, 1:30 PM	ESPN
Mobile	APPST-TOL	1.0	(1.770M)	[-30%]	12/23, 7:00 PM	ESPN
Holiday	MSU-WSU	n.a.	1.613M	-60%	12/28, 9:00 PM	FS1
St. Pete	TEMP-FIU	1.0	(1.597M)	[-22%]	12/21, 8:00 PM	ESPN
Idaho	WYO-CMU	n.a.	(1.497M)	[+31%]	12/22, 4:00 PM	ESPN
FCS Champ.	NDSU-JMU	1.0	(1.515M)	[-3%]	1/6, Noon	ESPN2
Boca Raton	FAU-AKRON	n.a.	(1.394M)	[-12%]	12/19, 7:00 PM	ESPN
New Orleans	TROY-NTX	0.9	(1.327M)	[-1%]	12/16, 1:00 PM	ESPN
Frisco	LATECH-SMU	n.a.	(1.250M)	[+57%]	12/20, 8:00 PM	ESPN
New Mexico	MARSH-CSU	0.75	(1.212M)	[-13%]	12/16, 4:50 PM	ESPN
Camellia	MTSU-AKST	0.7	(1.187M)	[-20%]	12/16, 8:30 PM	ESPN
Bahamas	OHIO-UAB	n.a.	(882K)	[-36%]	12/22, 12:30 PM	ESPN
Div II Champ.	TA&MC-WFLA	0.36	(626K)	[+84%]	12/16, 6:00 PM	ESPN2

The Gipper

All meaningless except the playoff games how many times I have to say it

mjp28

Lines on all of the games from vegasinsider.com

NCAA FOOTBALL SPREAD

12/14 8:00 PM 309811 South Dakota State 309812 North Dakota State	64u-20 -11 -20	57u-14 -10 -14
TV: ESPN 2, DTV: 209
12/15 12:00 PM 199 Alcorn State 200 North Carolina AT	47u-10 -7½ -10	47u-10 -7½ -10	47½u-10 -7½ -10	-8 -10	47½u-10 -7½ -10	47½u-10 -7½ -10	47u-10 -7½ -10	-7½ -10	47½u-12 -7½ +01
TV: ABC
12/15 2:00 PM 201 North Texas 202 Utah State	64½u-10 -11 -10	66½u-10 -9 -10	67u-10 -9 -10	-9½ -10	67u-10 -9½ -10	67½u-10 -9½ -10	67u-10 -9½ -10	-9½ -10	66½u-20 -9 -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/15 1:30 PM 203 Tulane 204 Louisiana-Lafayette	-4 -10 59u-10	-3½ -10 59u-10	-3½ -10 59u-10	-3½ EV	-3 -10 59u-10	-3½ -10 59u-10	-3½ -10 59u-10	-3½ -10	-3½ -10
Time-change to 01:30pm EST \| TV: CBCSN , DTV: 221
12/15 3:30 PM 205 Arizona State 206 Fresno State	52u-10 -3 -10	52u-10 -4½ -10	51½u-10	-4½ -10	52u-10 -4½ -10	52u-10 -4½ -10	-4½ -10	-4½ -10	52u-10 -4½ -05
ASU-WR-N'Keal Harry-OUT \| TV: ABC
12/15 5:30 PM 207 Eastern Michigan 208 Georgia Southern	PK -10 47½u-10	47½u-10 -1 -10	47½u-10 -1 -10	-1 -10	47½u-10 -1 -10	48u-10 -1 -10	48u-10 -1 -10	-1 -10	47½u-10 PK -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/15 9:00 PM 209 Middle Tennessee St. 210 Appalachian State	50½u-10 -7½ -10	50½u-10 -7 -05		-7 EV	50½u-10 -7 -10	50½u-10 -7 -10	-7 -10	-7 -10	50½u-10 -7 -05
APP-RB-Jalin Moore-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/15 2:00 PM 309815 Maine 309816 Eastern Washington	59u-20 -17 -20	59u-14 -11 -14
TV: ESPN 2 , DTV: 209
12/18 7:00 PM 211 Northern Illinois 212 UAB	43u-10 -2½ -10	43½u-10 -2½ -10	43½u-10 -2½ -10	-2 -10	43½u-10 -2½ -10	43½u-10 -2½ -10	43½u-10 -2 -10	-2 -10	43½u-10 -1½ -20
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/19 8:00 PM 213 Ohio 214 San Diego State	-3 -10 54u-10	-3 -15 54u-10	-3 -10 54u-10	-3 -20	-3 -10 54½u-10	-3 -20 55u-10	-3 -10 54½u-10	-3 -10	-3 -15 55u-30
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/20 8:00 PM 215 Marshall 216 South Florida	-3 -10 54u-10	-2½ -10 55½u-10	-2½ -10 55½u-10	-2 -10	-2½ -10 55½u-10	-2½ -10 54½u-10	55½u-10	-2½ -10	-2½ -10 54½o-25
SFL-QB-Blake Barnett-Probable \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/21 12:30 PM 217 Florida Intl 218 Toledo	67u-10 -6 -10	68½u-10 -6 -10	68½u-10 -5½ -10	-6 -10	68u-10 -6 -10	68u-10 -6 -10	68u-10 -5½ -10	-6 -10	68½u-10 -6 -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/21 4:00 PM 219 BYU 220 Western Michigan	-11 -10 48½u-10	-12 -10 48½u-10	-12 -10 48½u-10	-12 -10	-12 -10 48½u-10	-12 -10 48½u-10		-12 -10	-12½ -05 48½o-15
WMI-QB-Jon Wassink-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/22 12:00 PM 221 Wake Forest 222 Memphis	73½u-10 -2½ -10	74u-10 -5 -10	74u-10 -4½ -10	-4½ -10	73½u-10 -4½ -10	74u-10 -4½ -10	74u-10 -4 -10	-4½ -10	73½o-13 -5 -10
WAF-QB-Sam Hartman-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/22 3:30 PM 223 Houston 224 Army	67½u-10 -5 -10	67u-10 -3 -10	67u-10	-3 -20	67u-10 -3 -10		67u-10 -3 -10	-3 -10	67u-10 -3 -10
HOU-QB-D'Eriq King-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/22 7:00 PM 225 SUNY-Buffalo 226 Troy	-3 -10 53½u-10	-2½ -10 53½u-10	-2½ -10 53½u-10	-3 -10	-2½ -10 53u-10	-2½ -10 53½u-10	-2½ -10 53u-10	-2½ -10	-2½ -10 53½u-10
TRY-QB-Kaleb Barker-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/22 10:30 PM 227 Louisiana Tech 228 Hawaii	57½u-10 -1½ -10	60u-10 -1 -10	60u-10 -1 -10	-1½ -10	60u-10 -1 -10	60u-10 -1½ -10	60u-10 -1½ -10	-1½ -10	60o-15 -2 EV
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/26 1:30 PM 229 Boston College 230 Boise State	55u-10 -3½ -10	55u-10 -3 -10	55u-10 -3 -10	-3 -05	55u-10 -3 -10	55u-10 -3 -10	55u-10 -3 -10	-3 -10	55o-15 -3 -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/26 5:15 PM 231 Minnesota 232 Georgia Tech	61½u-10 -4½ -10	60½u-10 -4 -10	60½u-10 -4 -10	-4 -10	61u-10 -4 -10	61u-10 -4 -10	61u-10 -4 -10	-4 -10	61u-10 -4 -08
MIU-RB-Rodney Smith-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/26 9:00 PM 233 Texas Christian 234 California	-2 -10 40½u-10	40½u-10 PK -10	40½u-10 PK -10	PK -10	40½u-10 PK -10	40½u-10 PK -10	40½u-10 PK -10	PK -10	40½u-10 PK -13
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/27 1:30 PM 235 Duke 236 Temple	56½u-10 -3 -10	56u-10 -3 -10	55½u-10	-3 -10	56u-10 -3 -10	56u-10 -3 -20	56u-10 -3 -10	-3 -10	56u-15 -3 -25
TEM-RB-Ryquell Armstead-Probable \| TEM-QB-Anthony Russo-? \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/27 5:15 PM 237 Miami (FL) 238 Wisconsin	-3 -15 46½u-10	-4 -10 47u-10		-4 -10	-3½ -10 47u-10	-4 -10 47u-10	-3½ -10 47u-10	-3½ -10	-4 -13
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/27 9:00 PM 239 Vanderbilt 240 Baylor	-6½ -10 55u-10	-3½ -10 55u-10	-3½ -10 55u-10	-4 -10	-4 -10 55½u-10	-4 -10 55u-10	-4 -10 55u-10	-4 -10	-3½ -12 55u-10	Picks
BAY-WR-Jalen Hurd-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/28 1:30 PM 241 Auburn 242 Purdue	-4½ -10 54½u-10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10	-4½ -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10	-4 -08 54½u-10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/28 5:15 PM 243 Syracuse 244 West Virginia	74u-10 -7 EV	68½u-10 -1½ -10	68½u-10 -1½ -10	-2 -10	69½u-10 -2 -10	69u-10 -1½ -10	68½u-10 -2 -10	-1½ -10	68½u-15 -1½ -10	Picks
WVU-QB-Will Grier-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/28 9:00 PM 247 Iowa State 248 Washington State	54½u-10 -6½ -10	54½u-10 -3½ -10	54½u-10	-4 -10	54½u-10 -4 -10	54½u-10 -4 -10	54½u-10 -4 -10	-4 -10	54½o-12 -3½ EV
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/29 1:15 PM 245 Arkansas State 246 Nevada	-2 -10 58½u-10	-1 -10 60½u-10	-1½ -10 60½u-10	-1 -10	-1 -10 59½u-10	-1 -10 60½u-10	-1 -10 59u-10	PK -10	-1½ -10 60o-15	Picks
Time-change to 01:15pm EST \| TV: CBCSN , DTV: 221
12/29 12:00 PM 249 Florida 250 Michigan	51u-10 -6 -10	51u-10 -7½ -10	51u-10	-7 -10	50u-10 -7½ -10	50½u-10 -7 -20	50u-10 -7½ -10	-7½ -10	51u-15 -7½ -15
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/29 12:00 PM 251 South Carolina 252 Virginia	-6½ -10 54½u-10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4 -10 54½u-10	-4½ -10 54½u-10	-4 -10	-4 -05 54½u-10
TV: ABC
12/29 8:00 PM 253 Oklahoma 254 Alabama	79½u-05 -14 -05	81u-10 -14 -10	81½u-10	81u-10 -14 -10	81u-10 -14 -10	80½u-10	81u-10	81u-10 -14 -10	80o-15 -14 -05
Time-change to 08:00pm EST \| OKL-WR-Marquise Brown-? \| OKL-RB-Rodney Anderson-OUT \| ALA-QB-Tua Tagovailoa-? \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/29 4:00 PM 255 Notre Dame 256 Clemson	55½u-05 -10½ -05	55½u-10 -11½ -10	55½u-10 -11½ -10	-11½ -10	55½u-10 -11 -10	55½u-10 -11½ -10	-11½ -10	55½u-10 -11 -10	55u-10 -11 -10
Time-change to 04:00pm EST \| CLM-DB-Josh Jackson-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/31 12:00 PM 257 Virginia Tech 258 Cincinnati	53½u-10 -6½ -10	53½u-10 -5 -10	53½u-10 -5 -10	-5½ -10	53½u-10 -5½ -10	54u-10 -5½ -10	53½u-10 -5 -10	-5½ -10	53½o-12 -5 -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/31 2:00 PM 259 Pittsburgh 260 Stanford	52½u-10 -6½ -10	52u-10 -6½ -10	52u-10 -6½ -10	-6½ -10	52u-10 -6½ -10	52½u-10 -6½ -10	52u-10 -6½ -10	-6½ -10	52u-10 -6½ -10
TV: CBS
12/31 3:00 PM 261 Michigan State 262 Oregon	47½u-10 -1½ -10	48u-10 -3 -10	48u-10 -3 -10	-2½ -10	48u-10 -2½ -10	47½u-10 -3 EV	48u-10 -2½ -10	-3 -10	48u-12 -2½ -18
ORE-QB-Justin Herbert-Probable \| TV: FOX
12/31 3:45 PM 263 Missouri 264 Oklahoma State	-10 -10 71u-10	-7½ -10 74u-10	-8 -10 74½u-10	-8 -10	-8 -10 74u-10	-7½ -10 73u-10	-8½ -10 74½u-10	-8 -10	-7½ -14 74o-15	Picks
OKS-RB-Justice Hill-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
12/31 7:00 PM 265 Northwestern 266 Utah	45u-10 -7½ -10	45½u-10 -7 -10	45½u-10 -7 -10	-6½ -10	45u-10 -6½ -10	45u-10 -6½ -10	45u-10 -7 -10	-6½ -10	45u-12 -6½ -08
NOW-RB-Jeremy Larkin-OUT \| UTA-QB-Tyler Huntley-Probable \| UTA-RB-Zack Moss-OUT \| TV: FS1 , DTV: 219
12/31 7:30 PM 267 North Carolina State 268 Texas AM	58½u-10 -4½ -10	58½u-10 -4½ -10		-4½ -10	58½u-10 -5 -10	58½u-10 -4½ -10	58½u-10 -5 -10	-5 -10	58½o-18 -4½ -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
01/01 12:00 PM 269 Iowa 270 Mississippi State	44u-10 -5 -10	44½u-10 -6½ -10	-6½ -10	-6 -10	44½u-10 -6 -10	44u-10 -6½ -10	44u-10 -7 -05	-6 -10	44½u-12 -6 -20
TV: ESPN2 , DTV: 209
01/01 1:00 PM 271 Kentucky 272 Penn State	47½u-10 -4 -10	47½u-10 -6 -10	47½u-10 -6½ -10	-6 -10	48u-10 -6 -10	47½u-10 -6 -10	48u-10 -6 -10	-6 -10	47½u-10 -6 -15
TV: ABC
01/01 1:00 PM 273 LSU 274 Central Florida	-8 -10 54½u-10	-7½ -10 55½u-10	-7½ -10 55½u-10	-7½ -10	-7½ -10 55u-10	-7½ -10 55½u-10	-7½ -10 55u-10	-7½ -10	-7½ -15 54½o-30	Picks
UCF-QB-McKenzie Milton-OUT \| TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
01/01 5:00 PM 275 Washington 276 Ohio State	58u-10 -5½ -10	58u-10 -6 -10	58u-10 -6½ -10	-6 -10	58½u-10 -6 -10	58½u-10 -6½ -10	58½u-10 -6½ -10	-6 -10	58u-10 -6½ EV
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
01/01 8:45 PM 277 Texas 278 Georgia	57½u-10 -11 -10	58u-10 -11 -10	58u-10 -11 -10	-11 -10	58u-10 -11 -10	58½u-10 -11½ -10	58u-10 -11 -10	-11 -10	58u-10 -10½ -20
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206
01/07 8:00 PM 151 TBA 152 TBA		43½u-10 -8 -10
TV: ESPN , DTV: 206

Updated: Sun, Dec 9 01:12 PM EDT

NOTES:

Open Line: Consists of the first betting line received from one of our Las Vegas or Online sportsbooks.
VI Consensus: Consists of the current betting line which occurs most frequently among our list of Las Vegas and Online sportsbooks.
All Game Times are Eastern Standard Time.

The Gipper

I guess the only meaningfulness to nearly everyone of these games if you bet and win or lose money on them

mjp28

@the-gipper said:

I guess the only meaningfulness to nearly everyone of these games if you bet and win or lose money on them

Or if you like millions of others are a fan of college football or maybe your kid plays on the team.

No different than soccer, NASCAR, tennis, golf, MLB, NBA, NHL on and on, you know sports in America, eh?

The Gipper

@mjp28 said:

Or if you like millions of others are a fan of college football or maybe your kid plays on the team.

No different than soccer, NASCAR, tennis, golf, MLB, NBA, NHL on and on, you know sports in America, eh?

No, because soccer, NASCAR, tennis, golf, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL etc. do NOT conduct meaningless post season games...they have tournaments that decide championships...and everyone else goes hom. Well, maybe golf does.

mjp28

meaningless

adjective

without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant:a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.

Last year the top 29 bowl games drew over 2 million viewers with the top 9 over 5 million viewers each that is hardly without meaning, significance, purpose or value......in fact the value is very apparent in both TV, school, local and other benefits including exciting FREE entertainment for football fans everywhere.

Do you REALLY think ESPN, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, ABC would spend millions of dollars to put on meaningless drivel on national television? Not in your lifetime that's for sure!

Now I agree some of the lowest games could and probably should be replaced with Round 1 of a 16 team playoff but we'll see on that wifh the NCAA football brass. It would only make dollars and sense!

Oh MARCH MADNESS is coming soon -or- how to do the postseason right even for those "meaningless" #16, 15, 14.... seeds who have never won the tournament......it isn't meaningless now is it.

GO COLLEGE SPORTS! Sit back and enjoy it!

The Gipper

@mjp28 said:

meaningless

adjective

without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant:a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.

Precisely.

Do you REALLY think ESPN, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, ABC would spend millions of dollars to put on meaningless drivel on national television? Not in your lifetime that's for sure!

Yes....I do believe that. The question is: meaningless to what purpose? These games are meaningless to any real purpose OTHER than as a device to make some money...and to have a vacation.

Now, I am all for both of these things. You can send me any money you want...or pay for me to go on a vacation. I will let you buy my way to see the Rose Bowl...even if it is a meaningless game.

But don't tell me they have the same kind of meaning that these games would have if they were a part of an expanded college football playoff system.

16 teams.......8 first round games....4 2d round, 2 3rd round, 1 Championship game. They could incorporate 14 of these bowls into the playoff system...(plus the title game)..and then we would have something that would be exponentially more interesting...meaningful......and lucrative.

mjp28

Bowl games are also a reward for the teams, fans, schools for having a good or great season.

Meaningless is so harsh!

The Gipper · 1/8, 8:00 PM

@mjp28 said:

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL RATINGS, VIEWERSHIP

Viewership in (parentheses): TV+streaming
Comparisons in [brackets]: TV+streaming vs. TV only
Playoff games compared to last year’s playoff games

BOWL GAME RTG VWRS +/- DATE/TIME NET
CFPNC ALA-UGA 15.6 (28.443M) +9% 1/8, 8:00 PM ESPN,
ESPN2,
ESPNU
Rose (Semi) UGA-OKLA 13.7 (26.913M) +36% 1/1, 5:00 PM ESPN &
ESPN2 <---- BIG JUMP!
Sugar (Semi) ALA-CLEM 11.4 (21.473M) +9% 1/1, 9:00 PM ESPN &
ESPN2
Orange WISC-MIA 6.3 (11.727M) +0.3% 12/30, 8:00 PM ESPN
Fiesta PSU-WASH 5.7 (10.167M) +18% 12/30, 4:00 PM ESPN
Cotton OSU-USC 5.3 (9.468M) +71% 12/29, 8:00 PM ESPN <---- BIG JUMP THERE!
Citrus ND-LSU 5.1 (8.713M) [+37%] 1/1, 1:00 PM ABC <--- AND THERE!
Peach UCF-AUB 4.6 (8.377M) +46% 1/1, 12:30 PM ESPN
Outback SC-MICH 2.8 (5.050M) [-17%] 1/1, Noon ESPN2
Music City NWSTN-UK 2.8 (4.626M) [-8%] 12/29, 5:15 PM ESPN
Gator MSST-LVILLE 2.7 (4.424M) [+67%] 12/30, Noon ESPN
Alamo TCU-STAN 2.5 (4.368M) [-5%] 12/28, 9:00 PM ESPN
Orlando OKST-VT 2.6 (4.358M) [+2%] 12/28, 5:15 PM ESPN
Pinstripe IOWA-BC 2.3 (4.008M) [+64%] 12/27, 5:15 PM ESPN
Liberty ISU-MEM 2.2 3.438M +10% 12/30, 12:30 PM ABC
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Just a second here....you list the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl as being part of the playoff system.....yet I understand that Ohio State and Washington are to play in the Rose Bowl, and that Georgia and.....I forget...someone....are to play the Sugar.

So...WTF is up with that?

mjp28 · 1/8, 8:00 PM

@the-gipper said:

Just a second here....you list the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl as being part of the playoff system.....yet I understand that Ohio State and Washington are to play in the Rose Bowl, and that Georgia and.....I forget...someone....are to play the Sugar.

So...WTF is up with that?

I think the major bowls do rotate things but I don't really get into it that deep....I just wait for the draws to come out.

Once again I wish they had 8+ plus teams this year including OSU and maybe Michigan........ but better than two, oh well......

The Gipper

@mjp28 said:

Bowl games are also a reward for the teams, fans, schools for having a good or great season.

Meaningless is so harsh!

Meaningless to anything of meaning. FYI...some schools lose money going to some bowl games.

The Gipper

Here is the system they need:

First round games:

Tampa Bowl ??? (now called Outback...I want to get rid of all sponsor names) Tampa Fla

Holiday Bowl....San Diego

Gator Bowl....Jacksonville

Alamo Bowl...San Antonio

Sun Bowl....El Paso

Blubonnet Bowl Houston (yes, bring back that name)

Bay Area Bowl....SF/Santa Clara

Las Vegas Bowl....Las Vegas

Second round games:

Peach Bowl...Atlanta

Citrus Bowl....Orlando

Cotton Bowl...Dallas

Fiesta Bowl...Phoenix

Semi-finals:

Sugar Bowl...New Orleans

Orange Bowl...Miami

Championship game:

Rose Bowl....Pasadena.

The Rose Bowl has always been the oldest, greatest Bowl...and should always maintain supremacy among bowl games

mjp28

OHIO U 20 SDS 0 3rd quarter........go Bobcats!

Axe

The Gasparilla Bowl bowl tonight should be a real blast.. We've had 5+" of rain today.. That and predicted 25-30 mph winds tonight should be a real treat for the teams that are being rewarded

mjp28

mjp28

GO WOLVERINES & GAMECOCKS!.......

.........geeezzzz that seems so strange. But GO BIG TEN!

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

GO WOLVERINES & GAMECOCKS!.......

.........geeezzzz that seems so strange. But GO BIG TEN!

Uh-oh, m starting the big game choke-o.

UF 20-10 and VIR 21-0.

......... UF 27-10, D'OH, not again!

TexasAg1969

Texas A&M 52 NC St. 13 SEC, SEC,SEC!?

Texas A&M started the 12th man tradition almost 100 years ago and Sherrill refined it with an all 12th man KO team with a schollie safety added. Now one position on the KO team is competed for by non-schollie students. This guy has been it for 4 years so as a reward they made him the blocking back in the I when they use it occasionally. To honor his 4 years representing the Heart of the Team, the 12th man in the stands, they gave it to him to run on the last A&M play of the game and go crazy for him with what he does. College football at it's emotional best, even for the coaches.