From the AP: Television ratings are up for the first two BCS games. Tim Tebow’s final college game appeared to boost ratings for the Sugar Bowl. Florida’s 51-24 win over unbeaten Cincinnati on Friday on Fox earned an 8.5 fast national rating and 15 share. …
The rating was up 9 percent from last season’s Utah-Alabama Sugar Bowl and up 57 percent from the BCS game on New Year’s night a year ago, the Virginia Tech-Cincinnati Orange Bowl.
Ohio State’s 26-17 victory over Oregon in the Rose Bowl on ABC earned a 13.1 fast national rating, up 12 percent from last year. (read the entire story embedded below)
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I couldn’t imagine the Sugar Bowl had high ratings near the 4th quarter. Blowouts albeit a bowl game equals me tuning to something else.