Just how popular is college football? It had a strong showing in the top shows on cable. The Monday night college game netted 9.88 million viewers and the Alabama Crimson Tide’s game against Penn State netted 7.12 million viewers. Here is the top 5 for the week. 1. College Football: Boise St. vs. Virginia Tech (Monday, 7:58 p.m.), ESPN, 7.25 million homes, 9.88 million viewers. 2. “2010 Video Music Awards” (Sunday, 9 p.m.), MTV, 7.16 million homes, 11.39 million viewers. 3. “The Closer” (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 5.73 million homes, 7.91 million viewers. 4. “Rizzoli & Isles” (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 5.5 million homes, 7.23 million viewers. 5. College Football: Penn St. vs. Alabama (Saturday, 7:10 p.m.), ESPN, 4.91 million homes, 7.12 million viewers. (see more below)
ESPN released its numbers for Week 1 of the college football season. It showed strong ratings for both the Alabama-Virgina Tech game and the Auburn-WSU game. Also, Birmingham was the hottest market for college football during Week 1 of the college football season. According to ESPN press release, "Birmingham, the…
For those wanting to know about how to watch the Alabama-San Jose State game, you can find out more about the Pay-Per-View here, and ESPN3 sent this release with some information about watching the game online: note: online ESPN3 is blacked out in Alabama and California ESPN3.com is the only…
Nielsen the ratings and research company released its State of the Media: 2012 Year in Sports report. The report included professional, college and Olympic sports. For interest in the SEC and Alabama there were tidbits involving the conference and the Crimson Tide. According to Nielsen, “Alabama beat Notre Dame on…
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if bammer had 7 million then Auburn must have had 70 million. Because everybody hates Bammer. And the only reason any body would have watched was to see Bammer get flogged.
Everyone has heard of Penn St. They have a tradition and a history of producing good football teams. And everyone knows about Bama and the numerous National Championships. Auburn just doesn’t live up to those kind of standards. The only standard Auburn knows is “Hate Bama”. A win against Bama is the closest feeling they get to winning a National Championship.
BamaBrando said:
“A win against Bama is the closest feeling they get to winning a National Championship.”
This summarizes the whole rivalry. Period. Well said.
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if bammer had 7 million then Auburn must have had 70 million. Because everybody hates Bammer. And the only reason any body would have watched was to see Bammer get flogged.
Everyone has heard of Penn St. They have a tradition and a history of producing good football teams. And everyone knows about Bama and the numerous National Championships. Auburn just doesn’t live up to those kind of standards. The only standard Auburn knows is “Hate Bama”. A win against Bama is the closest feeling they get to winning a National Championship.
BamaBrando said:
“A win against Bama is the closest feeling they get to winning a National Championship.”
This summarizes the whole rivalry. Period. Well said.