Bowl Game TV Ratings

[Omega015]

Apparently nobody on earth gets NFL network, but at least we beat out the Texas Bowl. 50k in attendance, and only 731k watching on TV... wow.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/13/ncaa-college-football-bowl-game-ratings-2008-9/10685

Bowl Game Teams/Score Date/Time Network Viewership Live+SD (million)
EagleBank Wake Forest 29, Navy 19 Dec. 20, 11 a.m. ESPN 2.875
New Mexico Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. ESPN 3.432
magicJack St. Petersburg USF 41, Memphis 14 Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 1.661
Pioneer Las Vegas Arizona 31, BYU 21 Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ESPN 3.389
R+L Carriers New Orleans Southern Miss 30, Troy 27 (OT) Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m. ESPN 1.115
Poinsettia TCU 17, Boise State 16 Dec. 23, 8 p.m. ESPN 5.061
Sheraton Hawaii Notre Dame 49, Hawaii 21 Dec. 24, 8 p.m. ESPN 4.413
Motor City Florida Atlantic 24, Central Mich. 21 Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. ESPN 3.437
Meineke Car Care West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30 Dec. 27, 1 p.m. ESPN 5.881
Champs Sports Florida State 42, Wisconsin 13 Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. ESPN 7.059
Emerald California 24, Miami 17 Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ESPN 6.508
Independence Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10 Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. ESPN 1.207
Papajohns.com Rutgers 29, NC State 23 Dec. 29, 3 p.m. ESPN 2.372
Valero Alamo Missouri 30, Northwestern 23 Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ESPN 6.076
Roady’s Humanitarian Maryland 42, Nevada 35 Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. ESPN 3.039
Pacific Life Holiday Oregon 42, Oklahoma State 31 Dec. 30, 8 p.m. ESPN 6.220
Texas Rice 38, Western Michigan 14 Dec. 30, 8 p.m. NFLN 0.186
Brut Sun Oregon State 3, Pittsburgh 0 Dec. 31, 2 p.m. CBS 3.475
Gaylord Hotels Music City Vanderbilt 16, Boston College 14 Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ESPN 3.646
Insight Kansas 42, Minnesota 21 Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. NFLN 0.731
Chick-fil-A LSU 38, Georgia Tech 3 Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ESPN 5.635
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Houston 34, Air Force 28 Dec. 31, Noon ESPN 2.050
Capital One Georgia 24, Michigan State 12 Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ABC 10.839
Konica Minolta Gator Nebraska 26, Clemson 21 Jan. 1, 1 p.m. CBS 6.603
Outback Iowa 31, South Carolina 10 Jan. 1, 11 a.m. ESPN 4.093
Rose USC 38, Penn State 24 Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m. ABC 20.603
FedEx Orange Virginia Tech 20, Cincinnati 7 Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. FOX 9.319
AT&T Cotton Ole Miss 47, Texas Tech 34 Jan. 2, 2 p.m. FOX 6.407
AutoZone Liberty Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19 Jan. 2, 5 p.m. ESPN 3.607
Allstate Sugar Utah 31, Alabama 17 Jan. 2, 8 p.m. FOX 13.369
International Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20 Jan. 3, Noon ESPN2 2.670
Tostitos Fiesta Texas 24, Ohio State 21 Jan. 5, 8 p.m. FOX 17.056
GMAC Tulsa 45, Ball St. 13 Jan. 6, 8 p.m. ESPN 2.831
BCS National Championship Florida 24, Oklahoma 14 Jan. 8, 8 p.m. FOX 26.767

 

[thailleagle]

It's amazing more people sat through that 3-0 game then ours, lol........

 

[WAGopher]

The Insight Bowl seems like a great game. The location is nice, the matchups are good, and they seem to put on a good event. But unless they can find a better TV broadcast agreement, the Big 10 needs to replace them with another Bowl that can give the conference better exposure.