2024 College Football Thread

[Davidson Deac II]

52 minutes ago, CRA said:

Ohio State/Notre Dame had the 3rd smallest viewership of the championship games in the CFP era.   Ohio State now actually account 2 of the 3 lowest viewed championship games.  This past game surpasses 21s Ohio State/Bama game.   

Just getting big names doesn’t auto mean big views 

Ratings are down on a number of events. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football-title-ratings-fall-221040602.html#:~:text=The first College Football Playoff,to the year-ago mark.

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After closing out the regular season with a 2% ratings dip, the NFL has faced historically tough comps in the postseason. The hardest number to match thus far was last year’s Chiefs-Bills barnburner on CBS, which set a Divisional Round record with an average delivery of 50.4 million viewers. While still strong with an estimated draw of 44.2 million viewers, the TV turnout for Sunday night’s Ravens-Bills snowbrawl was down 12% compared to that year-ago high.

I have a feeling that tv sports ratings are going to continue to decline.  Maybe a little, or maybe a lot.  

 

[Basbear]

1 hour ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Ratings are down on a number of events. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football-title-ratings-fall-221040602.html#:~:text=The first College Football Playoff,to the year-ago mark.

I have a feeling that tv sports ratings are going to continue to decline.  Maybe a little, or maybe a lot.  

 

That game was the first game Ive seen this year, Im not even a normie anymore...

I tell you what, I don't see how big time sports are making it. My personal viewership keeps falls each passing year. MLB, CFB, BB, CBB, and hockey....... I swear I don't see their future as being good.....then the dogders are what 307 million in tax.???? No chance those kids watch MLB, I just don't buy it. 

 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Rhule has 31 of his players at Nebraska in the portal. 23 of them already signed elsewhere.

Oh wee mayne.

[mrcompletely11]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Rhule has 31 of his players at Nebraska in the portal. 23 of them already signed elsewhere.

Oh wee mayne.

Dbo

[Basbear]

Billacheat officially signed with UNC. 

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Rhule has 31 of his players at Nebraska in the portal. 23 of them already signed elsewhere.

Oh wee mayne.

[Jackson113.2]

So, under Bill B UNC going back to grass... maybe we should have picked him up..

[jayboogieman]

4 hours ago, Jackson113.2 said:

So, under Bill B UNC going back to grass... maybe we should have picked him up..

Wait, you meant the other kind of grass.

[CRA]

Riverboat Ron to the ACC joining Bill. 

[jayboogieman]

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Now we have college players doing training camp holdouts.  

Jay Bilas is right. They're going to have to move to signing these kids to contracts with negotiated buyouts just like they do for coaches.

[PNW_PantherMan]

That dude isn't doing himself any favors with that holdout.  

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

That dude isn't doing himself any favors with that holdout.  

TBD. Colleges have no unified front at all. It isn't like the NFL where you can band the owners together and come to a silent agreement on a player. 

College football is almost the most naked version of a free market system. It's fully the wild west.

Good. Let the collective greed cause the needed collapse.

[LinvilleGorge]

44 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

TBD. Colleges have no unified front at all. It isn't like the NFL where you can band the owners together and come to a silent agreement on a player. 

College football is almost the most naked version of a free market system. It's fully the wild west.

Good. Let the collective greed cause the needed collapse.

Oh, he's gonna get his money. He's an elite college QB talent. Very well may prove to be an elite NFL QB prospect. Someone is gonna pony up and it won't be surprising if a straight up bidding war breaks out. This might be the circus that's needed to make them do something rein this stuff in because it's just going to keep getting dumber.

[kungfoodude]

24 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Oh, he's gonna get his money. He's an elite college QB talent. Very well may prove to be an elite NFL QB prospect. Someone is gonna pony up and it won't be surprising if a straight up bidding war breaks out. This might be the circus that's needed to make them do something rein this stuff in because it's just going to keep getting dumber.

I mean, I hope they don't rein it in and the collapse comes. It will be far healthier in the long term than dragging it out for the inevitable collapse.