CFB Playoffs being on New Year's Eve really stinks. I wonder if the ratings will be worse this year than last year due to so many people not being home to watch the games?
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CFB Playoffs being on New Year's Eve
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Yeah - don't get this at all.....New Years Day was the perfect day for this. Anybody know why they changed this?
The College Football Playoff rotates among 6 bowls (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, and Peach) which are played on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
The Rose and Sugar bowls are always played on New Year's Day (or Jan 2, if Jan 1 is a Sunday). The other 4 bowls take turns between being played on New Year's Day and New Year's Eve. In years that the Playoff games are in 2 of the other 4 bowls, those games are scheduled for New Year's Eve.
So the Playoff games are always on New Year's Eve, except for every third year when they are played in the Rose and Sugar bowls.
The Rose and Sugar bowls are always played on New Year's Day (or Jan 2, if Jan 1 is a Sunday). The other 4 bowls take turns between being played on New Year's Day and New Year's Eve. In years that the Playoff games are in 2 of the other 4 bowls, those games are scheduled for New Year's Eve.
So the Playoff games are always on New Year's Eve, except for every third year when they are played in the Rose and Sugar bowls.
I believe it has to do with the holiday falling on Friday...they prefer Thurs night rather than Friday night. The schedule for these playoffs was put together a few years ago. I remember reading where ESPN asked that they move the games to Friday 1/1/16 and the college football playoff people refused. I'm ok with it, i'm off on New Year's Eve and it's not a huge holiday for me, if we go out..it's over to some friends house locally. Kind of amatuer hour out there..so i typically lay low. I'll see all of the 1st game and at least a good deal of the 2nd game. I believe it is on New Years Eve next year also. Edit...the guy above has it right.
I think it's great on New Year's Eve . It's the most overrated holiday on the calendar aka amateur night . This is a good thing to watch at a bar , party or home .
So instead of the TV at the party being on Ryan Seacrest or Anderson Cooper, the game will be on. I'm sure the ratings will be fine. Lots more people at house parties than out at events, I'd imagine.
It is 100% done because of the power of the Rose Bowl. RB will notice off NYD. When the RB hosts a playoff games it is on January 1. When it doesn't host the playoffs are on 12-31
Absolutely because of the power of the Rose Bowl B10/P12 (along with additional demands of the Sugar Bowl SEC/B12). The Rose and Sugar bowls are guaranteed Jan 1 dates and don't get moved to Dec 31. So in years that the Rose/Sugar host the Playoffs, the Playoff games are on Jan 1. In years that the Rose/Sugar don't host the Playoffs, the Playoffs games are on Dec 31 so that they don't compete with the Rose/Sugar bowls.
Last year was perfect. I really rather just stay home and watch them but sometimes you can't always do what you want... sigh..
the Rose Bowl is not called the Grandaddy of them all for nothing.
I am fine with this. If you want to watch you will make it a point to watch, if you want to drag yourself to a an awful club or bar and pay tons of money to wake up the start of a new year feeling like crap with a nasty hangover then you will do that
I am fine with this. If you want to watch you will make it a point to watch, if you want to drag yourself to a an awful club or bar and pay tons of money to wake up the start of a new year feeling like crap with a nasty hangover then you will do that
scarlet scourge.. yesterday I was at the Rutgers bookstore Barnes and Noble and I saw they had "Scarlet Scourge" t shirts
Or maybe a lot of people will start a new tradition of watching the College Football Playoff games at their New Year's Eve parties, making the parties similar to Super Bowl parties. The second game will be over in plenty of time for the countdown to Midnight.
Yes - but the question is - is it a good move for the people broadcasting.
The bargain seems to be fewer viewers on NYE (just as a matter of course - people have other things to do on NYE than NYD) but more COMBINED viewers considering the many NYD bowls were cannibalizing viewership. In other words SOME people will watch NYE - and more will wathc because its hte playoffs than would normally watch even a BCS level bowl on NYE. Plus those same people will watc hthe NYD bowls as well.
The Orange Bowl is early for the West Coast fans that have to work on Dec 31, however many that is, but overall the ratings should be fine. What's the big deal about having a TV on mute showing the Alabama/MSU game as background entertainment during any NYE parties?
Well for party goers - nothing. For advertisers - its probably not the same as having people more or less sitting around just watching TV.
True enough, but this is not a surprise to Madison Avenue. The playoff agreements were made a long time ago by all involved parties. If the Cotton Bowl did not want to be a semifinal game on New Year's Eve once every three years, they could've bowed out of the bidding and locked in their transition to second tier bowl status.
They had to. They have to get all the major bowls on board to have a playoff. That gives the bowls, particularly the Rose Bowl leverage, so the CFP had to agree to this to make the whole thing work. The BCS also had to make concessions to get the Rose Bowl back in the 90s.
then I guess you guys really aren't college football fans.....call the waaaaaaaaaahmbulance
Hoping my flights home from Phoenix on 12/31 have DirectTV or Wireless (slim hope of watching on my Kindle Fire).
No offense, but what kind of lame NY Eve Party involves TV of any kind, except maybe the last few minutes of the countdown? NY Eve is party time, not TV time. Bad decision, IMO, from a viewership perspective, but I'll be losing zero sleep over it.
We usually go out for an early dinner locally, hopefully home in 90 minutes and not miss too much. Then I'll have the game on in the Family Room and the wifey and female company have drink and watch whatever they want as the blabber in the living room. Not optimal scheduling, but what can you do. I just hope I don't miss the end of the first game.
I don't get your post - I'm not complaining in any way, just noting what I think is a dumb decision from a viewership perspective. NY Eve Party >>>>> watching football on NY Eve, so yeah, I'm a way bigger fan of blowout parties than college football bowl games.
This is what surprised me with the decision. Even if the same number of people are watching, the ratings will be lower--meaning less ad money for commercials and sponsorships
As predicted...ratings down 39%...monumentally dumb decision to move the games to NY Eve. Why mess with the great tradition they had for decades on NY Day?
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/cfb-semifinal-tv-ratings-down-39.63911/
