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Disinterested means that you are objective about a situation, do not have a vested interest in the outcome.
Fumble! ESPN's College Football Championship Ratings Drop 19%
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What is boring about winning at a very high level?The time for the game probably negatively impacted the audience.
College Football is for SATURDAY. Put that damn game on Saturday 8pm est, and put the Semi's on the previous Saturday. Move the damn season up a week as well, this game needs to finish on New Years Weekend . Start the season 3rd weekend in August if necessary , most of the early games are non conference anyway. Hell, shorten August camp by 5 days if necessary.
Exactly. I actually turned on the TV Saturday at 8:30 expecting to see the NC game. Oooops. Watched the second half Monday after the kids went to bed. Didn't watch much of the semis. Had better things to do that day. Also way too many bowl games. Got footballed out. Only reason I watched NC game was to see Clepson and Daboo lose.
Novelty factor of being the first championship game was gone, too. I did stay up and watch this year because it was a good game, but was tired the last two days at work from being up at 1230 when I am usually asleep by 11. Having kids and a busy calendar is a factor. I am 45.
I am in the same boat. I will even watch d2 games on tv. However if I to get up at 5:30 to go to work I am not staying up to watch it.
Market have nothing to do with it. As a former Big East member you think you would have learned that by now. Alabama is a tv ratings superstar. The difference in ratings for championship games and normal games is not from local markets. It the casual nationwide vewiers. With poor time slot hurts viewership along with being on a cable network.
Bama's become boring....JMO..and almost everyone i know here in the greater NYC area feel the same.
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I know I didn't watch it because I could give a crap about Clemson and I'm sick of Alabama.
The Monday 8:30 PM EST start doesn't help matters any. There's no reason it can't be played the Saturday of that second weekend of January or even the Sunday since the NFL plays only day games on Wild Card Weekend Sunday. If it was a 7:30 PM EST start on a Sunday it would do wonders for the ratings. The game would be over by 11 PM and the start time matters less for the western and mountain time zones since its a weekend. It would also help to move that game (at least the main feed if ESPN is going to do all these wacky versions of it) to ABC. There's a reason that the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and most of the Stanley Cup Finals and even the MLS Cup Final are on over-the-air networks, the final game or series gets that kind of interest. The CFP Championship Game should be no different.
The Monday 8:30 PM EST start doesn't help matters any. There's no reason it can't be played the Saturday of that second weekend of January or even the Sunday since the NFL plays only day games on Wild Card Weekend Sunday. If it was a 7:30 PM EST start on a Sunday it would do wonders for the ratings. The game would be over by 11 PM and the start time matters less for the western and mountain time zones since its a weekend. It would also help to move that game (at least the main feed if ESPN is going to do all these wacky versions of it) to ABC. There's a reason that the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and most of the Stanley Cup Finals and even the MLS Cup Final are on over-the-air networks, the final game or series gets that kind of interest. The CFP Championship Game should be no different.
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I can't believe what I'm reading here. That was one of the best National Championship games in recent history. A seesaw battle up until the last minute of the game. How the heck can anyone say they were not interested in watching the game? I've been saying the following for years; the best football programs are built with elite athletes and top shelf coaching. Both Clemson and Alabama possessed both and subsequently provided us with an exciting football game. Would it have made more sense to play the game on New Year's Day, I don't know? For me it didn't matter because I love college football.
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