New York Times Article: CFB Greater than CBB
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Football drives the bus and gets more viewers but nothing is as exciting and compelling as March Madness...bowl season falls short in both until New Years Day
Amazing research by NY Times....what's next? Night is usually darker than Day? Water can be wet?
Article almost reminds me of this joke (but you know its true) fictional NY Times Headline of the future:
"World Ends Tomorrow. Women & Minorities hardest hit"
Article almost reminds me of this joke (but you know its true) fictional NY Times Headline of the future:
"World Ends Tomorrow. Women & Minorities hardest hit"
It is always good press when a RU football win is mentioned.Originally posted by RUseaweed:
Pretty fair article. Essentially says that meaningless bowls had more viewers than some of the primetime games last week.
Oh and they mention us beating UNC, so that's great
This post was edited on 3/26 9:55 PM by RUseaweed
The only negative is that is was referenced as the only example when a CBB game for a school (UNC) actually outdrew the TV audience for its CFB Bowl game ( Detroit Bowl vs. RU). Otherwise the article was demonstrating how CFB ratings dominant CBB .
Great point...as many times, even in sports, some fans (and even some in the media) confuse the most popular teams (i.e. attendance wise) as always having the "best teams".
this is a little bit of an apples to oranges comparison.
Some of the hoops games were on Thursday and Friday afternoon when people were working. Also, there were as many as 4 tournament hoops games happening at the same time splitting up the viewing audience.
For the meaningless bowl games:
- many of the earlier (pre-Dec 25th) games are on weekends or at the worst primetime.
- They rarely have 2 bowl games on at the same time and when they do it is typically for weekend games
- They don't have bowl games on NFL Sundays (they do compete on Thursdays though)
- Many of the college bowl games are between Dec 25th and Jan 1st when many casual fans are either off from work or have slower work schedules allowing them more viewing time (compared to NCAA hoops being in the middle of tax season that affects many industries).
- football games are 4 hours vs hoops games being 2 hours
Some of the hoops games were on Thursday and Friday afternoon when people were working. Also, there were as many as 4 tournament hoops games happening at the same time splitting up the viewing audience.
For the meaningless bowl games:
- many of the earlier (pre-Dec 25th) games are on weekends or at the worst primetime.
- They rarely have 2 bowl games on at the same time and when they do it is typically for weekend games
- They don't have bowl games on NFL Sundays (they do compete on Thursdays though)
- Many of the college bowl games are between Dec 25th and Jan 1st when many casual fans are either off from work or have slower work schedules allowing them more viewing time (compared to NCAA hoops being in the middle of tax season that affects many industries).
- football games are 4 hours vs hoops games being 2 hours
Tranghese must be trying to rewrite history. The only reason BB exists today is because it was invented at Springfield College in Ma. by Dr. Naismith, the FB coach ,so that his players could keep in shape over the winter.
This post was edited on 3/27 4:41 PM by beaced
This post was edited on 3/27 4:41 PM by beaced
I don't see it that way at all. They mention UNC's postseason football and basketball performance, and state the results of the one that had concluded (as of Tuesday). Would you have preferred they just left it at "played in the Quicklane Bowl" and not mention the result or opponent? Then people would be crying about how the NYT goes out of their way to not talk about us.
C'mon, they mention a Rutgers victory. It's (small) good publicity.
A few days the Times had a more important story: that college basketball appears to be losing popularity. The story said that the many low-scoring games were the reason.
In John Wooden's autobiography, he explains why he ran a fast-break offense. He said that basketball needed to compete with many other activities for people's dollars, and he thought the fast-break was the style most popular with potential fans. I like good defense, but today's slow game is not attractive. At the very least, college bb ought to shorten the shot clock.
In John Wooden's autobiography, he explains why he ran a fast-break offense. He said that basketball needed to compete with many other activities for people's dollars, and he thought the fast-break was the style most popular with potential fans. I like good defense, but today's slow game is not attractive. At the very least, college bb ought to shorten the shot clock.
Lets see how tonights ratings compared to the bowls....it easy to pick some of the worst matchup of 32 games to make a point.....
We can also compare the Football semi's of Ohio St v Alabama , and the Oregon v Fla St game ratings vs this weekends Semi's , and then compare the Final of Alabama vs Ohio St , vs next Monday's BB Final. I'm guessing the Football games will have a significantly higher rating.
And Duke and Kentucky get more fans for football...doesnt mean football is bigger there...football always has bigger numbers and ratings but it does not mean it comes close to excitement
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