(01-25-2019, 01:29 PM)ColoradoTree Wrote: I'd push back on the presumption that getting Friday to yourself is better than sharing Saturday with other conferences. The Pac-12 was the only Power 5 conference to have its championship game on a Friday this year. It got the fewest viewers.
SEC (Saturday, 4pm): ~ 17.5M
Big 12 (Saturday, 12pm): ~10.16M
Big Ten (Saturday, 8:15pm): ~8.66M
ACC (Saturday, 8pm): ~4.24M
Pac-12 (Friday, 8:20pm): ~4.06M
(Source: Sports Media Watch website)
Two games were even played at the same time, and each of them got more eyeballs than the Pac-12 game. I understand why we might think that a Friday night game is better--it makes sense! But that hypothesis hasn't yet been proven.
the Pac-12 Friday championship games pull better TV numbers.
- The best Sat rating was 1.6 with 2.6m homes
- The worst Fri rating was 2.3 with 3.7m homes
2012: Stanford 27, UCLA 24 - Network: FOX
Day: Friday - TV audience: 3.0 rating/4.9 million homes
2013: Stanford 38, Arizona State 14 - Network: ESPN
Day: Saturday - TV audience: 0.9 rating/1.45 million homes
2014: Oregon 51, Arizona 13 - Network: FOX
Day: Friday - TV audience: 3.7 rating/6 million homes
2015: Stanford 41, USC 22 - Network: ESPN
Day: Saturday - TV audience: 1.6 rating/2.6 million homes
2016: Washington 41, Colorado 10 - Network: FOX
Day: Friday - TV audience: 3.4 rating/5.7 million homes
2017: USC 31, Stanford 28 - Network: ESPN
Day: Friday - TV audience: 2.3 rating/3.7 million homes
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/28/h...ngs-grace/
Eric
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