I say buy. In an ordinary election year probably not an issue but I think yesterday's inauguration pulled a TON of interest away from the game. In retrospect they should have gone with another night.
Buy or sell: NCAA messed up playing NC game on inauguration day.
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Buy. I switched over for a while, but was more interested in what was going on in DC quite frankly.
Sell. How hard is it to have the tube on espn and X open on your phone?
I think the biggest problem is it was January 20th. Most teams’ seasons have been over for at least 3 weeks. Some teams have been done for almost 2 months. The 12 team playoff ended up being fun but you’ve gotta wrap it up sooner.
Easy Sell - Unless you’re in the cult or a political junkie, did you give a rat’s аss? No… the answer is no.
I had no interest in the NC game to be honest. Jan 20 is too late for college football to still be going in. Not really a fan of the NFL, but playoff NFL games like we got Sunday with the conditions in Philly and Buffalo was a whole lot more interesting and exciting than last night.
football season is now from August to February - 7 months out of 12.
I know ESPN wasn’t happy about it. They cut the stadium mics a couple of times when the crowd started chanting “Let’s Go Trump”
The NCAA doesn’t have any real control over when the CFP is played.
Sell for a different reason.
The game was forced to be last night because of the NFL playoffs.
You want the game to be on a different day, start or end the College Playoffs earlier.
The game was forced to be last night because of the NFL playoffs.
You want the game to be on a different day, start or end the College Playoffs earlier.
Maybe I'll get used to it, but the championship game seemed anticlimactic and too late this year. It seems like the whole season just needs to be compressed to finish up before Jan 10.
I think you’re right. I was more interested in the quarterfinal & semifinal games than I was last night. I mean I watched the 2nc & most of the 3rd quarter. But I had honestly forgotten about it & just really didn’t don’t care much when I was watching. This is the heat of NFL playoff & college basketball seasons. It was one thing to have just 1 olayoff gsmd after Jan 1. But we’re a lot closer to Feb 1 than we are to Jan 1. It was just anticlimactic.
Buy. I watched both, but would have watched 100% if it had been some other night.
The Presidential stuff went on all day. People needed a break. Football was the cure. I have a feeling most SEC fans didn't care and tuned out most of the game. I don't think it really mattered what night it was going to be on. Everyone assumed Ohio State was going to win. It was a lot closer than I thought it would be. I had to go to hospital with wife to see her dad so I recorded it. I watched the first half then fast forwarded to the 4th. I kind of glad I did.
Buyish.
They need to quit having it on Monday night. 2 teams I’m not interested in combined with work night. I stopped watching at the half.
They need to quit having it on Monday night. 2 teams I’m not interested in combined with work night. I stopped watching at the half.
The whole playoff was a cluster17.
1) Should have been 16 teams instead of 12;
2) Seeding was stupid, due to the byes;
3) Should have played all the playoff 1st round games in the same day or a couple of days, to create that NCAA 1st weekend dance effect, even if there is some overlap;
4) Yes, not only was January 20 too late, it was on a bad day (both inauguration AND MLK day).
5) Why do they insist on having it on a Monday night at 7:30? Why not Friday night, in this case, January 17?
They just sell out 100,000% to draconian TV rules instead of just using an ounce of common sense or innovation.
1) Should have been 16 teams instead of 12;
2) Seeding was stupid, due to the byes;
3) Should have played all the playoff 1st round games in the same day or a couple of days, to create that NCAA 1st weekend dance effect, even if there is some overlap;
4) Yes, not only was January 20 too late, it was on a bad day (both inauguration AND MLK day).
5) Why do they insist on having it on a Monday night at 7:30? Why not Friday night, in this case, January 17?
They just sell out 100,000% to draconian TV rules instead of just using an ounce of common sense or innovation.
"I have a feeling most SEC fans didn't care and tuned out most of the game. I don't think it really mattered what night it was going to be"
Inauguration absolutely had an impact but I can’t quantify it. Could easily be a week earlier by playing the first round games the same weekend as the Army/Navy game. The participating teams last night didn’t exactly entice everyone to tune in the same way as usual. Two teams a little over 4 hours away doesn’t scream for national attention to me.
Agree. The scheduler let things slip through the crack. And it had to have hurt the television audience to a great degree.
We jumped over and checked the score a few times, but proudly and thankfully watched the inauguration for about 12 hours yesterday.
12 hours? WTF…. Man I had no idea those events took that long. Literally thought it was like an hour or so thing.
Man I struggle to make it through a 2 hour long movie that I’m actually interested in. It’s almost impressive you were able to watch 12 hours of that.
If deer season is over, college football should be too. Deer season in TN was a nice distraction on Saturdays this year. Of course, in my humble but accurate opinion, deer season should still be open in west TN, but that’s another argument.
I watched Trump sign those EOs. That was historic & the game just wasn't interesting.
NFL playoffs would crush the college championship game in the ratings. They’d lose at least 20% of their viewers.
FIGURE OUT A WAY to make it work. I'm sure there is a win win
The Saturday NFL games were at 4:30 pm and 8:00 pm EST.
Noon CST on Saturday is better than a week night in my opinion.
Sell.
But, maybe my view is tainted since I can't remember the last time I watched an inauguration. I watched Reagan's first one, but I was in school and they made us. Since then I've been pretty satisfied just catching up on the highlights.
I do think it's important for young people to witness the peaceful transition of power, with the outgoing President happily welcoming his replacement to usher in the new administration.
But once that's over, just watch something entertaining. I can't imagine wanting to watch a President sign executive orders, or attend DC galas.
But, maybe my view is tainted since I can't remember the last time I watched an inauguration. I watched Reagan's first one, but I was in school and they made us. Since then I've been pretty satisfied just catching up on the highlights.
I do think it's important for young people to witness the peaceful transition of power, with the outgoing President happily welcoming his replacement to usher in the new administration.
But once that's over, just watch something entertaining. I can't imagine wanting to watch a President sign executive orders, or attend DC galas.
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Figure out a way to make it work? While you’re at it figure out a way to exceed the speed of light.
The win-win is to not play on Saturdays vs NFL, especially NFL playoffs. You will lose every time. And do you really want a championship game that starts at 9AM on the west coast? That’s a losing proposition too.