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Ugly - Gator Bowl viewership fell 57% this year.

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fieldman

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Had to expect it with last year it being on network TV, Bobby Bowden's last game to this year being on ESPN2, competing with Urban Meyer's last game
 
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bulliegolfer

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That would have helped to get a jump on the other bowls. I couldn't believe they had Capital One, Outback and Gator starting the same time.
 
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patdog

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from 2 higher ranked bowls. I can't remember the last time I've watched the Gator Bowl before this year.
 
Hail State

Hail State

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After googling Gator Bowl attendance I saw where it beat out the Orange and Fiesta Bowls for attendance. That blew me away, I would not have thought that 68,000 in attendance would rank that high in bowl gamesbut apparently it does. But still, Michigan did not travel well at all for that game.
 
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UpTheMiddlex3Punt

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All the crappy bowls come on when there is no other game on. When we finally get around to the good games, they're all at the same time. It really screws over the SEC since we are the only conference with three non-BCS NYD games. It would be 4 if the Cotton Bowl hadn't moved off of NYD.
 
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AzzurriDawg4

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Plus you had Michigan (although in a down year) in the game, and they are considered a major draw. Whether anyone really watches the Gator Bowl or not, that doesnt change the fact that 43% more people watched it last year.
 
Seinfeld

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Ticket sales is almost always #1 in terms of bowl revenue. Public taxes is often #2, and then sponsorship and broadcasting rights would be #3 and #4. I'm not in any way saying that bad rating doesn't matter, but ticket revenue is far and away #1 for the majority of bowl games. On a side note, if any of you haven't read Death to the BCS yet, pick it up. It's really awesome because no matter how corrupt you think the bowls are, they're much moreso that you know.</p>
 
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8dog

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that State being a "smaller" school is the reason. Last year, West Virginia was in the game.

Again, I understand some people will just look at the data.

I think the move from CBS probably had a much bigger impact than people realize too.
 
57stratdawg

57stratdawg

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Seinfeld said:
On a side note, if any of you haven't read Death to the BCS yet, pick it up. It's really awesome because no matter how corrupt you think the bowls are, they're much moreso that you know.</p>
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They're protecting the integrity of the amateur game.. *Sarcasm

They are corrupt. Basically every school that participates in bowl game loses money, even after the payout. However, the individuals involved (AD, Coaches, Presidents) can take as much under the table money as they want. Not to mention bowl reps fly in school reps for a few days of fun and relaxation as a part of the 'recruiting' process.

That is the biggest obstacle to a playoff system in this country. Major news networks are in a very tough position to shine a light on it too because of the fear the NCAA will pull their rights.
 
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RebelBruiser

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topdawg said:
Overall, bowl ratings were down 9% this year compared to last year.
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That's interesting to me. I felt that this year myself. I was much less interested in the bowls than usual, and I mean in years when my team isn't in a bowl game.

I think people are starting to grow tired of the BCS set up, especially now that they've spread out the bowl games so much.

It used to be that you'd have the first bowl game maybe played around Dec. 22 at the earliest with the last bowl game played on Jan. 1. They crammed them all into about a week's time. It was the most glorious week of college football season, culminating in the best day in all of sports television in my opinion, New Year's Day. The tie ins, and the number of bowls total have totally ruined that. This year there were only 6 ranked teams playing in a bowl game on New Year's day. It used to be 7 or 8 games involving nothing but Top 20 teams.

No offense, but the only reason I cared to tune in to the Gator Bowl at all was to see your team play. Why would I care to see a 7-5 Michigan team that was about to fire its coach? And for that matter, when I was younger, it would've been unheard of for a coach to get fired after his team played on New Year's Day because the only teams playing in those games had just finished really good seasons.

I personally hope ratings for bowls continue to decline, so that the push for a playoff will increase. My ideal postseason would be an 8, 12, or 16 team playoff played over 3 or 4 weekends in a row starting around Dec. 19 with one game played that week, one the week of Christmas, one the weekend of New Years, and a 4th depending on the format to be played a week after New Year's. Then you'd mix in the remaining bowl games during the midweeks of those games. If they aren't going to go to that type of system, I'd like to see them bring the old bowl system back, so that we could have the best week of college football back each year, like it used to be.
 
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