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<blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 131764152" data-attributes="member: 1601483">There is way too much politics in sports in the state of Texas. However, Texas A&amp;M seems to dominate the Houston area market. Last year, bowl season:<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>December 24, 2020 HAW vs. HOU (ESPN)</td><td>1.1 rating</td><td>1.9 million viewers</td></tr></table><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>January 2, 2021 T A&amp;M-UNC (ESPN)</td><td>4.3 rating</td><td>7.58 million viewers</td></tr></table>Those are indeed bowl games and A&amp;M is in a much bigger bowl. But damn.Check this <a href="https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50">LINK</a>&nbsp; It's way more relative to ours and your situation.He lists a bunch of them over a few years including 2019, but I chose the ones that concern you the most, those in the Houston greater area and it is the average viewership per regular season games for 4 or five years. Texas A&amp;M (1.851M)Baylor (1.12M)Houston (689K)The city of Houston is what, the 4th largest city in the country? 2.3 million people in the city and 7 million in the metro area. I have only been to Texas once, but my son in law and grandson work in the Houston area and they love it.&nbsp; Those numbers of viewers seem f**ked up to me, but they are correct by the networks' own numbers. What in the hell is going on?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelwalkerbr, post: 131764152, member: 1601483"] There is way too much politics in sports in the state of Texas. However, Texas A&M seems to dominate the Houston area market. Last year, bowl season: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]December 24, 2020 HAW vs. HOU (ESPN)[/TD] [TD]1.1 rating[/TD] [TD]1.9 million viewers[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]January 2, 2021 T A&M-UNC (ESPN)[/TD] [TD]4.3 rating[/TD] [TD]7.58 million viewers[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Those are indeed bowl games and A&M is in a much bigger bowl. But damn. Check this [URL='https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50']LINK[/URL] It's way more relative to ours and your situation. He lists a bunch of them over a few years including 2019, but I chose the ones that concern you the most, those in the Houston greater area and it is the average viewership per regular season games for 4 or five years. Texas A&M (1.851M) Baylor (1.12M) Houston (689K) The city of Houston is what, the 4th largest city in the country? 2.3 million people in the city and 7 million in the metro area. I have only been to Texas once, but my son in law and grandson work in the Houston area and they love it. Those numbers of viewers seem f**ked up to me, but they are correct by the networks' own numbers. What in the hell is going on? [/QUOTE]

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