its true, but that energy can continue to exist even without the show. its very

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Jun 19, 2024
6:03:37pm

cwilke1 All-American

its true, but that energy can continue to exist even without the show. its very

much true that passionate fanbases are one of the selling points of college sports. To some extent, college football fans caring more about the sport helps the business. But people only have so much energy and time. Does taking 3 hours in the morning to go cheer at a talkshow necessarily translate to more fans showing up for the 3 to 4 hours of the actual game? Maybe maybe not.

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Pat was the best thing college gameday could ever ask for. he was their future.

FieroCoug All-American

Jun 19, 2:21pm

I stopped watching because of him. I switched to fox’s show

Jun 19, 2:25pm

Fox's show was better than ESPN's the past few years IMO. Better analysis and

P-Widdy

Jun 19, 2:36pm

Plus it was shorter. . .There is only so much good content each host can prepare

Zoobieman

Jun 19, 2:39pm

When he was more interested in soaking than football...

WJCougar

Jun 19, 2:28pm

His schtick gets real old, real fast. Not to mention he's generally pretty crass

TheRowdy

Jun 19, 2:28pm

sounds like college students. at least the ones that like to party and like sports. which is the target demo.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 2:33pm

the target demo is actually adults who have left college. the kind who would pay

cwilke1

Jun 19, 2:36pm

the biggest demo is older people. but their most important is college students.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 2:56pm

That sounds like the Kathleen Kennedy approach to college sports.

bluesloth

Jun 19, 3:40pm

it’s not about pat specifically it’s the principle. you need somebody to bring the energy and keep the young people

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 3:45pm

They're not in danger of losing the students because they lost Pat McAfee.

russkiejedi

Jun 19, 4:17pm

no but he made the atmosphere a million times better. gameday will be ok without him, but when you have something

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 4:51pm

No, the students are not the product, unless you're talking about the ones

russkiejedi

Jun 19, 4:55pm

the best gameday episodes are the ones with the most engaged crowd. pat was the reason for several of those.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 5:19pm

"Best" by what metric? Did they get the most viewership? Week to week, the thing

russkiejedi

Jun 19, 5:26pm

Who cares about viewership. Without the Game Day “energy” all of college

bluesloth

Jun 19, 5:36pm

its true, but that energy can continue to exist even without the show. its very

cwilke1

Jun 19, 6:03pm

i’m just saying that gameday risks being completely irrelevant before long if they don’t have someone like pat. corso

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 6:07pm

its fascinating that you have that perception, because I don't have that

cwilke1

Jun 19, 6:27pm

the ones that are remembered the most. the ones that are talked about years later. the ones that are shown over and over

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 5:57pm

college gamedays entire brand is corsos head gear and the fans in the crowd. that’s it.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 5:58pm

If you walk in circles where people talk about old episodes of a pre-game

russkiejedi

Jun 19, 6:06pm

So he energized the students at the visited campus, but turned off viewers at

bluesloth

Jun 19, 2:38pm

The target demo for televised college football is absolutely not current college

russkiejedi

Jun 19, 2:40pm

I find him to be annoying.

Ozymandias

Jun 19, 2:29pm

RE: Pat was the best thing college gameday could ever ask for. he was their

StarMan

Jun 19, 2:31pm

Disagree

DJROSS

Jun 19, 2:35pm

he acts like a 18 yo at a frat party to me

Don Carlton

Jun 19, 2:36pm

and those 18 year old frat boys are largely who grow up to be the biggest demographic later on.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 3:00pm

Businesses rarely think that long term anymore. Long term is 5 yr ROI not 20

Pepe

Jun 19, 3:03pm

yeah but sports don’t work like that. and the ones that do become almost non existent shortly after. and as a consumer

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 3:10pm

it seems like you are pretty out of touch with entertainment in the modern era.

cwilke1

Jun 19, 3:34pm

i’m not that upset about pat as much as i am about the principle. yes he could be less crass, but nobody brings the

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 3:43pm

if i’m college gameday, i want the people who are taking the time to come to my show (almost all students) to be

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 4:12pm

Is there any evidence to show that students weren’t showing up to Game Day

bluesloth

Jun 19, 4:20pm

no but again it’s the principle. the entire reason college football is important at all is because of the students.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 4:45pm

He was loud, domineering and obnoxious.

WallaX2

Jun 19, 3:21pm

sounds like college students. loud obnoxious partying college students are the most important demo for college football.

FieroCoug

Jun 19, 3:28pm

He should have been fired after the whole Soaking fiasco!!!

Bigfancoug

Jun 19, 3:30pm

...but cancel culture sucks!

SoCalCoug

Jun 19, 3:39pm

That’s not what cancel culture is.

bluesloth

Jun 19, 4:26pm

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