Give us a few years of 4 PM Eastern on FOX and see how our number changes.

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Oct 1, 2024
5:02:05pm

Six Foot Seven All-American

Better measure would include their most prevalent time slots and channels rather than just their raw viewership number.

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Six Foot Seven

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Here's the current viewership scores of the top 50 college football teams (5 year rolling score)

krindorr Truly Addicted User

Oct 1, 4:59pm

Give us a few years of 4 PM Eastern on FOX and see how our number changes.

Six Foot Seven

Oct 1, 5:02pm

Yup nothing like playing New Mexico State at 10pm ET to help your viewership avg

CaliWG

Oct 1, 5:05pm

But that's when we'll play if we get left behind

krindorr

Oct 1, 5:13pm

Three issues with this thought process

krindorr

Oct 1, 5:11pm

They lose my viewership. They'll lose a lot of others who watch because we're in

paulb

Oct 1, 5:07pm

The answer is not to scream "We'd get more casual viewers in better TV slots", but to prove ourselves worth those slots

krindorr

Oct 1, 5:16pm

Dude, you used a measure of average viewers irrespective of timeslot. We were

Six Foot Seven

Oct 1, 5:29pm

Again, this isn't specifically about BYU. But if you're arguing viewership is low without good opponents/time slots....

krindorr

Oct 1, 5:37pm

The question is how many fans of other teams contribute to the numbers for the

Shinshin

Oct 1, 5:19pm

I think this is the better take

krindorr

Oct 1, 5:24pm

The question I would ask is "who are the new viewers gained vs. the old viewers lost?"

Greg Kite's 'stache

Oct 1, 6:16pm

So why do many watch cfb? To see who can make the championship?

bald man

Oct 1, 6:36pm

conferences that put more games on networks have a huge advantage

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