no idea, but it shows theyre not ignored and are most certainly on the radar. attendence backs it up.
as for tv, winning will trump all. theres not 1 Syracuse game watching bar in northern jersey, but i can find 1 rutgers game watching bar in every town...and every household will end up watching lsu-bama later that day.
and i always love this argument when it comes to boston too, just because people live there...theyre now supposed to root for the local college??
pro's i get...you should. i still hate all the michael jordan bulls fans and the pokes fans from the 70s & 90s have got the 20 years of pain they deserve.
imo, in a large mass populated state where tons of transplants live and/or went to different colleges, the best game of the week will always be the highest rated game of the week. to slam rut or bc because of that is foolish and simple minded.
scooch can tell us the ratings, but id bet the # of eyeballs watching is significant, even if the rating is like a Cuse-dook hoop game x 4.