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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 1913980, member: 636"]
If ESPN/FOX pay the league more $$$ for nothing then they are crazy.  They did that previously.  How did it work out for them?  The ratings for B12 games over the past three years have been pathetic.

Just to give a taste of what I am talking about - over the past three years B1G, ACC, B12 designated home games (those games that are a part of the TV contract) with at least 1 million viewers:

B1G - 59 - average number of viewers 4.62 million viewers (total number is less due to BTN which is not metered, or at least not that I can easily find)
ACC - 71 - average number of viewers 3.52 million viewers
B12 - 70 - average number of viewers 2.71 million viewers

None of the above includes the ABC/ESPN2 mirror games with the B1G getting about 9 of those a year, the ACC 6 a year, and the B12 4 a year.

Home games with 5 million viewers plus over the same three year period:

B1G - 18 games
ACC - 16 games
B12 - 5 games

So far this year the B12 has 2 homes that received more than 5 millions viewers while the ACC already has 5 with the potential for at least three more - Clemson@FSU, Florida@FSU, and the ACC championship.  Miami@VT might have been another but it's scheduled for Thursday night, and those match-ups don't do nearly as well as they used to do now that they are competing against the NFL.  Only game left on the B12 schedule that might achieve 5 million viewers this year based upon the past three years data is Baylor@OU.

Cheers,
Neil
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