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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 51086, member: 636"]
While my responses have been more in terms of the ESPN ratings, let's try and keep this in focus with this article from September 2010:

[URL]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463843751580442.html?mod=WSJ_NY_Sports_LEFT_LEADNewsCollection[/URL]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Last September's Notre Dame-Michigan matchup, between teams that didn't go to a bowl game last season, was the highest-rated game in the area by far. It scored a 5.2 rating, according to Nielsen, ahead of USC and Ohio State's 3.7 rating. That's not to say locals can't make an impact, as the biggest-ever ESPN college-football rating in New York was Rutgers's 2006 game against Louisville.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]One of the reasons why any discussion of NYC's college football team begins with Notre Dame - not Rutgers and not Syracuse.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Cheers,[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Neil[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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