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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5449861, member: 1145"]
And it is a given that network execs not being ed will choose from among those at their disposal to show the one most obviously likely to draw the largest viewership on ABC at 3:30 ET/2:30 CT. That could change if the metrics they have show them that another matchup they have that day always does better in the afternoon than in PrimeTime, in which case ABC might flip that pair of games.

When CBS had that 1 SEC game and showed it at 3:30 ET/2:30 CT, all kinds of geniuses concluded that meant that  CBS showing games at that time was THE key to large numbers of TVs viewers for those games. If that were true then CBS could show Cuse vs BC and then UConn Vs Rutgers and then Temple vs Wake in back to back to back weeks at that optimum time and see no discernible drop off in viewer numbers from the SEC game days.

It is neither the network nor the time slot that makes for the large viewing audience; it is the teams playing. And as common sense would dictate, invariably teams that have larger average attendance and greater ease in selling large numbers of tickets to Away games draw the most fans to TV. And those general fans of CFB across the nation tend to find state flagship and/or land grant schools and schools from either the midwest or South to be the most interesting or best, at least for their viewing pleasure.

Any network or league that fights against or tries to ignore that reality is going to come up short.
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