Has anyone heard what the TV ratings were for the Championship game?

[orangepassion]

Curious. I wonder if it affects the mindset of the BCS meeting.

 

[Upstate]

Terrible

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/01/alabama-lsu_produces_lowest_tv.html

NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama loved a rematch. Not so much of the rest of the country. ​

It turns out most television viewers didn't want to see Alabama-LSU again, at least not an uncompetitive rematch.​

Overnight ratings for Alabama's 21-0 victory over LSU were the lowest for a national championship in the 14-year history of the BCS. The All-SEC affair, the first championship pairing teams from the same conference, drew a 13.8 overnight rating on ESPN. The previous record low was a 14.3 for Miami-Nebraska at the 2002 Rose Bowl.​

To put last night's rating in perspective, Alabama-LSU on Nov. 5 drew an 11.5 on CBS. Last night's game was down 14 percent from Auburn's three-point victory over Oregon last year. It was down 24 percent from Alabama's last national championship when the Crimson Tide defeated Texas in 2010.​

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Alabama-LSU capped a disappointing ratings year for the BCS on ESPN. Even before Monday night, the BCS' 7.3 average rating was down 10 percent from the 2010 season and 21 percent from 2009, when the games aired on Fox.​

The Rose, Orange, Sugar and BCS Championship all took ratings hits this season. West Virginia's 70-33 rout of Clemson at the Orange Bowl drew just a 4.5 rating, making it the lowest-rated game in BCS history.​

Interestingly, the three lowest overnight ratings for the BCS Championship Game occurred in a year when there was some controversy over the participating teams. The previous low (14.3), in 2002, featured Nebraska, which didn't win its conference. LSU's win over Oklahoma in 2004 featured a Sooners team that didn't win its conference.​

Last night, Alabama became the first school since Minnesota in 1936 to win a national title without winning its conference. Alabama fans are understandably rejoicing.​

Much of the rest of the country apparently tuned out.​

 

[cusestudent]

I think altogether the bowl games had bad ratings. How many games were there that were worth watching? A couple for sure, but especially towards the end of the bowl season many people could care less about college football. They'd be better off having a four week sixteen team playoff like the other divisions.

 

[orangepassion]

I was excited to watch Okie State-Stanford, wich lived up to the billing.

 

[Stern]

Terrible ratings, as I said it would draw when they first announced this game last month. Nobody cared outside of SEC country