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Let’s hope this reflects the general view that the SEC and BIg Ten…
Have signaled that there will be - max - 40 schools that will ultimately fit into their grand scheme. For all of the other alumni and regional fans, college football just became college baseball to you: an interesting little novelty.
This “reorganization” move will wipe large chunks of the US off the college football map. Will fans in Utah, Arizona, Virginia, Colorado, Kansas, New York, New England, etc. care if they don’t have a dog at least ostensibly in the hunt? You can’t fit everybody into two conferences.
Rarely do business plans work when they shrink the pie while shrinking the number of parties sharing the pie. I think that is what the P2 is doing here - probably inadvertently. I would love to see a regional breakdown of viewership to gauge whether non-P2 regions stopped watching.
I know that there are (were?) a lot of rabid playoff fans on this site, but I hated the idea from the very beginning, assuming that it would wreck the college football ecosystem. I hated the idea back when I thought VT would actually be in the club, so now I don’t even like to hear it mentioned.
** Edited by lawhokie at 1/25/2025, 11:59:19 AM
Thread Replies (26)
🏈 National Championship ratings w/ Ohio State & Notre Dame fall 12 percent
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 09:14 AM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 09:14 AM ET
Let’s hope this reflects the general view that the SEC and BIg Ten…
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-- lawhokie
Jan 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM ET
lawhokie
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01/25/25 11:57 AM ET
playing the game on Monday night and on ESPN likely doesn't help ratings **
-- anotherdamnyankeehokie
Jan 25, 2025 at 07:46 AM ET
anotherdamnyankeehokie
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01/25/25 07:46 AM ET
And that includes out-of-home
-- Roanokie
Jan 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM ET
Roanokie
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01/23/25 12:24 PM ET
Very interesting information, thanks for sharing!**
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 01:47 PM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 01:47 PM ET
I wonder if JD Vance was streaming the game on his phone at all of these
-- Maroon Baboon
Jan 24, 2025 at 02:46 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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01/24/25 02:46 AM ET
Vance made a joke about blowing off the inauguration
-- mancunian
Jan 24, 2025 at 08:54 AM ET
mancunian
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01/24/25 08:54 AM ET
According to my 6-yr old grandson, Monday was the day that Martin Luther
-- VTBoar
Jan 23, 2025 at 04:21 PM ET
VTBoar
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01/23/25 04:21 PM ET
CFP was stupid to let it drag out into the NFL playoffs. Everything needs
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 10:49 AM ET
6 weeks and odd days and intervals is just stupid
-- Vienna_Hokie
Jan 23, 2025 at 04:13 PM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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01/23/25 04:13 PM ET
Yep. NFL can finish with 14 teams in about 4 or so weeks. That includes
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 04:23 PM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 04:23 PM ET
Drop the CCG’s, *add week 0 rivalry matchups, let Army Navy play weekend
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 10:59 AM ET
Yeah, I think move the entire regular season up to week zero. Finish
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 11:01 AM ET
2 problems and suggestions
-- Maroon Baboon
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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01/23/25 10:14 AM ET
My way of making your #1 happen in response to reestuart. I wish #2 was
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 11:04 AM ET
the conference championship games are borderline useless now, IMO.
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 11:15 AM ET
They are, but they are $ makers for the Conference, but as previously
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 11:25 AM ET
I'm good with anything that gets the CFP moving by the first weekend
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 11:38 AM ET
when did they start having Herbie as an announcer?
-- HokieAl
Jan 23, 2025 at 09:55 AM ET
HokieAl
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01/23/25 09:55 AM ET
Had to look it up. It was 2006, with Dan Fouts in that seat before him.
-- Roanokie
Jan 23, 2025 at 01:13 PM ET
Roanokie
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01/23/25 01:13 PM ET
For consideration, some data on the champ games
-- HokieAl
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM ET
HokieAl
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01/23/25 10:54 AM ET
Herbie's problem is he talks way too much. I think he's OK as an analyst,
-- reestuart
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM ET
reestuart
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01/23/25 10:50 AM ET
Agree, it’s dominated with expansion by the P2, but some weren’t in those
-- Stech
Jan 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM ET
Stech
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01/23/25 10:49 AM ET
I'm a sample size of 1, but I wasn't as interested...
-- jesuisvtguy
Jan 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM ET
jesuisvtguy
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01/24/25 12:30 AM ET
I think that's why there has been a push for gambling.
-- MP4VT2004
Jan 25, 2025 at 02:03 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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01/25/25 02:03 PM ET
Wow you nailed it jesuisvtguy!!! This is the relationship vs transactional
-- Stech
Jan 24, 2025 at 09:07 AM ET
Stech
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01/24/25 09:07 AM ET