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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
Posted: 01/25/2025 at 11:57 AM ET
(In response to this post by Stech)

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🏈 National Championship ratings w/ Ohio State & Notre Dame fall 12 percent
Stech 01/23/25 09:14 AM ET
Let’s hope this reflects the general view that the SEC and BIg Ten…
lawhokie 01/25/25 11:57 AM ET
playing the game on Monday night and on ESPN likely doesn't help ratings **
anotherdamnyankeehokie 01/25/25 07:46 AM ET
And that includes out-of-home
Roanokie 01/23/25 12:24 PM ET
Very interesting information, thanks for sharing!**
Stech 01/23/25 01:47 PM ET
A lot going on Monday
mrcaniac 01/23/25 12:16 PM ET
I wonder if JD Vance was streaming the game on his phone at all of these
Maroon Baboon 01/24/25 02:46 AM ET
Vance made a joke about blowing off the inauguration
mancunian 01/24/25 08:54 AM ET
According to my 6-yr old grandson, Monday was the day that Martin Luther
VTBoar 01/23/25 04:21 PM ET
CFP was stupid to let it drag out into the NFL playoffs. Everything needs
reestuart 01/23/25 10:49 AM ET
6 weeks and odd days and intervals is just stupid
Vienna_Hokie 01/23/25 04:13 PM ET
Yep. NFL can finish with 14 teams in about 4 or so weeks. That includes
reestuart 01/23/25 04:23 PM ET
Drop the CCG’s, *add week 0 rivalry matchups, let Army Navy play weekend
Stech 01/23/25 10:59 AM ET
Yeah, I think move the entire regular season up to week zero. Finish
reestuart 01/23/25 11:01 AM ET
2 problems and suggestions
Maroon Baboon 01/23/25 10:14 AM ET
My way of making your #1 happen in response to reestuart. I wish #2 was
Stech 01/23/25 11:04 AM ET
the conference championship games are borderline useless now, IMO.
reestuart 01/23/25 11:15 AM ET
They are, but they are $ makers for the Conference, but as previously
Stech 01/23/25 11:25 AM ET
I'm good with anything that gets the CFP moving by the first weekend
reestuart 01/23/25 11:38 AM ET
when did they start having Herbie as an announcer?
HokieAl 01/23/25 09:55 AM ET
Had to look it up. It was 2006, with Dan Fouts in that seat before him.
Roanokie 01/23/25 01:13 PM ET
For consideration, some data on the champ games
HokieAl 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 01/23/25 10:50 AM ET
Agree, it’s dominated with expansion by the P2, but some weren’t in those
Stech 01/23/25 10:49 AM ET
I'm a sample size of 1, but I wasn't as interested...
jesuisvtguy 01/24/25 12:30 AM ET
I think that's why there has been a push for gambling.
MP4VT2004 01/25/25 02:03 PM ET
Wow you nailed it jesuisvtguy!!! This is the relationship vs transactional
Stech 01/24/25 09:07 AM ET