Wow: Duke/Indiana bowl game had better TV ratings than Duke/UNC OT hoops game

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Two traditional bottom feeder Power 5 football programs outdraw an OT late-regular season game between the games two biggest rivals. Hence the reason we have so many bowl games.

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Exactly why they won't cut the # of bowl games. Attendance and what fans "travel" means nothing compared to TV ratings/$
 



The UNC-Duke OT game was a Wednesday night on ESPN, the Pinstripe Bowl was on Saturday late afternoon on ABC.

A huge difference.
 


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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Championship ratings:
Duke-Wisconsin (CBB): 17.1 overnight (CBS).
Alabama-Clemson (CFB): 15.8 overnight (ESPN).</p>— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/686951154475995136">January 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Championship ratings:
Duke-Wisconsin (CBB): 17.1 overnight (CBS).
Alabama-Clemson (CFB): 15.8 overnight (ESPN).</p>— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/686951154475995136">January 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Last year had a 18.5 rating.
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Championship ratings:
Duke-Wisconsin (CBB): 17.1 overnight (CBS).
Alabama-Clemson (CFB): 15.8 overnight (ESPN).</p>— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/686951154475995136">January 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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That shocks me. Airing it on a broadcast network vs. ESPN makes a difference, but I'm still surprised.

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Hates Monikers said:
That shocks me. Airing it on a broadcast network vs. ESPN makes a difference, but I'm still surprised.

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That just might be the ESPN rating. What is the total for the whole family of networks, each with I different feed?


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This is not a surprise. College football is so much more popular than football. But remember Iowa fans travel so well so it don't matter if they lose their bowls games because they travel so well.
 

BleedGopher said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Championship ratings:
Duke-Wisconsin (CBB): 17.1 overnight (CBS).
Alabama-Clemson (CFB): 15.8 overnight (ESPN).</p>— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) <a href="https://twitter.com/richarddeitsch/status/686951154475995136">January 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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The Duke v Wisconsin game was the highest rated and most watched basketball game since game 6 of the '98 NBA Finals, Jordan's last with the Bulls. CB isn't dying. It just needs a great tourney with compelling stories to thrive like that. If it was Duke vs an undefeated Kentucky it would have been even higher.
 

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