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Pataskala
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MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/29/2025 2:18:18 PM

Here are the ones I could find:

Toledo-Pitt, Dec 26, 2 pm: 2,500,000
BG-Arkansas St, Dec 26, 9 pm: 1,600,000
Buffalo-Liberty, Jan 4, 11 am: 1,400,000
NIU-Fresno St, Dec 23, 2:30 pm: 1,300,000
OHIO-Jacksonville St, Dec 20, 12:30 pm: 956,000
MOFO-Colorado St, Dec 28, 4:30 pm: 567,000 (on the CW network)
WMU-SBama not listed

BTW, Ohio's MAC Championship win over MOFO drew 1,130,000

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings /

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/29/2025 4:39:04 PM

Interesting, one could say the two best teams got the crappiest matchups and had the fewest viewers.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/29/2025 10:02:24 PM

Casper71 wrote:

Interesting, one could say the two best teams got the crappiest matchups and had the fewest viewers.

Agreed. It would've been nice to pummel Pitt in a better time slot. It may have helped with recruiting.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/30/2025 10:20:53 PM

That was my thought too. Hey...we won the "Cure Bowl" !

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/31/2025 3:14:59 PM

Casper71 wrote:

Interesting, one could say the two best teams got the crappiest matchups and had the fewest viewers.

The MAC seems to have a habit of doing this. Fire the commish, right BL?

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 1/31/2025 3:56:20 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Casper71 wrote:

Interesting, one could say the two best teams got the crappiest matchups and had the fewest viewers.

The MAC seems to have a habit of doing this. Fire the commish, right BL?

Probably because the Detroit bowl is the one that the MAC can put the most butts in the seats if they have Toledo, BG or one of the Michigans. According to the Sports Business Journal, most MAC bowls have drawn less than 20,000 the past three seasons. The two exceptions are the Detroit bowl, which had 22,000-28,000 with BG twice and Toledo, and the Arizona Bowl, which drew 27,000-40,000, With Ohio, Toledo and MOFO. But most of the Arizona crowd was probably from the MWC team (Wyoming twice nd Colo St.).

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/01/09...

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 2/6/2025 7:58:33 AM

What stands out to me is that the one on an actual OTA network, in the most homes, was rated the lowest. That doesn't bode well at all for the CW expanding their sports programming.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 2/6/2025 9:19:54 AM

Was frustrating that the Cure Bowl was given a Friday timeslot before Christmas when most everyone was still working. Last year it was on a Saturday afternoon and on ABC IIRC.

Really wish the Cats would have been given the Detroit bowl as that's one I could realistically get to both on distance and timing as a day trip.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 2/6/2025 9:41:33 AM

There's a rule that the two MACC finalists will not have to return to Detroit for that bowl. Don't know if that has always been true but it is now.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 2/6/2025 9:42:15 AM

OUcats82 wrote:

That is the bummer with a lot of the early bowls. I'd love a trip to Myrtle Beach, Orlando, Alabama, etc but you don't really know in enough time to plan something like that so close to Christmas.

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RE: MAC bowl games' TV ratings

Posted: 2/6/2025 1:05:58 PM

SBH wrote:

There's a rule that the two MACC finalists will not have to return to Detroit for that bowl. Don't know if that has always been true but it is now.

Definitley makes sense and is a fair shake to the bowl organizers as there may not be as many fan bases who want to visit Detroit twice in one month-especially if they lost the MACC.

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