ORANGE BOWL WATCHED BY TENS OF PEOPLE
The Orange Bowl drew the lowest ratings ever for a BCS game, proving that even Jim Grobe facing Bobby Petrino–known for eating cold baby salad on the sideline during games–presents a more charismatic matchup than anything involving Frank Beamer and Brian Kelly. The game pulled a 6.1 share, which means nothing if you’re not familiar with ratings.
Do you watch this show? Please turn yourself in for “voluntary retirement” immediately.
For some illuminating contrast, the Rose Bowl pulled a 12.6 even with an assured Penn State slaughter on the menu. For an even more illuminating and possibly life-altering contrast, consider the contrast with these television ratings, which show that more people watched your average episode of Two and a Half Men than took time out of their week to watch Cincy/Va. Tech. Also: if you were wondering the exact portion of the United States population who might serve the populace better as labor animals, meat, or as batteries to fuel the supercomputers of tomorrow…that number has been recalculated to mean exactly 12 percent of the television viewing audience.
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NewAZTiger says:
I thought Two and a Half Men were the number of healthy offensive lineman Bama played against Utah.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
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Mich-Placed Gator says:
Ha Ha BCS…
Serve up shit sandwiches and the chow line won’t be very long.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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WarChiziken says:
hey, I was busy having my chest waxed WHICH I WOULD RATHER DO THAN WATCH THIS GAME
January 5th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
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I’m waiting on the Yakkity Sax Edition of the Bama/Utah game. Plenty of material to work with.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
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ATLHokie says:
Orson,
I’m getting sick of getting kicked in the dick everytime I read edsbs. I am a Hokie faithful living in ATL. All I get all day is BEEEEES and ARP ARP ARP! My team was decimated by multiple factors at the start of 08 (draft, gangsterdom, underaged white girls) but we have completed something that very few teams have ever done (TX and USC actually): won 10 straight wins every season for the last 5. And we did it with a very young team this year (sophmore QB, 3 freshman WR’s, sophmore RB…)
But I digress. I realize that VaTech and the Bearcats is about as sexy as a schoolbus fire, but maybe a little lieniency here? No? Ok fuck it! I guess that’s what you get for playing in the “Wacky ACC”!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
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DC Trojan says:
All I have to say on the matter is that I watched more of the International Bowl (~10 minutes) than of the Orange Bowl (~0 minutes), and that I have never watched Two and a Half Men – I can’t see watching it unless I am sitting the in tub with slashed wrists and want to make sure I don’t change my mind.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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OhioDawg says:
And I hold the ACC directly responsible!
Ok, not really, but a couple of comments:
1. The mighty Sugar Bowl, with ESS EEE CEE SPEED garnered a whopping 6.3.
2. This matchup – or something like it – would probably have occurred under most playoff scenarios since both teams were conference champs.
3. Although UC was beaten badly, there was no reason to expect that going into it. Yet the expected (and received) Penn State blowout got better ratings. So are you looking for good ratings or good football?
4. With any luck UC is in the process of becoming the next West Virginia or Louisville. Neither analogy is perfect, but the general idea is sound. As of now, however, they’re unknown nationally and the ratings stunk because of it.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
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The Fake Gimel Martinez says:
Mennnnnnnnn!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
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hobeg8r says:
What this says to me is – until da U or F$U wins the ACC, expect more of the same.
I was one of the ten who watched the OB game..because I knew the CFB season was almost over and a game is a game. It is the same reason I find myself watching the first Thursday night game of the season. I don’t care about the outcome and neither team is exciting…but it is CFB.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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nolefan says:
I gotta tell you, after the rose bowl i went to the local sports bar to get some wings. They were playing Americas funniest home video and then Greys anatomy on mute instead of the orange bowl. I think that speaks for itself.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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OhioDawg says:
Tell it, tell it, brother hobeg8r!!!
And who amongst us isn’t beginning to feel the anxiety and distraction of withdrawls?
January 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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Coop says:
Charlie Sheen reads this and cries all the way to the bank…or bordello.
He has to realize he is the luckiest man on the planet. Highest paid sitcom actor, doing the same bad show every week, living out his alleged past or current life for pay.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
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General Disarray says:
“I don’t care about the outcome and neither team is exciting…but it is CFB.”
And as we reach the end of another season, the time of darkness nears…..I’m good until the end of college basketball, but there’s not much after that to hold my interest until September.
I suppose my wife would tell you that that’s a good thing and enables me to get some shit done around the house for part of the year, but it’s not something I look forward to…DON’T TAKE MAH FOOTBAW!!!!!!!
(begins shaking and nervously rocking in seat)
January 5th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
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MV3 says:
I was forced to watch, being a VT grad. But I would have watched no matter where I went to school. ITS DIVISION I FOOTBALL. If you are a true college football fan there is no way sometime this spring when Fox is showing a spring training game of the Pittsburgh Pirates B squad at the the Washington Nationals you wouldn’t trade a nut or finger to have the VT-Cincy game on instead. We only get 5 months of this sport, you have to enjoy every minute of it. As for the Rose Bowl, I don’t think the 4 letter network hyped up this game enough, they only talked about it 22 hours a day all week.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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John says:
The TV was on Fox for the whole game, which is all Nielsen cares about, but I was asleep for roughly three quarters.
6.1 was the overnight, 5.6 was actually the final. So the following regular season games this year received higher ratings than the Orange Bowl:
SEC Championship Game: 9.1, Texas/Texas Tech: 7.5, Ohio State/USC: 7.0, Texas Tech/Oklahoma: 6.6, Penn State/Ohio State: 6.4, Oklahoma/Oklahoma State: 5.6
Texas/Oklahoma almost certainly would have received a higher rating had it been given the 3:30 EST slot.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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Studley says:
John – The final numbers I just looked at showed a Final Rating of 5.4, with a 9 share. Not much of a differential to worry about.
Here’s a tidbit for y’all: According to the numbers I’ve seen, the Rose Bowl’s Post-Game Show also drew a 5.4 rating with a 9 share. That’s right: The POST-GAME of the Rose Bowl (which was ONLY ON FOR 21 MINUTES) was seen by the same percentage of all households with televisions that tuned to the show as the Orange Bowl itself.
Orson, the number you originally quoted was the rating, not the share.
January 5th, 2009 at 8:22 pm