The Realignment Options from the Pac-6 and Mountain West Perspective.

[Bobcat4Ever]

Mountain West now has the minimum number of all-sports teams needed to be a conference.

i wonder how much that cost them? $30m+?

And now every athlete wants their team to get into the MWC so they can take their yearly trips to the sunshine and beaches.

[CodyCat]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

[RICO CAT]

Mountain West now has the minimum number of all-sports teams needed to be a conference.

i wonder how much that cost them? $30m+?

And now every athlete wants their team to get into the MWC so they can take their yearly trips to the sunshine and beaches.

They won’t set foot on a beach and that 5+ hour each-way flight will get old in a hurry

[Cataholic]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

[CodyCat]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

[MSU01]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

You have to think that almost every casual football fan would have chosen to watch Kansas State/Colorado on ESPN over MSU/Idaho on ESPN2. I'm guessing the 75K number isn't all that much different from what MSU does get for local broadcasts!

[RICO CAT]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

You have to think that almost every casual football fan would have chosen to watch Kansas State/Colorado on ESPN over MSU/Idaho on ESPN2. I'm guessing the 75K number isn't all that much different from what MSU does get for local broadcasts!

Yeah, the Prime Effect is real. Soon as I saw Colorado was on at the same time, I knew ESPN2 would have limited viewership. Ratings would have been the same were a Sunbelt or Mountain West game on ESPN2 during that time.

[coloradocat]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

You have to think that almost every casual football fan would have chosen to watch Kansas State/Colorado on ESPN over MSU/Idaho on ESPN2. I'm guessing the 75K number isn't all that much different from what MSU does get for local broadcasts!

I bet the local broadcast games get more viewers because everyone has those channels. If I hadn't attended the game I would have had to do a streaming trial to watch the game and less than diehard fans aren't going to go through that hassle when other games are on.

[nanacat]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

You have to think that almost every casual football fan would have chosen to watch Kansas State/Colorado on ESPN over MSU/Idaho on ESPN2. I'm guessing the 75K number isn't all that much different from what MSU does get for local broadcasts!

I bet the local broadcast games get more viewers because everyone has those channels. If I hadn't attended the game I would have had to do a streaming trial to watch the game and less than diehard fans aren't going to go through that hassle when other games are on.

This!
I struggle to understand making such a big deal about it being "nationally televised" on ESPN2, when not everyone gets that channel. You have to have programming with that included and everybody doesn't. If that game was on local channels I'm certain more people would have watched. I too had to do a free trial in order to watch. My inlaws couldn't watch as they don't even have internet, so unless it's on a local channel they can't watch games.

[coloradocat]

Thought these TV ratings were pretty interesting. I actually thought the MSU-Idaho game fared decent given the competition it was up against. Also, noted the week zero ratings were really high with no competition for viewers.

What were the ratings?

Sorry! Forgot to include the link. It goes back for nationally televised games back to week 0.

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/colleg ... v-ratings/

Ouch! That is really a poor number. Im actually really shocked. I figured the number was higher for games that are only broadcast locally.

You have to think that almost every casual football fan would have chosen to watch Kansas State/Colorado on ESPN over MSU/Idaho on ESPN2. I'm guessing the 75K number isn't all that much different from what MSU does get for local broadcasts!

I bet the local broadcast games get more viewers because everyone has those channels. If I hadn't attended the game I would have had to do a streaming trial to watch the game and less than diehard fans aren't going to go through that hassle when other games are on.

This!
I struggle to understand making such a big deal about it being "nationally televised" on ESPN2, when not everyone gets that channel. You have to have programming with that included and everybody doesn't. If that game was on local channels I'm certain more people would have watched. I too had to do a free trial in order to watch. My inlaws couldn't watch as they don't even have internet, so unless it's on a local channel they can't watch games.

I wonder how many of the 75K viewers had no connection to either team/state, maybe 1%? I'm sure we get more money being on the network rather than the streaming platform but we aren't exactly pulling in new viewers when the game starts at almost 8:30pm MT. There isn't really a better option for a nationally televised game as we'd stand no chance in the 1:30/5:30 windows and would have to get very lucky to be even option C in the 10AM slot, but 8:30 games aren't moving the needle as it is.

If we're going to be on ESPN2 I'd rather they schedule us in a Friday night game. We'd get way more eyeballs that way. It would be even more of a pain to attend the game for out-of-towners/staters but it would go further in justifying playing off-schedule for ESPN.

[rivercat]

MSU vs Idaho ratings were greatly impacted by #2 Ohio State vs #3 Oregon on at the same time on a channel that most people have.