Showing posts with label Games; TV; Ratings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Games; TV; Ratings. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Sports--100 Words




Sports.

I love sports.

Not just the holy trinity: baseball, football, basketball. All sports.

I’ve watched tennis, hockey, billiards. I’ve watched strong men compete for a title.

I’d probably watch people flipping manhole covers if that were a sport.

My wife and sports? Not so much. She tolerates it.

So, for her sake, I try not to abuse watching sports even though I love it. I love watching the nuances of a game. Watching the mojo shift from one player/team to the other.

Sports is especially good in summer. No repeats. No summer replacements.

Anyone else addicted like me? Why?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Blurry Eyes from Watching Too Much TV


Did you watch a college football bowl game over the holidays? If so, you weren’t alone. Here are the numbers for this past season. The list is long, but take a minute to notice the increase or decrease in ratings from last year.

Bowl TV Ratings(with increase/decrease from last year)
BCS Title Game, 15.8 (+10%)
Rose, 11.7 (+5%)
Fiesta, 10.4 (+35%)
Sugar, 7.8 (+11%)
Capital One, 6.4 (-30%)
Orange, 5.4 (-27%)
Champs Sports, 4.5 (+41%)
Cotton, 4.4 (+26%)
Gator, 4.1 (+58%)
Emerald, 4.0 (+29%)
Meineke Car Care, 3.9 (+22%)
Alamo, 3.9 (+70%)
Holiday, 3.9 (+5%)
Chick-fil-A, 3.4 (-23%)
Poinsettia, 3.2 (+88%)
Outback, 2.7 (-7%)
Hawaii, 2.6 (+100%)
Music City, 2.4 (-29%)
Liberty, 2.3 (-34%)
Sun, 2.2 (-4%)
New Mexico, 2.2 (+29%)
Las Vegas, 2.2 (+5%)
Motor City, 2.1 (-9%)
Humanitarian, 2.1 (+200%)
EagleBank, 1.9 (New Bowl)
International, 1.8 (+29%)
Papajohns.com, 1.7 (-12%)
GMAC, 1.7 (+70%)
Armed Forces, 1.4 (-18%)
St. Petersburg, 1.1 (New Bowl)
Independence, 0.8 (-50%)
New Orleans, 0.7 (-50%)
Insight, 0.4 (0%)
Texas, 0.1 (-67%)

Average Bowl TV Rating By Conference
Big 12, 6.13 (7 games)
Big Ten, 5.70 (7 games)
SEC, 5.65 (8 games)
Pac-10, 4.80 (5 games)
Mountain West, 3.36 (5 games)
ACC, 3.34 (10 games)
Big East, 2.68 (6 games)
WAC, 2.18 (5 games)
Sun Belt, 1.40 (2 games)
MAC, 1.30 (5 games)
Conference USA, 1.22 (6 games)

So, how many did you watch? Which ones? Did you watch every second of the game?