Can be found here:

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

Cal - San Diego State ended up at 17th for the week with 938k viewers.

A couple of footnotes I find interesting:

• This was ESPN's worst ratings of the weekend for college football, but I chalk that up to the viewing window. Please note, that is ESPN and not ESPN2.
• The game outdrew Auburn - New Mexico.
• This number is on par with previous games in the 10:30 est kickoff timeslots. Arizona St - Miss. State had 954k in week 2, and New Mexico - Arizona had 953k.
• Only four ACC games had ratings (games on the ACC and SEC networks don't have Nielsen compile their ratings). Florida State - Memphis led with 1.59 million viewers, Pitt - WV had 1.15 mill, and Ole Miss - Wake only had 419k but was broadcast on the CW.
• The networks have really gone in hard on College football. Between CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox there were 10 Network broadcasts with 9 being on Saturday.
• FS1 is really a college football graveyard. They air games, but the numbers suggest they get a fraction the viewers of ESPN on similar matchups. As mentioned earlier Cal-SDSU was ESPN's worst rating at 938k. FS1's best rating was Troy - Iowa at 446k.

golden sloth said:

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Can be found here:

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

Cal - San Diego State ended up at 17th for the week with 938k viewers.

A couple of footnotes I find interesting:

• This was ESPN's worst ratings of the weekend for college football, but I chalk that up to the viewing window. Please note, that is ESPN and not ESPN2.
• The game outdrew Auburn - New Mexico.
• This number is on par with previous games in the 10:30 est kickoff timeslots. Arizona St - Miss. State had 954k in week 2, and New Mexico - Arizona had 953k.
• Only four ACC games had ratings (games on the ACC and SEC networks don't have Nielsen compile their ratings). Florida State - Memphis led with 1.59 million viewers, Pitt - WV had 1.15 mill, and Ole Miss - Wake only had 419k but was broadcast on the CW.
• The networks have really gone in hard on College football. Between CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox there were 10 Network broadcasts with 9 being on Saturday.
• FS1 is really a college football graveyard. They air games, but the numbers suggest they get a fraction the viewers of ESPN on similar matchups. As mentioned earlier Cal-SDSU was ESPN's worst rating at 938k. FS1's best rating was Troy - Iowa at 446k.

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Hooking up with the ACC and ESPN and being their only West Coast teams was a great move.

ESPN knew what they were doing.

calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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Can be found here:

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

Cal - San Diego State ended up at 17th for the week with 938k viewers.

A couple of footnotes I find interesting:

• This was ESPN's worst ratings of the weekend for college football, but I chalk that up to the viewing window. Please note, that is ESPN and not ESPN2.
• The game outdrew Auburn - New Mexico.
• This number is on par with previous games in the 10:30 est kickoff timeslots. Arizona St - Miss. State had 954k in week 2, and New Mexico - Arizona had 953k.
• Only four ACC games had ratings (games on the ACC and SEC networks don't have Nielsen compile their ratings). Florida State - Memphis led with 1.59 million viewers, Pitt - WV had 1.15 mill, and Ole Miss - Wake only had 419k but was broadcast on the CW.
• The networks have really gone in hard on College football. Between CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox there were 10 Network broadcasts with 9 being on Saturday.
• FS1 is really a college football graveyard. They air games, but the numbers suggest they get a fraction the viewers of ESPN on similar matchups. As mentioned earlier Cal-SDSU was ESPN's worst rating at 938k. FS1's best rating was Troy - Iowa at 446k.

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Hooking up with the ACC and ESPN and being their only West Coast teams was a great move.

ESPN knew what they were doing.

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If they hadn't gotten Stanford and Cal, then ESPN might have had nothing to show in that 7:30 PT window. Since we joined up, what will likely be one of our worst-rated games (vs. a G5 team) actually gets 930k viewers! Win-win.

Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

Hail2Calif said:

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We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

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And if I'm reading that right, it means that all 7 weeks when we were on Pac-12 Network counted for zero in the average. They took the total Nielsen rated viewership for the whole season and divided it by 12 weeks. Seven zeroes are going to drag down that average!

If you took our total viewership in 2023 for games that were actually rated (North Texas, Auburn, Washington, WSU, and UCLA) and divided that by 5, then we drew about 1.08 million per week. That's pretty close to our average from the two games on ESPN this year. And that 2023 number includes a pretty crappy game on ESPNU, which always rates way lower than the other ESPN channels. If our conference games against, say, Oregon and USC had actually been on a real network then our average is probably pretty damn good!

Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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Lyons needs to dump Knowlton and bring in someone with a sports marketing background to take advantage of this hype and build our brand, fan base and attendance. Knowlton steals $1.3 million a year from us but the heavy lifting is being done by people working for free: Sebasta, Cal Legends, and CalTwitter. That is just wrong and a wasted opportunity.

Given their contribution to the death of the Pac12 this is unsurprising.

Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

golden sloth said:

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sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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The Wake Forrest game in Palo Alto will test that hypothesis. Probably earlier but on the ACCN.

golden sloth said:

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sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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In looking over the weekly schedules, it seems like they won't have to worry about that. In any week when Cal or Stanford is hosting an Eastern school, there is another Big 12 option (Arizona or ASU hosting a Central or Mountain team) that would be more fitting for the time slot.

calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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The Wake Forrest game in Palo Alto will test that hypothesis. Probably earlier but on the ACCN.

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Cal plays Oregon State at home that day, so there's no reason they'd need to push the WF-Stanford game to a late window. I think you can virtually book it that OSU-Cal will be a 7:30 start.

Interestingly, there is one week where ESPN really has nothing to show in the late window: Week 10, Nov. 2. None of their conferences have any games being hosted in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. There were some weeks last year when they didn't have a game in the late window (maybe because the Pac-12 was hoarding more games for Pac-12 Network?), so I guess this will be the week with no late game.

calumnus said:

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Lyons needs to dump Knowlton and bring in someone with a sports marketing background to take advantage of this hype and build our brand, fan base and attendance. Knowlton steals $1.3 million a year from us but the heavy lifting is being done by people working for free: Sebasta, Cal Legends, and CalTwitter. That is just wrong and a wasted opportunity.

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This is SO true. It's no like the University can say, "Well, we really aren't a 'football school,' so we don't need to pursue the big bucks."

Um, WRONG!

With a half a BILLION dollar stadium, YOU SURE DO! It's not negotiable, nor worthy of discussion, nor worth debating or anything else!

FIRE HIS BUTT AND PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE WHO CAN PICK UP THE BALL AND RUN!!!!

sycasey said:

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calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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The Wake Forrest game in Palo Alto will test that hypothesis. Probably earlier but on the ACCN.

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Cal plays Oregon State at home that day, so there's no reason they'd need to push the WF-Stanford game to a late window. I think you can virtually book it that OSU-Cal will be a 7:30 start.

Interestingly, there is one week where ESPN really has nothing to show in the late window: Week 10, Nov. 2. None of their conferences have any games being hosted in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. There were some weeks last year when they didn't have a game in the late window (maybe because the Pac-12 was hoarding more games for Pac-12 Network?), so I guess this will be the week with no late game.

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I'm pretty sure they can pick up a PAC-2 or MWC game for the late slot.

sycasey said:

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calumnus said:

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golden sloth said:

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sycasey said:

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golden sloth said:

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Hail2Calif said:

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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The Wake Forrest game in Palo Alto will test that hypothesis. Probably earlier but on the ACCN.

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Cal plays Oregon State at home that day, so there's no reason they'd need to push the WF-Stanford game to a late window. I think you can virtually book it that OSU-Cal will be a 7:30 start.

Interestingly, there is one week where ESPN really has nothing to show in the late window: Week 10, Nov. 2. None of their conferences have any games being hosted in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. There were some weeks last year when they didn't have a game in the late window (maybe because the Pac-12 was hoarding more games for Pac-12 Network?), so I guess this will be the week with no late game.

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The NBA will be starting up by then, and I thought they had some Saturday NBA games, so I can see them putting basketball in the late night window.

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Yeah. I'm sure for ESPN, 900K to 1MM viewers for their 1030pm-ish time slot is about as good as they could hope for. Yes, I am in the EST zone so was one of those 900K+ tuning in.

If Stanford ends up doing about as well as predicted (basically bottom 3 in ACC), we are the ACC's late slot option.

What a difference if we get more of these games on ESPN / ESPN2 vs the Pac12 Network

https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-were-most-watched-in-2023-2e81ef62d3bf

Last year, with all those zeroes for P12 Network, the "official" viewership number for Cal was 450K - less than half of our late night SDSU game.

We can argue about how that 450K is calculated, who our opponents were, game times, etc - but end of the day, numbers like this are what decision makers look at - so if 900K+ is a low end viewership number for a non-optimal time slot vs a G5 opponent, then that is a huge win for Cal.

We drew something like 1.12MM for Auburn, assume we'll see similar numbers for Cal-FSU - and should Cal win and is hosting an undefeated Miami squad 10/5 (and perhaps a College GameDay hype train visit) numbers will go through the roof - showing Cal CAN draw eyeballs and SHOULD be at the big boy table when realignment comes around in a few years.

Go Bears!

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There were several games last year where ESPN chose to place the Pac-12 game of the at the 10:30 est time, and it netted ratings between 2 & 3 million, so I think ESPN would like those kinds of numbers. That said, I'm sure a football game involving a Power conference team still draws more than their other broadcasts, and they are happy placing Cal in that timeslot.

Also, yes, I think Cal, the Arizona schools, and potentially Utah/BYU will corner that timeslot. I'm pretty sure we can already bank the Oregon State game as being a 7:30 kickoff.

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Both Arizona schools, Cal, BYU, and Utah have all been scheduled for that time slot already. Stanford also got a 7:30pm game, but it was on a Friday. Those are pretty much ESPN's options for power conference teams, plus Colorado.

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I'm very curious to see how espn treats the 10:30 est window when Cal and Stanford host an east coast team. I think any all-west coast matchup either school hosts is close to a lock for the 10:30 tineslot, but I'm not sure they would watch to place an eastern team in that timeslot.

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The Wake Forrest game in Palo Alto will test that hypothesis. Probably earlier but on the ACCN.

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Cal plays Oregon State at home that day, so there's no reason they'd need to push the WF-Stanford game to a late window. I think you can virtually book it that OSU-Cal will be a 7:30 start.

Interestingly, there is one week where ESPN really has nothing to show in the late window: Week 10, Nov. 2. None of their conferences have any games being hosted in the Pacific or Mountain time zones. There were some weeks last year when they didn't have a game in the late window (maybe because the Pac-12 was hoarding more games for Pac-12 Network?), so I guess this will be the week with no late game.

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I'm pretty sure they can pick up a PAC-2 or MWC game for the late slot.

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ESPN has no MWC or PAC-12 deal anymore.

When was the last time Cal played on ESPN 4 weeks straight?

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When was the last time Cal played on ESPN 4 weeks straight?

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I doubt it's ever happened.

Might not happen this time either, as the Miami game could well be on ABC.