It's Not About The Football - It's About The Fans And Tv Sets!

[huskymedic]

Dennis Dodd from CBS

Thoughts on a Football Saturday: How West Virginia got to the Big 12.

https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/130736492267053056

"... You want to know why West Virginia is in the Big 12 and Louisville isn’t? 500,000 homes. That’s the difference in the half-rating point for television that separates the two schools.

It comes down to West Virginia’s average 2.6 television rating over the past five years as opposed to 2.1 for Louisville. That half-rating point equals half a million television homes. That’s according to an industry source who had the numbers in front of him for all 120 FBS schools.

The FBS average rating is 2.2 In other words, Louisville is an average TV draw. West Virginia is an above average draw.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

So, the better football program, that received better television rankings during their football games was the expansion choice.

Groundbreaking!

 

[LADan]

What does UConn get?

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

UConn gets to be in the booby prize conference.

 

[speedoo]

This fact was crystal clear to anyone watching Notre Dame play on Saturday. Unbelievably boring game. Which underscores the fact that it cannot possibly be the quality of their program that is supporting their position of power.