I don't know how they calculate a viewer, but if the time spent watching the game matters, then I imagine a lot of people were like me and tuned in until it basically was obvious that Georgia was going to roll them very early in the game.
This won't happen once it's a 12 team playoff. That switch to 12 will be the saving grace of college football. The weaker teams will get beat along the way. The final will be massive.
I’ll run a simulationHere's what the 12 team playoff would have looked like this year. The 4 teams with a bye are Conference Champions. That's why TCU is ranked #5. Think TCU would have made the final game? No way!
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So TCU didn‘t make the NC game. Before you knew the lopsided outcome last week, would you have rather seen TCU v GA—or—AL v GA in NC game?I’ll run a simulation
National Championship
7 Alabama vs 1 Georgia
7 Alabama wins national championship 34-17