I have no idea why it is so important for you to convince me. You appear to be one of those BC fans that takes the most innocuous comment (out of context) as an unfathomable slight. Alas, I'll humor the notion a tad further.
BC got
virtually no play on the D&C simulcast in the mornings when their flash boy was BC's play by play radio announcer. Now that Meter is gone, BC gets even less. There is also
almost no mention of Boston College on NESN Daily, Sports Today, or any of their other shows. On WEEI, There is barely a commercial and your lucky if you hear the time for an upcoming game.
That's the whole point. B.C.'s niche is
not large in their "home" market and is even smaller on a national level. You're referenced link works against you. BC opponents drive national attention of their games.
For the season, BC averaged 33,006 fans for home attendance That is 3rd from the bottom of the ACC. While Alumni Stadium has a larger capacity than Rentschler Field, 44,500 is still small and 3rd from the bottom in the ACC. BC filled Alumni (On campus stadium and easy to get to via the green line) to 74.2% capacity and couldn't sell out when #8 Florida State came into town. (Incidentally, this is a bowl team with a Heisman Trophy candidate.). Consider that Andre Williams was always on the list, but he was not really a bona fide Heisman Trophy hopeful until at least the second half of the year. It stands to reason that this fact alone would provide even a nominal boost to attendance. It actually went down by 3,000, on average. Disregarding the FSU game as an outlier that inflates the average, attendance still decreased by 100.
Don't you think that if BC had any larger appeal that some of their lesser games would be on a national channel?
BCInterruption actually predicts BCs exposure for the 2014 football season. Brian Favat predicts 3 games on ESPN3 and 4 on the ACC network. Of their predicted national games (ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC), not one of them is because of BC's appeal, especially considering the loss of a Heisman trophy finalist who accounted for 45% of their offense.
Home vs. Pitt is a National Friday night game. Favat still predicts ESPN2 as opposed to the Mother ship.
Home vs. USC coincides with a, "not exactly stellar lineup of games in the ACC in week 3," or nationally.
BC is banking on the ND-FSU game to go primetime in order to open up the 3:30 slot for the game vs. Clemson, but Clemson is the driver. This game could certainly go ACC Network if ND-FSU is on in the afternoon.
There is a feeling of hope vs. hope that the VTech game will be on the Deuce.
The final national exposure game is vs. FSU, who, as the defending national champion, will be on national TV all season.