Games this week with over 1M viewers:
- Rocky Mountain Showdown: 9.30M
- South Carolina @ Georgia: 5.42M
- Tennessee @ Florida: 5.31M
- Bama @ USF: 4.84M
- FSU @ BC: 3.48M
- Penn State @ Illinois: 3.22M
- WKU @ tOSU: 2.82M
- LSU @ Mississippi State: 2.80M
- Backyard Brawl: 2.41M
- Minnesota @ UNC: 1.58M
- Bowling Green @ Michigan: 1.32M
- Cuse @ Purdue: 1.25M
- TCU @ Houston: 1.20M
- BYU @ Arkansas: 1.08M
- Navy @ Memphis: 1.05M
Coach Sanders is presumably paying for himself many times over.
Eventually they will drop a game, considering CO State went to overtime. I wonder what effect that will have on the narrative and the morale of the players.
Hopefully it causes ESPN to talk about something else
I hope so too, but those numbers are absolutely ridiculous for cable, especially in the late night slot. ESPN claims it's their 5th most watched CFB game ever (and I think they're even counting ABC games, but excluding post-season games). Even if the numbers drop (which they will when CU starts losing), I imagine they'll still be hyping them up and cashing in as much as possible.