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#1 Notre Dame def. USC, 22-13

  • WebFire
    lhslep134;1328510 wrote:The entire season won't be a failure, but you'll never be able to remove the bitterness if you lose in the title game. That is the point I was trying to make.

    That being said, I'm still rooting for you guys.
    And you'd look silly wearing undefeated season shirts when you weren't. :p
  • Crimson streak
    My buddy lives in fort Meyers so I'm trying to find some cheap airfare to fort Meyers and then drive down to Miami (2 hour drive) anyone know where to find cheap plane tickets?
  • Pick6
    Congrats to ND and good luck to them. Def did not see an undefeated season coming. I only watched the first quarter, but if the offense plays to their potential and defense can stop the run, they could have a decent shot.
  • karen lotz
    Crimson streak;1328529 wrote:My buddy lives in fort Meyers so I'm trying to find some cheap airfare to fort Meyers and then drive down to Miami (2 hour drive) anyone know where to find cheap plane tickets?

    Saw someone retweet a tweet from a Florida travel site. Maybe @Floridanow? Has some kind of deal.
  • karen lotz
    @MikeHumesESPN: Huge Saturday for ABC: Michigan-Ohio St does 6.3 overnight, Florida-Florida St a 5.6 & Notre Dame-USC a BIG 10.3
  • lhslep134
    karen lotz;1328538 wrote: Notre Dame-USC a BIG 10.3
    And that is the reason ND has a big fat NBC contract.
  • WebFire
    lhslep134;1328554 wrote:And that is the reason ND has a big fat NBC contract.
    Everyone tuned it to see if ND would win to go to the NCG. The other games did not have any impact on anything. I'd be curious to know what the numbers and revenue were for NBC during the shit years.
  • lhslep134
    WebFire;1328564 wrote:Everyone tuned it to see if ND would win to go to the NCG. The other games did not have any impact on anything. I'd be curious to know what the numbers and revenue were for NBC during the **** years.
    Fair enough, I don't disagree.
  • sherm03
    WebFire;1328564 wrote:Everyone tuned it to see if ND would win to go to the NCG. The other games did not have any impact on anything. I'd be curious to know what the numbers and revenue were for NBC during the shit years.
    I don't know the exact numbers. But the numbers had to be good enough for NBC to want to keep renewing the contract.
  • Speedofsand
    By 8:00pm, fans had already watched their own teams. NBC had everyone in primetime staying warm indoors. Great circumstances for ND ratings. I'm glad so many got to see Kiffin perform his coaching skills of the preseason #1 to their 5th loss.
  • sherm03
    Since we're talking about it, here's a pretty good article I read the other day about ND's ratings.

    A few good quotes:
    Networks other than NBC televised Fighting Irish road games this season. The average audience for those games, Adgate said, rose by 51 percent.
    When Notre Dame played Oklahoma on Oct. 27, the telecast was at the same time as Game 3 of the World Series. It drew, according to Brad Adgate, the senior vice president for research at the media service company Horizon Media, some 8 million viewers, nearly as many as the World Series game and more in the coveted demographic of men between ages 18 and 49, Adgate said.
    And my personal favorite...
    “If Notre Dame gets in, it will be the most watched cable program in history,” Adgate said. “We’re talking 30 million, just because it’s Notre Dame.”
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/sports/ncaafootball/notre-dame-polished-on-field-regains-golden-touch.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&smid=tw-share
  • Laley23
    I dont know why we are arguing this. Notre Dame is BY FAR the biggest draw in football. College or NFL. Football in general is the biggest draw in TV. Notre Dame is FAR AND AWAY the biggest draw in television.
  • ohiobucks1
    Laley23;1328676 wrote:I dont know why we are arguing this. Notre Dame is BY FAR the biggest draw in football. College or NFL. Football in general is the biggest draw in TV. Notre Dame is FAR AND AWAY the biggest draw in television.
    False. United is.


    Just joking though, ND is one hell of a draw. Can you imagine what OSU vs ND would have done? My god
  • vball10set
    Laley23;1328676 wrote:I dont know why we are arguing this. Notre Dame is BY FAR the biggest draw in football. College or NFL. Football in general is the biggest draw in TV. Notre Dame is FAR AND AWAY the biggest draw in television.
    You're in the media business, do you have a link to this?
  • karen lotz
    vball10set;1328922 wrote:You're in the media business, do you have a link to this?


    www.espn.com/125463
  • Laley23
    vball10set;1328922 wrote:You're in the media business, do you have a link to this?
    There is obviously no link. But they get the top ratings.

    Its tough to compare to NFL because of what you are forced to watch in certain timeslots. But Notre Dame is considered about twice as good as the next team in terms of ratings, based on what Ive been told/seen from Cable Companies and what their ratings sheets say (I have no clue how to read those damn things. Way more confusing than the typical Nielsen stuff).
  • karen lotz
  • wildcats20
    lol Reilly is a bum
  • vball10set
    lol, reps to Kapron Lewis-Moore :thumbup:
  • Crimson streak
    karen lotz;1328960 wrote:

    I love the ICON video of the players in the locker room celebrating and klm saying he's going to call Rick Reilly lol
  • killer_ewok
    I haven't talked about the actual game yet. How good was Theo Riddick? I'm a big advocate for Cierre Wood to be the feature back but Theo was an absolute monster last night. Might be the most important player on offense outside of Golson. So versatile, runs hard and makes plays.
  • jordo212000
    Reilly is a POS.

    He needs to practice up, he might have to take that job after ESPN inevitably fires him
  • Mooney44Cards
    lhslep134;1328474 wrote:Don't forgot the reason they only had 2 timeouts was because Kiffin blew a timeout on a play they scored a touchdown.
    Watch it again. The pass was clearly incomplete, Lee never caught it.

    /nitpick
  • lhslep134
    Mooney44Cards;1329418 wrote:Watch it again. The pass was clearly incomplete, Lee never caught it.

    /nitpick
    Even if you're right, what is the point of your post?
  • Mooney44Cards
    lhslep134;1329437 wrote:Even if you're right, what is the point of your post?
    Oh I'm sorry, is this thread for talking about NBC tv contracts and stuff or the Notre Dame vs USC game that was played on Saturday, November 24th, 2012?

    You said something about the game that wasn't true. Sorry for correcting you....I guess?