Columbus, OH 2nd largest local market for UM-UW game
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Something, something, jerseys selling in Ohio, never thought I'd see the day, etc. Funny story nonetheless. I'm feeling better and better about The Game this year
October 14th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
Gotterdammerung: the downfall of Urban Meyer and OSU football. Coming soon to a horseshoe near you.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
Yeah, that makes sense. If you spent 5 seconds reading message boards or Twitter of the OSU crowd, you'd know they all expected Wisconsin to blast us. They probably expected it to be a nice reprieve after the stress of the Minnesota game. They won't admit it now, because according to them, apparently Wisconsin sucks all of a sudden.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
to be honest, I wasn't all that impressed with Wisconsin, the BYU loss was a huge red flashing siren to me. Washington kicked BYU's ass all over the field. Utah State the team many Michigan fans use as the measuring stick for how much Sparty must suck then waltzed into Provo and whipped up BYU good again.
Frankly the Badgers might not actually be very good.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:57 PM ^
And yet they went to Iowa at night and won, putting up 415 yards.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
Is Iowa good
October 15th, 2018 at 12:03 AM ^
S&P has them 21
October 15th, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^
They might be. Please also keep in mind that college football is weird.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^
With four top ten teams going down this past weekend, I'd tend to agree with this statement.
October 15th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
To be fair, Iowa is still doing construction on the north end of Kinnick. It's possible, the magic that is Kinnick at Night accidentally got released when they started working on the brick face.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:08 AM ^
Wisconsin isn't that great but they aren't terrible and Michigan blasted their ass and that means something.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Are you ignoring Northwestern on purpose?
October 15th, 2018 at 7:20 AM ^
I don't think anyone is ignoring the largest come-from-behind victory of the Harbaugh era.
October 15th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
Wisconsin has a legit top ten offense (S&P+ #8) and can move the ball easily. Except against Don Brown... They are a legit top 20 team - that has holes, like every team in CFB.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
Except Bama
October 15th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
Alabama punter ranks dead last in NCAA in total yards punted ,if fact he is chasing the NCAA record for least yards punted in a season
October 15th, 2018 at 12:08 PM ^
Bama's defense doesn't seem all that great. Gave up 23 to TAMU at home and 31 to a trash Arkansas team
October 15th, 2018 at 9:06 AM ^
Perhaps even more telling is the concern OSU fans are beginning to voice over whether their team is good enough to beat Michigan. Sentiment is taking root that their offense is too one-dimensional and their defense is not good. Hell, after the Minnesota game, many of them are worried about Purdue and MSU beating them, let alone us. They see Michigan improving every week and they aren’t seeing their team improve.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:50 PM ^
The crazy thing is that only 10% of ohioans own televisions, so the actual number of viewers likely far exceeded what the article suggests.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
Says the Mgohillbilly.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:24 AM ^
I understand their ways.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^
This only goes to prove, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. Now, you know why they keep a weekly blog on the outcome of Michigan games.
October 15th, 2018 at 8:31 AM ^
Michigan Monday is something I really look forward to. I will happily ignore the trailer trash that is 99.999999% of OSU fans in order to enjoy Gerdeman.
I kinda wish that MSU had something similar, but the smartest MSU grads (and yes, they exist) are smart enough to know that having a rational football discussion will lead to accusations of being a Michigan fan.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:37 AM ^
Purdue will stun Wisc I bet.
wisc is not that great. I think there is a chance they don’t make it to Indy.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:43 AM ^
A Purdue fan told me today that they have three wins this season. I honestly don't care enough about them to verify, but if true, I suspect Wisco will take care of them.
October 15th, 2018 at 6:43 AM ^
They are indeed 3-3, although their three losses are by a total of eight points while their wins have all been by 14 or more.
October 15th, 2018 at 7:59 AM ^
One of Purdue’s losses is to Eastern Michigan.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
EMU is only 2 spots below Northwestern in S&P+, the same Northwestern who beat Sparty at the landfill.
October 15th, 2018 at 8:29 AM ^
Whiskey is still in the drivers seat because of remaining schedule and the win over Iowa.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:55 AM ^
I'm pretty sure Ann Arbor won't be the #2 market for OSU-Purdue next week.
October 15th, 2018 at 7:27 AM ^
It makes sense to me. It was the biggest game of the night, by far. Columbus has a large number of football fans and Michigan is their biggest interest outside of their own team. If OSU is playing a big night game, we are all watching it.
October 15th, 2018 at 7:47 AM ^
This was my sentiment. There was no other game even approaching that level of interest on at that time, and it was the only conference game Saturday night. If a buckeye was watching college football, it was probably the Michigan game over a salty beer.
October 15th, 2018 at 8:09 AM ^
"If OSU is playing a big night game, we are all watching it."
One look at the afternoon game thread confirms this. With UF-Vandy and LSU-UGA both competing, 90% (or more) of the comments were play by plays from the OSU-UMinn game. We are interested like rivals, or whatever...
October 15th, 2018 at 8:46 AM ^
OSU-Minn was at noon, so people definitely chose it over UF-Vandy. Kind of a no-brainer there, because Vandy....
But I wouldn't say it was 90-10 over UGa-LSU, because that was the 3:30 game.
Personally, I would've been watching UGa-LSU primarily over the other 3:30 games (flipping back and forth to MSU/PSU) ... were I not out tailgating in the greatest college town in America at that time!
October 15th, 2018 at 8:55 AM ^
Exactly - they actually have fans interested in college football and their attendance isn't falling. Still hate them intensely.
October 15th, 2018 at 8:24 AM ^
I contributed to this!
October 15th, 2018 at 8:40 AM ^
For a fanbase that thinks we're completely irrelevant, it sure doesn't seem that way.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:04 AM ^
I made a similar point to this general issue on another board. It's a Red Sox focused site that has branched out over the years (Sons of Sam Horn). The Michigan Football page has a few regulars and an equal number of anti-Michigan types. Trolls, you might say. I don't understand - they continue saying that Michigan is overrated, Harbaugh is a blowhard, etc.
If Michigan is irrelevant, why do they continue to troll?
October 15th, 2018 at 8:58 AM ^
Its great for college football that OSU and Michigan are currently the top two Big Ten teams. Wisconsin is so 2000's - too contemporary.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:24 AM ^
We make fun of Beano Cook for some very legitimate reasons, but he was the person who explained to the NFL back in the late 1970s that they could boost their ratings by understanding "hate watching" (He didn't call it that, but it's the same premise.) It's why the Cowboys are so frequently a national game, because people will hate watch them, especially the other markets in the NFC East. Similarly, it's why regional coverage now understand that people want to keep tabs on the other teams in their division.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
....and the NFL listened closely and presented the public with Bills-Browns games on Thursday nights. Bravo.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
I swear Thursday Night Football was just an effort to prove they could put ANY NFL game on in a single window and draw a major number. Browns/Bills was just doubling down on it.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:31 AM ^
Beat State
October 15th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
Beat State(s)
October 15th, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
We don't give a damn about what now?
October 15th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
4 out of the top 6 highest ratings are from Ohio. Impressive.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:32 PM ^
I did my part both recording and watching. Watched some on the app for more hits.
October 15th, 2018 at 3:08 PM ^
Columbus and Birmingham are the two best markets for CFB TV ratings in the country.
Last year's Fiesta Bowl (Washington-Penn State), had a better rating in Columbus than SEATTLE.
I'd expect Birmingham was in the top 10 markets for the Wisky-M game.
October 16th, 2018 at 5:16 AM ^
Haha I’m one of those Michigan fans in living in Cbus. You’d be surprised how many of us are down here.