Over 19 Million People Watched THE GAME!

It's on at the same time as Oregon/Washington and Florida State/Louisville. So I imagine the numbers won't be great, and could diminish if the game is clearly over early and either of the other two are at all competitive. If Bama beats Georgia, expect all eyes on the ACC CG.

If we leave the B1G he can explain to the remaining mooks why the next TV contract will be not as big as it would have been.  Then he can referee the circus when Penn State and Ohio demand proportional TV revenues to make up for their perceived shortfall.  

His name is Petitetittie, people. Get it right. Also, yes, he may lack the self-awareness to be embarrassed when he has to hand the B16--nix, B14--nix, B10 (whatever) trophy to Harbaugh, but even an MSU grad should be able to read the financial tea leaves.

It's my fault.  I listened to the game on the radio (internet).  I had to do this as I couldn't chance jinxing the game as I listened to the previous 2 victories over Ohio on the radio.

Every bar/restaurant in downtown A2 was packed to the gills.  Took until halftime to get a table at Pizza House.  Always wonder how they account for eyeballs at venues like that.

I believe this is the percentage of tv's tuned into the broadcast. So a 9.0 means that 9% of TV's in America were tuned into the game.

% of viewership watching TV at that time, or 9% of the people watching Nielsen rated television during that time slot 

9.0 is higher than the CFP championship game last year - @ 17M watched

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I’m going off memory from my last job, but I’m pretty sure this would fall 4th all time regular season

Florida St v Notre Dame from the 90’s is #1

The Game ‘06 is #2

And I think Bama v LSU from about a decade ago hit 20M

I’d bet a lot this is #4 for regular season

a lot of Championship games have done in the 20’s - although last years was a dud @ 17M

I believe it's the 2nd highest UM/OSU game, with the only other game being rated higher than this year being 2011 Bama/LSU.

The number shown is only an average for the entirety of the 4 hour broadcast. Usually they also announce the peak viewing audience as well and it’s always a couple million more. Probably somewhere in the low 20 millions which is absurd for a regular season game.

In the age of streaming it gets harder to track an exact number for this but keep in mind that last year’s national championship only averaged around 17 million. Having almost 2 million viewers more for a regular season game is unheard of.

When people wonder why the B1G can keep pace with the SEC monetarily even though they haven’t had the same success in football. This is why.

How much did Maserati Marv and Honda McCord get?

I just love the imagery of a Maserati and a Honda Accord sitting next to each other in a garage.

Alos, does anyone else thing that Marvin Harrison Jr looks like a robot built by OSU superboosters?  Not just on the field but even in interviews.  I don't want to sound like Q'Anon but can someone get a blood test done on him to make sure he is human?  LOL

You're right, it shows that the NFL is king.  No one competes with their TV ratings. Just a different level.

The NFL also has the benefit of consolidating viewership in a way that college football just can't. 

There is really no college football culture in the northeast, think the big population centers such as NYC.  Even Philadelphia is... Pitt I guess. 

A 3:30 or 8PM kickoff would almost certainly have been the most watched regular season CFB game of all time.  I believe that 2006 game was a 3:30 kickoff.