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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Are they?
During the heady buildup to the Alabama-Notre Dame BCS title game, several reporters stated that the TV ratings for these two national brands might break the all-time record of the Texas-USC contest of 35 million viewers.
Mr. Football (Tony Barnhart) was drinking the kool-aid.
"The greatest game we've ever had in the BCS was Texas and USC. But our TV guys are telling me that if this game stays close, it's going to break the record," said Tony Barnhart, a columnist for CBSSports.com and a regular on CBS college football analysis shows. "USC and Texas are great programs, but they're not the great brand names of Notre Dame and Alabama." 
Even those brand names need a competitive contest.
The early returns for Monday nights blowout win by 'Bama point to a very nice number for ESPN but nowhere near the record.
Overnight ratings for the game were 15.7 which translates to 26.8 million viewers. That is better than last year's SEC rematch between LSU and Alabama (22 Million) but not as good as the Auburn-Oregon game (28 Million). |
Texas is the biggest program in CFB and perhaps that could change in 50 years but I doubt it.
USC - UT will never be broken. Played at the height of college football's popularity with real star power all over the field.
Still the greatest CFB game I've ever seen.