What's the explanation for the "low" ratings for the NC game? *

Follow Ups:

• Start season earlier and have semi in dec - nospreaddefense [12:38:22 01/13/21]
• Blowout? * - uvsw77 [09:51:14 01/13/21]
• Lousy game and college football has become 3-4 teams only - nospreaddefense [08:57:26 01/13/21]
• The less people that saw that mess the better. * - VarsityO [07:58:06 01/13/21]
• I think, with exception of 1st yr, that CFP never got the numbers they expected. Good thing is ESPN wildly overpaid.... - QueensBuck [07:57:45 01/13/21]
• People hate OSU and they’re sick of Bama. * - Frankly Scarlet [07:36:18 01/13/21]
• People are sick of all the commercials, especially the State Farm Rodgers rate garbage.* - Music Man [07:18:05 01/13/21]
  • There's no Rodgers rate? * - TwinsBuck [07:45:23 01/13/21]
• It's a regional sport and getting boring. There are very few upsets anymore * - OSU 1996 [07:07:51 01/13/21]
• College football scrapped a system that served it well for decades in favor of TV $. It is dying a slow death - AkronBuckJF [07:05:32 01/13/21]
• Millions & millions of CFB fans were not allowed to go to games this past fall, so enthusiasm was tempered. * - IndianaBuckeye [07:00:34 01/13/21]
  • This a meaningful factor. It was hard to get into the season as a buckeye fan, imagine being a fan of other teams * - tartanbuck [08:45:02 01/13/21]
• People are tired of the same old faces. * - Buckeye Stuck In Florida [05:15:13 01/13/21]
• CFP must, in my opinion, - BuckShot63 [05:06:15 01/13/21]
• Game was over at halftime. Bama/Clemson/OSU fatigue - Brutus [05:00:51 01/13/21]
  • This is a big part. Didn't look like OSU DC was making any Adj. Why stay up for the inevitable? * - Buckmich [06:36:53 01/13/21]
• Good question. NFL’s ratings were amazing all weekend. So it isn’t just “all sports are down”. (m) - buckeyecurt [04:46:20 01/13/21]
  • Playoff ratings were down 20-25%. Lol. Are you just using your hunch what they were? * - Mr (Zero) Insight [07:19:49 01/13/21]
    • Yep! & even if 1 always pumps up NFL, 'Throughout the 1st 13 weeks of the 2020 season, NFL TV ratings down 7% from last - Buckmich [07:31:26 01/13/21]
      • Ooh, ooh, now do College Football regular season! * - buckeyecurt [07:37:51 01/13/21]
        • Your statement that ratings were "amazing" is idiotic. NFL reg season ratings down 7%, LW ratings down 20-25%. How is - Mr (Zero) Insight [08:21:01 01/13/21]
          • POS poster that spews whatever comes to mind. Many read tight through him/her** - Buckmich [10:51:59 01/13/21]
          • Agree. LOL! I'll bet sponsors weren't "amazed." They got rebates based on ratings. Networks couldn't be amazed either* - QueensBuck [08:40:02 01/13/21]
    • 18 million watched CFB NC. 6 NFL 1st round playoff games games beat it. This is about raw (m) - buckeyecurt [07:24:08 01/13/21]
      • The NFL should be a little worried. TV contracts are based on ratings and they don't want ratings declining (M) - QueensBuck [08:00:16 01/13/21]
  • It looks like all the Wild Card games were still down compared to last year though. * - Et tu Brute [06:26:24 01/13/21]
    • per TOS, ratings for the wild card round of the NFL playoffs were down 22% this past weekend * - Buckmich [06:35:08 01/13/21]
    • Yep. But given a pandemic, a 24Mil average is nuts. The Browns game was the highest (m) - buckeyecurt [06:29:52 01/13/21]
      • It looks like the Saints game got the highest ratings of the weekend. * - Et tu Brute [06:43:00 01/13/21]
  • Good points. Pressure building from many to grow to 8 teams. * - Trucker22 [04:49:41 01/13/21]
    • Yep. The 6 NFL games averaged 24 million TV viewers (streaming not included yet). Clearly the public is saying (m) - buckeyecurt [05:00:15 01/13/21]
      • UC should have had a shot.....West coast tuned out now. CFB better increase national appeal * - Trucker22 [06:02:18 01/13/21]
        • No arguments with that. None of those things happen without expansion. (m) - buckeyecurt [06:06:30 01/13/21]
          • I was against expansion of CFP but now think it's necessary since entire West Coast isn't involved with demise of Pac 12 - QueensBuck [08:03:01 01/13/21]
          • CFB will slowly merge into NFL as the farm team * - Trucker22 [07:12:52 01/13/21]