ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LOWEST VIEWING AUDIENCE OF ANY P5

[marshall23]

Championship contest. The game's ratings were more than 20% lower than last year. It makes sense. With so many Pitt fans in attendance, it only makes sense they weren't watching on TV!
Pitt Football is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Pocono Lion]

Wasn't that one on in the same time slot as one of the others? (The B10?)

IIRC, those were the only two that had to share a time slot.
Of course, the matchup between Clemson and Pitt was also far less than must-see TV.... but I can't imagine it wouldn't have at least matched the UW-Utah P12 game, if not for sharing a time slot.

Yes, it was up against the B10 game. I switched back and forth only because I always enjoy watching Pitt get beaten down on national TV.

 

[psuro]

Championship contest. The game's ratings were more than 20% lower than last year. It makes sense. With so many Pitt fans in attendance, it only makes sense they weren't watching on TV!
Pitt Football is the gift that keeps on giving.

You have it backwards. The Pitt fans were watching. It was the Clemson fans who were too busy picking up trash along the highway to watch.

 

[BobPSU92]

You have it backwards. The Pitt fans were watching. It was the Clemson fans who were too busy picking up trash along the highway to watch.

Well, clemson athletic supporters do wear orange.

 

[canuckhal]

Not news. Has been the case for several years. Interesting to look at the ratings. Numbers are down for B10 and ACC, but more for ACC. ACC still had higher ratings than P12. OSU clearly rules the roost when it comes to drawing viewers.
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/#2018wk14

 

[marshall23]

My son lives in Charlotte and went to the game. He estimated that 80% of the fans were from Clemson.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Come on.....not everybody gets the Comedy Channel!

 

[2020 is Our Year]

Yeah, the ACC has no chance when going up against the Big Ten. Pac XII, SEC & Big XII all have their own time slots of the P5. The ACC should probably play Thursday night or something. Not fair to the kids but they're not going to get viewers against the Big Ten

 

[lein]

maybe a new art exhibit or perhaps an opera opened up in Pittsburgh Saturday night.

 

[Crusher1950]

There is no way Pitt had 20% of the fans there, 10% I can believe

 

[Cletus11]

There is no way Pitt had 20% of the fans there, 10% I can believe

You are not using Pittsburgh math. Pitt math has an empty stadium that somehow has an attendance of 25K on saturdays.

 

[marshall23]

There is no way Pitt had 20% of the fans there, 10% I can believe

I didn't say 20% were Pitt fans did I? My son and some of his friends are not fans of either team.

 

[JBDLion]

I'll admit I watched more of the ACC than B10 game. Once I realized it was realistically possible that a P5 school could finish with less than 10 yards of passing in a game, it was fascinating to watch.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I'll admit I watched more of the ACC than B10 game. Once I realized it was realistically possible that a P5 school could finish with less than 10 yards of passing in a game, it was fascinating to watch.

Who’d have thunk it.....but both Army & Navy will have more passing yds on Sat afternoon than Pitt’s Heisman candidate!

 

[We Are . . .]

The ACC had a championship game? I must have missed it.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

its such a shame that Pitt could not take all those empty yellow seats from heinz field to charlotte. When Pitt is home those empty yellow seats are counted as fans!

 

[Alphabets]

I had zero clue they were even in the championship game until Saturday night. How garbage is that conference? What a joke.

 

[marshall23]

Chris Peak writes that the Sun Bowl is perfect for Pitt because the locals attend and the schools aren't expected to sell tickets. LOL

 

[psugisher]

I went to the game with a couple friends who are Pitt fans. I had a great time despite the rain. My takeaway from the game is that the Clemson women are freaking amazing.