TV market and conference expansion

[jay santos]

I just don't get this analysis of TV markets.

Who gets better ratings when on ESPN?

college football:
San Jose State vs Kansas State
Houston vs BYU
South Florida vs Nebraska
Tulane vs Arizona
Colorado vs Boise State
Temple vs LSU

college basketball:
Depaul vs Kansas
St John's vs Gonzaga
USC vs Pitt
Boston College vs Kentucky

It really doesn't matter crap what your TV market is. What matters is a combination of things including how strong your program has been, is expected to be, how strong your fan base is, and to much smaller extent how large your home TV market is.

This bit about the Big 10 getting $.05 outside of area and $.88 in area is B.S. I know how these things are calculated. It's a blended rate based on what the expected ratings. Adding Rutgers might be a boon in the contract, but DirectV is gonna be pissed and want to renegotiate that contract with new analysis with new assumptions for expected ratings and blended rates ASAP.

[Indy Coug]

What are the ratings for the games you listed?

[jay santos]

What are the ratings for the games you listed?

You misunderstand. I mean general ratings for team in first column vs second column with first column being the TV market team and second column being the team with the actual program worth watching bringing in the TV sets.

[Flystripper]

You misunderstand. I mean general ratings for team in first column vs second column with first column being the TV market team and second column being the team with the actual program worth watching bringing in the TV sets.

I understand your point and I generally agree with one exception. I would wager that Boise State's TV ratings in recent years are greater than Colorado's


EDIT OH THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE saying....I just get so used to the general disdain for BSU on this and other sites that I missunderstood.