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sfk324 · Dec 12, 2025

burmafrd1944 said:
competitive games usually do well
we were blowing teams away so of course the viewership is down
DUH

Playing a bad Stanford team in the middle of the night on ESPN couldn't have been too helpful, either.

Dale · Dec 12, 2025

“Here comes Saturday night 🎵 Here comes Saturday night 🎵 “

14 USC/UCLA 2.4
13 Neb/PSU 3.10
12 UCLA/OSU 3.6
10 USC/Neb 2.2
9 Michigan/MSU 3.6
7 Michigan/USC ??? (had to be mistake)
6 Minnesota/ OSU 3.7
4 IU/Illinois 2.2

That is what the Big Ten Saturday night games did outside of a big number over 8 for PSU/Oregon. USC and A&M games throttled everything above and Navy/ND even did a 3.4 in comparison.

NDPhilly · Dec 12, 2025

Awful article written with a clear agenda.

I do think a lot of people just throw on ABC or ESPN and leave it on throughout the day. Less common with NBC.

Dale · Dec 12, 2025

Another way to look at it would be USC/ND tripled the viewership of USC/Nebraska

A blowout OSU game basically similar to a blowout ND game

fightingirish26 · Dec 12, 2025

It would probably help at least a bit if NBC had games on all day.

GowerND11 · Dec 12, 2025

fightingirish26 said:
It would probably help at least a bit if NBC had games on all day.

If they put an AAC game on at 11:30, ND or B1G at 3:30, then ND or B1G at 7:30/8:00 would be something NBC should look into. Heck, put on a Patriot League FCS game on each mid day.

burmafrd1944 · Dec 12, 2025

GowerND11 said:
If they put an AAC game on at 11:30, ND or B1G at 3:30, then ND or B1G at 7:30/8:00 would be something NBC should look into. Heck, put on a Patriot League FCS game on each mid day.

good competitive games will draw more viewers then blowouts
that is reality
problem is that college football is changing so fast that schedules that are mostly arranged several years earlier can not take into account the up and down of teams
Pedo U was a real contender last year and is trash this year
Vanderbilt just a few years ago was a pathetic joke

GowerND11 · Dec 12, 2025

burmafrd1944 said:
good competitive games will draw more viewers then blowouts
that is reality
problem is that college football is changing so fast that schedules that are mostly arranged several years earlier can not take into account the up and down of teams
Pedo U was a real contender last year and is trash this year
Vanderbilt just a few years ago was a pathetic joke

You're correct. I'm just saying what also helps is the carry over draw. People leaving the channel on because one game just ended, and another begins.

dublinirish · Dec 18, 2025

Nolan Ziegler playing for Ferris State in the D2 national championship this weekend. He's had a decent but not earth shattering season starting at LB for the Bulldogs

Ferris State Bulldogs

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IRISHDODGER · Dec 18, 2025

dublinirish said:
Nolan Ziegler playing for Ferris State in the D2 national championship this weekend. He's had a decent but not earth shattering season starting at LB for the Bulldogs

Ferris State Bulldogs

Ferris State Bulldogs

www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com

Hope Ziegler plays well but go Harding Bison!

irishff1014 · Dec 18, 2025

Huge huge loss. I have been reading recruiting articles for a while now and seen his name come up.

arrowryan · Dec 18, 2025

irishff1014 said:
Huge huge loss. I have been reading recruiting articles for a while now and seen his name come up.

Would you say catastrophic?

fightingirish26 · Dec 18, 2025

The Irish coaching staff is in complete disarray

irishff1014 · Dec 18, 2025

arrowryan said:
Would you say catastrophic?

I wouldn’t say that but it’s still a significant loss.

NDMatt91 · Dec 18, 2025

SIAP, but Brice was told that the 2026 schedule will look like this:

9/6: Wisconsin (At Lambeau Field)
9/12: Rice
9/19: Michigan State
9/26: At Purdue
10/3: At UNC
10/10: SMU
10/17: Stanford
10/31: Navy (At Gillette Stadium)
11/7: Miami
11/21: BC

He didn't mention the dates for Syracuse and USC, but I assume the bye will be on 10/24, they will be at Syracuse on 11/14, and they'll play USC on 11/28.

OrlaNDomer · Dec 18, 2025

100% ABC and ESPN get a ratings bump for just being on every tv in every sports bar in America by default. NBC is for sure 5th behind Fox and CBS.

Irishokie · Dec 18, 2025

arrowryan said:
Would you say catastrophic?

The other C word, colossal.

FWIrish4 · Dec 18, 2025

fightingirish26 said:
The Irish coaching staff is in complete disarray

Italics????

Brice literally reported today that Washington turned down the BC DC job to stay at ND.

fightingirish26 · Dec 18, 2025

FWIrish4 said:
Italics????

Brice literally reported today that Washington turned down the BC DC job to stay at ND.

We need italics for Horka jokes now?

DCDomer · Dec 18, 2025

First offseason following CFB for some of you?

Losing coaches (even little known staffers) to promotions is a sign of a flourishing program. Look how much turnover Saban had every single year at Alabama. Freeman has to get the replacements right, but that's what he gets paid for.

burmafrd1944 · Dec 18, 2025

NDMatt91 said:
SIAP, but Brice was told that the 2026 schedule will look like this:

9/6: Wisconsin (At Lambeau Field)
9/12: Rice
9/19: Michigan State
9/26: At Purdue
10/3: At UNC
10/10: SMU
10/17: Stanford
10/31: Navy (At Gillette Stadium)
11/7: Miami
11/21: BC

He didn't mention the dates for Syracuse and USC, but I assume the bye will be on 10/24, they will be at Syracuse on 11/14, and they'll play USC on 11/28.

it is just wrong not to have USC on the schedule

we have no excuse not to go unbeaten

FWIrish4 · Dec 18, 2025

fightingirish26 said:
We need italics for Horka jokes now?

I was unfamiliar with your game 😂

NDPhilly · Dec 18, 2025

NDMatt91 said:
SIAP, but Brice was told that the 2026 schedule will look like this:

9/6: Wisconsin (At Lambeau Field)
9/12: Rice
9/19: Michigan State
9/26: At Purdue
10/3: At UNC
10/10: SMU
10/17: Stanford
10/31: Navy (At Gillette Stadium)
11/7: Miami
11/21: BC

He didn't mention the dates for Syracuse and USC, but I assume the bye will be on 10/24, they will be at Syracuse on 11/14, and they'll play USC on 11/28.

I mean we should go into the Miami game undefeated with an average margin of victory of 30 with that start to the year. We’ll also have KVA back down the stretch.

rtrn2glory · Dec 19, 2025

SIAP didn't know where else to put it

Pete · Dec 21, 2025

zelezo vlk · Dec 22, 2025

SC out, BYU in

Sources: Notre Dame, USC rivalry series ending next year as Irish finalize 2-year deal with BYU

ozzman · Dec 26, 2025

Borderline elite pass blocking and great sack avoidance

burmafrd1944 · Dec 26, 2025

ozzman said:
Borderline elite pass blocking and great sack avoidance

these kinds of charts are simply to show off
just make a list first to last fools

burmafrd1944 · Dec 26, 2025

zelezo vlk said:
SC out, BYU in

Sources: Notre Dame, USC rivalry series ending next year as Irish finalize 2-year deal with BYU

USC ran and hid. Simple as that

stpeteirish · Dec 27, 2025

I wouldn’t be surprised if Dabo never coaches vs ND in that series we’re scheduled to play vs Clemson. He’s lost his mojo.
Interviewed after the first quarter he actually said that was a bad call to run that fake punt.
Doesn’t he know what plays he’s running?
Penn St kicked their asses

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