You guys overlooked the most shocking numbers in Dawg06's post:157,000 households watched an MLS soccer match? Really?Originally Posted by Dawg06
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You guys overlooked the most shocking numbers in Dawg06's post:157,000 households watched an MLS soccer match? Really?
I wonder what percentage of those people "watching" the Masters were asleep on the couch.
A top 10 all time post by inudesu.
"1982 Lady Techsters vs. Cheney (most watched NCAA WBB game of all-time)"
To be absolutely fair...there were only like 4 channels back then. And "Yes" my family was one of the ones watching that game.
Guilty... for part of the time anyway.
Yes, those WBB Final Four games in the 1980s were played on a broadcast network (CBS). Those WBB games were moved to a cable network (ESPN) in the 1990s.
The 1990 Independence Bowl may be the only time our football team has every played on a broadcast network (ABC). Maybe not. But that's why this Heart of Dallas Classic will be huge if it is televised by a broadcast network (FOX).
FWIW the college division playoff games were on "network", over-the-air, bigtime TV stations.
Last edited by Dawgpix; 04-18-2013 at 07:29 AM.
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Tech football bowl games as far back as the Bradshaw era were on network TV. And I am pretty sure that the 1990 Independence Bowl was televised on a syndicated network (Mizlou maybe), not on one of the four national networks. I could not find the game on TV where I was that weekend in 1990.
I got that TV info about the 1990 Indy Bowl from Wikipedia, and it does look like it is wrong. After searching for highlights on YouTube, it looks like it was played on Mizlou.
My point still remains. More people watched those Lady Techster games than certainly any Tech football game in my lifetime and possibly any Tech football game all-time. Those other times that our football team played on broadcast TV were before I was born, and we weren't even Division I when Bradshaw played. Those games happened so long ago I can't find any info on them regarding TV. That's why the Heart of Dallas Classic presents a tremendous opportunity to showcase Louisiana Tech football if it is played on FOX as rumored.
Believe me "youngster". Whether it was "College Division" or "1-AA", the Bulldogs were on network television.. . . when there were no more than three channels (networks), plus public TV, in most regions of the south and elsewhere.
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
I didn't say those football games weren't played on broadcast TV. I believe you, and I acknowledged that in my previous post.
My point was to show that people do watch women's basketball as evidenced by the Neilsen ratings and also to show the tremendous national exposure WBB brought to Louisiana Tech. All of these unwarranted jabs at WBB aren't necessary.
My other point was that this Heart of Dallas Classic potentially presents a tremendous opportunity for our football program that hasn't been seen since Louisiana Tech started playing major college football.
Good post. (Yep, I rip you a new one when I believe you're being a jerk about the "LA Tech" thing, but I also give you credit for a good post when it's deserved.)
Most definitely, sports fans from outside Louisiana KNOW the Lady Techsters and have even commented to me about that last second lost to North Carolina 10 years after it happen. Due to the TV coverage. Only Tech fans remember the division II champs from 1973
It was a great moment in Tech sports...losing that WBB game on national TV.:bigcry:
Didn't say it was great, well for one thing we were ROBBED! The officials started the clock late!
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