LA Tech Wins C-USA postseason TV Viewership

[Dawg06]

No you're right... ODU was the game before Rice. Rice was the bigger game though.

The Old Dominion debacle cost us hosting the C-USA Championship Game and sent us out to West Virginia.

[T1]

The Old Dominion debacle cost us hosting the C-USA Championship Game and sent us out to West Virginia.

Not if we lost to Rice. There would have been no trip to W. Virginia with a loss to Rice.

[Dogsince65]

Someone posted this on the CUSA board. Looks like LA Tech is building a nice brand on TV:

This year's C-USA championship game saw a 90% increase in TV viewership over last year's USM-WKU game. Over the past 5 years, the two most-viewed C-USA CCGs have involved LA Tech (926k this year, 725k vs Marshall in 2014). The next closest was 2012 (UCF-Tulsa) with 590k.

The Armed Forces Bowl was the most-watched C-USA bowl by a landslide. 2.341M households watched the Dawgs vs Navy. Next highest was the HOD Bowl with 1.615M viewers. (The service academies may be partially responsible, of course.) Fun fact: the Independence Bowl (Vandy-NC State) was viewed by fewer people (1.270M) than ANY C-USA bowl game.

The LA Tech-Navy Armed Forces Bowl also saw a 24% viewership increase from last year (Air Force vs Cal), while the ULL-USM New Orleans Bowl saw an 8% decrease from last year's LA Tech-stAte game.

These numbers were just put out by LaTechReport.com. Interpret them as you wish, I'm merely a messenger here

thanks for posting!

[Dogsince65]

I have people from across the country tell me they enjoy watching Tech play. I was on the phone yesterday with a potential supplier in California. He happens to be a USC grad and wanted to talk a little football before we got down to business. When I mentioned I am a Tech grad/supporter he said he watched our game...and yes, both games ended the same way...and when I mentioned our game vs. Johnny Football on national TV...he went, "Oh yeah! I remember watching that game. One of the best I've seen." Louisiana Tech plays an exciting brand of football that is just fun to watch as a neutral fan, he said. (of course, mind you, he wants my business, so as a good salesman he'll say anything!)

But others have told me the same thing. Had an UGA grad/fan tell me a little while back he enjoys watching Tech play. Heck! he even remembered Rattay-Edwards!


So, since TV is all about selling advertisement and that is all about ratings, seems to me Tech is a team that ESPN should want to showcase in at least one annual nationally televised game. Maybe 2 or 3.

makes sense to me and with the 3 big name coaches ( other than Holtz) taking over head coaching jobs their will be additional interest-- especially Kiffin , huge audience wants to see him fail.... also CUSA did great job in Bowl games

[HogDawg]

No you're right... ODU was the game before Rice. Rice was the bigger game though.

The ODU game was NOT a "middle of the year" game. It was Week 13, Game #11 for LA Tech, the next to last game of the regular season. It was played on Nov 22nd....far past the "middle of the year".

[T1]

The ODU game was NOT a "middle of the year" game. It was Week 13, Game #11 for LA Tech, the next to last game of the regular season. It was played on Nov 22nd....far past the "middle of the year".

You responded to restate what I said?

[HogDawg]

That was more middle of year than end of year. PD was saying Holtz always loses the big games at the end of the year (except the bowl games)

No T1, the note above is the one I was discrediting. Your post #14.

[T1]

No T1, the note above is the one I was discrediting. Your post #14.

Oh okay. The one you quoted was my correcting it.

[HogDawg]

Oh okay. The one you quoted was my correcting it.

Correct. I was immediately responding to what you said in post #14 before reading the entire thread.

Next time, get it right the FIRST time so I don't have to waste time on you.

[Dawg06]

Someone posted this on the CUSA board. Looks like LA Tech is building a nice brand on TV:

This year's C-USA championship game saw a 90% increase in TV viewership over last year's USM-WKU game. Over the past 5 years, the two most-viewed C-USA CCGs have involved LA Tech (926k this year, 725k vs Marshall in 2014). The next closest was 2012 (UCF-Tulsa) with 590k.

The Armed Forces Bowl was the most-watched C-USA bowl by a landslide. 2.341M households watched the Dawgs vs Navy. Next highest was the HOD Bowl with 1.615M viewers. (The service academies may be partially responsible, of course.) Fun fact: the Independence Bowl (Vandy-NC State) was viewed by fewer people (1.270M) than ANY C-USA bowl game.

The LA Tech-Navy Armed Forces Bowl also saw a 24% viewership increase from last year (Air Force vs Cal), while the ULL-USM New Orleans Bowl saw an 8% decrease from last year's LA Tech-stAte game.

These numbers were just put out by LaTechReport.com. Interpret them as you wish, I'm merely a messenger here

Unfortunately you won't read any of this from our beat writer.