2nd lowest viewed NC since 2005

[57stratdawg]

Kind of surprising. Any guesses why?

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I didn't watch it because I'm tired of watching Bama.

I heard it was a fantastic game though.

 

[AlCoDog]

Probably due to the Dirks Bentley performance pre-game.

 

[aTotal360]

true story...after the 1st quarter I started watching Antiques Roadshow on the PBS app. I couldn't give 2 drops of monkey piss on who won the game. Admittedly, I'm more of an NFL guy. I won't watch an entire game unless we are in it.

 

[AlCoDog]

Personally, I tuned in just to see if Sark would eat another booger.

 

[seshomoru]

It's on a random Monday night and didn't end until after midnight on the east coast. It was on a cable network that thinks hording content will bring all sorts of new viewers when all it's done is take content away from the potential casual viewer. It was between two deep south schools who in our SEC bubble seem like an amazing match up but probably didn't register anywhere else.

 

[Cary Hudson's little bro]

I watched the "coaches room" broadcast the entire night. Loved it

 

[engie]

ESPN's insane payouts and the commercials spawned for these games have made them almost unwatchable in length. I think, ever since the new structure began, they finally pushed those aspects too far. I found myself doing other things during the Rose Bowl, for example, even though it was an awesome game. Seems like they all are lasting 4+ hours now.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

The back to back to back episodes of American pickers was too much competition.

 

[drt7891]

This.

I heard it was a fantastic game though.

I didn't even care to watch last night. I'm just tired of Bama. I'm glad they lost, but I wasn't really interested in watching 4 hours of a game to likely see Saban hold another trophy while looking pissed.

I'm not being cynical, but I think the college football landscape is tired of Alabama, too. It's far more fun when it's fresh and unpredictable. It's why I love basketball and baseball. There hasn't been a CFP yet where Bama wasn't number 1.

 

[1msucub]

I was finishing up Season two of Breaking Bad on the split-screen picture in picture. Tuco's cousins be trippin'.

 

[PBRME]

I turned it off at the half. Didn't want to see Bama win another. Don't care enough to stay up to midnight to watch them lose either.

 

[Xenomorph]

NFL Redzone has about ruined me for sitting down and watching an entire broadcast of any game not involving MSU.

 

[Arthur2478]

I heard it was a fantastic game though.

It wasn't. The end was exciting but most of the game was boring as hell. Bama just tried to sit on the lead and kept going 3 and out after 3 and out. I think they had had seven 3 and outs. It wasn't until the 4th quarter that Bama's gassed defense began to wear down because they were on the field all night. Prior to that, it was just a punting clinic.

 

[J-Dawg]

That is surprising. I watched the entire game because I had a hunch Clemson would win, and I'm glad they did. But I echo the rest of the statements...... watching Bama gets old, especially after we in the SEC are so used to seeing them in the primetime CBS slot every week throughout the year. CFB is much more exciting when there is chaos.

 

[ihateolemiss]

I took the under at 50 on the number of official reviews. I think I lost...

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I've not watched a championship game in years but that's because I work on Monday nights.

 

[patdog]

Maybe the fact the 4th quarter didn't even start till 11:30 Eastern time had something to do with it. NCAA has got to get the length of games problem under control.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

I clicked my stopwatch last night as halftime started and the Bama players were shown on the field in the tunnel, just before the Saban interview. From that point it was over 25 minutes until the second half kicked off. Do we need that much halftime?

 

[BiscuitEater]

Kind of surprising. Any guesses why?

Thinking that despite the number of 'xperts' picking Clemson, many thought it was going to be a slogging Bama 'run it down their throat' game. They departed after bama went up 14-0.

They missed the 'best' NC game to date.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

The commercials are too long, the commercials are too frequent, the reviews are too long, the reviews are too frequent, halftime is too long, the game starts too late, the game is on a 17ing Monday 17ing night, people are cutting the cable cord left and right, people are sick of watching Bama. What else? I consider myself a lifelong fan of the game of football, and even I was debating turning off the most important game of the year at halftime.

I'm also considering cutting the cord

 

[paindonthurt_]

At the end of the day I don't care about the ratings. The national championship is about getting the best two teams to play each other.

I personally think that happened and I thought it was a good game.

Now outside of that in a perfect world you'd have the best two teams and a good game without being a rematch or both being from the southeast. We don't live in a perfect vacuum though.

 

[kired]

Not only that, but when they got to the 4th quarter they kept going to commercial after every change in possession. I expected them to cut back on the commercials later in the game as it got so late --- but no. It wasn't until the very end that they let them keep playing.

I found myself dozing off during commercials after 10:30. No since in a game lasting 4 hours.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I watched the first 3 quarters, but I had Togo to sleep...lasted too long. Maybe that's a factor. Wish it would start at 6 or 630

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Not at all suprised this was H4H's response

I heard it was a fantastic game though.

This guy is above everything y'all.

 

[EurekaDog]

Same here (NM)

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