unipanther99 wrote:The three MAC bowls recieved an average 1.66 share TV rating last year. Not exactly tearing it up... I can't find ratings for last year's FCS championship game, but they probably aren't too much lower than that.
I am actually amazed to see that the FCS championship draws around a 1-1.3, which is surprisingly close to the numbers you produced for those BCS bowls for the MAC. Then again, if you want that coverage you have to win quite a few playoff games just to get there. If you want the 1.6 rating and coverage in many more media outlets across the country than the FCS championship, then all you have to do is win 6-7 FBS games and jump right in. I would much rather be doing that. I hope ISU is taking a serious look at making a jump in the future. Especially looking at this aspect of it.
Even our coach was quoted as saying he prefers the BCS system to the FBS system after we got snubbed. The MVFC rep came out and explained on our radio that there are some politics involved with the selections. It sounds like that is why we didn't get in which is garbage. They aren't looking out for us and the MVFC as the #2 ranked FCS conference with only 2 bids, so it might be time to look elsewhere.
Posted: November 21st, 2011, 3:21 pm